NYSC redeployment is a thing. People who don’t like their posting can apply to be redeployed to another state. Other conditions for being redeployed include marriage, insecurity, and health conditions, among others. More often than not, a lot of corps members redeploy. This list is for people who chose the redeployment option. 1. You, thinking […]

We asked corpers to tell us how they spend their NYSC allowance. The answers are mindblowing.

People say a lot of things about NYSC camp, many of which are wrong. This has caused a lot of bad feelings about the NYSC orientation camp and many prospective corps members are discouraged about the camp experience. This post will help you correct some of those wrong things. 1. “NYSC camp is boring.” Look, […]

Self-isolation is upon us, and whether we like it or not, we have to adhere. As corps members, circumstances might be a bit different, and that’s why we brought you this to-do list that is specifically tailored to your life as a corps member. 1. Cook good food and enjoy your life. Look ehn, there […]

Corpers reaction to CDS being shut down because of Corona virus.

A step-by-step guide on how to leave NYSC camp before the official exit date.

All the types of graduates you’ll meet in NYSC camp

An NYSC Diary listicle about the kinds of people you’ll find in an NYSC group chat

If you survived uni without the love of your life, chances are everyone is expecting you to end NYSC with love. We’ll tell you how to find love during NYSC.

NYSC is that one year of your life that you willingly dash to the government. And while it can be fun, it can also be a very scary thing too. A new environment, new places, new method of living, all for three weeks. This list details all the panic that comes when you receive your […]

NYSC camp is the ghetto. But you know what’s even more ghetto? Having to survive NYSC camp. We asked 11 corpers how they survived NYSC camp.

I had just finished Nysc, and I was at the Iyana-Ipaja camp to pick up my certificate and celebrate my freedom from bondage. I remember getting a call from one of my closest friends – he was still doing Nysc, and he had called to ask how I was feeling. I told him I was […]

NYSC CDS is another opportunity for corpers to gather together and display the full range of their behaviour. We made a list of the types of people you’ll find there. Which one have you come across? More importantly, which one are you? 1. Those who came to slay. Of course they don’t dress like this. […]

Remember how they always pray that you will go from labour to favour? We have discovered how your NYSC khaki can make this happen. Grab a seat and learn at our feet. 1. People will be more disposed to help you. The mindset is that you left your place of comfort to come to a […]

What a great time to be alive; NYSC allowance has increased from N19800 to N33,000. After several years of begging and grovelling, the government has finally listened to us. Now, corps members will be eager to serve their fatherland, and those who are yet to serve will become eager to do so — or so […]

All the struggles of being a corps member in Nigeria

NYSC is that mandatory scheme where all fresh graduates are slaves to the government. And for every corps member, getting posted to a place of primary assignment is the dreaded moment of truth. The beating heart when you check your dashboard, the shock when you finally see where you’ll spend the next ten months, the […]

Here’s all you need to know about goodbyes, and the last day of camp if you were posted to Borno.

Find out everything that happens on the last day of camp.

It’s in camp that you truly learn that life is a pot of beans.

7:15 AM Today is my last Friday in this camp. Waking up, it is no different from the other Fridays I have spent here. But it feels different, and when the soldiers come banging at the door, my friend F. says that very soon, all this gra-gra will end. I can’t wait for it to […]

5:36 AM Let me tell you, the day after the inter-platoon drill is when everybody’s morale finally goes downhill. Why? Well, when you have done the main thing for which you have been practicing for days, what else remains? What else but to think about going home? My first thought when I wake up is, […]

6:00 AM NYSC camp ends in 5 days.  Today is the inter-platoon drills competition. I wake up feeling a little excited. Days and days of marching, and finally we get to showcase what we have learned. All the right wheel, left wheel, slow march, breaking into quick march. I can’t wait. But first, I have […]

Does camp get boring and monotonous as the days go? Six days to go and nothing new is happening.