National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has called for an immediate overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployment system, urging authorities to stop posting corps members to states plagued by insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday, the association’s Cap’n, Dr Joseph Oteri, warned that worsening insecurity across...
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A concerned Nigerian professional, Dr. Opadonu Moses Olufemi, has formally submitted a petition to the National Assembly of Nigeria calling for urgent legislative intervention regarding the safety, security, and welfare of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the face of escalating insecurity across the country. In...
A coalition of Civil Society groups led by the Abuja-based Civil Society Groups For Good Governance (CSGGG) on Friday issued the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, a 3-day ultimatum, to clear the air on the recent controversy surrounding his Nigerian Law School and National...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has proposed the relocation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp from its current site within the city center to Government Secondary School, Auno. Governor Zulum identified sustainability, security, and future expansion as critical factors in his proposal. Speaking during...
First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has officially handed over three mobile clinic units under the RHI’s Love on Wheels project to boost healthcare delivery in underserved areas. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, Senator Oluremi Tinubu described...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has disbursed over ₦10 million in cash alongside food items and livestock to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving across local government areas under the Biu Zonal Office. The intervention, carried out during the Governor’s recent working tour of Bayo, Kwayar...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed sadness over the loss of its 7th Director-General (DG), Brigadier General Soyemi Ayodele Sofoluwe (Rtd.), who passed on recently. During a condolence visit to the deceased’s family in Lagos, the incumbent DG, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, paid tribute to him for...
Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has assured that the repayment process for the student loan scheme has been designed to be seamless, transparent and fair to all beneficiaries. Sawyerr, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, explained that graduates are granted...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have intensified their onslaught against insurgents in the North East, delivering a major setback to ISWAP fighters and rescuing 74 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in two separate operations across Borno State. The renewed push follows the directive of the Chief of Army...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have successfully rescued 74 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from what could have been a major abduction by insurgents along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Borno State. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the corps members’ convoy, consisting of three...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced an extension of the online registration deadline for the 2025 Batch ‘C’ prospective corps members (PCMs) until midnight on Tuesday, November 11. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be deployed in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election of their safety and prompt payment of election duty allowances. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, said nobody would...
By RAY UMUKORO – Nigeria’s maverick entrepreneur and Group Chief Executive Officer of Konga, Africa’s fastest growing e-commerce powerhouse, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, last weekend made history for himself and the nation as he was honoured with two global awards of distinction by Forbes and Euro Knowledge. The Oxford-trained Prince...
Former Benue State Governorship, Samuel Ortom, has expressed shock over the bereavement suffered by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Patrick Abba Moro, who lost his son and grandson within the space of two days. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Immediate past governor, Terver Akase quoted Ortom...
House of Representatives, in a show of deep sympathy, observed a minute of silence on Tuesday in memory of Victor Moro and his young son, Abba Moro Jr.—the late son and grandson of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro. The tribute came after a motion was moved by Rep....
House of Representatives Committee on Health Services has advised that Primary Healthcare Centres should not be run by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) medical doctors because they are on transit during the national service. Instead such healthcare facilities should have medical doctors employed by the government posted to the...
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has described the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme as a vital “Plan B” for Nigerian graduates, urging corps members to take it seriously as a pathway to financial independence. Speaking on Friday at the orientation...
Nigerians began the week on the note of a sizzling report by an online newspaper, Premium Times. The report centred around allegations that our own very Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science and Techonology, Chief Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, forged his university degree as well as National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)...
● Promises sensitisation in Kaduna State to ensure compliance As the October 6 deadline for the enforcement of the regulations for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) programme approaches, renowned scholar and former Vice Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Prof Abubakar Sani Sambo, has...
Anambra State Government has terminated the employment of eight operatives from the Agunechemba security outfit following their assault on a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The announcement was made by Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, during a briefing at the agency’s...