The problem in Nigeria is that we easily forget. Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka once accused us of being a people beguiled with some manner amnesia. It was a far different matter from the death of youth corps members that the Professor was talking about but we find it appropriate. Just last month, there was a wave... Read More

#NYSCAbuse, deaths on nysc camps, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, Still on the Matter

January 2, 2017

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: ‘Police probe indicts NYSC for negligence in Corps member’s death’

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been indicted for negligence by the Police investigation into the death of a youth corps member, Ifedapo Oladepo, who died at the camp in Kano last November. According to The Punch, a preliminary report said the NYSC was to blame for delaying the evacuation of the youth corps member to the... Read More

The News Blog

Ifedolapo Oladepo, negligence, Nigeria Police Force, nysc, police probe

December 15, 2016

0 Comment

Timeline: This is a full list of scandals since Buhari became president

by Dolapo Adelana The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been plagued with a plethora of scandals since he took over the mantle of leadership on May 29, 2015. From the delay in the appointment of cabinet members, to the padding of the 2016 budget, the Buhari administration has ironically been through one scandal after another... Read More

Featured

Budget padding, El-Zakzaky, Ifedolapo Oladepo, judges, nysc, President Muhammadu Buhari, scandal, the other room, timeline

December 15, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: FG releases investigation report on death of Kano corps member

Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has released findings of the investigation into the death of a corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo at the Kano National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp. There had been reports that the refusal of officials in the camp to attend to her led to her death. This had prompted President... Read More

The News Blog

#NYSCAbuse, FG, Ifedolapo Oladepo, investigation, nysc doctors, report

December 9, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: Exhuming bodies for independent investigation, really FG?

Okay, we are still trying to catch our breath from the week-long wait for the Federal Government to respond to the deaths of NYSC corps members, especially that of Ifedolapo Oladepo. The President waited a whole week before he could summon some “saddening” speech about the deaths. Mr Solomon Dalung, who believe it or not... Read More

#NYSCAbuse, #NYSCWickedness, coroner, exhume corpse, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, solomon dalung, YNaija Tracker

December 8, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: Late Ifedolapo Oladepo’s body may be ‘exhumed’ for autopsy – FG

Following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that an independent investigation be carried out as to the cause of death of a youth corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo, who died recently at the Kano State NYSC Orientation Camp, her corpse may be exhumed to carry out an autopsy. According to Daily Trust the Minister of Youths and Sports,... Read More

The News Blog

Autopsy, corpse, exhume, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, President Muhammadu Buhari, Solom Dalung

December 8, 2016

0 Comment

Is President Buhari a joker? Condoling with families of dead corps members after a week…

But this man though… Three young corps members in the same age range as President Buhari’s children die in the space of one week in very avoidable circumstances (and we can’t say this enough), but the president in his “almightiness” surfaces over one week later to commiserate with the families of the dead ones. How... Read More

death, Fidel Castro, Ifedolapo Oladepo, media aides, nysc, Orientation camp, president buhari, youth

December 7, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: Buhari, after nearly a week, is finally saddened by their deaths

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an independent investigation into the death of a corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo who died in the Kano camp of the National Youth Service Corps. Expressing his condolence on the death of three corp members, Buhari who reacted via his Twitter account on Wednesday urged the NYSC to do all it can to ensure... Read More

The News Blog

Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, President Muhammadu Buhari, Suleman Kazaure

December 7, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: How the Federal Government proposes to fix this

It’s a one-liner: By throwing the blame at the feet of State governments. We considered of bothering you with the long story of it but then we thought about how dazed we were before we recollected ourselves and chucked another one up to the what-did-we-even-expect board. After over a week of these disheartening turn of... Read More

#NYSCAbuse, #NYSCWickedness, Ifedolapo Oladepo, Kazaure, NYSC deaths, solomon dalung, sticky

December 6, 2016

0 Comment

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. Wizkid gets first Grammy nomination Nigerian artiste Wizkid has been nominated for the Grammy awards for the first time. The musician bagged his nomination in the Album of the Year category in the 59th edition of the award for featuring in Drake’s Album Views, one of... Read More

