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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
* Says only Akpabio fulfilled his promise By Caleb Ayansina ABUJA—The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has vehemently denied the allegation that its leadership expropriated the N23.5 million donated to critically injured ex-corps members, describing the report as mischievous. NYSC-DG The money was donated to the youths under the NYSC Hope Alive initiative, a public/private […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, August 21st, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | August 21, 2015 – There were two important developments on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme this week: One, was Buhari’s declaration of his commitment to retaining the scheme. The President was quoted by several media, including the online medium, The Cable of August 5 2015, […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
Written by: Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Cynthia advertisement OP HEADLINES Last Tuesday, 23-year-old Miss Cynthia Adaeze Onwuchuruba reversed what appeared to be a curse on a school, Community Secondary School (CSS), Abuloma in Port Harcourt Rivers State which had been in existence for 24 years. Doing what many […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
By Abel Daniel LAFIA – Not less than 55 Corps members and staff of INEC deployed to serve as presiding officers were held hostage for 24 hours in Assakio, Ashige and Adogi in Lafia local government area on Saturday. The corps members who were rescued by security men and brought to the INEC Headquarter in […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Emmanuel Unogu A former corps member, Emmanuel Unogu, has been offered N100,000 by the National Youth Service Corps for the loss of his right leg during the service year. Unogu, who served with the Urueffong/Oruka Local Government, Akwa Ibom State in 2008, was involved in an auto accident, which later led to the loss […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
By DAYO ADESULU Director General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig Johnson Olawunmi has warned the Batch A corps members against becoming tools for politicians to rig elections as they (corps members) will be election officials come 2015. Olawunmi who was speaking at the swearing-in-ceremony of the 2014 Batch A corps members in Lagos said that […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Top Stories
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the kidnap of a 29-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Ayobami Jaiyeola. Relatives of the victim told PUNCH Metrothat she was last seen while leaving her elder sister’s house at Dideolu Estate in the Oniru area of the state in the evening of Friday last week. When […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
When in November 2012, Winifred Okey, received a call-up letter to begin her National Youth Service Corps programme in Rivers State, she was extremely happy. This was because she wanted to be posted there so that she would be close to her friends, who were staying there. The 23-year-old graduate’s happiness was however cut short […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT — Rumuewhor community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has tasked the Rivers State Government and the Police to intensify efforts to secure the release of abducted two National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members by kidnappers in the state. It will be recalled that two NYSC members were, […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Top Stories
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Jos – The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would reopen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) farms in each state of the federation. The Minister for youth Development, Dr Inuwa Abdulkadir, said this in an interview in Jos, Plateau. Abdulkadir said that the establishment of the farms would go a long way to complement […]
