By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has approved an increase in the feeding budget for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members during orientation courses, with the revised allocation expected to take effect in 2027. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, announ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter TWENTY PROSPECTIVE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and another abducted passenger have regained their freedom after seven days in captivity in Imo State, with the victims now receiving medical attention at the Department of State Services Hospital (DSSH) in Owerri. JKNewsMedia.com reports th...
By Bola BOLAWOLE LAST THURSDAY’s kidnapping of two busloads of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members said to be travelling from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, to locations in Imo and Akwa Ibom states raised many troubling questions, one of which is the continued relevance, if any, of the NYSC scheme. I have asked that […]
By Ajibola Olaide, TEN PROSPECTIVE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been rescued after gunmen attacked two commercial buses along the Owerri Onitsha Road in Imo State, with security agencies continuing operations to locate any remaining victims and apprehend the suspects. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the attack occurred at abo...
By JKNewsMedia PROSPECTIVE CORPS members will not be mobilised for national service without clearance from the National Electronic Registration Database (NERD), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the directive comes as the NYSC prepares to mobilise another batch of prospective corps members whil...
By Reuben Abati PETER F. DRUCKER, the Austrian American management guru (1909 -2005), it was who opined that change is an inevitable constant in human situations and that innovation is important in the 21st Century where skills become obsolete at the speed of light and what was deemed essential yesterday sooner or later becomes irrelevant, [&...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme have received approval from President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), marking the first holistic review of the scheme in its 53-year history. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the approved reforms are intended to ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MORE THAN 1.4 million National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will be required to support the 2027 General Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan disclosed this on Monday during a cour...
A currently serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member posted to one of the Southwest states in Nigeria, JUMMIA EMMANUEL, JKNewsMedia Reporter, recounts her daily experience as water vanished, power failed and snakes crept into living spaces after she and some colleagues were unable to travel to their home states and remained at their ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent GRADUATES SEEKING mobilisation into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will from October 6, 2025, be required to provide proof of compliance with the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) policy before they can be mobilised or granted exemption, according to a directive issued b...
