A senior United Nations official has praised Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for its role in driving national development and providing essential healthcare to the country’s most vulnerable populations. Felipe Paullier, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs...
The first head of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed calls for the scheme’s abolition, insisting that the programme has become an essential part of the nation’s social fabric. Retired Colonel Ahmadu Ali, who served as the pioneer National Director when the scheme...
Nigeria’s mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the start dates for its latest induction phase, as thousands of graduates prepare to deploy across the country. The 21-day “Orientation Course” for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream II is scheduled to take place...
Human rights groups and charities have made an emotional appeal to the West African regional parliament to enact cross-border laws to protect children living on the streets, warning that many are being “lost to death and silence.” At a public hearing held by the ECOWAS...
Dr. Dédou Hemou, a veteran Togolese diplomat with a decade of experience in European and West African relations, has formally assumed office as the new Secretary-General of the ECOWAS Parliament. Dr. Hemou took up his duties on Thursday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, following a...
