The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has sternly warned Tertiary Institutions in the country against enrolling unqualified graduates into the post-varsity mandatory one year programme. The DG said the NYSC would blacklist any higher institution found to be involved in fraudulent mobilisation of unqualified graduates in order to…
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The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has admitted that he did not participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme after graduation from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Reacting to allegations that he a Nigerian Law, the minister insists that his case is not akin to…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission said on Monday, 17th of September that, it had stopped investigations into the use of a forged exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps by former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The ICPC stated this just as the NYSC said it had concluded its…
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Veteran Comedian, Alibaba took his Instagram to defend and give insights on the Minister of Finance, KemiAdeosun’s resignation over allegations of forged NYSC certificate. His post read, “Many people are getting the Kemi Adeosun NYSC matter wrong. She did not claim to have served. She came back to Nigeria when she had passed the age to serve. She…
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Popular Music star, Davido AKA David Adeleke who recently stormed Lagos NYSC orientation camp for the three weeks orientation exercise and left almost immediately for his USA Locked Up tour took to his Instagram page on Friday, September 14, 2018, to release a statement. According to the statement, he is canceling his remaining tour dates in the United States of America due to NYSC duties.…
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Six unknown gunmen suspected to be members of Iceland cult group have kidnapped a youth corps member, Mr Akpanabia Udoworen, in his village, Nto Okon Usung Itike in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Udoworen, who is serving in Birni Kebi, Kebi State, was said to have visited his parents after completing…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday threatened to punish the two communities hosting the National Youths Service Corps state permanent orientation camp for alleged vandalism of camp infrastructure. Wike made this known at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 Corps Members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area…
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Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig.-Gen Suleiman Kazaure, has blamed the dwindling resources in the scheme to rising population of corps members. Kazaure disclosed this at the opening of the scheme’s Annual Management Conference in Jos on Tuesday. The theme of the conference was: ‘Enhancing the Operations of NYSC through Strategic Planning’.…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has tentatively fixed July 26, 2017 for the commencement of orientation for prospective Stream 2, Batch A corp members nationwide. By the new timetable, the orientation programme will close on August 15. An NYSC source told Premium Times on Tuesday that the agency fixed the date during an extended…
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Sokoto State government has raised the allowances of youth corps members serving in the state, with a pledge to begin the immediate payment of the new rate. Governor Aminu Tambuwal announced the new policy during the swearing-in ceremony of 2006 Batch A Stream II corps members at the state NYSC orientation camp in Wamakko…
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