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At the camp pw we e teach them the basics of how to sew the caps but we only work from 9am to 3pm because of the sun in that region. Desertification there is intense so it can be really hot there
How I earned a diploma, made a home from farming
Youth must fight to make the world better – UN youth delegate, Hauwa
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Hello Readers, We are happy to bring your way another exciting, informative and inspiring edition of your number 1 youth magazine YOUTHVILLE. This week’s edition has been well written for your pleasure. Our cover personality for this week is Nimah Arigbabu who is passionate about helping the less-privileged in the society, especially the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Read her beautiful interview where she has a message for all youths. Still on the IDPs, a young graduate has also shown his support for their wellbeing by lending his voice to call for support for them. Get the full details on our entertainment segment of the SHOWTIME page. Are you planning to attend any event or concert this weekend and you don’t know what type of necklace to wear? Then check out our fashion segment for more details. Our BIZWIZ star of the week is a final year law student who is a make-up artist. How can a law undergraduate be a makeup artist? What’s the connection between law and being a hairstylist, you may ask. Get to find out in the next page. In sports, there are stories from the tennis world. And two Nigerians have been given opportunity to serve as umpires in the forthcoming All Africa Games. Who are they? The sports segment will provide all the information you to need about him. The BACKPACK contains beautiful stories that would make your day complete. Don’t miss any of them. This week’s stories are #Fresh #Inspiring and #Educative, suitable for the youth & ‘’young at heart”. No one does it better than we do. It’s DAILY TRUST YOUTHVILLE. Be a part of our growing Facebook community: DAILY TRUST YOUTHVILLE as well as twitter: @DT_YouthVille. Keep a date with us for another educative edition......we wish all our esteemed readers a very SUPERB W.E.E.K.E.N.D!!!!
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resident Muhammadu Buhari this week, said 10,000 additional police personnel would be recruited and the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Monitoring System would be installed across major cities and towns in Nigeria to further strengthen the security of the public space. The statement which he made during the National Security Summit organized by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) generated a lot of buzz on the social media as some netizens applauded the idea while others criticized it. A sceptical NaanEp Ibn-dapak ShikMuut posted “White Elephant Project’ how are you going to maintain the CCTVs?” Fafaalzazaal Rabiu Kano has a caveat: “Nice move Sir! But before the mass recruitment the
Nigeria Police and its Service Commission has to be adjusted through radical change.” Sulaiman Shuaibu posted “Welcome development, this will ensure more security and bring the crime rate under control.” “I hope this exercise will not be high-jacked by politicians as used to be the case, there by denying Nigerians who merited the job?” wrote Mike Ugbe. Friday John wrote “Mr President Carry Go jare more Grease to your Elbow but many Nigerians will not agree with your statement that ‘’ Police are upholding Chapter Four of the Constitution.” Murtala Kabiru Garba posted “A welcome development for Nigerians, we’re fully in support of the recruitment exercise, carry go Mr. President.”
