Twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted while travelling from Oyo State to their orientation camps in Abia State have regained their freedom. The graduates were kidnapped seven days ago along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Umunoha, Imo State, while travelling in two buses. The rescued victims are currently receiving medical treatment at the … Read more
Kidnappers holding 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State have reduced their ransom demand from N50 million to N5 million per victim, bringing the total demand down from N1 billion to N100 million. The development, however, has failed to ease the anxiety of the victims’ families, … Read more
Kidnappers who abducted 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members travelling from Oyo State to their orientation camps have demanded ₦1 billion for their release. The parents of the victims disclosed this on Saturday when they visited the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, at his residence in Bodija, Ibadan, alongside the Oyo State Commissioner … Read more
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed as false a widely circulated notice claiming that a special redeployment window had been opened for corps members, urging the public to disregard the information. The scheme flagged the notice on its verified X handle as fake on Friday. The fraudulent notice, styled as an “URGENT … Read more
Federal Government has officially increased the monthly allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2024. This change is in line with the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024, and it’s a significant boost to the corps members’ welfare package. This development follows the enactment of the National … Read more
By Adeleke Maria The Oyo State Camp Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Comrade Odoba Abel has on Monday disclosed that corps members from the camp have been working as ambassadors of the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA), towards orientating people in rural areas. Odoba disclosed this in a media chat after a … Read more