Another corps member dies in Bayelsa NYSC camp

Elechi Chiyerum, a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been reported dead at the orientation camp in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokoma, Bayelsa State. Chiyerum, 27 was reportedly ill before the commencement of the scheme and had been unable to participate in most camp activities. The Ignatius Azuru University of Education, Port Harcourt graduate... Read More

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Bayelsa, CAMP, corps member, nysc

December 2, 2016

First Class Petroleum Engineering graduate dies in NYSC Zamfara camp

Yet another graduate has died in the Batch B orientation camping exercise of the National Youth Service Corps. Udeme Monday, a First Class graduate of Petroleum Engineering died on Thursday at the NYSC Zamfara camp. Monday is the third corps member to die in a few weeks. A female corps member, Elechi Chiyerom died in... Read More

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Immo Pat, Monday Udeme, nysc, Victor Jerry Emah, Zamfara camp

December 2, 2016

Mother narrates final moments of her daughter who died in Kano NYSC camp due to negligence

The mother of a Batch B corps member who died at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Kano, has given details of happenings that led to her daughter’s death. Writing on her Facebook wall, Oyeyode Abimbola Inioluwa, said her daughter, Oladepo Ifedolapo, a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, was left unattended... Read More

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kano, negligence, nysc, Oladepo Ifedolapo, Orientation camp

December 1, 2016

Female corps member dies in NYSC Bayelsa camp

A youth corps member has died at the Bayelsa State Orientation Camp at Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state, The Punch reports. The female corps member, Miss Elechi Chiyerom, aged 27, was confirmed dead at about 9pm on Tuesday. Elechi, a graduate of the Ignatius Azuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was said... Read More

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Bayelsa camp, bleeding, death, Female corps member, Health, nysc, relapse

November 29, 2016

Opinion: The NYSC service year manual

by Manasseh Victor I started the service year with a sense of uncertainty and anxiety as most intending Corp members. I heard different stories from different ex-Corps members on expectations and outcomes of the service year; the baseline wasn’t so encouraging, yet I was determined to make the most of it. Most of those I... Read More

Alawee, CAMP, nigeria, nysc, Orientation Broadcasting Service, service year, Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurial Development

November 22, 2016

The Thread: Let Twitter Nigeria prepare you for NYSC camp

Congratulations, Otondos. You have finally come of age for that rite of passage every educated Nigerian adult must necessarily participate in, if not, no work. Rejoice. Not too fast, there’s a lot you need to know. Best to start with the essentials you need for camp, and no, we are not talking about extra batteries... Read More

Alawee, CAMP, nigeria, nysc, Place of primary assignment

November 22, 2016

Dear youth corper, here’s ALL you really need to take to NYSC camp

The National Youth Service Corps has announced today that prospective corps members can now print out Call-Up letters via the online portal. Usually, for most people this is troubling news. It’s Tuesday and if you are in the first stream, you’ll need to pack up and go wherever you’ve been posted to by Thursday, the 24th.... Read More

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advice, CAMP, camp commandant, nigeria, nysc, Redeployment, satire, soldiers, sticky, Youth Corps

November 1, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XIII: The architect who became a boatman

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

citizenship, classism, Magazine, nysc, unemployment, university of benin, Warri, waterways, ynaija, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 22, 2016

Tomiwa Yussuf: “I’m going to die and they’ll all think I killed myself” [Nigerian Voices]

by Tomiwa Yusuff Like a bad record, the thought kept reverberating in my head that unforgettable morning in the town of Song. I had been posted to the town to observe my one year mandatory National Youth Service and had resolved to make every minute there count. The day appeared auspicious for it hinted promises... Read More

Nigerian Voices

accident, death, exercise, nigeria, nysc, sticky

October 20, 2016

Lekan Olanrewaju: Let’s talk NYSC [NEW VOICES]

by Lanre Olanrewaju I’ve spent the better part of the past week listening to my friend do some variation of ranting about his NYSC registration. We cycled from understandable problems (passport photo too small) to logical (passport photo too large) to inexplicable (passport background not white when it actually is white). Of course, having gone through... Read More

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lekan olanrewaju, New Voices, nigerians, nysc, reuben abati, sticky, unemployment

October 20, 2016

Samson Toromade : Footprints in hell [Nigerian Voices]

by Samson Toromade I don’t have fond memories of the first time I crossed into the boundaries of Taraba state, I instinctively blocked out most of it. I do remember, though, my first thought as my drowsy eyes forced awake to feast on what was supposed to be “nature’s gift to the nation”. I remember... Read More

Nigerian Voices

nigeria, Northern experiences, nysc, students, teaching

October 17, 2016

Ayodele Ibiyemi: The paradox that is Port Harcourt [Nigerian Voices]

by Ayodele Ibiyemi I was privileged to have attended a Federal Government College for my secondary education. In the school, I met people from other tribes, fellow Nigerians whose names I found hard to pronounce but it showed me the side of Nigeria many people I know have never seen. From secondary school, whatever tribe... Read More