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Nimah Arigbabu is an activist whose aim at contributing to the cause of the less privileged has led her to organising series of campaigns and engineering of projects that actively address their needs. Nimah who is passionate about this had previously organized series of interventions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State including the Basketball Charity Event to raise relief items for the victims. On successful completion, she started her recent ‘Feed a Person This Ramadan’ series to cater to the needs of IDPs in the Ramadan period in Borno state. At present, Nimah is back with another creative project tagged “Caps for IDPs” and she tells Daily Trust YOUTHVILLE all about the project and its achievements so far. Text by Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola
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ow did the idea of “CAPS for IDPS” come up? You know there comes a time when all the IDPs will eventually go back to their communities and we hope it is in the nearest future but we cannot just send them back empty handed without empowering them
to have a source of their own income and not keep depending on anybody. The thing with giving is those that are giving will eventually get tired of giving, and when that happens, what will then happen to our IDPs and besides we have gone past helping them with only
Nimah supporting the IDPs
relief materials and all, we also must teach and educate them on how to start earning money. We can’t just keep them without having them do something for themselves, they will become idle minds and it’s going to be like breeding Boko Haram 2.0 and besides we do not need them going back to their communities after
all of these and not have anything doing so we decided to economically prepare them to start making caps so they can earn income for themselves. When did you start the Initiative? It started some months ago and now we are at the finishing touching of the first stage. We have just kicked off with one camp which is the NYSC camp in Maiduguri and we still plan on expanding and spreading to other camps in the country. At the camp we teach them the basics of how to sew the caps but we only work from 9am to 3pm because of the sun in that region. Desertification there is intense so it can be really hot there. How much did it cost to get materials and how did you source for funds? We started off with N200,000 sourced with the help of family and friends and I was able to keep it afloat. How many staff do you have working for you? We do not have staff but close to about seven kind-hearted volunteers working with us to ensure that we achieve our goal. How were you received by the IDPs? They were very welcoming and excited about the idea. Normally the atmospheres in the camps are usually gloomy, like this particular camp in Maiduguri which had its tents leaking and you
From right, Nimah during a basketball session
Nimah carries a child in an IDP camp in Borno State know it is not every day that people come to visit them at the camp so they were very excited to meet with us and were very happy that we came with the idea and besides they all want to earn income for themselves. But although some of the camp officials wanted the project for just women but we insisted that both men and women should be included as long as they were willing. What were the challenges of this project? Our major challenge was the language barrier which we are beginning to conquer gradually because they also have begun trying to speak bits of English to bridge the language barrier. I also face like about 20 checkpoints
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from the hotel where I stay to the camp which can also be time consuming. Would you advise youths to trail your path? Youths must first of all have something to empower and elevate themselves. They must not always wait for help or support because sometimes they have to stand on their own to achieve their goals. They should also ensure that they have a helping heart and assist the needy at all times. Passionate youths don’t have to go under the umbrella of an NGO to help or provide support to the less privileged. There is a saying that nothing is too small when it comes to reaching out to the less privileged.
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Young Khalid to IDPs: You are not alone 23-year-old Khalid Abu who goes with the stage name K.A.Y is a budding musician who read politics at university of London. In this interview with YOUTHVILLE Khalid talked about his soon to be released single he collaborated with Lady Onyeka Owenu “Not alone” which is a song about the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria. Text by BAMAS VICTORIA @Sinach360
Young Khalid who sings for IDPs Credit: Abdulwasiu Hassan
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ow did you get into music from studying politics? I have always been interested in music since I was 12 but I started considering it as a serious career prospect at the age of 18. Since then I have written several songs across different issues like my life, Nigeria, my perspective on the world and so on. What is your music genre? It is rap. But I tried to it very soulful very melodic so I collaborate with R and B artist. What of your coming single “Not alone”? “Not alone” Is a song i did
with Lady onyeka Owenu. It is to raise awareness for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have been forced to flee their homes because of the insurgency. Aside from raising awareness the song is also to let IDPs know that we are here for them, they have not been forgotten and we will use the song to raise funds for them. How does you singing a song translates to funds for the IDPs? After the official released date we intend to shoot a video and then have a concert where we will invite dignitaries and encourage them to donate to
the cause of the IDPs. why did you choose to sing about the IDPs instead of cars, money, cloths and things other young musicians sing about? I am not interested in those kind of topics. I feel like frivolous topics dont connect to me, even though I can be less serious and more comical I think there are more pressing issues that musicians need to be talking about especially in Nigeria that has many social concerns. What is the place of music in youth mobilisation and Nigeria’s development? Music can help develop Nigeria in the sense that it provides Nigerians who will otherwise have limited job prospects with opportunities to enrich and change their lives and those of their immediate family. With regards to changing society I believe music can help but I don’t believe it can be the driving tool forcing societal change I think people have to go out and engage in activism lobby politicians, get informed about pressing issues but music can help start the conversation. What do you have to say to budding artistes like you? Don’t be afraid to stand out from the crowd don’t feel pressured to make what everyone else is doing because you think that is going to give you quick earning instead be true to yourself and do something that will have a lasting impact by making the finest music possible.
