The National Youth Service Crop says ninety-nine persons, with the exemption of two others, were fraudulently mobilised from the University of Calabar between the 2021 and 2023 service years. Consequently, the scheme said the Certificates of National Service of the listed 101 persons, have been invalidated while urging members of the public to confirm the authenticity of certificates presented by …

The National Youth Service Corps has denied a social media report that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the N70,000 new national minimum wage. The corps said no directive has been given by the relevant authority for it to start the payment of N70, 000 minimum wage to corps members or to upgrade their accounts. According to …

The National Youth Service Corps has declared Okun Christopher, the Akwa Ibom State coordinator of the scheme, and his driver, Daniel Effiong Asibong, missing. Christopher and Asibong went missing while travelling for an official assignment between Delta and Akwa Ibom States on Monday, 29 July 2024. Confirming the development to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director of the Press …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned that graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics without evidence of mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) will not participate in national service. The NYSC Coordinator in Lagos State, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Baderinwa said that NYSC had issued a …

The United Republic of Tanzania has expressed its desire to understudy the activities, programmes, achievements, and challenges of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and replicate them. The Deputy High Commissioner and Charge D’affaire of Tanzania High Commission, Her Excellency Judica Nagunwa, stated this when she paid a courtesy visit to the director general of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), …

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed (rtd.) has said that he is making ‘steady progress’ in his five-point policy thrust for the scheme, adding that he would achieve his vision before the end of his tenure. Ahmed stated this while speaking to pressmen at the fourth edition of the DG’s Community Development Service Awards …

The Nigerian Army has assured corps members in camp and others serving in different parts of Ondo State of their security. The Brigade Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, Brig.-Gen. John Lar, gave the assurance on Saturday at the permanent orientation camp, Ikare-Akoko, while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members. “The Nigerian Army has security arrangements …

A total of 2,659 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across Nigeria have been pre-qualified for the final phase of the NNPCL Foundation Business Pitching Exercise. Billed to hold from 2nd to 10th July 2024, the exercise is an integral part of the NNPCL Foundation’s Financial Literacy Program for Nigerian youths that witnessed the engagement of over 284,000 …

No fewer than 772 batch B stream I corps members have concluded their national service in Gombe State, while three got an extension, and seven were said to have absconded. Disclosing this on Thursday at a low-key passing out ceremony of the batch, Gombe State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Chinwe Nwachuku, noted that out of a total …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to rehabilitate some of the facilities at the FCT National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, Kubwa. Wike stated this in Abuja yesterday, during the opening ceremony of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2024 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop, which had the theme “Strengthening Collaboration with Stakeholders for Effective …