Worried by the high rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria, the Federal Government has revoked all previous directives regarding posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). A memo dated 18 November 2024, from the Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, to the NYSC Director General, stated that this lifting of restrictions will take effect from the start …

Akwa Ibom State graduates kidnapped last year in Zamfara State, during a trip to commence their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), duty in Sokoto State, have appealed to both Federal and their state governments to provide them employment to assist their gradual healing from the trauma. Eight of the corps members who left Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital, heading to Sokoto …

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 …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially increased the monthly allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. This change is in line with the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024, and it’s a significant boost to the corps members’ welfare package. According to the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline …

The Federal Government and the Ekiti State government have concluded plans to upgrade the permanent orientation camp of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) located at Emure Ekiti, Emure Local Government Area of the State to a world-class standard. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Youths and Community Development, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, gave the hint at the weekend in Emure-Ekiti, when …

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 …

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 Federal Government plans to introduce a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Olawande Wisdom has hinted. The minister dropped the hint at the opening of the BEMORE OYO 2024 Summer Bootcamp in Ibadan yesterday. Wisdom said his ministry would partner …

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 …