NYSC sets date to begin 2026 Batch B Stream I orientation

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced Wednesday, June 10, 2026, as date that the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Orientation Course will begin the reception and registration of prospective corps members across the country.

The scheme made this known in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Caroline Embu, Director, Information and Public Relations.

It said registration would end at midnight on Friday, June 12, in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The NYSC added that the swearing-in ceremony for prospective corps members mobilised for the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Stream I service year would also take place on Friday, June 12.

According to the statement, the orientation exercise will officially end on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

The scheme wished all mobilised Nigerian graduates safe journeys to their various orientation camps nationwide and reiterated its warning against night travel.

It advised prospective corps members to suspend their journeys once it is 6pm and spend the night at any available corps members’ lodge, military formation, police station, outpost, or palace of a traditional ruler before continuing the next morning.