The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed no fewer than 1,700 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 orientation exercise. The state’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Jacob Unogwu, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bauchi. According to Unogwu, registration of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared as unconstitutional the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) policy that prohibits female corps members from wearing skirts, describing it as a breach of their fundamental rights to freedom of religion and human dignity. The landmark judgment was delivered by Justice Hauwa Joseph Yilwa in a case…
The Benue State House of Assembly has recalled seven members who were suspended earlier in February. This followed the reading of a joint letter by the suspended members, presented by the Majority Leader, Mr Saater Tiseer, during plenary on Tuesday in Makurdi. After reading the letter, Mr Tiseer moved a motion for their recall, noting…
Gov Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has sworn-in four journalists among others as Board Members of Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation (EBBC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the journalists include the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Samson Nwafor, and Felix Uka of Daily Independent newspaper. Nnamdi Akpa of the Guardian…
The Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi, Mr Kingsley Ogga, has said that two of three people challenging the David Mark-led interim national executive of the party in court are not ADC members in the state. Ogga, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Wednesday, described the…
Gov Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has urged corps members to contribute positively to the development of their host communities in the course of their one year national service. Eno said this on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the 2025 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch A Stream 11 corps members, at the orientation…
Gov Uba Sani of Kaduna State, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to foster unity and integration among the diverse ethnic nationalities of Nigeria. Sani made the call at the closing ceremony of the orientation course for ‘Batch A Stream II’ in Kaduna on Tuesday. Sani, who was represented by the…
Two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two members are: Rep. Peter Akpanke, representing Obabliku/Obudu/Bekwarra Federal Constituency of Cross River and Prof. Paul Nnamchi, representing Enugu East/Isi…
Former President Mohammad Buhari donated a cow and other food items to the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) corps members serving in his hometown in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State. This is contained in a statement issued by the NYSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Alex Obemeata. He said the gift was for the…
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The commencement of the payment fulfills an earlier promise tied to the recent upward review of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33, 000 to N77, 000. The payment applies to those who completed…
