The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who faced threats from NYSC officials for criticizing President Bola Tinubu led administration. TUC President Festus Osifo, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, argued that the corps member, Ushie Uguamaye,...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Amnesty International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have strongly condemned threats and intimidation directed at a lady (a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps), who posted TikTok video lamenting the current escalating economic hardship. The lady, identified as Ms Ushie...
Fidelity Bank Plc through its Get Alert in Millions Season Six (GAIM 6) promo, on Friday, presented cheque of N500, 000 each to two serving corps members in Akwa Ibom. The Divisional Head of Product Development, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr Osita Ede, said the initiative is designed to reward...
Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, on Thursday in Abuja, assumed office as the 23rd Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), promising to improve the welfare of staff and corps members. Nafiu, while taking over from his predecessor, Brig.-Gen. Yu’shau Ahmed, stated that the core of his mandate was to...
The Deputy Spokesman for the House of Representatives, Rep. Philip Agbese (APC-Benue) says plans are ongoing to increase funding for some strategic agencies in the 2025 Appropriation Bill. The agencies are National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) among others....
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Brig.- Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed has urged corps members serving in Zamfara to be security conscious. The DG also advised them to avoid unnecessary traveling during the one year compulsory national service. Ahmed made the call on Saturday while addressing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, proudly celebrated the deployment of 117 pioneer graduates to various National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. This historic milestone marks a significant achievement for the young institution, as its first-ever graduates commence...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – No fewer than 4 persons including 2 NYSC corps members lost their lives in a vehicle accident on Wednesday in Ebonyi State NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the accident occurred along Amasiri-Okigwe Road within Amenu village in Okposi community within Ohaozara Local Government Area of...
Miss Abasifreke Joseph, a Corps Member, kidnapped on Jan. 9, along Enugu-Ezike Road, on her way to Kogi, has said she faced torture and hunger in the hands of her captors. Miss Joseph, who was released on Jan. 13, gave the narration in Abak on Sunday, when the NYSC...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A corps member serving with Corner Stone Academy, Miango in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Miss Elizabeth Paul, has trained and donated sewing machines to some girls displaced by the recent attacks in the area. Speaking during the donation of the...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Government has said the teacher, Mrs Fatima Amuzat, involved in an alleged assault of a corps member has been summoned and that necessary disciplinary procedures will be taken. The female corps member was allegedly beaten up by teachers at the Government Day...
The Federal Government has revoked all previous directives regarding posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This was made know in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday signed by Mrs Omolara Esan, Director of Information and Public Relation in the Ministry of Youth Development. Meanwhile, the Minister...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has identified the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a cornerstone of national integration and development since its inception in 1973. A statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media, Austine Elemue, said the Minister made...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested four persons in connection with the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Yahaya Faruq, a corps member serving in Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers, mysteriously went missing after reporting for work at his part-time job...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Relief Distribution Committee has engaged fifty members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to expedite the ongoing verification process for flood relief distribution. Training sessions have began to familiarize the corps members with verification procedures and ensure their success in...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Hon. Ayodele Olawande, has appealed to Nigerian youths to be patient, saying “Rome was not built in a day”. Olawande made the call at a retirement dinner of Hajiya Walida Isa, Director, Corps Mobilisation, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their hb grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Given the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Contrary to recent claims by some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates castigating the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their inability to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, the board has denied having hand in their admission. The...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) absorbed all prospective corps members posted to Lagos State in the 2024 Batch B, Stream 2, including polytechnics and monotechnics graduates. Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Ministry of Youth Development has said it is working on introducing a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Olawande Wisdom, said this at the opening of the...