University don calls for solidarity of African youths

Professor Daryl Zizwe Poe of Lincoln University, Pennysylvania, USA has said the abandonment of the ethos of African liberation movements is the undoing of the African development.
Nigerian youths
Professor Poe stated this while delivering a lecture titled, US Civil Rights and African Liberation Movements at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State.
He said though the United States civil rights movements were deeply connected to African liberation movements materially and spiritually, Africans leaders, however, got it wrong by identifying their individual country’s needs instead of forging a common front.
He said the youth could rekindle the fire known of the African liberation movements if they were serious and focused on the overall development of the African continent instead of seeking individual gains.
Professor Poe said until the youths redeem their culture,imperialism and neocolonialism would continue to be the bane of African development.
Earlier, President/Vice Chancellor, Professor Ademola Tayo said the lecturer brought to the fore eminent perspectives on historical moments that shaped the present and future of both African and American continents.

DELSU hosts conference on gender

Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU) will from February 19-23 be a beehive of activities as the University’s Centre for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS) holds its first international conference.
The Centre was established about two years ago with Professor (Mrs) Diana Arubayi as pioneer Director. Tagged “Gender and Socio-cultural and Economic Issues”, the conference seeks to interrogate gender issues and explore new dynamics in tackling them in 21st Century Africa.
In a statement by Professor (Mrs) Grace N. Ojie-Ogwu, the organising committee’s chairman and Dean of the University’s Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Patrick Okonta, the secretary to the committee, the keynote speaker is Professor C. A. Oduaran, a professor of clinical psychologist at North West University South Africa, while Professor William Akpochafo will present the lead paper.. The wife of the Delta State Governor, Mrs Edith Okowa, is special guest of honour while the Vice Chancellor, Professor Victor F. Peretomde, is chief host.

Youth Council endorses Ugwuanyi for second tenure

THE National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for second term.
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
The council said that apart from Ugwuanyi being a servant-leader, he was youth-friendly with programmes that have impacted positively on them.
Rising from a town hall meeting/dialogue, the Chairman of the state chapter of NYCN said, Comrade Nnaemeka Ugwu, said the endorsement became necessary ahead of the general elections, adding that one of the mandates of the council was to educate and sensitize youths on the need to speak with one voice.
Ugwu said that youth have the capacity to shape and re-organize the political, social and economic activities of the state as they constitute over 66 percent of the population.
The council commanded the governor for an all-inclusive administration and youth-related programmes.

Unilag Student Rejects Scholarship Offer From Orezi , Begs For His Glasses Instead -

It was a shocking moment at
Moremi Hall at the University Of
Lagos when a female student
rejected a scholarship offer from
Nigerian singer, Orezi and opted
for his sun glasses.
The incident has got people
talking all over social media and
it was reported that the VC of the
Institution who was
also present at the event
instructed Orezi not to give the
Student the Sunglass she
requested for thereby loosing
out on both.