The Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Professor Abubakar Sambo, has observed that the training of youths in renewable energy resources is essential for the nation’s economic empowerment, self employment and rural development. Professor Sambo, who was represented by Professor E.J Bala stated this at the joint ECN and National Youth Service Corps’ Renewable Energy [...]
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Maiduguri — There was pandemonium yesterday in the National Youth Service Commission (NYSC) camp on Biu road Maiduguri, Borno State, as a bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic radical sect, Boko Haram exploded. Scores were said to have been injured though there was no official confirmation. A corps member who spoke with our correspondent [...]
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When Mr. Olumide Yusuf, Mrs. Funmilayo Fase, Chinonye Ejiogu, Nkechi Nweze and Vivian Okwuanya, were posted to Rivers State for the compulsory one year national service in 2010 (Batch ‘B’), little did they know that they would have very nasty experiences towards the end. Yusuf and Fase, who are Yoruba, from the Western part of [...]
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tags: Chinonye Ejiogu, corps members, cultists, ex-militants, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Joint Task Force (JTF), kidnapped, kidnappers, militants, Mr. Olumide Yusuf, Mr. Suleiman Abba, Mrs. Esther Wogbo, Mrs. Funmilayo Fase, Nkechi Nweze, NYSC, Port Harcourt, President Goodluck Jonathan, Rivers State, Rivers State Command, Tele Ikuru, Vivian Okwuanya
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun has charged Corps members that served in the University to consider themselves as stakeholders and be good ambassadors of the Institution. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun, gave this charge at the Send-Forth party held in honour of the outgoing Batch ‘B’ 2010/2011 Corps members of the National Youth [...]
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tags: corps members, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), good ambassadors, Mrs. Esther Oyelumade, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Odeda Local Government Inspector, outgoing Batch ‘B’ 2010/2011 Corps members, Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun, Professor Segun Lagoke, State NYSC Cooordinator, Vice-Chancellor
CRISIS-prone states have been excluded by the National Youth Corps Service (NYSC) from the yearly posting of corps members for the mandatory national assignment. Mr. Gabriel Ibe, the Oyo State Coordinator of the NYSC, disclosed yesterday that the management of the corps would no longer post corps members to crisis-ridden areas. He spoke in Ibadan [...]
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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N5 million monetary compensation to each of the 10 families of the members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who lost their lives during the post-election crisis in some states in the northern part of the country. The president made the announcement when he met yesterday [...]
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Mon May, 02 2011 By Chinua Akukwe, The Times of Nigeria The Nigeria’s post presidential election violence has sharpened renewed focus on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program established by the then head of state, General Yakubu Gowon in 1973. The NYSC was established to serve as a bridge between different geographical areas, ethnic [...]
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