(DDM) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that registration for the 2025 Batch C programme will begin on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and end on November 9, 2025.
Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) gathered that the online registration applies to both locally and foreign-trained graduates, marking the start of another cycle of national service for Nigerian youth.
Pre-camp physical verification for foreign-trained graduates is scheduled from November 9 to 13, 2025, while other preparatory activities, including ICT registration processes, are set for mid-November.
The NYSC also stated that the printing and distribution of deployment and call-up letters will take place between November 16 and 18, 2025, with orientation course dates to be announced subsequently.
Meanwhile, the remobilisation portal remains open for absconded corps members from the 2025 Batch B cycle until November 3, 2025, requiring such individuals to refund allowances received during their initial service.
In Lagos, Ashoka Africa has completed a year-long professional development programme for 102 teachers under its Changemaker Teachers Activation (CTEACH) initiative.
The programme equips educators with 21st-century skills to help students tackle social and environmental issues collaboratively.
Ashoka Africa also inducted 100 new teachers into its second cohort and launched a documentary and storybook highlighting youth-led change projects across Nigeria.
The initiative aims to reform the nation’s education system by turning teachers into “change-maker-makers,” with corporate support from Audemars Piguet through First Book.
Ashoka officials emphasised that sustainable impact depends on teachers embracing innovation, community collaboration, and corporate partnerships to cultivate future problem-solvers.
In politics, Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri defended his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting the move was in the best interest of the state.
Speaking during the 14th annual Bayelsa Thanksgiving service in Yenagoa, Diri said politics should prioritize service and development, and that the people would appreciate his decision in time.
He is expected to formally join the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, November 4, 2025, during a grand reception in Yenagoa.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, described Diri’s alignment with the centre as beneficial to Bayelsa while cautioning party members against disloyalty.
Meanwhile, the Imo State Police Command dismissed allegations that a suspected IPOB financier, Magnus Ejiogu, popularly known as Emu, died in custody due to torture.
Police spokesman DSP Henry Okoye confirmed that Ejiogu, aged 49, died from an illness after being rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Owerri.
Ejiogu, accused of sponsoring IPOB/ESN activities and deadly attacks in Imo State, fell ill while awaiting arraignment, which had been delayed due to a judiciary strike.
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death, and police insist that all actions followed due process and professional standards.