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Dear Readers, It is our pleasure to welcome you to another beautiful and fresh edition of Nigeria’s number 1 youth friendly magazine YOUTHVILLE. As you make this week’s edition your companion for the weekend, we are assuring you of the best stories from the business, entertainment, fashion and education world.

As our personality of the week, Mustapha Gwary, the founder of Water for Sustainable Living (WAFSLI) is volunteering to provide access to water, good sanitation and hygiene to rural communities. Read his motivations and success secrets on REFLECTIONS. On our SHOWTIME page, a Kannywood actor, Isa A. Isa said building more cinemas could reduce insecurity. How? As you celebrate in this yuletide season, you need to guide yourself against catching a cold. We’ve got tips for you all here.

Founder of Gazelle Academy, Muna Onuzo said she is empowering youth by teaching them the basic art of entrepreneurship while helping them to start up. In sports, Umar Sadiq, 18, is making wave in AS Roma football club. Read how it all started in today’s BIZWIZ/SPORTSVILLE page.

Some 20 youth are set to get cash reward of N1million each in next year’s First City Full Marathon in Lagos contest. Who will reward them? Find out more in BACKPACK so you can be part of the groove.

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resident Muhammadu Buhari this week represented a N6.08trillion budget for the fiscal year 2016 before a joint session of the National Assembly.

This brought about social media frenzy with some netizens in support and some not in support. Other had issues with specific part of the budget.

Ibrahim Salisu Na’inna posted “It’s terrific, well planned and organised. Formally our confidence was shaken but after presenting the budget I became more confident and proud of my country!

God bless Nigeria and happy new year.”

“The budget is truly representing the change slogan, the concern is will the price of the Crude

oil in the world increase?” Asked Abdul Latif Muhammad Aliyu Iorkam Azoom posted “Too many contradictions in the budget, example inclusive growth without inclusive economic and political institutions! Centralization of control against expansion and diversification of economy! Lots of admitted superficial jargon, we must await the actions that tell the actual motives.”

Adebiyi Adebowale John on the amount allocated for past presidents in the budget wrote “What is their job, after all the money they have stolen during their time, and N18000 is too much for workers (minimum wage)? This is crazy and waste of money.”

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Benue Hills Among the beautiful hills in the state are the Ushongo Hills with its pleasant weather condition; Bassa Hills has pleasant scenery while Ikyogen Hills is surrounded by ever green vegetation which explains why it is popularly called Ikyogen Cattle Ranch.

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ow did your passion for advocacy start?

I am from Yobe state. Being a volunteer director of communications for an outfit, Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation and the the Connected Development (CODE) where I work as a Programme Officer, I got better experience. I have a degree in English Language and a postgraduate diploma in Strategic Studies, both from the University of Maiduguri. I am also a Mandela Washington Fellow and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

How did you found the WAFSLI? I started the NGO in 2014 with seven friends. I was working with the National Polio Emergency Operations Centre when I started. My work took me to several rural communities and I noticed there was the challenge of access to water. Many of them refused to let their children get immunized because they felt the government has abandoned them, and if they don’t care enough to provide them with water, why should they bother vaccinating their children. I was a bit passive to the issue, until I went to Sabon Garin Gindin Dutse, a rural area in Tudun Wada LGA of Kano state. They refused immunization and even barricaded the entrance to the community with youth carrying sticks, hoes, cutlasses and other weapons threatening us.

Although, we succeeded entering and were in a dialogue with the elders but the youth pressed harder with their threats. We decided to leave the hut and on our way out, they showed us a pond where they get water.

It was a devastating sight, and they share the pond with their animals. One of them said, “You people from the city, when you come here to work, you don’t drink our water, you come with your bottled water and then claim you care about us.”

I felt guilty because I also came with my bottled water.

That inspired me to start my organization, and I went ahead to mobilize a team, my co-founders to set it up.

What have been its achievements so far?

