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Bauchi Youth Laud NDE’s Renewed Hope Employment Programmes

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12 months ago

January 14, 2025

Some youth in Bauchi state have commended the National Directorate of Employment (NDE)’s renewed hope mass employment programme in the state.

A cross session of the youth who are beneficiaries of NDE’s various empowerment programmes, commended the Director General of NDE, Silas Agara for coming up with such a ‘life saving’ initiative on Tuesday, when a training supervisor visited the centres for inspection.

Muhibah Abdullahi, one of the trainees under Fish Production and Feed Formulation Techniques Scheme, said that the training was way above their expectations.

She said, “initially, we never thought it would be this well organised, well structured training and the resource persons we have are well skilled and knowledgeable.

“We have learned a lot already under this scheme such as hatching, sorting, raring, even smoking of fish.

“Even for feed formulation, we have been taken to some of the production companies and we have seen how they formulate the feeds and we have been given the explanation in detail.

“Words cannot express our appreciation for the Director General of NDE but we can only say thank you to him and the federal government for this training”.

Abdullahi however, wished for the programme to be expanded so as to reach a large number of unemployed people across the country.

Just as she expressed gratitude to the NDE, she called on the federal government to help them with starter packs which would allow them to put what they have learned into practice.

Also, Musa Baraya, another trainee, commended the NDE for selecting them to be part of the training as well as imparting in them the necessary skills and techniques needed for fish production and feed formulation.

“I want to call on other trainees across the state to be focused and have the mindset of putting what they have learned into practice.

“I know we can’t do it by ourselves and that’s why I’m calling on NDE to help us with the necessary resources to help us put it into practice and also to become employers of labour,” he said.

Also, a trainee under Community Based Agricultural Training Scheme of the NDE, Ahmed Jubrin, said that the trainers have been doing everything possible to ensure they learn all the farming skills.

According to him, they have been taught site selection techniques, cultivation, as well as plant monitoring among others.

“All of us here are willing to go into agriculture and we are hoping to get capital to start our farming business.

“Looking at the agriculture sector, it’s contributing a lot to the country’s economy and this is the right time that we need this agriculture for the whole nation’s growth,” he said.

In his reaction, Mr Mohammed Gwaza, a supervisor from Rural Employment Promotion of the NDE headquarters, said the training was the modest short term effort of NDE at checking the scourge of unemployment in Nigeria.

He explained that the move is part of the Director General’s commitment and President Bola Tinubu’s charge to overhaul the Directorate with a view to repositioning it for optimised employment creation.

He lauded the commitment, diligence, self determination and punctuality of both the trainees and the trainers.

It could be recalled that NDE flagged off a three-month skills acquisition training for 2,156 youth on December 5, 2024 in Bauchi state.

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BREAKING: Anthony Joshua Involved In Road Accident

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21 minutes ago

December 29, 2025

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A renowned global boxer Anthony Joshua has been involved in a road accident on Monday in Makun, Ogun State.

The was said to have occurred along a busy highway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The vehicle carrying Joshua reportedly collided with another car under circumstances that are still being investigated.

The said I said to have sustained minor injuries, saying that two people died on the spot.

Meanwhile, fans have flooded social media with messages of concern, while local authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash.

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Ex-Edo Gov Obaseki Reacts As His Cousin Is Beaten, Stripped

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20 hours ago

December 28, 2025

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The immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the attack on Don Pedro Obaseki, the Chief Executive Officer of Osamudia Farms.

Don Pedro Obaseki, a cousin to the immediate past governor was attacked at Uwa Primary School where he went to play football.

In a viral video, Pedro Obaseki is seen kneeling at the Oba of Benin Palace gate, before he was dragged into the palace where he was asked to crawl before some chief walked up to the scene and rescued him.

Reacting, the ex-Edo governor described the act as a “grave violation of fundamental human rights and a reckless disregard for the rule of law.”

Obaseki, said: “I call on security agencies to immediately investigate this matter thoroughly and transparently, identify those responsible for this barbaric act and ensure they are held accountable in accordance with the law.

“A situation where thugs and non-state actors appear to freely take the law into their own hands on behalf of high-profile individuals and those in positions of authority can only result in one outcome, a degeneration into a state of anarchy, which will do no one no good.”

He further charged, “I urge human rights organizations, civil society groups, and all well-meaning Nigerians to lend their voices and speak out firmly against this injustice and gross violation of human rights.”

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New Tax Laws: Suspend January 2026 Implementation — Senator Ndume Tells Tinubu

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2 days ago

December 27, 2025

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Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend the January 1, 2026, implementation of the country’s new tax laws amid growing controversy.

The federal lawmaker made the appeal in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

This comes as the Nigerian Bar Association demanded the suspension of the implementation.

Recall that a member of the House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki, had last week called the Parliament’s attention to alleged alteration to the tax laws.

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Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, called for calm over claims of alterations in tax laws and urged Nigerians to allow lawmakers to complete their investigation before drawing conclusions.

Speaking on the ongoing controversy about the tax laws, Ndume noted that proceeding with the implementation without getting to the root of the alleged forgery will create a legitimacy challenge for the tax laws.

His statement read, “With the controversy surrounding it, the President should constitute a team to verify the veracity of the claim and act accordingly.

“As the responsive leader that he has always been, he should look at it to find out if the copy that was signed and the claim of alterations are genuine so that he will do the needful to bring the controversy to rest.

“If not, the controversy will continue.” That is to say, the tax law will not be implemented, because you can’t build on nothing.

“So, Mr. President should suspend the implementation until the issues are resolved because so many civil society organizations, the Arewa Community, and the Nigerian Bar Association are saying that he should withdraw the tax law and investigate the allegation of forgery.”

“Therefore, Mr President should get to the root of the allegation of forgery. The small committee that will be set up should look into it while the House of Representatives does its own.”