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The Department of State Services, DSS, on Friday, called two witnesses in the ongoing suit, HOU/22C/2026, filed against Usman Aliyu, Mohamed Aliyu and Babangida Ali, over the October 1, 2026, kidnap of 20 prospective members of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, who were travelling to their orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

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The Ogun State government has approved a welfare palliative of ₦50,000 each for the 3,050 members of the 2026 Batch C, Stream I of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) currently undergoing their orientation programme at the NYSC camp in Sagamu.

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The abduction of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling to their orientation camps has triggered fresh calls for the Federal Government to overhaul the transportation and security arrangements for young graduates deployed across the country for national service.

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“Parents are not happy with the incessant abduction and kidnap of our children going for the NYSC scheme. This must stop. Our children that we suffer to train in school should not be seen as soft targets by criminal elements such as kidnappers. They are not items of merchandise that somebody will be haggling about how much to pay for their release.

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