The Federal Government has commended the National Youth Service Corps, or NYSC, for its contribution in diverse areas to the overall development of the country, noting that its existence has been a strong tool for socio-economic development and national unity in its 50 years of existence.The Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja in his address at the opening ceremony of the 2023 NYSC Annual Management Conference,...

Yesterday at the lower chamber in Abuja, a bill seeking to amend the National Youth Service Corps Act to, among other proposals, make the compulsory one-year national youth service for under-30 graduates optional suffered a setback as some lawmakers from the Northern part rejected it The bill, which also seeks to create more allowances for NYSC members and make it optional for someone who graduates at 30 and above to obtain a Certificate of Exemption, failed to pas...

Friends and family of a young man has taken to social media to mourn the premature death of their loved one.Some suspected bandits killed the young man who completed his national youth service programme last month.The deceased named Oliver Abba was reportedly killed on Thursday night, December 29, 2022, in his village in Niger State.It was gathered that he had gone to the village to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.Meanwhile, friends, family and former...