NYSC: Preach Nigeria’s unity, DG urges corps members

  NYSC: Preach Nigeria’s unity, DG urges corps members By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Director-General (DG) of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has advised corps members to utilise the opportunities of the service year to uphold national unity and preach peaceful co-existence among Nigerians as the  scheme was established for […]

1 in 8 Nigerian children die before 5th birday -UNICEF

  1 in 8 Nigerian children die before 5th birday -UNICEF By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)  in a joint statement signed by it’s Executive Director Henrieta Fore and  World Health Organisation’s (WHO)  Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, said one out of eight children in Nigeria dies before fifth birthday. […]

344 corps members not killed in Northwest -NYSC

  344 corps members not killed in Northwest -NYSC By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management,  in response to a social media report that 344 corps members were killed in the Northwest,  said the report was misleading and a fiction peddled by detractors of the revered institution, therefore, asked parents […]

NYSC DG condoles with Akwa Ibom govt over death of prospective corps members …Directed NYSC flag to fly at half mast By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Director-General of  National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has condoled with the Government and people of Akwa-Ibom state over the death of four (4) prospective […]

Bethel: MMWGN hails freedom of abducted students

  Bethel: MMWGN hails freedom of abducted students July 26, 2021 Abdulrahman Zakariyau … Charges security agencies to upscale efforts in curbing kidnapping The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWGN), has hailed the freedom of 28 Bethel Baptist High School students in Chikum Local Government of Kaduna state. Blueprint recalls that 3 out of the 121 students […]

DG flags off NYSC nationwide sanitation in FCT

DG flags off NYSC nationwide sanitation in FCT By John Oba Abuja The Director-General of NYSC, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has flagged-off the NYSC national sanitation exercise at the palace of the Sa’Nyanyayi of Nyanya Saturday. In his address, General Ibrahim pointed out that the need to enlighten the general public on the risk of poor […]

Democracy under threat as Nigeria slips into autocracy -Don

Democracy under threat as Nigeria slips into autocracy -Don By Emmanuel Ologun  Abuja.  A political scientist and Director, Institute for Legislative Studies, University of Abuja, Prof. Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim has warned that Nigeria’s gradual slip into autocracy under the present administration threatens the foundation and gains of democratic governance as established by the founding fathers. […]