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Bauchi, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
MEMBERS of the Batch “B” of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Bauchi State have been assured of their safety during their orientation pro-gramme, which started on Monday and their welfare in the state during the service year. The state coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Abraham Tizhe, gave the assurance while speaking with […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Gripped with fear of insecurity in the country, parents of the next batch of youth corps members have pleaded with the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to rescind its decision on posting of fresh graduates to danger prone zones in the country. The plea was made against the back drop of deployment […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, July 1st, 2011
IN order to reduce the level of unemployment among youth in the country, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has trained over 1,940 corps members and empowered 1,267 with N314 million. It has also mobilised over 95,000 corps members for the Batch-B orientation across the country. This is the highest number since the inception of […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, July 1st, 2011
AKURE— AUTHORITIES of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Ondo State yesterday protested the posting of its graduates to states in the North for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. It will be recalled that a graduate of the institution, Mr. Kehinde Jehleel Adeniji, who was serving in Bauchi State, was killed during the April […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
AN atmosphere of despondency pervaded the passing out ceremony of Batch ‘B’ members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Rivers State following the non-release of five of their colleagues who were kidnapped by gunmen 12 days ago. The corps members lamented recent events across the country, such as the post election violence, which […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) officials in Rivers have resorted to prayers for the release of five corps members abducted seven days ago. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were kidnapped at Omedeme in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state on June 9. The victims were abducted on their way […]
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Delta, Headlines, Nigerian Police, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Security operatives in Delta State have launched a massive hunt for suspects who allegedly raped three female corps members in Owodokplor Igbide community, Isoko South local government area of the state. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the six-man gang allegedly descended on the corps members who were serving as teachers at the school’s Corpers’ Lodge. Our […]
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Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, June 10th, 2011
CRISIS-prone states have been excluded by the National Youth Corps Service (NYSC) from the yearly posting of corps members for the mandatory national assignment. Mr. Gabriel Ibe, the Oyo State Coordinator of the NYSC, disclosed yesterday that the management of the corps would no longer post corps members to crisis-ridden areas. He spoke in Ibadan when he led top […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Brig.- Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, has disclosed that 70 serving corps members are undergoing training on skill acquisition in Germany and the United States (U.S.). Tsiga made the disclosure yesterday while addressing workers of the scheme drawn from Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo states that are undergoing […]
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Headlines, Lagos, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga, has said that the NYSC scheme will not be scrapped but will remain to unite the people of the country together. Speaking at the 2011 Annual Management Conference entitled “Reviving and Strengthening Discipline in the NYSC Scheme,” held in Ilorin, Kwara State, on […]