corpers

November 2, 2022

NYSC corpers now required to present fitness certificates from recognised public health facilities at orientation camps

The National Youth Service Corps has announced that prospective corps members would be required to produce fitness certificates from recognized public health facilities during orientation camps nationwide. Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, stated in a statement that the certificate of fitness will become a condition for enrollment at camps beginning... Read More

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December 6, 2017

Youth Corps members come Alive for 5Alive

One certain thing about the new 5Alive variants is that both are consumers’ favourite and this was clearly demonstrated when Coca-Cola stormed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Camp in Kubwa, Abuja for the sampling of its new 5Alive brand. Trust Naija corpers not to dull on something cool, everybody turned to Warri guy (no... Read More

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Opinion: 5 popular myths about NYSC camp

by Chris Izuchukwu Okafor You’ve probably read a lot of thrills and feels, exclusively online, about the NYSC orientation camp- Except, of course, you exclusively do only WhatsApp data plans, because I doubt if any publisher will devote a paperback to those sort of things. So, back to the story. The experiences you’ve read about,... Read More

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Who NYSC epp?

Corper Shun! The first time I heard those two words, I really wanted to know what they meant. I was nine, and hungry; hungry to know things my peers didn’t know. Of course, it was for showmanship. What else? Not being one to ask questions and wait for answers, I set out on a... Read More

Thinking Through

The Thread: The upsides and downsides of NYSC posting

Call-up letters for the Batch A stream of Youth corpers have been released and are a cause for much rejoicing, yea? Depends on how much you loathe the National Youth Service Corps scheme or how excited you are to finally start earning 19,500 as a government worker. Whichever side of the divide you’re on, this appreciation... Read More

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How to survive the 3-week NYSC orientation camp

by Itunuoluwa Adebo So the Batch A NYSC call-up letters are out!. You’re probably feeling a weird mix of excitement, anxiety, annoyance and for some undiluted sadness. Whichever state you’ve been posted to, the compulsory 3weeks orientation camp can either be a complete nightmare or the most awesome experience you’ve ever had. Yes, I said... Read More

Thinking Through

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December 6, 2016

Just In: Late Ifedolapo Oladepo had untreated kidney infection – NYSC

A report conducted by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on the death of Ifedolapo Oladepo, a corps member of the 2016 Batch ‘B’, who died at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Kano, has revealed that she had an untreated kidney infection. According to The Punch the report was presented by Minister of Youth and... Read More

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December 3, 2016

#NYSCAbuse: Time to bid farewell to NYSC death camps

by Usman Alabi True to the NYSC anthem, it was the clarion call they answered to, it was not convenient for them in any way to travel from the south of the country to the north – especially in the case of Udeme Sunday and Ifedolapo Oladepo. But the question we should all answers is... Read More

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October 4, 2016

T.J Benson: Donga [Nigerian Voices]

Nobody stays in at night. In Donga at night time you are either young and wild or old and dying. At night bankers, teachers, local politicians and business men keep old age at bay by chasing young girls wild at heart into beer parlors, Mai Suya sheds and the dark corners between houses, down the... Read More

Nigerian Voices

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October 4, 2016

Francis Nwafor: Victory story [Nigerian Voices]

It was 12:55am and I was just about going to bed after finishing the proposal my boss asked me to write when I heard loud continuous bangs on the gate of the compound where I live. My heart started skipping beats. The street I live on had suffered five robberies in the past 2 weeks.... Read More

Nigerian Voices

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September 13, 2014

Why ‘corpers’ now have to pay N4,000 to get call-up letters – NYSC

by Isi Esene The National Youth Service Corps has defended its newly introduced policy which requires prospective corps members to pay N4,000 before accessing their call up letters online. The agency which mobilizes Nigerian graduates for their compulsory one-year service to the nation debunked rumours in certain quarters that the new system was introduced for... Read More

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August 11, 2014

NYSC has launched an app for corpers (LOOK, DETAILS)

by Kolapo Olapoju The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched an app for youth corps members. According to Director General of the scheme, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi who spoke at the launch in Abuja on 6 August. “The application will enable them to communicate and also access online content of the... Read More

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February 6, 2014

NYSC members almost stripped as Anambra community bans trousers for women

by ‘Jola Sotubo A group of surprised female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were almost stripped in an Anambra community which is said to have enacted a law against trousers. The Akwaihedi community in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state is said to have a law in force which... Read More

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January 29, 2014

‘Blood will flow…’: Cultists issue death threats to youth ‘corpers’ in Kogi (See Photos)

by Oge Okonkwo The compulsory one year youth corp program which all school leavers under the age of 30 must undergo might just be a nightmare for some ‘corpers’ serving in some remote parts of Nigeria. According to blogger, Linda Ikeji, a mail was sent to her by a batch A Corp member serving in Victory... Read More

