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Reps consider scrapping NYSC as bill reaches second reading

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, listed the various reasons why the NYSC should be scrapped. It read in part, “ This bill seeks to repeal Section 315(5)(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended) on the following grounds. I ncessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence; incessant kidnapping of innocent corps members across the country; Public and private agencies/departments are no longer recruiting able and qualified Nigerian youths, thus relying heavily on the availability of corps members who are not being well remunerated and get discarded with impunity at the end of their service year without any hope of being gainfully employed; Due to insecurity across the country...

Autopsy Shows Corps Member Killed By Nigerian Police Was Strangulated, Private Parts Mutilated

A Nigerian Lady youth corp named miss ubugu's was reportedly murdered by a police.  From the medical and autopsy results 23th March 2021 it was shown that the said lady was strangulated by the alleged police officer. What resulted to the incident is still unknown to the public.   Sadly the deceased remains were severely dismembered and had her genitals mutilated.