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*Says Nigeria not finished beyond redemption  *Says ADP will rebirth a New Nigeria where  surname, tribe, religion, state of origin or political connection does not determine success For decades, young Nigerians have been told to wait: wait for opportunities, wait for leadership, wait for political inclusion, wait for a better Nigeria,  by 2027, the waiting should be over. This was expressed by the Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas in his message on the International Youth Day 2026. This was contained in a statement signed by his SA Media, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, made available to newsnen in Kaduna on Wednesday August 12, 2026. "Our answer is: WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. The Nigerian Youth must no longer be treated merely as voters, campaign crowds, social-media warriors or political foot soldiers. We must become nation-builders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, innovators, public servants, legislators and...

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Hon. Chinazam Ike, has congratulated Nigerian youths on the occasion of International Youth Day, urging government and stakeholders to make youth empowerment, skills development and employment a national priority. He expressed this in a statement signed by his Media team, made available to journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday August  12, 2026. Hon. Ike stressed that Nigeria’s youth are not merely leaders of tomorrow, but partners and leaders of today, whose energy, creativity and innovation must be harnessed for national development. He called for deliberate policies that create opportunities, promote entrepreneurship and ensure meaningful participation of young Nigerians in governance and nation-building.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for stronger collaboration, investment in fire prevention and improved emergency coordination to reduce fire disasters in Kaduna State. The call was made on Monday at a stakeholders’ engagement on fire disaster management organised by the agency in Kaduna. The Head of NEMA Operations Office, Kaduna, Mrs Halima Suleiman, said coordinated action had become imperative as fire outbreaks continued to claim lives, destroy property and livelihoods, and cause huge economic losses. Represented by Ikramat Umar, Head of NEMA’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit, Suleiman identified electrical faults, gas explosions, unsafe handling of petroleum products, careless use of naked flames, bush burning, poor storage of combustible materials and weak compliance with fire safety regulations as major causes of fire outbreaks. She added that rapid urbanisation, congested settlements, poor access roads and delays in reporting emergencies...

Dangers of substandard electrical cables and the damage they cause Nigeria's economy, came to the fore on Saturday in Kaduna, as the Northern Cable Processing and Manufacturing Company (NOCACO), hosted its 2026 Customer Forum. The event which attracted distributors of NOCACO from all over Nigeria, sparked up debate on the need for Nigerians to embrace quality cables to protect lives and property. Delivering a lecture titled, "Safety First: The Hazards of Substandard Cables and How to Choose the Right Cable for Every Electrical Application" Mr. Safiyanu Yahaya State Officer  of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), said that several lives and property worth billions have been lost to fire, as a result of substandard cables. "Electrical cables are the lifeline of every electrical installation. Their quality determines the safety, efficiency and reliability of homes, industries, commercial buildings and public infrastructure. Buil...

Nigerian farmers must shift from open-pollinated variety seeds to hybrid varieties such as Tela maize to cut production costs and strengthen the country’s food security, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has said. Sylvia Kyeyune, Vice Chairman of the AATF Board, gave the advice while leading a high-powered delegation on a visit to Kaduna State recently. She observed that Nigeria’s vast land resources have encouraged a mindset that tolerates low productivity, as farmers can plant large areas even with modest yields per acre. “You’re assuming that you have a lot of land and therefore productivity is not a very big deal,” Kyeyune said. “Someone can produce very little on a very large portion of land because they have the big land. But a country that has very small land must maximize the yield per acre... so in Nigeria because you have big land you somehow overlook productivity. That is why you end up using low yielding open pollinated varieties.” She explai...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has successfully concluded the distribution of 24,302 food baskets donated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to vulnerable households in Yobe, Benue, Kebbi, Anambra and Taraba States. The humanitarian intervention, which was flagged off by the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, on Thursday, 18th June, 2026, in Damaturu, Yobe State, was completed through direct distribution to profiled vulnerable households across the beneficiary states. A statement signed by Manzo Ezekiel on behalf of the Press Unit, NEMA, Abuja, dated  July 23,  2026, said that  a total of 6,403 food baskets were distributed in Benue State, 6,000 in Yobe State, 4,399 in Kebbi State, 4,000 in Anambra State and 3,500 in Taraba State, bringing the total number of distributed food baskets to 24,302. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Mrs. Zubaida Umar described the donation as another demonstration of the str...