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‘Let your passion make the difference in communities’

The poor bear the brunt of lack of access to water and sanitation according to UNICEF reports. It is tragic for children as nearly 1,000 die globally every day from diarrheal diseases linked to unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, or poor hygiene. For women and girls, collecting water cuts into time they should spend caring for families and studying. In insecure areas, it also puts them at

Water is the sixth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and we are working to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation in rural areas. My amazing team are focused in providing access to potable water, and training rural dwellers on sustaining the water source we provide; we also educate them on regular sanitation and waste management.

It seems the establishment is thriving. Do you have any challenges?

Funding is arguably the major challenge we are facing but we have succeeded in developing some fundraising strategies. For instance, members make donations monthly, we also do social media fundraising campaigns, and occasionally partner with some event handlers to do fundraisers. We also have amazing people who believe in our work and have been so supportive. Next year, we are looking at developing sustainable funding strategies to tackle that challenge.

You recently got the YALI Fellow award. How do you feel about it?

I was awarded with the Mandela Washington Fellowship of President Barak Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) last year. It was an amazing and humbling experience. I was trained and mentored by some of the best minds in the United States on public management, leadership, policy formulation, publicprivate partnership, non-profit management among

risks of violence and attack. With more of these reasons in mind, Mustapha Gwary, a youth advocate founded the Water for Sustainable Living (WAFSLI).

It is a volunteer based non-profit organization that provides access to water, good sanitation and hygiene to rural communities. He told Daily Trust YOUTHVILLE his challenges and his leverages in this interview.

others. It has helped to refine my leadership skills as I also got the opportunity to gain work experience there while building a vast network.

How should government support in providing potable water?

There have been a lot of talks about providing clean water by the government and a lot of money has been allocated for that but not much has been done.

Government should compliment all the talks with action and possibly, declare a state of emergency on water.

There has been significant improvement with some observed public water projects in rural areas but more needs to be done. Lack of access to water has caused many fights in rural communities leading to locals sustaining injuries and in some instances death, and such cases go unnoticed.

Would you advise fellow youth to initiate more advocacy and impacting platforms?

They should let their passion make a difference in their communities and that should be their driving force.

Youth should justify starting an NGO because they would want to make a difference or make it a means of making money. But it should not be a money making platform; it should be used to give back to their communities and make all the difference! Yes, they have a right to earn a living to sustain themselves, but they should ensure that making an impact in their communities is their priority.

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Kannywood: More cinema houses‘ll reduce insecurity - Isa Text from Bashir Liman, Jos

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ne of Kannywood’s famous actors Isa A. Isa has expressed his confidence that building standard and sufficient cinema houses will reduce the level of insecurity in the North and Nigeria in general.

The actor also lament lamented over inadequate and standard cinema houses in the North.

The actor who starred in more than 100 Kannywood’s films stated this in an exclusive Kannywood interview with w Weekend Magazine in Jos on Thursday.

Isa, 38, said s insufficient and substandard cinema Ho Houses in the North not only dwarf the growth of the Hausa film industry, but also contributed contrib to the high level of poverty, insecurity and unemployment. insec He suggested that if cinema houses would be built and the existing ones improved, upon, the North and nation’s economy will be boosted.

“Building standard cinema houses will create employment thereby reducing high rate of insecurity. When we have standard cinemas many people will invest in Kannywood and then the  Isa A. Isa industry will thrive.” He said.

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s you celebrate Maulud and Christmas this holiday season and prepare to usher in the new year 2016, you can’t afford to let cold or the flu slow you down.

How do you prevent this? An online medical site webMd.com gave some tips on natural ways to prevent cold so you won’t miss out in all the festivities One of the tips involves washing of hands. The site wrote “There’s no mystery about how cold and flu viruses spread. Someone who is ill sneezes on his hand and then touches the telephone, the keyboard, or a kitchen glass. You can pick up the germ when you touch that object, even hours later.

So wash your hands often. If you don’t have water, rub them with a hand sanitizer.

