The Management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approved Thursday, 9th July, 2026, as the passing-out date for the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream One Corps Members.

NYSC announced the date in a statement posted on its official X handle on Wednesday and signed by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu.

Activities leading up to the passing-out exercise commenced on June 23.

NYSC said the low-key exercise would culminate in the distribution of Certificates of National Service to eligible corps members across all local government areas of the country.

Image: Sowore torn between DSS and Kuje Prison officers

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed June 30, 2026, for ruling on an application by activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, seeking the restoration of his bail and the setting aside of a bench warrant issued against him.

Justice Mohammed Umar adjourned the matter after parties adopted their processes in the application, remanding Sowore in Kuje Custodial Centre after dramatic scenes at the court.

Following this, the Department of State Services (DSS) distanced itself from the remand , insisting that Sowore’s remand resulted entirely from court proceedings and not from any action taken by the agency.

The DSS position was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications at the DSS National Headquarters, Favour Dozie.

The agency also disclosed that its director-general, Adeola Ajayi, had ordered an investigation into the conduct of operatives captured in videos from the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 22.

The DSS said that it had taken note of public concerns over scenes at the court showing Sowore in an altercation with an official of the Nigerian Correctional Service and what appeared to be a scuffle involving DSS operatives.

Although the agency noted that Sowore eventually chose to enter a DSS vehicle rather than one belonging to the Nigerian Correctional Service after the incident, it said an immediate investigation had been ordered into the alleged conduct of personnel involved.

“From the foregoing, it is clear that the issues which led to the revocation of his bail and his subsequent remand arose entirely from court processes, as the Service neither arrested him nor opposed his bail application,” the statement said.

The Lagos State Government has indefinitely shut down the Oshodi Resettlement Market following a violent confrontation in which traders allegedly attacked officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC/KAI) during an enforcement operation.

Environment and Water Resources Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab announced the closure on Tuesday via X (formerly Twitter), stating that traders obstructed the operation, assaulted personnel, and prevented the arrest of hoodlums and beggars who vandalised the agency’s operational vehicles.

“Oshodi Resettlement Market, Oshodi has been shut down,” Wahab wrote. “Traders at the market attacked officers and personnel of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, prevented them from arresting hoodlums and beggars who vandalised the agency’s operational vehicles during an enforcement operation earlier today.”

A video shared by the commissioner showed LAGESC operatives patrolling the now-locked market premises. The incident occurred on Monday during a routine exercise aimed at clearing hoodlums and beggars from the area.

No reopening date has been announced as investigations continue. The closure affects traders in one of Lagos’ major commercial hubs dealing in fabrics, foodstuffs, and other goods, highlighting the state government’s zero-tolerance stance on indiscipline and attacks on public officials.