President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominee and serving House of Representatives member, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is currently enmeshed in a scandal surrounding his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme certificate, SaharaReporters has gathered. Ojo claimed he graduated from the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) where he studied Electronics and Communication Engineering and graduated…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday morning asked prospective corps members coming into Plateau State not to resume at the Orientation Camp in Mangu Local Government Area. The NYSC in a release obtained by SaharaReporters changed the location to Waye Foundation By Buken Academy, Doi-Du in the Jos South Local Government Area…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Friday tendered some documents before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State, indicating that Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State forged the NYSC discharge certificate he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), during the 2023 general elections. NYSC, which was subpoenaed by the tribunal,…
Enugu Governor, Peter Mbah has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to commit the Director-General (DG) of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, to prison for disobeying court order on the certificate issued to him. Mba, in the suit alleged that the NYSC DG flouted the order of the court made on May…
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has called on the Federal government to either provide the resources to continue to mandate participation in the National Youth Service Corps scheme or otherwise make it voluntary. Jega made the call during his address at the Opening Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied issuing either a Certificate of National Service to the Enugu State governor-elect, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah. In the build-up to the March 18, 2023 governorship election, Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was accused by some opposition political parties of presenting a forged…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Michael Akabogu. He was sacked in connection to his alleged forgery of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Discharge Certificate, sources told SaharaReporters. “I am directed to inform you that Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari in the exercise…
NYSC has promoted over 1,000 Officials and appointed 8 new directors. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has promoted eight members among the management staff of NYSC to the position of director on salary grade level 17. They are Aremu Kehinde, Abdullahi Yusuf Baba, Amusan…
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari on Thursday also ordered an immediate replacement of the Director-General of the youth scheme. Fadah’s removal comes six months after his appointment as the NYSC DG in May 2022. There are claims that Fadah after…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday announced the date for the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream One Orientation Course. The scheme in a statement released said the orientation camp would commence on Wednesday 2nd November 2022, and end on Tuesday 22nd November 2022. According to the management of NYSC, the three weeks orientation exercise would hold…
