The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim. Justice Aboki said that the prosecuting counsel proved their case beyond a reasonable …

The Benue State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Veronica Garba has said that corps members in crisis areas have been evacuated into family houses in Makurd, the state capital. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of the state, Garba said that, as soon as the NYSC …

The Director of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Aremu Kehinde, has advised the 2025 Batch A Stream 1 corps members to strive to become job creators and wealth generators. In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Benue State Coordinator, Mrs Veronica Garba, during the opening ceremony of the SAED …

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has reiterated the agency’s call for mandatory drug tests for corps members, describing the initiative as a preventive—not punitive—measure. Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Director General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, and …

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have expressed their disapproval of the Federal Government’s persistent failure to implement the payment of the N77,000 allowance. The Federal Government had approved an increase in the corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. In the same year, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yushau Ahmed stated …

Corps members across Nigeria will soon begin receiving a new monthly allowance of N77,000, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General YD Ahmed, has announced. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu. The statement said, “Corps members across Nigeria will soon begin receiving a new monthly …

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,’ …

The Lagos State Police Command has summoned four of its officers to account for their alleged involvement in the extortion of N1 million from some National Youth Service Corps members. In an X post shared late Thursday, a user tweeting as #YemieFash, identified as Olúyẹmí Fásípè, revealed the incident. Fásípè stated that the corps members were threatened by the officers …

Prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme posted to Jigawa State have voiced their dissatisfaction with the quality of meals provided for them at the orientation camp in Dutse, the State capital. Reports indicated that numerous prospective corps members have criticised the NYSC management for serving what they claimed were insufficient and nutritionally deficient food portions. The …

The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against undertaking night travels during their service year. The DG also said any corps member who embarked on journeys not authorised by the NYSC would be sanctioned in line with the NYSC Bye-laws. He gave the warning on Friday while addressing the …