Features
FEATURES: Checking insecurity via youth empowerment
May 17, 2013 14:43
NANFeatures/Vol. 7/No. 184/2013 (May 17) Checking insecurity via youth empowerment By Francis Onyeukwu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Participants of the Abia Youth Empowerment Summit (A-YES), which was recently held in Umuahia, underscored the need for government to give priority to youth empowerment programmes. They attributed the high crime rate in the... read full story
NEWS ANALYSIS: The imperatives of states’ creation
May 17, 2013 12:16
NANFeatures/Vol. 7/No. 183/2013 (May 17) The imperatives of states’ creation By Kayode Olaitan, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Requests for the creation of more states in Nigeria have been made on many occasions. There have been requests for the creation Okura out of Kogi; Aba from Abia; Njaba and Orashi out of Imo; Adada from Enugu State; Toru-Ebe from Delta, Edo... read full story
FEATURES: Waste as potential source of wealth
May 17, 2013 12:04
NANFeatures/Vol. 7/No. 182/2013 (May 17) Waste as potential source of wealth By Olayemi Okeniyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) It is not uncommon to see Nigerians tossing trash out of the windows of their cars. This habit is displayed by owners and passengers of all types of vehicles; and it is not age-specific as the perpetrators are sometimes youngsters... read full story
FEATURES: Attracting foreign investments via Nigeria-Turkey business summit
May 16, 2013 13:49
NANFeatures/Vol. 7/No. 181/2013 (May 16) Attracting foreign investments via Nigeria-Turkey business summit By Sani Adamu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Entrepreneurs and industrialists from Nigeria and Turkey recently converged on Istanbul to explore and exchange ideas on how best to grow the economies of the two countries. The meeting tagged... read full story
NEWS ANALYSIS: Between skills’ acquisition and paper certificates
May 15, 2013 10:57
NANFeatures/Vol.7/No.180/2013 (May 15) Between skills’ acquisition and paper certificates A News Analysis by Folasade Folarin, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The craving of Nigerian youths to acquire paper qualification at all costs became a focus of public discourse during the recently concluded orientation programme of the National Youth Service Corps... read full story
