Nigeria Youth SDGs to hold first #Youth2030 workshop in Akure in March 2019

The Nigeria Youth SDGs Network will be hosting a #Youth2030 workshop in Akure, Ondo state to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how young people can play a lead role in the localization of the 2030 Agenda. The event will hold on Saturday 16th March 2019 at the Town Planning House behind […]

Learn How Ijeoma Ndukwe Is Creating Awareness For Gender Equality

Interviewed by Uzoamaka Mbara Tell us a bit about yourself. Who is Ijeoma Ndukwe? I grew up in Umuahia, Abia State. I studied Foreign Language and Translation Studies. I am passionate about service. I volunteer for a couple of NGOs because I believe that we can all do something positive, no matter how little, to […]

Education, Youth and Sustainability

By Ikenna Ugwu, Enugu “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” These words of the German dictator, Adolf Hitler about the youth are reflective. We must not throw them away. And if we appreciate it, we may just be close to “gain”-ing the future. Let’s begin by understanding that half of the world’s […]

Education: A Key Driver for Inclusion and Empowerment

Olalekan Ojumu, Ibadan, Nigeria   In December 2018, at a Global Education meeting held in Brussels, the United Nations adopted a resolution to celebrate the role of education in development every 24th of January. The day, tagged International Day for Education will see the world celebrate the role of education in development. International Day of […]

NYSC Gombe Hosts Youth Summit to Raise Awareness about the SDGs

The 2018 Gombe Youth SDGs Summit was organized for the first time by the NYSC SDGs Advocacy group in partnership with Gombe Youth for global goals, a foremost youth organization in the state. The aim of the event was to gather young people in the state together to dialogue and exchange ideas on how best […]