Sickle cell: Patients want pre-marriage test order enacted Text by HARUNA GIMBA YAYA People living with Sickle Cell Anaemia have called on government to enact a sickle cell policy that will compel people to undergo a genotype test before getting married, so as to reduce the high rate of people affected by the ailment. The call was made by a sickle cell patient, Asmau Ahmad Rufai, founder of Sickle Cell Community, an organization comprising persons with sickle cell, at a ‘Kiddies Treat’, organized for children with sickle cell. Asma’u said compulsory genotype testing will help to eradicate the disease in the society by cutting the number of people being infected on daily basis through marriage. She believes that a deliberate policy on the medical problem
would ensure that information gets everywhere that everyone must get a genotype certificate before getting married. According to sickle cell patients at the event, lack of special hospital to accommodate their teeming patients and stigma especially when it comes to marriage among some of the major challenges sickle patient faced in the society.
Water melon: essential fruit for daily diet Text from SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin Fruits generally are good for the body, but one has peculiar importance and benefit than other. However, fruits consumption is essential for balanced diet and body formation. Water melon is one of the most common and valuable fruits in the world. Health experts acclaimed that the large round fruits with a hard green skin, red flesh and black seeds is so nutritious for the human body and that a person who rarely eat it is doing him or herself disfavor - as it compounds thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B -6, foliate, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, selenium, manganese, olive oil and chorine that are paramount for effective body system. It is capable of fighting cancer. Lycopene in watermelon is very strong antioxidant that prevents and even treats certain cancers such as breast, prostate, lungs and colorectal cancers. Lycopene is what makes watermelon unique
and special from other fruits. If watermelon is part of your daily diet, it gives you carbohydrate and regulates body temperature for the whole day. In addition, you will also enjoy healthier and stronger bones as it is highly rich in potassium and that is very essential for the body in retaining calcium and fights against weak bones known as osteoporosis. Water melons also contains beta- carotene in vitamin A which protects eyes against macular degeneration associated with age. Nevertheless, it keeps kidney healthy as it compound natural diuretic that basically increased the flow of urine and removes toxic waste in the body.
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Aduniya Kannywood Movie Review Geoffrey Galadima
Hausa film spectators are introduced to a new genre of Science-Fiction by the filmmakers of Aduniya. The movie produced in Kano begins from a television
interview with Prof. A.A. Hussain (Tijjani Faraga), who is described as one of best scientists in the country whom even the Western superpowers have enticed, but he turned them down. He suffered ordeals due to his expertise while snaking a heroic way out of assassins’ cage. The boisterous voiceover boasts that viewers will, for the first time, see cars getting exploded like never before,
the actors in unprecedented and more captivating roles and, above all, the director of the film was “brought” from abroad. This reviewer sees the production and the formation of the film as avant-garde, for, although no denying the fact that sci-fi is a novel thing in Kannywood, the filmmakers are experimenting the idea, which, if it succeeds, will pave way for more of its kind. However, that may or may not be so.
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BIZWIZ/SPORTS ‘Career as a make-up artist is exciting’ Text by LATIFAT OPOOLA @LatifatOpoola
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career as a makeup artist can be exciting and different every day. The satisfaction comes from using makeup to help people look their best says Amra Mansur a professional make-up artist. Amra who is currently a final year Law student at Ahmadu Bello University said she started makeup as a hobby years back but the passion grow and she turned it into business over a year ago. ‘It was a passionate hobby, which I was very good at. My friends would come to me to make them up, and when I realized I was really good at it I decided to make it a profession’ she said. The 23year old Kaduna State Indigene said the art was inbuilt for her and so all she had to do was develop her skills which she did by taking lessons from celebrity make-up artists like Mamzabeauty and bedazzeled and also by watching make-up videos on Youtube. The CEO of Ami_mansur beauty studios who noted that she started the business with a capital of about half a million naira which she sourced from personal savings as well as family and friends said the business is a very lucrative one as she is reaping the rewards. The employer of four noted that to be a professional in the beauty field, one has to be very
artistic, very sharp and precise adding that the whole idea of makeup for her is to ‘make a woman more beautiful and flawless by playing with colours and emphasizing on her best features’. She said makeup artists learn to properly prepare the skin before applying makeup, using cleaning, toning and moisturizing techniques for different skin types. They practice applying foundation, blush, eye and brow liner, shadow and lip color. Her major challenge has been balancing school and the business adding that it is not easy. She also said that it
is pretty difficult for a young person to start an independent business adding that for the unlucky ones there will always be so much uncertainty and lack of support. “It is a lot of hard work and I cannot leave one for the other so I have learnt to balance both along the way,” she said. Amra who uses social media especially Instagram to market her products, advises youths to look inside them and find a passion they can enjoy doing at the same time benefit from. She said: “For me I always say I was born to be an entrepreneur as I started from buying and selling to where I am now.”
