The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has paid the insurance benefit to the family of a corps member Omale Victor with state code EB/21A/1487, who went missing in 2021 during his service year in Ebonyi State. Victor, who was 24 years old at the time, was declared missing on 9th November 2021, by his roommate Innocent Ujah, who reported to …

No fewer than 100 corps members trained as electoral officers and assistant presiding officers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo State have withdrawn their participation in Saturday’s general elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Sylvia Agu told the media in Owerri on Thursday that the corps members cited insecurity as reason for their withdrawal. The …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) announced on Tuesday that it would deploy 200,000 corps members to ensure a smooth 2023 elections. NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed (rtd.) told journalists at the ccheme’s headquarters in Abuja that the deployment was for the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections. He disclosed that the scheme was working alongside …

Police operatives in Anambra State have rescued 15 abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who had just completed their orientation in Imo. The Corps members from the NYSC orientation camp located in Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, were in a vehicle on their way to Lagos when they were abducted. In a statement on Tuesday in …

The next administration in Nigeria has been urged to scrap the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The call was made by the Nigerians in the Diaspora Monitoring Group. According to the group, the NYSC scheme hurts Nigerians in Diaspora apart from the fact that it is riddled with corruption and embezzlement. The Disapora group disclosed this in a …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called for a review of the allowances of corps members amidst the current economic situation in Nigeria. During a visit by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in Abuja on Friday, NYSC acting Director-General, Mrs Christy Uba said that Corps members are eager to participate in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Fadah is barely six months in office. Appointed in May, Fadah took over from Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim as the 19th person to hold the position. President Buhari, who has earned a reputation of keeping government officials …