The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps will no longer be posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raising fears about the sustainability of the…
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been advised to avoid traveling at night. In a speech to the corps members undergoing orientation at the camp for 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream 2, the director of the North Area Office of the NYSC Kehinde Aremu-Cole stated, “The most disheartening experience parents could ever imagine…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has successfully facilitated the release of two female prospective corps members who were kidnapped in Zamfara on their way to the orientation camp in Sokoto. Initially, the Nigerian Army had intervened, securing the release of a male and a female victim, but four others remained captive. The NYSC has…
Abia State Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Ufuoma Dick-Iruenabere, has decried the increasing rate of demands for relocation to other states by Corps members deployed to Abia. Dick-Iruenabere raised the concerns at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Umunna, Bende LGA of the state, during the swearing-in ceremony of the Batch C…
Federal High Court in Abuja has approved a suit seeking to disqualify Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo as Minister of Interior The plaintiff, Oladotun Hassan, accused Tunji-Ojo of forging his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. Justice Emeka Nwite granted leave to hear the case and set a hearing date for December 11, 2023. Hassan’s suit, with reference…
2023 Batch C of the National Youth Service Corps would benefit from the One youth 2 Skills Program of the Anambra State government. The State Commissioner for Youth and Creative Economy in Anambra, have been directed to evaluate the post camp training centers of the NYSC to know the capacity of employers labour. The opening…
Enugu state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has demanded an open and unreserved apology from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for what it tagged conspiracy, deceit and willful misrepresentation of facts to destroy the image of Governor Peter Mbah and dislodge the party from the state. The party also accused NYSC of dabbling…
A National Youth Corps Member broke down in tears on seeing the accommodation provided for her at a place of Primary Assignment In a viral video, the female corper screamed on seeing the accommodation provided for her The corps member had not anticipated what she had witnessed after being sent from the orientation camp to…
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have appealed to the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase their allowance, stating they are facing serious hardship. The corpers, whose appeals come almost a month after the federal government announced a wage award of N25,000 expressed dissatisfaction and concerns over their exclusion from the award….
