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A corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tayachibiyacha Ebal, has died after slumping at the Dakin Gari orientation camp in Kebbi State. Sources at the camp revealed that the corps member collapsed suddenly and was immediately rushed to the camp clinic. The deceased, a female, was referred to the Federal Medical Centre…
14 Dec
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has condemned the decision of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to exclude Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates who completed their National Diploma (ND) through part-time programme. It said the policy not only undermines the efforts of thousands of hardworking Nigerian students but also perpetrates unnecessary discrimination in our education…
6 Dec
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended the Kwara State government for its prompt action against a schoolteacher who assaulted a corps member serving in the state. In a statement issued yesterday, the NYSC State Coordinator, Mr Onifade Olaoluwa, described the government’s decision as a step that would deter future occurrences of such misconduct…
5 Dec
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended the Kwara State government for its prompt and punitive actions against the school teacher who assaulted a corps member in the state. The coordinator of NYSC Kwara State, Mr. Onifade Olaoluwa, in a signed statement on Thursday, said that the state's action has nipped the matter in…
5 Dec
The Kwara State government has demoted a secondary school teacher, Hajia Hamzat Fatimoh Nike, by two grades following her assault on a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member last week. The state government also announced the teacher’s transfer from Government Day Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, to an undisclosed location as part of measures to prevent…
4 Dec
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has withdrawn all Corps members serving at the Government Day Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, Kwara State, following an alleged assault on a female Corps member by some teachers. The assault occurred when the Corps member was accused of failing to greet the teachers properly. The Kwara State NYSC…
29 Nov
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to complete and deliver the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp at Agbowa, Ikorodu, before the end of 2024. Sanwo-Olu made this commitment during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch C Stream 1 corps members on Friday. The event took place at the…
29 Nov
A secondary school teacher at Government Day, Kulende, Ilorin, on Friday beat and tore the vest of a Corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to shreds for allegedly failing to accord the teacher the respect she deserved. Our reporter gathered that the Corps member had visited the school for her clearance letter…
29 Nov
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that a change of name will no longer be a requirement for married female corps members seeking redeployment. This is contained in a circular signed by the service’s Director of Corps Mobilisation, Abubakar Mohammed, and issued to directors, acting directors, state, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) coordinators.…
27 Nov
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has deployed 1,593 corps members to Gombe State for the 2024 Batch “C” Stream 1 Orientation exercise. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday signed by Ms Jennifer Laha, the Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the NYSC in Gombe. Laha said the corps members were…
27 Nov
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked reports claiming that the scheme is advertising for job vacancies/recruitment. The NYSC refuted the recruitment report on Wednesday morning in a disclaimer on its official X handle, saying it is a scam. "The Management of National Youth Service Corps wishes to inform the general public of some…
21 Nov
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Federal Government and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to urgently secure the release of Miss Linda Obi Chiamaka, a corps member abducted by terrorists in Zungeru, Niger State, about a month ago.
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