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Zimbabwe re-introduces youth service programme

HARARE, Cabinet has approved the res-establishment of the exercise that was suspended in 2018. While according to the government, the programme launched in 2000 is to inculcate patriotism and empower local youth, critics allege it is an appendage of the governing party to terrorise opponents particularly during elections. “The programme is designed to equip youths, comprising persons between the ages of 18 and 35 years with patriotism, discipline, volunteerism, survival skills, hard work, loyalty, tolerance, resilience, determination and honesty,” said Monica Mutsvangwa, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister. She said during training, the youths will be encouraged to participate in development projects and disaster response activities.

Eminent lawyer Ziggy Azike is dead

A renowned legal practitioner in Nigeria, Ziggy Azike, is dead. The lawyer described as a life bencher, reportedly died in his Lagos base Wednesday, January 6, 2021, after brief illness. He was aged 61 and was ‎Principal Counsel of ‎the law firm Adroit Lex & Co. “He had prostrate cancer, which he had been managing before he suddenly took ill and died unexpectedly,” a source told  News Express on Thursday morning . Born on September 19, 1959 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the late Chief Chibuzo Nduwueze Ziggy Azike hailed from Okohia Osu-Owerre in Isiala Mbano L.G.A. of Imo State. He studied Law at the University of Nigeria, graduating in 1982, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School where he earned a call to the Nigerian Bar in 1983.

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