In addition, don’t cover your sneezes and coughs with your hands use

handkerchiefs this will help enable you do your part to keep germs away from your family and friends. Viruses cling to your bare hands, so don’t use them to muffle your coughs and sneezes.

If you don’t have a tissue with you, cough or sneeze into the inside of your elbow explains webmd.com A nutritionist at a private hospital in Asokoro, Abuja, Mrs Osas Egwebe, said drinking a lot of water would help to prevent harmattan related infections lasting through the festive period and beyond.

In a local news agency report, Mrs Egwebe noted that when hydrated, the body flushes toxins and is kept refreshed all day. But eating lots of vegetable at this period helps to supply the body with the essential vitamins and minerals that would help it to fight infections.

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The surprises of the sequin material or those occasions when you want all eyes on you, the solution is always a sequin fabric.

What is sequin? According to en.wikipedia “Sequins are disk-shaped beads used for decorative purposes. In earlier centuries, they were made from shiny metals.”

Today, sequins are most often made from plastic. They are available in a wide variety of colors and geometrical shapes. Sequins are commonly used on clothing, jewelry, bags, shoes and many other accessories.

In Nigeria Sequin material is commonly used for dress making as it is well suitable to designs that would be made from other fabrics in general such as gowns, jackets, skirts and trousers.

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They are multipurpose shiny materials. It is also exceptional for embellishment details as it can be cut into multitude of shapes and simplyy applied onto other outfits to design.

When sewing the sequins fabrics avoid busy details like pleats, pockets or gathers.

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EDTV, a dynamic online lifestyle channel that puts the spotlight on Africa with a distinct global appeal has been launched. REDTV, a digital online television network, features the very best of entertainment, news, design, travel, fashion, music, sports, comedy and much more.

REDTV strives to be first and foremost all about the content; and to this end the channel has partnered and collaborated with leading visionaries, who are as passionate and committed to being part of a platform for the New Africa, one that positions itself confidently on the global stage” said Bola Atta, Director, Marketing and Corporate Communications, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Africa.

At the launch over the weekend, which attracted guests from the world of finance, business, media and the creative visual arts, there was a serande by a dazzling jazz trio as celebrities, opinion moulders and

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socialites mingled over champagne and canapés.

In attendance were Dakore Akande, Zeb Ejiro, Fred Amata, Betty Irabor, Bola Balogun, Didi OchejaDaley, Erelu Angela Adebayo, Ono Bello and a host of other celebrities.

A statement by the UBA Nigeria Media head, Ramon Olanrewaju Nasir said the flagship programmes include The Sauce, a sassy topical round up of the happeningof the week, to the drama and journey of discovering Africa’s future design star on Interiors By Design, to the global megabrand that is the Top Model Series, in the Oluchi fronted Africa’s Next Top Model and numerous others.

Its content has been specially selected to ensure that there is something for every viewer as the channel understands the needs and wants of the Generation Y and the Millennial viewer, while also remaining relevant with the older generations.

BIZWIZ/SPORTS Muna Onuzo, founder of Gazelle Academy said she has her job well cut out for her early in life. Thus, she has been living her dream while liberating young men and women with entrepreneurial engagements. At a recent graduation ceremony for the first graduands at the Academy, Onuzo spoke to the Daily Trust YOUTHVILLE.

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a role?

Well, it brings hope.

When I said it brings hope, I am not being figurative.

As you can see, some of our students graduating from the vocational studies centres today are very happy.

They are not just graduating but they are graduating with tools. They are not going into labour market; rather they are going to train and create jobs for others.

We start by teaching them with the tools, then we graduate into developing their mindsets so that their inner disabilities will not limit the actualization of their actual ability. Beyond that, we teach them how to run a sustainable Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).

As a young person yourself, what will you say qualifies one to be in the academy?

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I’m liberating the youth with entrepreneurship skills, young Onuzo says

Text from Nurudeen Oyewole, Lagos ow did it all start with the Gazelle Academy?

