By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has cited funding challenges as the reason for the delay in implementing the increased monthly allowance for corps members. Despite the Federal Government’s approval of the allowance hike from ₦33,000 to ₦77,000 in July 2024 and assurances that payments would begin in February 2025,…
By Efe Onodjae National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have called out the Director-General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, for failing to fulfill his promise made to corps members at the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II orientation camp in Katsina State. The DG of the scheme, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, had earlier, in January 2025, announced…
By Edward Nnachi An unidentified prospective female member of the National Youth Service Corps was killed in a fatal road accident that happened in Ebonyi State, on Wednesday, January 22, 2024. She was among a group of 12 other prospective corps members conveyed in a 14-seater bus which headed for the NYSC orientation camp in…
By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi A National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member deployed to Kebbi State, Tayachibiyacha Ebal, has slumped and died at Dakin Gari Orientation Camp. It was reported that the NYSC member suddenly slumped and was immediately rushed to camp clinic for medical attention. She was later taken to the Federal Medical Centre,…
The Kwara State Ministry of Education and the authorities of Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, moved swiftly to address a case of severe assault of an unnamed National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member by a teacher in the school where she had just completed her service year. The student was reportedly attacked by…
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, has called for collective efforts in the search for Yahaya Farouk, a corps member, who went missing in Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The NYSC chief, during his visit to the community, yesterday, urged residents, including youths…
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—A Corps Liaison Officer, CLO, in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been accused of assaulting two female members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, during a meeting last Saturday. The CLO allegedly intimidated the victims and later boasted that he was ‘untouchable’ due to his connections with…
