Nigeria, April 13 -- Prominent legal luminary and civil rights advocate, Mr. Femi Falana, has called on Nigerian youths to take ownership of their country and steer it towards a better path.

Speaking at the sixth edition of the Annual Youth Leadership Conference held at the University of Lagos, Falana addressed a gathering of young minds under the theme Resilience, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (RISE 2025).

Reflecting on Nigeria's current challenges, Falana emphasized that the state of the nation is far from what it used to be, urging young people to step up and drive meaningful change.

"You will have to challenge those who are in power when you have access to them, because some of them in power today belong to...