Nigerian Voices

corper, Militants, Muslims, nigeria, nysc, Port Harcourt

October 11, 2016

UgoTalksAlot: Useless is a country determined to destroy its future

June 24, 2016, I had been chasing the date for the past four years. It was the day I would finally finish school. I’d have my own BSc and have all the tools needed to become my own person. I could now get a job and earn some money. I was finally through with school... Read More

education, nigeria, Nigerian, nysc, Oby Ezekwesili, olusegun obasanjo, Tesla, UBE

October 10, 2016

Corp members’ allowance not reduced to N14,800 – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday said claims making the rounds on social media that the allowance of corps members’ has been reduced by 25 per cent were false. NYSC’s Director of Press, Bose Aderibigbe, who made the clarification in Abuja said the allowance of corps members remained N19,800, and not N14,800 as published... Read More

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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

corpers, Northern Nigeria, nysc, robbers

October 3, 2016

YNaija Editorial: To a better 57th Independence Day anniversary

56 years is a lifetime in the life cycle of any nation. For one whose union has been severally tested by momentous events such as a crippling civil war, an insurgency crisis that brought the entire north east region almost to a standstill and agitations of militants in the Niger Delta demanding ownership of their... Read More

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APC, economy, Health, Independence Day, kemi Adeosun, lai mohammed, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, nysc, Oil, PDP, recession, unemployment

Yakubu Gowon says Nigeria is not an easy place to govern | YNaija.com

September 26, 2016

Gen. Gowon’s memoirs are out next year – here are 5 things it must address in detail

General Yakubu Gowon was the military Head of State of Nigeria between August 1966 and 1975. It goes without saying that a lot of the blame that has gone around for the Civil war has fallen on him over the years. A tell-all book from the former Head of State is exactly what he needs... Read More

1966, biafra, civil war, Memoir, military coup, nysc, ojukwu, Yakubu Gowon

September 22, 2016

Moses Ochonu: The plague of historical ignorance

The cab driver, a guy from Edo state, mistook me for a Ghanaian. I don’t mind it and I proudly embrace my assumed Ghanaian-ness seeing as the Ghanaians are currently beating Nigerian in every indicator of human progress. But come on, Edo guy, I can tell Ghanaians from Nigerians eight out of ten times; Senegalese... Read More

Crocodile smile, Ethnic bias, history, nigeria, nysc, Southerners and Northerners

September 5, 2016

Edo guber poll: NYSC worried over safety of corps members

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday has said corps members need to be protected during the Edo governorship election, scheduled for Saturday. The call was made by the Director-General, NYSC, Brigadier-Gen. Sule Kazaure during courtesy visits which he paid to various security agencies in Benin on Monday. The NYSC boss visited 4 Mechanised... Read More

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Corps Members, Edo election, National Youth Service Corps, nysc, security

August 26, 2016

Burkini ban: Let’s talk about how remarkable this French court’s ruling is

by Roqeebah Olaoniye France’s highest administrative court, has just suspended the controversial ban on the burkini by a French Riviera town after it was challenged by rights groups. In a judgement expected to set a precedent (side eye Nigerian courts and the NYSC hijab ban), the State Council ruled that local authorities could only restrict... Read More

Bikini, burkini, France, French ban, hijab, nysc, womens rights

August 17, 2016

Opinion: Buharinomics – Policy makers, economists and the rest of us

By Akachidike Kanu Nigerians are currently experiencing tough economic times. The prevailing economic climate in Nigeria and the effect on the people have become a thing of serious concern to the nation´s policy makers, economics experts and other stakeholders including the “common man” or the ordinary citizen who invariably bears the full brunt of the... Read More

Buhari, economy, Finance, IMF, nigeria, nysc, opinion, Soludo

July 15, 2016

Oluwatosin Olaseinde: The key things to note before entering the job market (Y! Naira&Kobo)

by Oluwatosin Olaseinde Make or Break: Your First Job Congratulations, you have completed your degree and you have been assigned a NYSC post. This is one of the most exciting times in your life as you prepare to enter the job market. In Nigeria, one is obligated to complete a year of national service in order... Read More

Jobs, kobo, market, naira, nigeria, nysc, olaseinde, tolulope, Y!

