Youth Aid Development Foundation

The Young African Diplomats Network(YADN); an initiative that promotes social development, humanitarianism, Youth development and good governance organised the Youth Diplomats Forum and Free Capacity Building for Secondary Schools. This event took place on Monday ,18th of January, 2016 at the Orogun Grammar School,  Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. The theme of the training was Effective Communication, Excellent Reading/Writing Skill and Leadership.

Zika is a disease caused by Zika virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. The Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted infection related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile virus.

The Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS) is offering six financial need-based scholarships for high school students from the African continent to attend YYGS this summer at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The scholarship will cover tuition, airfare and travel expenses to the program. The Yale Young Global Scholars Program is open to students who have one or two years of secondary school remaining, and offers six unique two-week sessions. The program is a rigorous academic experience, featuring lectures from renowned Yale faculty.

Trending News: It is now compulsory for Nigerian corporations (Public &Private) to comply with the Codes of Corporate Governance Why is this important? To ensure the economic stability of the country, to protect the interest of the least person in the society, the corporations, their employees, customers and shareholders

There is one big thing missing in our Society, it’s the one thing which I believe can make our society O.K – the basic truth about these aspect is that this one thing doesn’t cost us nothing, we don’t even have to pay. The explanation lies on the understanding of doing the Right Thing Every day. Yes, we all have failed in the respect of doing the right thing. Explaining this alignment is a simple one, we all have forgotten that we all are the aspirant of making our world a better place (O.K). The Problem I foresee is the inability to choose or do the right thing, things that would better our society. Despite that we all see and acknowledge several things that are bad or incompatible within our society we choose not to correct it, all we do is focus on our very own personal gain.

 For a while now, I have been thinking about writing something on learning to say NO because very often I get to see people say YES to everything and anything. YES to things that get them annoyed, things they do not like. YES to going out with people that they do not enjoy being with.

Lassa fever is caused by a virus that is found in West Africa. It was first discovered in 1969 in Lassa, Nigeria when two missionary nurses died. Lassa fever is mainly found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Nigeria and is spread by rats. Other neighboring countries are also at risk because the type of rat that spreads the virus is also found throughout the West African region.

 One of the greatest achievements in life is self-mastery and peace of mind. Your peace is still one of the most important goals you should aim to achieve in life. Oftentimes, we unwittingly starve ourselves of joy and happiness by holding tenaciously to crippling beliefs,  past hurts and ill-fated grievances. For a fact, two things seem constant in life: