Federal Government has announced plans to replace the traditional khaki uniform worn by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members with locally made Adire fabric. Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, made the disclosure on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. He said the move is...
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Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a comprehensive reform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), marking the first major review of the scheme in its 53-year history. As part of the reform, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Ministry of Youth have been directed to amend the...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that over 1.4 million members of the National Youth Service Corps will be deployed for the 2027 general election. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier...
Tragedy struck in the early hours of Saturday as a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abdulsamad Jamiu, lost his life during an armed robbery incident in Dei-Dei, within the Federal Capital Territory. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Guards Brigade, Abuja, Lieutenant Olawuyi Odunola,...
An Abeokuta court has granted bail to Abass Olalekan, popularly known as Ola Kamara, a Local Government Inspector (LGI) with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abeokuta South, following his arraignment on charges of conspiracy and attempted procurement of abortion. The 27-year-old officer was detained by police after...
National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has called for an immediate overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployment system, urging authorities to stop posting corps members to states plagued by insecurity. In a statement on Wednesday, the association’s Cap’n, Dr Joseph Oteri, warned that worsening insecurity across...
A concerned Nigerian professional, Dr. Opadonu Moses Olufemi, has formally submitted a petition to the National Assembly of Nigeria calling for urgent legislative intervention regarding the safety, security, and welfare of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the face of escalating insecurity across the country. In...
A coalition of Civil Society groups led by the Abuja-based Civil Society Groups For Good Governance (CSGGG) on Friday issued the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, a 3-day ultimatum, to clear the air on the recent controversy surrounding his Nigerian Law School and National...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has proposed the relocation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp from its current site within the city center to Government Secondary School, Auno. Governor Zulum identified sustainability, security, and future expansion as critical factors in his proposal. Speaking during...
First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has officially handed over three mobile clinic units under the RHI’s Love on Wheels project to boost healthcare delivery in underserved areas. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, Senator Oluremi Tinubu described...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has disbursed over ₦10 million in cash alongside food items and livestock to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving across local government areas under the Biu Zonal Office. The intervention, carried out during the Governor’s recent working tour of Bayo, Kwayar...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has expressed sadness over the loss of its 7th Director-General (DG), Brigadier General Soyemi Ayodele Sofoluwe (Rtd.), who passed on recently. During a condolence visit to the deceased’s family in Lagos, the incumbent DG, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, paid tribute to him for...
Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has assured that the repayment process for the student loan scheme has been designed to be seamless, transparent and fair to all beneficiaries. Sawyerr, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, explained that graduates are granted...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have intensified their onslaught against insurgents in the North East, delivering a major setback to ISWAP fighters and rescuing 74 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in two separate operations across Borno State. The renewed push follows the directive of the Chief of Army...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have successfully rescued 74 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from what could have been a major abduction by insurgents along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Borno State. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the corps members’ convoy, consisting of three...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced an extension of the online registration deadline for the 2025 Batch ‘C’ prospective corps members (PCMs) until midnight on Tuesday, November 11. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations,...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be deployed in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election of their safety and prompt payment of election duty allowances. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, said nobody would...
By RAY UMUKORO – Nigeria’s maverick entrepreneur and Group Chief Executive Officer of Konga, Africa’s fastest growing e-commerce powerhouse, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, last weekend made history for himself and the nation as he was honoured with two global awards of distinction by Forbes and Euro Knowledge. The Oxford-trained Prince...
Former Benue State Governorship, Samuel Ortom, has expressed shock over the bereavement suffered by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Patrick Abba Moro, who lost his son and grandson within the space of two days. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Immediate past governor, Terver Akase quoted Ortom...
House of Representatives, in a show of deep sympathy, observed a minute of silence on Tuesday in memory of Victor Moro and his young son, Abba Moro Jr.—the late son and grandson of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro. The tribute came after a motion was moved by Rep....