Featured

Grammy Awards, Ifedolapo Oladepo, The Late 5, wizkid

December 6, 2016

0 Comment

Just In: Late Ifedolapo Oladepo had untreated kidney infection – NYSC

A report conducted by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on the death of Ifedolapo Oladepo, a corps member of the 2016 Batch ‘B’, who died at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Kano, has revealed that she had an untreated kidney infection. According to The Punch the report was presented by Minister of Youth and... Read More

The News Blog

Brig. Gen Suleiman Kazaure, corpers, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, solomon dalung

December 5, 2016

0 Comment

YNaija Editorial: The case against the NYSC

Societies must regularly examine their practices and determine if those practices should be continued, modified or scrapped. Many of these practices are a product of the times in which they were established, and may have become obsolete. One example is the monthly environmental sanitation that has been in existence for decades. Every last Saturday of... Read More

Elechi Chiyerom, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, Reform, sticky, Ukeme Monday

December 4, 2016

0 Comment

#NYSCAbuse: This is what justice will mean for Ifedolapo’s family

Imagine the anxiety of Oyeyode Abimbola Inioluwa, who sent her child off to NYSC camp in faraway Kano with best wishes and prayers. Imagine her panic at receiving her a distress call from her daughter, saying she was sick. Once. Twice. Three times. Her worst fears confirmed. Imagine her pleading with the authorities to do... Read More

Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc

December 3, 2016

0 Comment

Ifedolapo’s mum vs NYSC: Until investigations are concluded, we choose to believe her mother

Ifedolapo Oladepo is the first-class graduate of Transport Management from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo, who left the comfort of her home and family to fulfil the mandatory one-year youth service corps programme. She was posted to Kano and we do not know how the news of that must have felt but she made... Read More

Citizenship

doctor, facebook, General Hospital, Ifedolapo Oladepo, investigations, nigeria, nysc, Orientation camp

December 2, 2016

0 Comment

The Thread: #NYSCAbuse

This story makes our hearts bleed. The callousness of NYSC officials can no longer be swept under the carpet. Ifedolapo Oladepo died at the hands of NYSC officials because they refused to take her illness seriously, insisting instead that she was faking it to get out of the compulsory parade. It is our decided opinion that... Read More

Ifedolapo Oladepo, negligence, nigeria, nysc, NYSC Officials

December 2, 2016

0 Comment

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: The NYSC must pay for this wickedness

It is rare to see one story capture so much of what is wrong with Nigeria. A young girl, far from home in an NYSC camp in the North, falls ill. She is assumed to be faking illness to dodge parade, and then is wrongly diagnosed and treated. By the time her mother can get... Read More

Elechi Chiyerom, Ifedolapo Oladepo, Inioluwa Oyeyode, negligence, nysc, Ukeme Monday, Zamfara

December 2, 2016

0 Comment

Late Kano corps member received treatment at a govt hospital – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday said Ifedolapo Oladepo, who reportedly died at the Kano NYSC camp was taken to a government hospital. There had been reports that the First Class graduate of Transport Management from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo was denied medical service. But the Kano Coordinator of NYSC, Abdullahi... Read More

The News Blog

Ifedolapo Oladepo, Kano camp, Kano corps member, nysc

Still on the Matter: It’s too early to be silent about #NYSCAbuse

#NYSCAbuse: ‘Police probe indicts NYSC for negligence in Corps member’s death’

Timeline: This is a full list of scandals since Buhari became president

#NYSCAbuse: FG releases investigation report on death of Kano corps member

#NYSCAbuse: Exhuming bodies for independent investigation, really FG?

#NYSCAbuse: Late Ifedolapo Oladepo’s body may be ‘exhumed’ for autopsy – FG

Is President Buhari a joker? Condoling with families of dead corps members after a week…

#NYSCAbuse: Buhari, after nearly a week, is finally saddened by their deaths

#NYSCAbuse: How the Federal Government proposes to fix this

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

Just In: Late Ifedolapo Oladepo had untreated kidney infection – NYSC

YNaija Editorial: The case against the NYSC

#NYSCAbuse: This is what justice will mean for Ifedolapo’s family

Ifedolapo’s mum vs NYSC: Until investigations are concluded, we choose to believe her mother

The Thread: #NYSCAbuse

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: The NYSC must pay for this wickedness

Late Kano corps member received treatment at a govt hospital – NYSC

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Tags