Following a viral video in the social media showing a female Nigerian Army officer of the Nigerian Army assaulting a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police (NACMP), have arrested the officer shown…
This is probably why you can’t find work – Gbubemi Atimomo
…Thoughts on employability skills, the job search, and unemployment Every year, many hopeful and promising students graduate from institutions of higher learning. They are eager to join the workforce, earn a living, and contribute their quota to national development. I…
*1 dead, vehicles vandalised as robbers attack motorists on Long Bridge (Punch)*Lagos partners UNICEF to tackle rising violence against children (Guardian)
1 dead, vehicles vandalised as robbers attack motorists on Long Bridge (Punch) One person was alleged to have died, while some vehicles were vandalised as traffic robbers attacked motorists on the Long Bridge, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway…
Corps members part of defence, can be mobilised for war – NYSC
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise…
Let us scrap the NYSC and the Presidency- Lucia Edafioka
When former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon declared ‘no victor, no vanquished’ at the end of the infamous Nigerian civil war in 1970, 10-year-old Nigeria was deeply fractured along ethnic lines. There was mutual distrust and hate among the…
Camp reopening: NYSC will comply with COVID-19 guidelines, says DG
The National Youth Service Corps has assured that it would enforce strict compliance with all safety guidelines endorsed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in all its Orientation Camps across the country.…
Lagos CP says NYSC should be given priority in national issues
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has suggested that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should be given priority in national issues. Odumosu stated this, yesterday, when he received the Lagos NYSC State Co-ordinator, Mr. Eddy Megwa…
Doctor dies in Rivers crash 48 hours after completing NYSC
A medical doctor, Urenna Iroegbu, has died after a commercial vehicle which she was in drove against traffic, causing an accident along Onne Road, Port Harcourt. The incident occurred barely two days after she completed her National Youth Service Corps…
NYSC denies suspension of members’ allowance for April, May
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied news release purportedly issued by the Director-General, conveying to members that their monthly stipends for April and May, would be contributed to the fight against COVID-19. The NYSC advised…