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  NYSC DG joins Abdulsalami, others at peace accord signing  by Anambra gov’ship candidates By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The  Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, was among dignitaries that witnessed the signing of peace accord by political parties and their candidates ahead the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state.  A […]

    Rot in NDDC: A scare in the conscience of former presidents that Buhari must avoid now By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The wilful mismanagement of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since its statutory establishment in the year 2000 by the patriotic elected members of the then National Assembly, will continue to be blamed […]

Constitutional roles for monarchs’ll  boost democracy, peace -Don By Emmanuel Ologun,  Abuja. A discussion forum on democracy and good governance has called on the political class, especially the National Assembly, to work towards amending the constitution in a manner that ensures the inclusion of monarchs in peace-building processes and the nation’s governance structure to help […]

 NUC provides list of federal, state, private varsities By Uji Abdullahi IliyasuAbuja National Universities Commission (NUC) said it has provided a list of all universities in Nigeria for public consumption. This was  contained in its October bulletin which showcased the commission’s activities.According to the bulletin, this was done to keep citizens away from fake institutions. […]

  JAMB remits N3.51bn as 2021 operating surplus By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51bn to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus.  This was contained in a release made available to Blueprint by JAMB’s head of media and publicity, Dr […]

  Anambra poll: NYSC, monarchs to parley on corps members’ security The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has doused fears over the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state,  assuring the people of the commitment of security agencies to protect corps members on INEC duty as ad-hoc staff in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. The Director-General […]

Inter-tribal marriages among corps members foster unity  -NYSC By Uji A. Iliyasu The Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services, National Youth Service Corps, Mr Benjamin Ayo-Omotade, on Sunday said inter-tribal marriages among the corps members have continued to foster national unity. Ayo-Omotade made this known while addressing the 2021 Batch ‘C’ (Stream 1) members deployed […]

  Airtel Africa, UNICEF announce multi-million dollar partnership to scale-up digital learning for  African children By Uji Abdullahi IliyasuAbuja Airtel Africa and UNICEF announced Monday in a press release that a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms […]

     Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar Post UTME test: JAMB gives waiver to disadvantaged students By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has waived the post-UTME screening test conducted by institutions to certain categories of candidates in order to attract foreign candidates into Nigerian tertiary institutions. These […]

  Ondo NYSC SAED training centre graduates corps members By Uji A. Iliyasu Abuja The central aim of the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme to build the capacity of young graduates as well as provide the enabling conditions for them to cope with challenges of unemployment and achieving wealth creation received a boost […]