The National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Federal Government to investigate the National Youth Service Corps over the non-payment of the newly approved N77,000 monthly allowance for corps members. NANS expressed disappointment that months after the Federal Government approved the increase from N33,000 to N77,000—effective July 2024—the NYSC has yet to implement…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has announced that corps members will begin receiving a new monthly allowance of N77,000 starting from next month. The NYSC DG disclosed this while speaking to the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina State. General Ahmed confirmed that the increment…
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mojisola Adeyeye, has said that about 14.3 million Nigerians are victims of drug abuse.Adeyeye stated this at the inaugural ceremony of the agency’s youth programme, tagged ‘Catch Them Young,’ held at the Government Secondary School, Rumuokwuta, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday.According to…
The National Youth Service Corps has called on all the corps members across the country to always add value to their host communities through impactful community development projects. The NYSC Director-General, Yushau Ahmed, stated this in Bauchi, today during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ stream I orientation exercise at the state’s permanent…
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has admonished Corps members to avoid every act of criminality during their service year. He cautioned that the Scheme is not an abode for criminal elements but for individuals of good morals who are ready to contribute their quota to the development of…
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its Director-General for a second term. This was announced by WTO in a post on social media today. WTO said the reappointment will take effect on September 1, 2025. Daily Post/ Naomi Akinkunle
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Joseph Tegbe as the Director-General and global liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership, following the agreements reached during Tinubu’s visit to China in early September 2024. Tegbe, a first-class graduate in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University (1988), will report directly to the President. This was disclosed in a…