Below are the stories of young Nigerians doing the country proud in their various fields of endeavour.

REGARDLESS of various laws aimed at protecting the rights of women, rape has become an epidemic in Nigeria lately. Across the six-geopolitical zones, newspapers are full of reports of numerous cases of rape, especially of minors, teenagers and elderly women. With the trend becoming alarming, CHARLES KUMOLU asks: Why the sudden increase in rape incidents?

‘Toyin Ajao (33) had her first degree in Management and Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria. She was a Peace and Security (women) fellow of African Leadership Centre and King’s College London (2009/2010). ‘Toyin’s past work focused on women, gender, sexuality and social media activism. She is a two-time international award winning blogger and a co-editor at KIND ‘free2run’ women in politics blog. From the United Kingdom, she shares her story with Saturday Youth Vibes.

He is known for his electrifying style which keeps his audience up on its feet with mouths wide open and feet dancing in praise and worship. His contemporary style is aimed at giving God EXTREME praise and “pulling youths out of the night clubs and the streets into purposeful living.

IN the face of various pension reforms, likethe Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Provident Fund, and more recently, Pension Reform Act 2004, pensioner s have had to live in misery because pension funds have consistently been diverted to private pockets. With the matter constituting an embarrassment to the country, not a few want an end to the hardship retirees go through in order to get their pension. CHARLES KUMOLU writes.