The Adamawa State Coordinator of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mallam Abubakar Mohammed said that about 1596 corps members out of the 2,126 registered under the 2018 batch “A” sought redeployment out of the state.

Mohammed made this known Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola, saying they left based on insecurity, marriage and health grounds.

He said the 530 corps members that concluded their orientation today (Wednesday) were not posted to serve in Michika, Madagali, Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas, also for security reasons.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it trained no fewer than 733 people in Nigeria on increased use of technology in agriculture in the country.

The bank revealed this in its 2017 Annual Development Effectiveness Review report on Thursday in Abidjan.

It said that the training was part of the Feed Africa project (2016-2025) under the high five priority projects of the bank.

The Nigerian government says it has earmarked the sum of N138b to strengthen basic education system in Nigeria in the last 3 years. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known in Abuja during the National Flag off of the 2018 National Personnel Audit.

The orientation exercise for the 2018 Batch 'A' Corps Members is ongoing across the country. The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. SZ Kazaure in his message to the Corps members congratulated them on their successful completion of their academic pursuit and reminded them that the scheme was aimed at preparing them for the task of nation building.

Dozens of children cheer at the Baptist Nursery and Primary School compound in Bode-Ijaiye suburb of Abeokuta city, the capital of Ogun state, as their friends try to outpace each other on a 100-metre dash in a dusty field. Ogun state inter-school football and track-and-field competitions are just around the corner, and teachers want to prepare the children physically and mentally for the task ahead.

Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede on Thursday confirmed the suspension of Professor Richard Akindele over the case of sex for mark scandal involving him (Akindele) and one of the students of the university, Miss Monica Osetobe Osagie, a postgraduate student on Master of Business Administration.