In the wake of COVID-19 spike in Nigeria, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has embarked on measures that will ensure safety and efficient operations post COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that over 70 members will repeat their service year after failing to adhere to rules and guidelines of the scheme. According to SaharaReporters, at least 68 of those affected belonged to the 2019 Stream I Batch B in Lagos. This was also confirmed on Thursday by Eddy Megwa,…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured Corps members that the payment of allowances for March and April despite the fact that the monthly clearance exercise will not be done due to the Corovarinus pandemic lockdown in many states. Director-General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the assurance through the Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi where he…
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The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has suspended the ongoing orientation courses in all camps nationwide to safeguard corp members amid coronavirus outbreak. In a statement released by the scheme via Facebook, on Wednesday, it said all corps members would proceed to their places of primary assignment. Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and…
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According to a statement issued via Facebook on the body issued on Wednesday morning, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has increased its monthly allowance to N33,000. Shuaibu Ibrahim, a brigadier general and the director-general of the NYSC announced this during a working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi. He said the increase is in…
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The National Youth Service Corps has said that it will allow female corps members, who are Muslims, to use white, shoulder-length hijabs for religious purposes. The NYSC added that only three types of dressing used for different occasions would be acceptable for corps members. According to Punch the corps stated this in a document obtained…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Katsina State, has confirmed the death of three corps members in a ghastly motor accident in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the corps Public Relations Officer, Mr Alex Obemeata, on Sunday in Katsina. “Sunday Aug. 18, 2019, is…
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Precious Owolabi, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, who was serving as a field reporter with ChannelsTV will be buried today. His unfortunately demise occured after he was hit by a stray bullet while covering the clash between the Nigerian Police Force and members the Shi’ites group. He will be buried at his…
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The National Youth Service Corps Foundation is reportedly searching for about 75 corps members who took between N300,000 and N400,000 loans to start small businesses but refused to pay after about four years. The defaulting corps members, who have now passed out, used their certificates as collateral, which was the only condition to access the…
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has sternly warned Tertiary Institutions in the country against enrolling unqualified graduates into the post-varsity mandatory one year programme. The DG said the NYSC would blacklist any higher institution found to be involved in fraudulent mobilisation of unqualified graduates in order to…
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