Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed following a rainstorm that hit the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata, the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Saturday. While the storm caused extensive damage, no lives were lost, and corps members have been safely accommodated, officials confirmed. A building with its rooftop blown off by …

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has assured corps members that the new monthly allowance of N77,000 will be implemented starting in March 2025. The DG gave the assurance during an interactive session with corps members at the Wuse and Garki NYSC Zonal Offices in Abuja while reaffirming the commitment of both the …

Human rights activist and presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, has thrown his support behind Ushie Rita Uguamaye, also known as Raye, the National Youth Service Corps member facing backlash over her viral video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sowore, in a video shared on X on Monday, revealed that he had met with Uguamaye in Lagos …

A National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was abducted along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Tuesday, has disclosed that her abductors threatened to force her into marriage and take her to Sokoto if her family refused to pay a ransom. This is just as she narrated that one of the abductors, who are Fulani, took her NYSC uniform and …

The National Youth Service Corps has refuted claims circulating on social media suggesting that Prospective Corps Members who have not received their Call-Up Numbers should visit State Secretariats to obtain them. The clarification was issued in a press statement signed by the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, on Tuesday. “The attention of the Management of the …

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmad, has advised corps members to stop thinking about relocating back to their communities, emphasising that life does not end there. It was reported that Ahmad spoke when he visited the NYSC temporary orientation camp on Friday in Kaduna. Addressing corps members of the 2024 batch ‘C stream ‘I,’ …

Jollof+, a product of Baobab Nigeria, one of the finest leading financial services dedicated to supporting the financially excluded and unbanked communities in Nigeria has partnered with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to promote financial literacy and increase awareness of its financial services among corps members nationwide. This initiative, implemented in NYSC camps in Lagos, Sagamu, Abuja, Keffi, and …

A total of 1,979 National Youth Service Corps members, comprising 1,562 for Kaduna State and 417 for the Federal Capital Territory, were sworn in on Friday for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ (Stream II) one-year mandatory service. During the swearing-in ceremony at the NYSC temporary orientation camp at Government College, Kaduna, the State Coordinator, Hassan Mahmud, urged the corps members to …

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC Bauchi State office has announced a change of venue for the upcoming 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II orientation course. The orientation camp will now be held at Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education in Kangere, instead of the usual Wailo NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, which is currently undergoing renovations. According to Bauchi State NYSC …

The management of the National Youth Service Corps has lamented that the University of Calabar once mobilised a bread seller on its graduation list for the one-year mandatory national service. It said as part of moves to restore sanity, it has demobilised 54 illegally mobilised graduates of the university to prevent the award of Certificates of National Service to unqualified …