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The Senate has passed the Student Loan, Access to Higher Education, Act 2024. The senate’s resolution followed its consideration of the report of the senate committee on tertiary institutions and TETFUND. The chairman of the committee, Senator Muntari Dandutse presented the report during plenary. Last week, President Bola Tinubu transmitted the Bill to the National…
National Youth Service Corps Members have been advised to utilize the service year to acquire skills through the NYSC Skill Acquisition Development programme and become employers of labour instead of searching for unavailable salaried jobs after the mandatory one year service. Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed gave this…
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Ten Corps Members are billed to travel to the Republic of India on Sunday to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organized by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The programmre is held annually in commemoration of the Independence Anniversary of the Republic of India, drawing participants from Europe, Asia, Africa and other continents. During a…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) In Benin Republic President , Ugochukwu Favour, has called for the arrest of the reporter, Umar Audu, who went undercover to expose corruption in the issuance of certificates in the country. Speaking in an interview on Thursday on the Channels TV programme Sunrise Daily, Favour slammed the reporter…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Benin Republic, has revealed that over 15,000 students in the country have been affected by the recent ban on schools in the country. The NANS President of the Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour made this revelation in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday. NANS has, however, begged for…
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The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has blamed technology for the double deployment of an undercover journalist, Umar Audu for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The Minister said the failure of technology was responsible for the mix-up but plans have been set in motion to avoid a future reoccurrence. Mamman made the submission…
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Kwara State Government has constituted a steering committee for the implementation of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a FG/World Bank-supported programme to improve girl child’s access to quality secondary school education. The setting up of the steering committee is another step which follows the state government’s fulfillment of all criteria that…
As part of its drive to boost the Skills Acquisition and Enterpreneurship Development (SAED) programme which was introduced in 2012, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approached Chinese government, seeking for bilateral tie to further empower Corps Members with skills in diverse fields. This was contained in the remarks made by the Director General…
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The National Youth Service Corps and Institute For Humanitarian Studies and Social Development are set to train Corps Members on humanitarian services. This request was made today by the President/Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institute, Ambassador Adamu Babangida Ibrahim, when he led other members of the council on a courtesy visit to the…
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The National Youth Service Corps has explained why there is a delay in the payment of June allowance to corps members. Sources close to the Nationsl Directorate Headquarters disclosed that management has completed all arrangements for the payment since June 27. The source further said the delay being currently experienced is due to the administration…
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