Archives Tag: NYSC
Five Things to do Before Going for Your NYSC
April 19, 2022
The National Youth Service Corps, one year program that brings young Nigerian graduates to serve their fatherland, has been constantly running since 1973. With time, it became divided into streams and batches for easier implementation and supervision. Anyone that has gone through this one-year mandatory service will agree that it is very educative as you … Continue reading Five Things to do Before Going for Your NYSC
By jelifat
After NYSC: 12 Nuggets for Young Graduates Joining the Workforce
April 19, 2022
The khaki days are over and it’s now time to join the labour pool proper. Here are a few nuggets of wisdom gleaned from professionals who have spent time on different rungs of the ladder: 1. This isn’t the time to worry about how fulfilling a job is. That will come later. For now, you … Continue reading After NYSC: 12 Nuggets for Young Graduates Joining the Workforce
By jehonwa
Website Review: ICorpers.com
April 19, 2022
National Youth Service Corp members – past, present and future – can now connect under a community just for corp members. This means that to be a part of the ICorpers.com community, you are either a prospective corp member, a serving corp member or you must have served your nation at one time. ICorpers.com help … Continue reading Website Review: ICorpers.com
By mary-odunuga
#NascoMoments: The Girl Who Found Water
April 19, 2022
One sunny day in 2010, Mirian Chibuzor Azubuike arrives in Bauchi State to serve her country under the NYSC programme. She has spent days crying her eyes out, posting letter in hand; 10 corps members had lost their lives to post-election violence in Bauchi less than two months prior. After hours of sobbing “why me?” … Continue reading #NascoMoments: The Girl Who Found Water
By jehonwa
La Femme Posh Partners With NYSC to Train 20,000 Corps Members
April 19, 2022
La Femme Posh Services through its partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has embarked on vocational training of 20, 000 corps members. Managing Director of La Femme, Mrs. Modupe Leke- Adewale, said the vocational training and youth development organisation is specializing in training and empowerment of youths in soap making, beauty therapy and auto … Continue reading La Femme Posh Partners With NYSC to Train 20,000 Corps Members
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DG of NYSC Says NYSC May Soon Become Voluntary
April 19, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration will take all necessary actions to maintain and improve the National Youth Service Corps scheme as a functional vehicle for the promotion of national unity and integration. Buhari gave the assurance after receiving briefing from officials of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, led by the Permanent … Continue reading DG of NYSC Says NYSC May Soon Become Voluntary
By ejura
New Dates For NYSC Batch A 2014 POP
April 19, 2022
The Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier-General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi has recently announced that the 2014 Batch A Corps Members’ service ends on 12th of February. However, due to the fact that they are participating in the February 2015 Elections, corps members will have to return for their certificates on March 2nd, 2015. He also confirmed … Continue reading New Dates For NYSC Batch A 2014 POP
By elizabeth
Nigeria Today: Top Ten News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
April 19, 2022
1. Restoration of the oil-devastated Ogoniland will begin in January next year, says the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Speaking Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, during the follow-up meeting of technical working groups on environment restoration of Ogoniland, Alison-Madueke stressed that the Federal Government is in a hurry to begin the implementation of … Continue reading Nigeria Today: Top Ten News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
By elizabeth
NYSC Partners with Consultancy Firm to Equip Corp Members for Employment
April 19, 2022
The mandatory program for Nigerian graduates, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been reported to have enlisted the human resources consultancy firm Smiles Consulting, in order to increase the contingency of newly graduating corps members securing employment after their service year. The NYSC will be working with Smiles Consulting on the in-camp sensitisation … Continue reading NYSC Partners with Consultancy Firm to Equip Corp Members for Employment
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NYSC, Bank of Industry Sign MoU on Entrepreneurial Skills Development
April 19, 2022
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Bank of Industry (BOI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on entrepreneurship development for corps members. The pact will see BoI train and empower corps members in various vocations and give them collateral-free loans as capital and expansion of business initiatives. BoI boss, Mrs. Evelyn Oputu who … Continue reading NYSC, Bank of Industry Sign MoU on Entrepreneurial Skills Development
It’s Never Too Early To Start Saving!
April 19, 2022
If I knew seven years ago what I know now about the importance of developing a saving habit, I would have grabbed the opportunity with both hands and set about planning my very own little nest egg for eventualities; I’d have hit the ground running! Young people are generally not thinking about setting aside a … Continue reading It’s Never Too Early To Start Saving!
NYSC Survival Guide Book: THE FOREIGN OTONDO!
April 19, 2022
By David Stephen. Government’s mandatory program for all Nigerian graduates, who want to work in Nigeria, NYSC – National Youth Service Corps – headlines the news a couple of times every year, especially when corp members are at orientation camps, or their passing out parade. Graduates from several schools are posted to different states in … Continue reading NYSC Survival Guide Book: THE FOREIGN OTONDO!
Ime Anwana: The Portrait of a Young Leader
April 19, 2022
On Sunday, the 25th of March 2012, NTA’s Newsline featured the story of Ime Anwana, a youth corps member who made a visible difference in her NYSC area of primary assignment. The village of Kaffin Koro paid homage to this young lady for the remarkable work she did for them. The District Head of the … Continue reading Ime Anwana: The Portrait of a Young Leader
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