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The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has issued a stern warning to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over the mobilisation crisis affecting part-time students. Speaking at a press conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, held at the Federal Cooperative College, Eleyele, Ibadan, NAPS President, Comrade Oyewumi Festus, condemned the NYSC's decision to…
11 Feb
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended the patriotism, good conduct and perseverance exhibited by corps members across the country. The NYSC Director General, Brig.-Gen. Yushau Ahmed, gave the commendation on Tuesday at the NYSC orientation camp in Bauchi State, during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ stream II orientation course. Represented…
11 Feb
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised the management of the National Service Corps (NYSC) scheme for allegedly paying corps members N33,000 in January, amid public avowal to commence payment of N77,000 monthly allowance.
10 Feb
A university professor from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Philip Adetiloye, has said that the urge to bridge the educational gap between the North and the South was one of the hidden objectives for initiating the National Youth Service in 1972, saying that objective has been achieved and can no longer be…
8 Feb
A whooping sum of N250 million has been demanded as ransom by suspected terrorists, for the release of a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd). Tsiga, 67, was kidnapped along with several others at his hometown of Tsiga, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Wednesday…
7 Feb
The decomposing body of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, has been discovered on the Second Niger Bridge.
7 Feb
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mr Baba Kudu Mohammed before Justice A.Y. Shafa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Nyanya, Abuja, on a four-count charge of forgery.
4 Feb
Ahead of the passage of the 2025 budget, the House of Representatives has hinted that the allocations of key agencies like the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will be increased.
3 Feb
Ahead of the passage of the 2025 budget, the House of Representatives has dropped the hint that the allocations of key agencies like the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) would be increased. The Deputy Spokesman of the House, Philip Agbese, made this known…
31 Jan
The Lagos Chapter of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN Lagos) has donated 100 chairs and other furniture items to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos to address logistical challenges faced by corps members and staff.
30 Jan
Thousands of fresh Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates in Nigeria have been thrown into confusion over the federal government’s decision to exclude them from participating in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
27 Jan
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to utilize the opportunities provided by the scheme through the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) to become job creators. SAED National Director, Mr. Kehinde Aremu, made the call on Monday at the flag-off ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II SAED in-camp training…
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