I will say it was my skills that helped me to get my first job. When I first came to Lagos, I didn’t know anybody; I was doing a make-up for a client who was the Human Resources Manager of a company I have been longing to work with. She said she has been studying me for the past few days, and based on that, she would give me a job. And after working for a while with them, I pulled out to be on my own. That is where we are right now. Today, we have Gazelle Academy, a vocational centre that specializes in skills acquisitions and business ventures.

In an environment where the economy is nose-diving do you see entrepreneurship playing

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A desire to have a better life, a desire to have more and a desire to be financially independent. And because of government rules and regulations, we appreciate people with high school

certificate to apply to us. But even at that we are committed to giving anybody who wants a better chance in life, some leverages, whether they have degree or not.

You are planning to make

your graduates start up.

How would this be?

We have four students graduating today. The fourth is my student but has been engaged to teach in the Academy. It is to fulfil the promise that our graduands won’t roam the streets.

We are planning to unveil our website soon. The website has a business model behind it. The business model was to empower our student so that at the point of graduation, they will have business tool to work with on our platform. We want them to concentrate after the graduation and start working immediately.

What is the age range for prospective students?

We have trained as young as 14-year olds. We have had trainings for ages between four and 12 in fashion and tailoring; they were students from Saint Saviour School, Lagos during their summer school. The duration depends on the training chosen by our students. It ranges from three months,

SPORTVILLE Ex Abuja Football College youngster makes wave in Italy Text by Ibrahim Kabiru Sule @ikabirsule

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young Nigerian footballer, Kaduna-born Umar Sadiq has scored his debut goal for his Italian club side, AS Roma over the weekend, with his pace and finishing abilities grabbing the headlines in the country.

The 18-year old Sadiq, was a graduate of Abuja Football College just 18 months ago, before crossing over to Italy, where he started his European sojourn at Spezia Calcio, a club that plays in the Serie B. The prodigy, who is being nicknamed “the new Kanu,” followed the footprints of his father, who played for the famous DIC Bees of Kaduna back in the days.

The 1.92m teenager, whose physique and style reminds one of Nwankwo Kanu, scored a record-breaking 26 goals in 27 games in the Italian youth league, within his short period, which

generated interests from all of Italy’s biggest clubs.

But AS Roma won the race for his signatures, snapping him up first on a year-long loan deal with the option to commit him to a permanent contract worth about 1.7 million Euros should the lad impress.

After only 13 games, the youngster had scored in 8 goals for the youth team and assisted a few more, including three goals in four UEFA Youth League games with two assists.

That secured his promotion into the senior team, with the manager Rudi Garcia pouring in praises for the Nigeria youngster, according to soccernet website.

On Sunday, Sadiq had his Seria A debut, when he came on for striker Juan Iturbe in the 89th minute as AS Roma were held to a 2-2 away draw at Bologna in a highly entertaining game.

 Umar at the college

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nine months to two-year programmes. The 2-year training leads to the award of Diploma which the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) will soon award to us - a National Diploma equivalent.

Do you have any pact with government agencies on this initiative?

We have a running partnership with the ITF and we are looking forward to more with government and corporate bodies to sustain more projects. We understand that government alone cannot really do much but we expect that with more organized private sector pacts, a lot more could be achieved.

What will the vision of the Academy be in five years?

In five years, we want to see our Academy spread across the country. It is not just about Lagos state as we have a plan spread. We are implementing the plan hoping it comes to fruition.

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Northern Youth youth want honour insecurity public official in Plateau tackled better Text from f Hassan Ibrahim, b hi Jos

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 Young Nigerians learning to use technology in making innovations.

Empowerment: Be innovative after GIS, graduates told Text by Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun

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raduating interns of the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) in Enugu and Delta states recently have been told to be innovative and creative after the exit the scheme to be more empowered as labour employers.

The Chief Executive Officer of Bizzmode Nigeria Ltd, Nkem Okoro Esq admonished the interns on this saying it was the only way that they can keep pace with latest developments technologically and otherwise.

