It was a tragic day on Wednesday as five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) lost their lives in a ghastly motor crash on the Abaji-Kwali Expressway in Abuja while on their way to the orientation camp. The NYSC management who confirmed the incident in a statement signed by its Director, Press…
Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc has committed over N30 million to empower National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members through the Bank’s flagship Youth entrepreneurship development initiative known as Unity Bank Corpreneurship Challenge. The sum includes N4 million won by beneficiaries on four separate editions across four states and N10 million won by beneficiaries across the…
It was a beautiful climax last Sunday when fifteen corp members at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Lagos, won N150,000 in cash prizes, while others received loads of consolation gifts. Dayo Osborne, Gbenga Benedict, Olamide Ojedele, and Joseph Eweje were some of the winners of the N20,000 cash prize category and…
By Olutayo Irantiola Growing up in this country some years ago was full of fun and pleasant memories; from your classmates, to your teachers, the school authority, and everyone around. It was a grand community wherein all the misdemeanor of children were corrected by neighbours and children still plead not to be reported to their…
As the Nigeria currently battles an increase in the number of daily cases of coronavirus amidst a second wave of the pandemic, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha disclosed this…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied asking members of the Batch A Stream 2 to resume at the orientation camp on October 27, 2020. In a statement, the agency described the report as fake and urged members of the public to disregard it, saying it was having meetings with the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced recruitment of additional National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members as ad hoc staff for Ondo State governorship election. The decision was taken after NYSC authorities recently told the Commission that they were presently in a position to mobilize more corps members for the Ondo State governorship election.…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider and The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have disbursed a whopping sum of N774 million to 310 beneficiaries under the Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YIEDP). Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the disbursement of funds to young entrepreneurs under…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme has announced that orientation for Corps members of the Batch A Stream 11 will commence on Monday, June 13, 2016, to Wednesday, June 29, 2016. The programme was earlier suspended because there was not enough money to fund the programme. This had dashed the hopes…
Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Rivers State staged a protest on Friday morning, demanding for the payment of their allowances. The aggrieved Corpers, at the orientation camp in Nonwa Gbam Tai area of the state, claimed the government has refused to pay them their allowances. The protesting Corps members barricaded the…