NYSC: Are Nigerian Youths Suffering Under The Toiling Sun?, by Halimat o. Shittu   The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has an anthem, and I am always fascinated by the third stanza which reads: ‘Under the sun or in the rain’. Looking at the wording of...

NYSC And The Question Of National Unity, by Halimat O. Shittu   Citizens have duties and responsibilities to perform towards their country, in the same way, that it becomes binding on the nation to carry out some responsibilities to these citizens, in the spirit of reciprocity....

Unemployment: NYSC SAED to the rescue, by Halimat Shittu     The rate of unemployment in Nigeria is becoming alarming to both the youths and the government. Nigeria’s population is dominated by able-bodied youths and the country’s tertiary institutions are churning out graduates into the labour market...

BoI, Other Partners Boost NYSC Entrepreneurship Scheme With N3.6bn   Bank of Industry has disclosed that it has, along other partners, supported the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with a whooping N3.6 billion as startup loans since the inception of the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship...

NYSC To Remit N511m To Federation Account – DG   The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said the scheme will remit about N511 million to the federation account for the year 2021. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, at a press briefing, he said...

A Rejoinder to Igbo Intellectuals on the Biafran Minister in Buhari’s Government By Yushau A. Shuaib Recently when I joined up with Jaafar Jaafar and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as Northern writers in the campaign for the appointment of an Igbo military officer to the position of the...