Drug Menace in Kano: YOSPIS raises alarm as 80% of youths at risk of becoming a ‘Lost Generation’

Drug Menace in Kano: YOSPIS raises alarm as 80% of youths at risk of becoming a ‘Lost Generation’

By Our Reporter KANO (CONVERSEER) – The Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Social Vices (YOSPIS) has sounded the alarm over what it described as a “ticking time bomb” of drug abuse among young people in Kano State, Northern Nigeria. In a statement issued by its Executive Director, Zainab Nasir Ahmad, YOSPIS…

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NYSC saves Lagos N14.8bn annually through corps members’ service

NYSC saves Lagos N14.8bn annually through corps members’ service

By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has saved the Lagos State government approximately N14.8 billion annually through the deployment of corps members across critical sectors, the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has revealed. Nafiu made this known on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu…

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