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A 22-year-old youth corps member, Arnold Maniru has been arrested in Abuja, Nigeria for importing 4 kilograms of drugged candies from the United Kingdom.   This was even as the nation’s anti-narcotics unit, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted in Lagos, cookies laced with drugs going to United …

Emmanuel Nworie, a first-class Mathematics graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who went viral in 2020 and received a scholarship for a PhD programme, has spoken on his experience on arriving in USA. Speaking in an interview with The Punch, he said he felt at peace knowing that he …

A National Youth Service Corp member identified as Yanusa Ranatu, has given birth at the Orientation Camp in Bayelsa. Ranatu, who was deployed to Bayelsa State camp for the 2021 batch B orientation course, was gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday, August 31, 2021. The Corp member with …

Each institution to fix minimum admission point *Stakeholders fail to arrive on deadline for 2021/2022 ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,has cancelled national admission benchmark, otherwise called cut-off mark. With the scrapping of the age-long method, each of the nation’s tertiary institutions is now authorised to peg its admission benchmark. …

The professor shared photos and wrote; ”37 years ago, 12th batch, 1984/85, I was issued this NYSC ceremonial dress during my youth service. Today, I am passing down this 37-year old shirt to my daughter to augment with her kits as she proceeds for her youth service shortly. Where did you …

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to announce a new job creation scheme for graduates under the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme. The programme aims to place 20,000 skilled young Nigerian graduates (under the age of 30) into jobs in private and public sector organizations around the country, Channels TV reports. Presidential …

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union.The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it …

Reactions made waves in August 26th 3/21 after Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan officially became the latest Chancellor of Cavendish university in Uganda. It could be recalled that the university announced former President Goodluck Jonathan’s appointment in a post via Twitter few months ago. “Welcome aboard @GEJonathan as you take …

A letter written by a serving youth corp member has made its way to social media and captured the attention of netizens due to its content. The corp member who was posted to Benue state applied from redeployment because he allegedly has a spiritual problem. According to the NYSC member, …

The smallest Nigerian, Abuja serving corps member who’s popular among his CDS and corper colleagues with the nickname Small Giant known for his charisma, started making rounds on social media after this pictures and videos of him at one of his CDS meetings sprung out.