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How I earned a diploma, made a home from farming Text from HABIBU UMAR AMINU, Katsina
Alasan Ismail is a farmer in his early thirties. He shares an inspiring story with YOUTHVILLE recently on how farming has helped him to earn a Diploma in Accounting. Excerpts: How I started farming Well, I grew up in a family that solely depends on farming, like most of us in the rural areas farming starts on family farm lands, helping out thereby learning the processes involved. As far as I can remember I will say right from childhood when me alongside elder and younger brothers follow our father to farm. However whatt we normally do then was raining season n farming and so far so good. Some youths don’t see farming as a profession, ssion, but I do I can’t leave it for anything in this world. I have seen it tremendous benefit, It was p pr proceeds roceeds from these that I sponsored ed myself at Ahmadu Bello University sity where I did my Advance Diploma oma in Public Accounting and Auditing. I also married in it and I am livingg comfortably. Although business siness is a secret but I can tell you that from my cabbage and potatoes farms rms alone I get close ose to 600,000 000 Alasan besides one of his cabbage farm seasonally. I have four persons I engage to work on the farms, so I won’t go looking for a job that is not available. Farming is capital intensive, Government should help! Seriously , this is an area the government must urgently tackle to boost the sector to make it more attractive for people to see farming as an occupation and a source of living to restore dignity. They should help with fertiliser, improved seeds, farming implements which are too expensive. Words for my fellow youths The youth should see that if one door closes another can open in other sector. They should see the need to try other things and farming is one of it. Although we are all rural persons but If you say you can’t move to rural areas, you are a city man okay, try fishing in containers in your homes. You will see the benefits.
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ITTF names Peters, Arinye as umpires in 2015 Africa Games Text by SIMON E. SUNDAY @SimonEchewofun
Table tennis
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has listed two Nigerian umpires to be on duty at the 2015 All-Africa Games holding in Congo Brazzaville between September 4 and 19, 2015. John Peters and Cecilia Arinye, who are among the top rated official in the world, will be handling proceedings in the table tennis event of the multisports championships. The duo also officiated at the 2014 Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow, Scotland and they have handled matches at the world and continental championships. Peters is the longest serving table tennis umpire in Nigeria having officiated at the 1973, 1987, 2003, 2007 and 2011 All-Africa Games and for his uprightness and understanding of the game. He was appointed to officiate in the finals of the 2013 World Junior Championships
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in Morocco and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland. The cable reports that his recent engagement was being the deputy referee at the just concluded 2015 ITTF African Clubs Championships in Cameroon. Arinye, a former national player is the director of sports at University of Lagos, has also officiated at previous All-Africa Games and he is one of the most respected umpires in Africa.
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Youth must fight to make the world better – UN youth delegate, Hauwa Text by LATIFAT OPOOLA @LatifatOpoola
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n its efforts to foster dialogue and generate partnerships between exceptional youth, the United Nations (UN) just recently completed its annual Youth Assembly in which 15 Nigerians participated. One of the participants, Hauwa Khaleel told YOUTHVILLE topics ranging from gender equality to global security to climate change were discussed and debated upon, adding that the debates were centred on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are the Post MDGs of the UN. She said one of the truest values of the youth assembly is the way it exposes one to other young individuals from across the globe that are actively making changes in the world through so many ways.
