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Insecurity: NYSC shifts orientation camps in Kaduna, Kwara, others

Aminu Imam
NYSC shifts orientation camps

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has relocated its orientation camps in several states, including Kwara and Kaduna, citing ongoing security threats and a commitment to protecting corps members. The move aligns with prior appeals from parents and education stakeholders who had raised concerns about placing graduates in high-risk rural areas. In a statement issued  yesterday, the NYSC noted that corps members posted to volatile regions “are provided with adequate protection, including military escorts”. The statement, which addressed a recent controversial article alleging negligence and fictitious “ransom clauses”, stressed that…

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Katsina: Bandits kidnap former NYSC D-G., 9 others 

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Bandits kidnap ex NYSC DG

Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brgd-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), in Tsiga village, Bakori local government area of Katsina State. Tsiga, was kidnapped alongside nice other residents of Tsiga village, in Kankara local government area of Katsina State on Wednesday night. According to a relative of Tsiga, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, yesterday said that the terrorists attacked the community at about 11:30p.m, and moved straight into the residence of the former Army general, after shooting sporadically. He further…

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NYSC invalidates 101 fake mobilisation, exemption certificates

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has invalidated 101 certificates of persons fraudulently mobilised for the national youth service. Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director, Information and Public Relations, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The 101 persons were illegally mobilised by the University of Calabar for national service during the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NYSC service years. Out of the figure, 99 were under listed for service, while two others were exempted from service. Consequently, the management of NYSC hereby restates its…

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NYSC: FG to empower 5,000 members with N10m each

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NYSC members

The Federal Government has announced plans to empower at least 5,000 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with N10 million each to fund their entrepreneurial ventures after they complete the NYSC programme. This was disclosed by the Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Ibrahim, during the opening ceremony of the inaugural meeting of the NYSC management with heads of Corps Producing Institution (CPI) in Nigeria, which was held on Monday, in Abuja. Ibrahim mentioned that this funding plan aligns with the upcoming NYSC reforms and is separate from…

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149 days in Zamfara kidnappers den: Bring back our children alive – Distraught Akwa-Ibom parents of NYSC members 7 beg FG

Aminu Imam

Distraught parents of seven Akwa-Ibom prospective National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), members kidnapped in Zamfara State are losing hope on the fate of their children still in kidnappers den over four months after they were abducted. Recall that on August 17 2023, an 11-seater Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) en-route to Sokoto from Uyo was intercepted by bandits on the Zamfara State Highway who abducted eight of the passengers and the bus driver while others escaped. The passengers were mainly fresh graduates from Akwa Ibom State posted to Sokoto…

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Zamfara: Bandits kidnap 8 NYSC members en route Sokoto camp

Aminu Imam

Gunmen kidnap eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along a highway in Zamfara on Saturday. According to reports, the corps members were on their way to Sokoto State via Zamfara State, where they were participating in the mandatory national service, when their bus, operated by AKTC, was stopped along the highway in Zamfara. A source stated that 11 corps members were present, but three of them managed to get away from the gunmen. Apart from the eight corps members, the driver of the bus was also abducted, he said. The…

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“Nobody will force you to wear hijab”??Sultan tells corps members

Aminu Imam

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Abubakar II, has assured the 2022 Batch B Stream-11 corps members in Sokoto State that nobody would force them to wear the Islamic hijab. The Sultan gave the assurance in his palace when the NYSC management team in the State led by the State Coordinator and some selected corps members paid him a courtesy visit. He also assured them that their safety is guaranteed despite some security challenges facing the country. He said, In Sokoto, Sharia’h law is only binding on Muslims, nobody…

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Marwa seeks drug test for NYSC members

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The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has asked that youth corps members undergo a drug test as they report for their mandatory one-year national service at the various orientation camps across the country as part of drug demand reduction efforts of the anti-narcotic agency. Marwa made the call when he hosted the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Fadah, who led his management team on a courtesy visit to the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja…

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‘Shari’ah law not binding on non-Muslims’ – Sultan

Aminu Imam

Assures corp members of freedom of religion The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, has reiterated that Shari’ah law is not binding on non-Muslims, stressing that nobody would be coerced to join Muslims against his wish. The Sultan stated this on Monday, when corps members of the Batch-A, Stream 1, posted to the State paid him a courtesy call in his palace. The monarch assured the corps members posted to Sokoto State that they will be allowed to practice the religion of their choice. He, however, urged them…

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NBC grants TV broadcast licence to NYSC

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has granted an operational television broadcast licence to the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC). With the license, the NYSC would commence Direct Satellite Broadcasting as well as Internet Protocol Television. The NYSC Director-General, Major-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, received the broadcast licence from his NBC counterpart, Balarabe Ilelah, in Abuja, yesterday. With the approval, Ilelah said the Federal Government would give more voice to the scheme to tell the NYSC story, especially its tremendous achievements to the whole world. He said that the NYSC, as one of…

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