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September 27, 2013

BUSTED: 8 fake youth ‘corpers’ arrested and sent to prison

by Oge Okonkwo The law finally caught up with eight persons who were reportedly posing as members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), after they were arrested, charged to court and ordered to be remanded in custody. The accused persons are Agatha Azuma, Amarachukwu Okoro, Nicholas Eze, Blessing Samuel, Wisdom Nwoke, Paulyn Worgu, Cordelia Ugwuata and... Read More

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Terrible: Jealous boyfriend set 2 female ‘corpers’ ablaze in Rivers

by Oge Okonkwo Two female National Youth Service Corps members, Amarachi Okey Winifred, a Batch C corps member and her friend, a fresh batch B corps member who recently left camp, were recently burnt beyond recognition by one of the victim’s boyfriend last month. The victims, both serving in Community Secondary school Iddo in Asari-Toru LGA of Rivers State, were said to... Read More

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Police intensify search for kidnapped NYSC corps members

by Rachel Ogbu Police are still searing for the three corps members who were abducted from their lodge in Ogonokom, Abua/Odual Local Government Area on June 29, 2013. Corps members Ogochi Martins, Chijioke Richard and Esther Nwachukwu were abducted in the middle of the night at the corpers’ lodge 20 minutes after they had turned... Read More

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How kidnappers invaded our lodge like commandos and abducted our colleagues – Corps member

Before now, Abual/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers State was hardly in the news. The area has of recent been in the limelight for the wrong reason; the raiding of a corpers’ lodge and kidnap of three corps members. When the kidnapped corps members were posted to the state, it never for once crossed their... Read More

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October 19, 2012

4 NYSC members die in Cross River

by Isi Esene Nkereke Ibangha, the Cross River State coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disclosed that four members of the 2011 Batch ‘C’ set died during the service year. He said this on Thursday during the passing out ceremony of the 2011 Batch ‘C’ corps members in Calabar, the state capital.... Read More

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September 13, 2012

Extortion: NYSC DG accuses inspectors of “unwholesome practices”

by Akan Ido The director general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia yesterday blamed the perceived lack of discipline among corps members on inspectors of the scheme accusing them of extorting money from corps members. He said this at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun State at the 2012... Read More

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At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to re-post ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to Punch, it has directed the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe. “A statement by the Director-General... Read More

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At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to repost ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to Punch, it has directed the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe. “A statement by the Director-General... Read More

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Stop fretting, you guys are safe – FG tells corps members

by Hauwa Gambo Worried that you might not be safe in any of those volatile states where bombs have been going off, people have been dying in their homes, churches and on the streets, and curfews have been imposed? The president and his executive council have three words for you: “come off it”:. At its... Read More

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“No service in Boko Haram states”: Lagos NYSC members protest

Apparently, the last has not been heard of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) saga. The Batch B NYSC members took their protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday and found support with the lawmakers. The students, mainly of the Lagos State University, carried placards with inscriptions like; “LASU says no to posting to... Read More

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No dying for Nigeria? Corps members refuse to go North

by Tolu Orekoya The rise in violence in Nigerian northern states have sent non-residents fleeing from the region, as bombings by terrorist group Boko Haram and reprisal attacks flourish. The National Youth Service Corps still deployed corps members to states such as Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto and Yobe, despite the lack of stability in those states. Some... Read More

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Respite Cometh! Minister of youth says ‘corpers’ will be paid this week

by Hauwa Gambo The Minister of Youth, Bolaji Abdullahi, who arrived the country from an official assignment abroad yesterday has blamed the delay in paying the allowances of corps members on the transition to a better accounting system – however he has promised that payment will be made this week. See full text of his... Read More

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#OccupyNYSC: No pay? It’s not just corpers says NYSC Deputy Director of Public Relations

by Tolu Orekoya @segzee01: FG pay us our allowee and scrap dis none sense NYSC #OccupyNYSC Pay Us our allowee #OccupyNYSC @rmajayi: I can’t understand why #Nigerians think uni. graduates should spend a year cleaning toilets, buying food & giving sex! #OccupyNYSC These are just a tiny sample of the angry tweets that have flooded the twitterverse as young Nigerians vent their anger over... Read More

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December 2, 2011

#DiaryOfAnOtondo: “All we are saying…!”

by Yomi Kazeem It doesn’t feel out of place to clear my throat and begin this entry with an old Pete Edochie-like proverb, after all, I’m in Abia State. So here it goes: ‘If you push a chicken to the wall long enough, one day the chicken will turn around and fight!’ ... Read More

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