Tag: Corps Member
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Interpol arrests corps member behind ‘Gistlover’
A member of the National Youths Service Corps, Mr. Emeh Nnamdi, who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for impersonation and defamation of character, has been arrested. Nnamdi was reported to have been arrested during a joint operation by INTERPOL
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Elections: NYSC clarifies report on corps member beaten to death
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says contrary to reports on social media, no youth corps member participating in the general election was beaten to death. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, the brutalised corps member did not die as reported but recuperating after…
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Hotelier allegedly rape corps member serving in his hotel
An hotel manager, who allegedly raped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osogbo, will appear in court on Tuesday. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Spokesperson, Osun Command, Nigeria Police, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. Opalola said that police had concluded investigation on the matter.
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NYSC decamps corps member for wearing skirt in Gombe
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Gombe State has confirmed the eviction of a female corps member for failing to wear khaki trouser. The state NYSC Coordinator, Ada Imoni, in a statement on Friday, March 25, said the corps member “blatantly refused to wear the khaki trouser and chose to wear a khaki skirt…
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EFCC prosecutes corps member over ‘love scam’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday prosecuted a member of the National Youth Service Corps, Sam Abiola, and one Adebiyi Sodiq, for their alleged involvement in a love scam. While the corps member supposedly committed the crime around September 2019, Sodiq was apprehended after he reportedly pretended to be a woman and…
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All corps members to undergo Antigen-based Test – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that all members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme at orientation camps across the country, will undergo one of the new Antigen-Based tests. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the NCDC Director General who made this known at the PTF briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, said that…
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We lost 5 corps members to death in A’ Ibom – NYSC
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom, Mr Julius Amusan, said on Thursday that five corps members serving in the state died during the 2019 Batch “A” service year. Amusan who made the closure during the passing out parade of the corps members in Uyo, said the corps members died in different circumstances.…
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NYSC debunks alleged killing of Almajiri boy by corps member
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano state, Alhaji Ladan Baba, has debunked rumours going round on the social media that a corp member serving in Bebeji Local Government Area of the state beats an Almajiri boy to death. The NYSC Coordinator debunked the rumour in a statement he signed and issued to…
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JUST IN: AbulRazak appoints 26-year-old serving corps member Commissioner
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed a serving 26-year-old female Youth Corps member, Miss Joana Nnazua Kolo as a commissioner. She was among the four female commissioner-nominees whose names were forwarded to the Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Kolo, the youngest commissioner-nominee in the state’s history, is a 2018 graduate of Library…