Miss Abasifreke Joseph, a Corps Member, kidnapped on Jan. 9, along Enugu-Ezike Road, on her way to Kogi, has said she faced torture and hunger in the hands of her captors. Miss Joseph, who was released on Jan. 13, gave the narration in Abak on Sunday, when the NYSC...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A corps member serving with Corner Stone Academy, Miango in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Miss Elizabeth Paul, has trained and donated sewing machines to some girls displaced by the recent attacks in the area. Speaking during the donation of the...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Government has said the teacher, Mrs Fatima Amuzat, involved in an alleged assault of a corps member has been summoned and that necessary disciplinary procedures will be taken. The female corps member was allegedly beaten up by teachers at the Government Day...
The Federal Government has revoked all previous directives regarding posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This was made know in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday signed by Mrs Omolara Esan, Director of Information and Public Relation in the Ministry of Youth Development. Meanwhile, the Minister...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has identified the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a cornerstone of national integration and development since its inception in 1973. A statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media, Austine Elemue, said the Minister made...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested four persons in connection with the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Yahaya Faruq, a corps member serving in Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers, mysteriously went missing after reporting for work at his part-time job...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Flood Relief Distribution Committee has engaged fifty members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to expedite the ongoing verification process for flood relief distribution. Training sessions have began to familiarize the corps members with verification procedures and ensure their success in...
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Hon. Ayodele Olawande, has appealed to Nigerian youths to be patient, saying “Rome was not built in a day”. Olawande made the call at a retirement dinner of Hajiya Walida Isa, Director, Corps Mobilisation, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their hb grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Given the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Contrary to recent claims by some Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates castigating the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their inability to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, the board has denied having hand in their admission. The...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) absorbed all prospective corps members posted to Lagos State in the 2024 Batch B, Stream 2, including polytechnics and monotechnics graduates. Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Ministry of Youth Development has said it is working on introducing a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Olawande Wisdom, said this at the opening of the...
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has said the last of the eight Prospective Corps Members (PCM) kidnapped in Zamfara in August 2023 has been rescued. The NYSC DG made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has urged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to release the names of the remaining 85 former students who indulged in fraudulent mobilisation for the scheme. The university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said in a statement on Wednesday in Calabar that the institution...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Sunday said it has not directed corps members to upgrade their accounts for payment of N70,000 minimum wage. The NYSC said this in a statement issued by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, on Sunday in Abuja. According...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Tuesday called on the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream I corps members deployed to the state for national service to take lead in advocating for national transformation and development. The Governor made the call in his address...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 30-year old suspect who allegedly masterminded the killing of six corps members during the 2011 post election violence. The suspect, according to the Police, led a group of youth who were armed with dangerous weapons to...
Ondo State Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Ahidjo Abraham, has the Service will always give priority to the safety of corps members in the state. Abraham stated this when he hosted the new State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Samuel Pepple, in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked a story trending on the social media of a corps member posted to Western Nigeria Security Network code-named “Amotekun” for one-year mandatory youths service programme. Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, NYSC Oyo State, Ms Christy...