He inspired many Nigerian youths to become involved in the Nigerian political process for the first time.

Given Fola's commitment to empowering Nigerian youth to create jobs for themselves and others, he established the FATE Foundation in 2000.

Banky played a major role in mobilizing the Nigerian youth to participate in the Occupy Nigeria series of protests in January 2012.

Its mission was "to create and increase access and opportunities to Nigerian youths and communities towards addressing [their] needs and challenges in relation to health and sustainable development."

The program has also helped in creating entry level jobs for a lot of Nigerian youth.

Nine days before Damiola's death, a Nigerian youth, Shola Agora, 17, was stabbed to death in another housing project.

But it is also an incarnation of the isolation and peril awaiting aspiring Nigerian youths who travel abroad to further their education.

The band maintained a five-year residency in the Afro-Shrine from 1970 to 1975 while afrobeat thrived among Nigerian youth.

Upon his return from the United States of America, he formed the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) in 1934 and galvanized the Nigerian youths for nationalism.

A former Nigerian youth international, Yussuf was acquired by Dynamo from Nigerian side Union Bank F.C. in 2003.