LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has assured that corps members who recently completed the national service would be paid the arrears of the N77, 000 allowance. Director-General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Olakunle Nafiu gave the assurance during the Batch A 2025 pre-mobilisation workshop for heads of corps producing institutions and…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the reported threats against National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Ushie Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, after she shared a viral video highlighting the economic hardship in Nigeria. Raye, currently serving in Lagos, decried the rising cost of living, stating she could…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, a N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this development in a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has barred unvaccinated corps members from its camps nationwide. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, said from the next Orientation Exercise in the year 2022, all the incoming PCMs will show evidence of vaccination before they would be allowed into the camp for registration. He disclosed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on the federal government to increase its feeding allowance for corps members, stating that the N650 daily allowance is not sustainable. According to News, Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC’s director-general (DG), spoke when he appeared before a house of representatives committee on youth development on Wednesday….
LAGOS MAY 25TH NEWSRANGERS)-The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the National Youth Service Corps scheme (NYSC) Act, is billed for the second reading at the House of Representatives. The sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, listed the various reasons why…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers along Lokoja-Abuja Highway have abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way from Ede NYSC Orientation Camp, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. The number of abducted corps members could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. Adenike Adeyemi, spokesperson of the NYSC could not…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had so far tested positive to COVID-19. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, said this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Mr Ihekweazu said none of those who tested positive…