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Kwara Teacher Penalised for Alleged Assault on Corps Member

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 4, 2024

The Kwara State Government has taken disciplinary action against a school teacher accused of mistreating a youth corps member assigned to Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin. Hajia Fatimoh Hamzat Nike has been demoted by two grade levels, according to a joint statement

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NYSC boss seeks integration of skill acquisition into NDA curriculum

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 25, 2024

Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, has asked the Nigerian Defence Academy to incorporate a skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme into its curriculum. On Tuesday in Kaduna, he made the suggestion during the NDA 22nd Convocation Lecture in honour of the graduating cadets of 71 Regular Course and Post-Graduate

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LASG tasks corps members on networking

Angel Ojonugwa September 4, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Scholar ) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged newly inducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to take advantage of the orientation programmes to boost their networking. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice on Friday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch B, Stream 2 of the NYSC members […]

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NYSC relocates Bauchi orientation camp

Angel Ojonugwa August 27, 2024

BAUCHI (Sundiata Scholar) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says it has relocated the orientation camp for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II corps members to Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere in Bauchi State This is contained in a statement by the NYSV C,coordinator in the state, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu in Bauchi […]

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FG plans equivalent of NYSC training for NCE graduatesTraining

Angel Ojonugwa August 27, 2024

IBADAN ( Sundiata Scholar) -The Ministry of Youth Development says it’s 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 BEMORE OYO 2024 Summer […]

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NYSC demobilises 54 UNICAL graduates illegally called for national service

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 18, 2024

The National Youth Service Corps, or NYSC, has demobilised 54 University of Calabar graduates who were illegally registered for national service by university officials. According to Eddy Megwa, NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, another 19 individuals who initially registered online for mobilisation have been barred from serving, while the system has

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NANS urges Tinubu to increase the NYSC allowance to N77,000

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Senate President, Henry Okunomo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase the monthly allowance for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to ₦77,000. He stated that the current monthly salary of ₦33,000 is inadequate in light of current economic conditions. Okunomo made the appeal in a letter to […]

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HND graduates to provide IT evidence before NYSC mobilisation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 4, 2024

The National Youth Service Corps has warned that polytechnic and monotechnic graduates who have not completed the obligatory one-year industrial training will be barred from participating in national service. Yetunde Baderinwa, NYSC coordinator in Lagos, revealed this in an interview on Saturday. Ms Baderinwa stated that the NYSC has issued a circular to that effect. […]

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Allow graduates with part-time ND background to participate in NYSC — NANS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 21, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the National Youth Service Corps to allow Higher National Diploma holders who completed part-time throughout their National Diploma to serve their country. NANS stated that students who finished their National Diploma (ND) programmes using the Daily Part-Time (DPP) mode and then enrolled in full-time Higher

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LASG seeks corps members’ collaboration to curb drug abuse

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Scholar) – Lagos State Government has called for collaboration of corps members in its efforts at curbing substance abuse through the War Against Drug Abuse in Lagos State project. The Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, made the call on Wednesday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members […]

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NITDA collaborates with NYSC to train 30 million Nigerians to improve digital literacy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 10, 2024

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched a large-scale nationwide project to increase digital literacy in partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, and other stakeholders. The Agency made the announcement on Friday following a meeting in Abuja between NYSC Director-General Brig

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Otu urges corps members to implement laudable community projects

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

OBUBURU ( Sundiata Post) – Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has urged newly sworn-in members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to implement laudable projects in their host communities.Otu made the call on Tuesday at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream II corps members, at the NYSC […]

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Tinubu directs inclusion of National Open University graduates in NYSC scheme

Angel Ojonugwa April 18, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata post) – The president gave the directive during his presentation at the 13th convocation ceremony of the university on Saturday, April 13, 2024. at the University’s Convocation Arena, Jabi, Abuja. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has given an order to the Federal Ministry of Education to include National Open University (NOUN) graduates in the

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ABSU assures corps members of enhanced welfare packages

Angel Ojonugwa April 17, 2024

UMUHAIA(Sundiata Post) – The management of Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the University of adequate accommodation and enhanced welfare packages.The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, ABSU, Prof Onyemachi Ogbulu, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the Corps members to his office on

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Student Loan Scheme set to launch with 1.2 million beneficiaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

The first group of beneficiaries of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration’s Student Loan Scheme would include 1.2 million young Nigerians. The process of participation in the initiative, whose enabling law was signed by President Tinubu on April 3, would begin “anytime soon,” according to Mr. Akintunde Sawyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

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NYSC deploys 2,172 corps members to Bauchi State

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

THE ( Sundiata Post) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed no fewer than 2,172 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream ll orientation exercise.The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, said this in an interview on Tuesday in Bauchi.According to her, registration of prospective corps members […]

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NANS suggests five years after NYSC for student loan repayment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 19, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students has stated that it is unrealistic to expect recipients of the Federal Government loan scheme to begin payback two years after completing the National Youth Service Corps. It argued that less than 10% of graduates are incorporated into the employment market within two years after completing NYSC. It therefore […]

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Corps member allegedly rapes Osun university student

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 5, 2024

Soji Ezekiel, a man presently serving a one-year National Youth Service Corps term, was detained by Osun State police on suspicion of raping an Osun State University undergraduate. The female victim (name withheld) allegedly went to Soji’s room to charge her phone after he allegedly took advantage of the local power outage to force her […]

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NYSC member launches a classroom block worth N3.5 million in Bauchi

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

BAUCHI – Rahila Garba, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bauchi State, dedicated a block of two classrooms worth N3.5 million at Gudun Hausawa Primary School, which is located close to the state metropolis. Garba, who works for the Office of the Head of Civil Service, stated during the occasion that Habibu Engineering […]