Hauwa noted that the experience was a remarkable and extraordinary one for her considering she learnt a lot which she hopes to bring back home to implement. “The Youth Assembly broke barriers and harnessed our differences in background and ideology to help us grow from one another. We must take a stand against all the problems in the world and work together to finding solution to our problems,” Hauwa said. She concluded that youth must begin to fight for whatever it takes to make the world a better place because they have the upmost opportunity than any other generation. “We must learn from the past, act in the present, and secure the future for generations, because what we will never be able to bring back, is the lost opportunity to make this world a better place,” she echoed.
College seeks more youths’ for aviation training Text from SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin The International Aviation College Ilorin, Kwara State said it is seeking more youths to enrol in its aviation training programme to build more capacity in line with the innovative drives of the Kwara State Government. The Rector of the College, Captain Abdulmumeeni
Abdulkarim who gave the assurance in Ilorin said the College is doing with its diversification into other strategic sectors of the aviation industry to further engage the youth positively. According to him, the College among other bold steps has received licence from the Nigeria
Civil Aviation Authority to start the newly introduced course Flight Operations Officers. He added that, graduates of the career course would be put through rigorous training as well as computer aided instructions that would give them the requisite, know-how to guide pilots from the control room. He therefore urged youth to acquaint themselves of the
opportunity of the programme which just started this August, noting that any individual with O/level results is qualified to apply for the course. The Rector also expressed delight that the College which now prides itself with the youngest female pilot and over sixty graduate pilots, is determined to position the state as a hub of the Aviation Industry.
Gov El-Rufai’s son wants youth to be confident Text from CHRISTIANA T. ALABI, Kaduna The eldest son of Kaduna State Governor, Bello El-Rufai has identified lack of self confidence as a factor responsible for youths’ ineffectiveness in governance. Speaking as a guest speaker at a recent celebration of 2015 International ‘Youth Day’ organised by Aid Foundation in collaboration with Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation
Programme (NSRP) in Kaduna, Bello stressed that youths are not active in governance as many lack confidence. He urged the youths to take bold steps to build on their confidence so as to make meaningful contributions to the state while he identified inaccessibility and lack of finance as responsible for ineffectiveness
of youths in governance. He also urged youths to make themselves available and key into the government of the day, noting that his father, Malam El-Rufai is always interested in youths that are full of ideas and innovations. Team leader of State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI), Mrs. Rebecca Sako-John urged youths to effectively engage the
government; stressing the need for them to be educated on their rights and responsibilities so as to enhance participatory citizenship. Speaking on the theme, ‘Youth Civilc Engagement’, she said “Youths need to keep themselves well informed on happenings, trends, policies and how government operates to engage effectively especially in explaining and analysing issues when mobilising for change.”
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Rated 1st Nigerian varsity, 6th in Africa The University of Port Harcourt has been ranked the first in Nigeria and the sixth in Africa by Times Higher Education (THE), a United Kingdom-based authoritative source for information about higher education. Placed behind four South African universities and one Ugandan university, UniPort made the cut following the number of papers presented over a period of time. Online education news site, nigerianuniversitynews.com reported that the university was the only Nigerian university ranked in the top 15. More info via https://www. timeshighereducation.co.uk/
Success Corner! Rotary Club tasks youths on academic pursuit Text by DICKSON S. ADAMA, Kaduna The Governor of Rotary International District 9125, covering 23 states and Abuja, Dr. Mike Omotosho, has called on the youths to intensify their educational pursuits, saying it will enable them become useful to themselves and the nation at large. Speaking in Kaduna at the commissioning of school chairs and
desks donated to Ansarul-Deen College by the Rotary Club of Kawo Kaduna, Dr. Omotosho said youths are the first beneficiaries of the club’s donations to schools, adding that the youths should desist from crime and other anti-social activities. “We want to ensure that students can learn under comfortable and convenient environment. More importantly, we are calling on youths to desist from crimes
and other antisocial activities and intensify their academic pursuits so that they can become successful tomorrow and useful to their community and the nation,” Omotosho said. He noted that their gesture does not in any way imply that they are trying to take over the governance of the college, but rather supporting whatever gaps which are available within the college and other institutions which they support.
The capacity to learn is a gift, the ability to learn is a skill. The willingness to learn is a choice. – Brian Herbert