July 1, 2016

CBN to give N3m loan to NYSC members

The Central Bank of Nigeria of Nigeria has disclosed that it set aside N2.5 billion loan for members of the National Youth Service Corps with profitable business ideas. According to the apex bank, the money was set from the N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund and that it would be given to corp members... Read More

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Business, CBN, certificate, corp, entrepreneurship, loan, nysc

June 13, 2016

Opinion: Purging the hypocritical NYSC scheme of its remaining sharp practices

by Jotalo Samuel In the third quarter of 2015, August to be precise, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) announced the Treasury Single Account, TSA. The TSA was not a new strategic concept. It was just not implemented under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. This noble policy was a fiscal strategy aimed at blocking financial leakages,... Read More

FG, nigeria, nysc, sharp practices, TSA, Yakubu Gowon, youth corpers

June 9, 2016

Muslims want NYSC orientation course postponed – Here’s why

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of discriminating against Muslims who are fasting during the month of Ramadan. The NYSC fixed its orientation date to begin on Monday, June 13 and prospective corps members of batch A stream II are expected to report to camps across the nation. MURIC, via... Read More

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June 6, 2016

Just In: NYSC orientation course starts Monday

The management of the National Youth Service Corps has announced that the 2016 Batch A Stream II Orientation course will begin on Monday, June 13. The NYSC said late on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved funds for the orientation course. Hence, youth corp members have been advised to log on to the NYSC portal... Read More

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funds, nysc, Orientation camp, orientation course, president buhari, youth corpers

May 20, 2016

Maradona service: These 10 tweets explain why NYSC should be scrapped

In recent months, the Nigeria Youth Service Corps has played prospective corp members like this: In all this NYSC dribbling, we fail to see the hand of God. Do you? The hiccups in paying monthly allowance to corp members due to a paucity of funds and inability to mobilize prospective corp members to the postponement of orientation... Read More

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May 19, 2016

‘Funds’ and ‘logistics’ forces NYSC to postpone orientation course

The National Youth Service Corps has postponed the commencement of the 2016 Batch A (Stream II) orientation course. The Management of the NYSC cited ‘logistics reasons’ as what necessitated the postponement. “We enjoin all Prospective Corps members to watch out for a new date to be announced later. All inconveniences are highly regretted”, the management... Read More

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Batch A, Corp Members, funds, logistics, nysc, orientation course, Stream II

May 17, 2016

Morning Devotion: Buhari meets Wike, Pay your electricity bills, Kachikwu and the House of Reps, NYSC call-up to be delayed?

In this 6th episode of Morning Devotion, Joachim would have loved to be privy of Buhari/Wike closed door session regarding the Niger-delta militants and their continous damage but then he beckons on Nigerians to pay their electricity bills before the mass disconnection. Still on the money talk, he discuses the lack of funds causing NYSC... Read More

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Electricity bills, joachim macebong, morning devotion, Niger Delta militants, nysc, president buhari, wike

May 17, 2016

NYSC has ‘no money’ to mobilise corps members to camps

Thousands of prospective corps members gearing to begin their 3-week orientation camp on Friday,‎ May 20, will have to wait a little longer. Reason being that the National Youth Service Corp is cash strapped and as such, unableto mobilise the corp members as scheduled. The Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Sulyman Kazaure revealed this on... Read More

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Another corps member dies in Bayelsa NYSC camp

First Class Petroleum Engineering graduate dies in NYSC Zamfara camp

Mother narrates final moments of her daughter who died in Kano NYSC camp due to negligence

Female corps member dies in NYSC Bayelsa camp

Opinion: The NYSC service year manual

The Thread: Let Twitter Nigeria prepare you for NYSC camp

Dear youth corper, here’s ALL you really need to take to NYSC camp

BLOOD MONEY XIII: The architect who became a boatman

Tomiwa Yussuf: “I’m going to die and they’ll all think I killed myself” [Nigerian Voices]

Lekan Olanrewaju: Let’s talk NYSC [NEW VOICES]

Samson Toromade : Footprints in hell [Nigerian Voices]

Ayodele Ibiyemi: The paradox that is Port Harcourt [Nigerian Voices]

UgoTalksAlot: Useless is a country determined to destroy its future

Corp members’ allowance not reduced to N14,800 – NYSC

Francis Nwafor: Victory story [Nigerian Voices]

YNaija Editorial: To a better 57th Independence Day anniversary

Gen. Gowon’s memoirs are out next year – here are 5 things it must address in detail

Moses Ochonu: The plague of historical ignorance

Edo guber poll: NYSC worried over safety of corps members

Burkini ban: Let’s talk about how remarkable this French court’s ruling is

Opinion: Buharinomics – Policy makers, economists and the rest of us

Oluwatosin Olaseinde: The key things to note before entering the job market (Y! Naira&Kobo)

CBN to give N3m loan to NYSC members

Opinion: Purging the hypocritical NYSC scheme of its remaining sharp practices

Muslims want NYSC orientation course postponed – Here’s why

Just In: NYSC orientation course starts Monday

Maradona service: These 10 tweets explain why NYSC should be scrapped

‘Funds’ and ‘logistics’ forces NYSC to postpone orientation course

Morning Devotion: Buhari meets Wike, Pay your electricity bills, Kachikwu and the House of Reps, NYSC call-up to be delayed?

NYSC has ‘no money’ to mobilise corps members to camps

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