Archive | June 2011
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2 corps members die, 37 others get extension
Two female corps members among the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2010 Batch ‘B’ members serving in Oyo State died during the just-concluded service year, it was gathered in Ibadan on Thursday. The deceased were Aguba Chinyere Ada with number OY/10B/1707 from Enugu State and Banjoko Olasubomi with number OY/10B/1736 from Kwara State. While observing […]
Economic impact of climate change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change defines climate change as a change of climate (air temperature, windfall, wind speed) which is attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over a comparative time period. Other scholars […]
Economic Impact of Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines climate change as a change of climate (air temperature, windfall, wind speed) which is attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over a comparative time period. Other […]
The Soweto Uprising: June 16, 1976
The Soweto youth uprising – June 16 It is hard to get a clear picture of what exactly happened on the day of June 16th. Most of the information comes from eyewitness accounts of students who participated, journalists who were on the scene, as well as the police reports on the events. As with all […]
Kidnapped corps members regain freedom in Rivers
PORT HARCOURT- FIVE corps members kidnapped two weeks ago in Rivers state have regained their freedom, says the Rivers state Police Command. A statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Ben Ugwuegbulam, said they were freed, Sunday night, at Ama, Omoku in Rivers state. According to him, they were rescued by Mobile […]
NYSC members donate well to Karshi community
A group of National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) members in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have donated a well to Karshi community. The group, known as War Against Poverty (WAP) Community Development Group, said it was their own way of alleviating the suffering of the community. Mr Francis Ugwu, the President of WAP, said the […]
Abducted corps members: Kidnappers demand N100m ramsom
The abductors of the five National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the Rivers State have placed a whopping N100 million price tag on their hostages. The spokesman of the NYSC Directorate in the state, Mr. Esan said in Port Harcourt that the gunmen demanded the ransom after initial silence. Gunmen had abducted four […]
Gunmen abduct 5 corps members…as hoodlums kill 2 policemen
Five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Rivers State have been abducted. The corps members, including four females were said to have been whisked away by gunmen somewhere at Omademe in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state while on the way to their place of primary assignment. The abduction occurred […]
BE EXTRA CAREFUL
Last Friday we lost (as in missing) a son ..DELE. A fresh graduate of LAUTECH. Dele had gone to the Computer Village in Ikeja to repair a phone. A quiet guy and a darling of all. To GOD be the glory, after 12 days, Dele walked in on Friday evening. The summary of his story […]
The gruesome murder of ten Nigerians on the youth corps scheme-National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC)- in the wake of the post election violence that gripped some parts of Northern Nigeria is without any doubt a tragedy of paralyzing proportion, no matter how one looks at it. Only maniacs would rationalize or justify the bestial […]
Youths Against Disasters 