The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared the start of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream Two Orientation Course. Set to begin nationwide on Wednesday, 17th April 2024, the programme has successfully registered a staggering number of 103,000 Prospective Corps Members (PCMs). The orientation course is a pivotal tradition in Nigeria, aiming to equip freshly graduated youths with the skills and mindset …

I did my national youth service in Akure, Ondo State in the 1991/1992 set. That was before the creation of Ekiti State. My place of primary assignment was the liaison office of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) at the Federal Secretariat. The head of the liaison office was one Mr. Ogunmoroti and I was in the media …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the date for the physical verification of foreign-trained graduates who registered online for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream II service year. In a statement on its official Facebook page on Monday, NYSC said foreign-trained graduates whose credentials and travel documents are yet to be physically verified can have the exercise done from …

The Senate has passed a Bill, which seeks to establish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund. The bill, among others, seeks to provide a sustainable source of funds for the NYSC, skill acquisition, training and empowerment of Corps members, training and retraining of the personnel of the scheme, development of camps and NYSC formations and facilities. The Bill …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has refuted reports of a corps member’s death in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to a news report on Monday, the corpse of an adult male, which was said to have been dumped in an isolated bush in Ogijo, was that of a corp member. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in …

A civil society organisation, the Human Rights and Justice Group International has called on the Federal Government to suspend the National Youth Service over the spate of killings and kidnapping in the country. The group stated this against the backdrop of rising of killings occasioned by kidnappings, terrorist attacks and other criminal activities across the country. On February 2023, gunmen …

Experts in the foreign exchange (forex) sector have called on the Federal Government to incorporate forex trading in the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Department (SAED) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The call was made on Friday during a press briefing in Lagos to announce the annual Forex millionaire expo to hold on Saturday, 13 January, at Landmark Centre, …

Starting from 2024 mobilisation exercise, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said all the eligible Prospective Corps Members (PCMS) are expected to register for mobilisation with their National Identification Numbers (NIN). This was part of the deliberations during the meeting of NYSC Management led by the Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, with the Management of National Identification Management …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has secured the release of two female prospective corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on their way to the Orientation Camp in Sokoto State. The Army had secured the release of two victims. A statement by NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, said efforts are ‘on to ensure the safe release …

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed has appealed to employers to prioritise the security and welfare of the corps members serving in their organisations. Ahmed made the appeal during the 2023 edition of the NYSC Corps Employers Workshop organised in Port Harcourt for corps employers and corps members. He described the theme of …