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January 14, 2024 No Responses

10 Corps Members Depart For India On Youth Exchange Programme

Ten National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will travel to India on Sunday to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organised by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The annual programme is held to commemorate the Independence Anniversary of the Republic...

January 4, 2024 No Responses

NUC Identifies 37 Illegal Universities In Nigeria

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified not less than 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. According to the Acting Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, some arrests have been made while urging parents to check the commission’s website ...

January 4, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria To Suspend Certificate Accreditation From Kenya, Uganda, Others

The Nigerian Government has announced that it will suspend accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Kenya, Uganda, Niger Republic and other African countries where institutions that issue false certificates operate. The Minister of ...

May 13, 2023 No Responses

Buhari Congratulates NYSC At 50

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated a former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1973. In a statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Friday, Buhari said the scheme had....

November 25, 2022 No Responses

Corpreneurship Challenge: Unity Bank Splashes N10m Grant On 30 Corps Members

Unity Bank Entrepreneurship Development Initiative – Corpreneurship Challenge, targeted at empowering fresh graduates and Corp Members on one-year compulsory national youth service has, in its ninth edition of the Corpreneurship Challenge held ...

August 19, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Empowers 20 NYSC Members With N30m Grant

Access Bank Plc, through its Accesspreneur programme has empowered 20 National Youth Service Corps members (NYSC) with exceptional ideas, across the country, with N30 million grant. The Group Head, Consumer Banking, Access Bank Plc, Adaeze Umeh, in a sta...

July 5, 2022 No Responses

Agric, Fashion Entrepreneurs, Others Emerge Winners of Unity Bank N10m Corpreneurship Challenge Grant

Unity Bank Plc has doled out a N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners emerged after a busin...

December 22, 2021 No Responses

Unity Bank Bags NYSC Youth Empowerment Award

In recognition of Unity Bank Plc’s contribution to the growth of entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has named the lender “Icon of Youth Empowerment” in an award presented to the Bank during the Skills Acquisiti...

June 5, 2021 No Responses

NCC Donates 100 Mattresses To NYSC, Phones To Corps Members

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has donated 100 mattresses worth over N1 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja.Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affair, NCC, donated the items during a visit to the NYSC camp, Kubwa,...

May 25, 2021 No Responses

NYSC, NCRI Seal MoU On Modern Agric Training

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State. The partnership is expected to among other things yield training of corps members and...

May 22, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Fatima Abubakar As NYSC Governing Board Chairman

The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointment into the National Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). A statement issued by Malam Muhammad Manga, the Directo...

November 24, 2020 No Responses

138 NYSC Members Test Positive For COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday disclosed that 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had so far tested positive to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Director General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said t...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Edo: Benin Monarch Seeks Protection For Corps Members

The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has called for the protection of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members that will be deployed for the September 19 Edo governorship election.The Oba made the call on Thursday in Benin when he received...

February 10, 2020 No Responses

Lassa Fever: NYSC Sensitises Corps Members On Preventive Measures

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has organised a one-day sensitisation for corps members in Zamfara on measures to prevent Lassa fever disease. According to the State NYSC Coordinator, Mr Namallam Taura, the workshop was aimed at educating the corps...