The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued a new certificate to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State following an official request by him. The governor partook in the scheme in 1980 but it turned out there was an error on the certificate issued to him with an alphabet missing in his surname which read Obasek instead of Obaseki. The …

Zakariya Dauda Nyampa, a member of the House of Representatives, has advocated that the Federal Government should enlist fresh graduates into the Nigerian Army instead of the NYSC scheme. He stated that the military service should replace the mandatory one-year NYSC scheme Nyampa stated that graduates who do not have the interest to serve as military personnel should be allowed …

The National Youth Service Corps has said it will not reopen orientation camps across te country until it is safe to do so. The NYSC, in a statement on Thursday by its Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, any report that it was planning to open the camps was false She said, “To put issues in proper perspective, it …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has revealed that it has commenced plans to send 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One corps members back to camp. The Director-General of the scheme, Brg.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated that the NYSC orientation course will resume, months after NYSC suspended the camp orientation program just one week into the exercise as a proactive measure to …

A female member of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC has been declared dead in Rivers. The entire 2019 Batch C,Stream 2,Corp members in Rivers State, have been thrown into deep mourning after one of their own, Atiye Florence Aduke, lost her life on Saturday May 30th, 2020. According to reports, Miss Aduke slumped and hit her head against a …

There have been rumours that the NYSC won’t pay April allowance without clearance due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Today, the Director-General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi appealed to corps members to remain calm as the allowances will be paid soon. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has promised to pay …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has recorded its first coronavirus case in Ondo state as the state records another case. According to the Punch, the corps member was a medical doctor, whose is having his primary assignment at Artillery Bridge Owena Cantonment where it was recorded the came in contact with an index case. Mr. Donald Ojogo, the state …

Few days after shutting down its Orientation camps nationwide over the Coronavirus outbreak, the National Youth Service Corps NYSC has suspended its weekly Community Development Service activities indefinitely. The CDS affords Corps members the opportunity to meet weekly and monthly to discuss ways they can better their immediate environment with any project they can embark on. A statement released by …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday said it had planned ahead of the emergency closure of all camps across the country and posted corps members for their primary assignment. The South West Director of the scheme, Mr Attah Emmanuel, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “We have planned …

The National Youth Service Corp has announced the suspension of the ongoing Batch A 2020 Orientation exercise going on nationwide due to the constant spread of Corona Virus. The body made this known via there social media handle in the early hours of today as corp members has been asked to vacate the camp today. In their press release, they …