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...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter NATIONAL SCHEME faces critical restructuring to align with youth needs and national goals as the Federal Government has launched a major overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Setting up a reform committee to re-evaluate and transform the nearly five-decade-old programme, FG said the m...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CONFUSION ENGULFED Nigerian campuses in April 2024 after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) boldly flagged long-standing university admissions as “fake”, cutting off graduates from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) just days before mobilisation. The move left an estimated 14,0...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed recent social media claims that it will increase corps members’ allowances to ₦70,000. Rather, the NYSC clarified that there has been no official directive or plan to adjust corps members’ stipends in line with the new minimum wage. Ac...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has suspended monthly clearance and weekly community development services for corps members across Nigeria. This decision comes ahead of the planned protests scheduled to begin on August 1. The protests, under the banner “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,”...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter TO ADDRESS the accommodation challenges faced by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the approval of N5 billion for the construction of a new permanent orientation camp. The proposed site, to be cited in Agbowa within the Ikorodu Division,...
By Joke Kujenya WITH MOVES aimed at fostering economic empowerment among Nigerian youths, the NNPC Foundation has selected 2,659 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to advance to the final phase of its Business Pitching Exercise. Scheduled from July 2nd to 10th, 2024, this initiative is part of the NNPC Foundation’s broader effort to e...