A statement from Bizzmode, the consultancy firm for the scheme, said two trainings including orientation and employability programme were held in Enugu with a Career Development and Entrepreneurship trading programme in Asaba, Delta state to groom the graduates.

The Project Director, Peter Papka who was represented by Ngozi Okonkwo and Esekhaigbe Precious at the different venues urged the interns to take advantage of the knowledge and experiences gathered in the course of the one year scheme, to improve upon those skills that will make them better entrepreneurs or better employees.

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ome northern youth have harped on the need for peace in order for development to take place in the region.

The youth under the auspices of the Patriotic Northern Nigeria Youth (PNNY) during a press conference in Abuja recently said the recent Shiite clash with the military compounds insecurity issues in the region.

Leader of the group, Hassan Sardauna while appealing to the government to find a lasting solution to the incident added that insurgency has already affected development and economic activities in the region.

Sardauna explained that when the region is at peace, “everything in terms of development will be ongoing,” noting that government at all levels should aggressively tackle unemployment - a foundation for insurgency.

Youngsters lead in yuletide Words Barn contest Text by Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun

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MBBS admission quota raised to 150 The Bayero University, Kano (BUK) said the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria along with the National University Commission (NUC) have raised her MBBS (Course in Medicine) admission quota from 100 to 150, after the University of Ibadan which has 180. See details via http://www.buk.edu.ng/?q=node/77.

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ome youth under the aegis of the Nigeria Progressive Youth Congress (NPYC) have honoured the Federal Commissioner, Public Complaint Commission in Plateau State, Alhaji Abdullahi Musa Nyalun with the 2015 Icon of Human Development award.

The annual award according to the group, is offered to individuals who have contributed immensely to human development especially youths development across the country.

Speaking at the event in Jos, the state capital, The State Coordinator, Nanapan David said, “We forwarded his name to the headquarters of NPYC based on his track records of support to youth development especially students for many years in the state and in the country.”

Responding, Nyalun said the award was a demand for more sacrifice to do good things in the society for the benefit of future generations.

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ounger players are leading in points for this week’s Words Barn App. The contest tool which can be accessed at Google Playstore, creates platform for youth to test their vocabulary and intellectual skills in a game form.

The top three point earners in the

YOUTHZ STARS 2 are: Tolu Akindele who had 80 points, Faison Todimu earned 65 points while Frank Okafor scored 50 points. The best score dropped from 125 points last week to Akindele’s 80poinst this week.

The next competition is titled YOUTHZ STARS3 starting this Sunday.

Join the league of players and prove your intellectual mettle along with friends!

Success Corner!

Top 10 winners to get bank’s prizes for Lagos City Marathon 2016 Text from Sunday M. Ogwu @sundaymichaelog

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he Special Adviser on the Lagos Sports Commission, Mr Ayo Tinubu has said the first 10 runners to cross the finish line at the First City Full Marathon will get prizes starting from N1 million.

Access Bank Plc in a briefing in Lagos last week said it will host the 42 kilometre global marathon on February 6, 2016 with a grand prize of $50,000.

“The Top 10 marathoners in the world have sent

in letters of interest to participate in the race which will run through major parts of the state,” Tinubu added.

Tinubu also confirmed that there would be prizes for the first 10 marathoners who cross the finish line.

It will start from the National Stadium, through Ojota to the Third Mainland Bridge, through Ikoyi to the Lekki Toll Gate to link Bonny Camp and end at the Eko Atlantic City.

Executive Director of the

bank, Mr Victor Itoku said there is no better way to showcase the splendor and beauty of the state.

He said, “Marathon brings people from all walks of life together to a state and creates a platform on which the city is showcased. This is why as a bank, we have decided to be part of it and also because the Athletic Federation of Nigeria and the International Association of Athletics Federation have endorsed it.”

 Runners at the 2015 Splash FM Integrity Marathon race AthleticsAfrica.Com / Photo credit: Splash FM Ibadan.

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