FACED with shocking revelations about how it lost N37.2 billion as a result of import waivers that were granted to importers of raw materials in 2011 and the discovery that beneficiaries of Export Expansion Grant now use proceeds of the grant to bring into the country finished products, Nigeria’s Federal Government, recently suspend the waiver policy. But it is believed that the last has not been heard about the abuse of the waiver policy. CHARLES KUMOLU reports.
Ewajesu, a dynamic young woman who is only 29 years old believes like the legendary boxer, Mohammed Ali, that “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth”. Over the years, she has remained consistent with doing something to make life better than resigning to fate and playing the blame game. This weekend, she shares her story from Abuja with Saturday Youthful Vibes.
WHILE international and local reports have repeatedly maintained that Northern Nigeria is the least developed region in the country, Balarabe Musa, a former governor of Kaduna State, in this interview noted that poverty should be seen as national crisis, rather than a northern problem.
Entrepreneurship is not something you dabble into if you are not adequately prepared for it. As a matter of fact, it is tough. If being an entrepreneur is tough, then being a woman entrepreneur is tougher, and being a young woman entrepreneur is tougher still. This edition brings to us the story of a young Niger Deltan who is not relentless in her effort to forge on.
Since the security situation in the Northern part of Nigeria became so alarming following the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, a lot of reasons have been attributed to the emergence of this insecurity.
Grace Adams have since lost both parents with just a younger brother left. She is a graduate of Mass Communications from the University of Jos. She founded K-WAVF (kids with a Vision Foundation) committed to serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children with offices in Plateau and Bauchi States. She was inspired by her own childhood experiences which have made her become the voice of the underserved communities. Saturday Youthful Vibes brings to us sublime story of this young Nigerian.
Sola is in his twenties and a -fifth year medical student of Kyiv Medical University, Ukraine. What is most interesting about him is that even in a foreign land, he has been able to have a breakthrough with his vision to impact many lives through his faith based organization. He tells his inspiring story to Saturday Youthful Vibes.
KIDNAPPED! This was the shocker that the family members and colleagues of Dr Chidimma Okwor, a young, eight months pregnant medical doctor and mother of three children had to contend with for 10 harrowing days this January 2012. Chidinma, a Senior Registrar at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, was abducted in front of her house along with her vehicle by unknown assailants on Tuesday 10th January, 2012.
Anyone with a camera is most likely going to take pictures with it and the quality of the images it generates.However, photography is not as easy as it seems, you can undoubtedly make some good fortune out of it if only you possess some skills and the necessary work tool.
THE much talked about Cashless Lagos, commenced on January 1, 2012, amid anxiety among customers and bank employees. In a country where a greater number of the citizenry are in the informal sector, many wonder how the policy can achieve its set objectives. CHARLES KUMOLU writes
Comedy is a tough business to become a part of. You either start writing it, hit the stage to perform it, or you do both. Stand-up is the ‘cruelest’ of all the forms that comedy manifests itself. Being a stand-up comedian can be very demanding, as it takes just the right blend of writing, timing and delivery. Owen Gee, a father of two boys takes Saturday Youthful Vibes on a journey of how he climbed the hall of fame.
