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April 23, 2017

The Thread: Nigerian graduates can’t get a job without NYSC cert, but Buhari can barely provide his SSCE

by Dolapo Adelana Can Nigeria ever be great? That’a a million dollar question on the lips of many which remains unanswered. With corruption at its peak and a lack of integrity of its leaders, the greatness of the country remains questionable. A Twitter user, @_feoluwa has once again brought to the fore the weakness of... Read More
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April 20, 2017

NYSC release online registration guidelines for Batch A corps members

by Dolapo Adelana The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has opened its portal for the commencement of registration to prospective Batch A corps members. According to a timetable on its website, the registration for foreign and locally trained graduates will end on May 15. The timetable revealed that prospective corps members will be able to... Read More
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March 28, 2017

‘I finished NYSC in 2001’ | Dino Melaye shows certificate

Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has said he finished the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2001. Melaye had earlier posted a picture of himself and some of his colleagues in camp, while stating that he was part of the Ahmadu Bello University graduating students of 1999. At the hearing of the Senate... Read More
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March 22, 2017

NYSC releases 2017 Batch A mobilisation timetable

by Dolapo Adelana The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday released the mobilisation timetable for prospective 2017 Batch A corp members. According to the timetable, online registration on the service portal will hold from April 17 to May 04. The corp members will be able to print their call-up letters from May 04 –... Read More
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March 2, 2017

PROFILE: What manner of prophet is Apostle Johnson Suleman?

by Wilfred Okiche Nothing spells end of year season quite like the rash of prophecies and messages from influential members of the religious constituency. Taking advantage of the expectant mood that usually comes over the faithful, men of God struggle to outdo one another with their own submissions of significant events. The founder of Omega... Read More
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February 22, 2017

Corps members will not participate in Rivers supplementary elections – NYSC

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said its corps members will not participate in the supplementary elections in Etche and parts of Omuma Local Government Areas of Rivers State. Rivers State NYSC Coordinator, Omotayo Adewoye said this during the stakeholders meeting at the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt. Omotayo... Read More
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February 21, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Is it really so hard to keep sexual predators out of schools?

In Edo state, a corper put up a picture of a teenage girl, with a caption that made my head spin. This is a student put under his care, a young impressionable girl, conditioned by the nationalistic pride that shrouds the NYSC to look up to this university graduate that has been asked to educate... Read More
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January 28, 2017

NYSC to establish skill acquisition centres in all geo-political zones – DG

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it would establish skills acquisition centres in all six Geo-political zones of the country. NYSC Director General, Brig.- Gen. Suleiman Kazure said the centres will be used to train corps members in different trades. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry would help establish the... Read More
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January 9, 2017

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

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
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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January 2, 2017

#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
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December 15, 2016

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
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December 13, 2016

YNaija Analysis: Like Jonathan, Buhari has become a very dangerous president

In the months prior to the 2015 general elections, the wind of ‘change’ swept through Nigeria. Almost everyone was excited at the prospect of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (as he then was) unseating the then President Goodluck Jonathan to become president of the country. Chants of “sai baba” were not uncommon in parts of Nigeria and... Read More
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December 10, 2016

Otasowie Christabel Ogiemwonyi: When the curtains do not fall [Nigerian Voices]

by Otasowie Christabel Ogiemwonyi **************** Sometimes, you crave for solitude but you find out you are with company. The peripatetic bunch of memories won’t go away. They pay impromptu visits, choking you with emotions till pearly drops flow down your smooth cheeks  like molten lava. Isn’t it entertaining that death teaches you a lesson by... Read More
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December 9, 2016

#NYSCAbuse: So it’s not only the corps that is abusive, find out what these corps members did in Ogun

While we lament the wickedness of the National Youth Service corps and are over here frantically trying to seek justice, some corps members, in classic Nigerian style, have decided to turn the table around. They were caught having sex in broad day light while lectures on skills acquisition were ongoing. These once just want the... Read More
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December 9, 2016

#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
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