Tag: Corps Member
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Police arrest corps member for having old naira notes
Policemen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have been accused of arresting a 21-year-old National Youth Service Corps member (NYSC), Temisan, for allegedly being in possession of old Nigerian currencies N20 and N50. The corps member’s mother, Bunmi Dipo-Salami, took to her Facebook wall to condemn the action of the policemen, perceiving it as…
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Corps member, 26, drowns in Bauchi river
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Bauchi, Joseph Adebayo, who went on a picnic to celebrate the end of his service year on Thursday got drowned in Gubi river in the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis. Bauchi State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Kamal Datti, who confirmed the incident to the News…
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Gunmen kidnap youth corps member in Akwa Ibom
There was pandemonium in Akwa Ibom State on Saturday as six unknown gunmen suspected to be members of Iceland cult group kidnapped a youth corps member, Mr Akpanabia Udoworen, in his village, Nto Okon Usung Itike in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state. Udoworen, who is serving in Birni Kebi, Kebi State, was…
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NYSC recovers last body of drowned corps member in Taraba
The last body of a female corps member was reportedly recovered on Friday by local divers at River Mayo Selbe, in Taraba State. The recovery brings to nine the total number of bodies recovered so far. Recall the Corps had on Thursday said that it was working on the recovery of the remaining drowned corps…
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Police detain officer who shot NYSC corps member in Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has taken into custody a police officer, Benjamin Peters, who allegedly shot a youth corps member, Linda Igwetu, in Abuja on Wednesday morning. It was gathered that detectives had commenced an investigation into the death of the 22-year-old, who was killed when the car she was riding with two…
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NYSC refutes death of corps member in Kwara
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that no corps member serving in Kwara died in any autocrash in Oke-Ose, Ilorin. The NYSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Kwara, Oladipo Morakinyo refuted the allegation in a press release in Ilorin on Sunday. He said, “The attention of the NYSC State Secretariat, located in Ilorin,Kwara…
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Corps member dies of heart failure in Sokoto
A Corps member, Anthony Ochai, from Benue State, has died of heart failure in Sokoto, the State NYSC Coordinator, Alhaji Musa Abubakar, has said. Abubakar made the disclosure in Sokoto on Friday, during the passing out ceremony of 1,411 corps members deployed to the state under the 2016 batch ”A”, Stream One. He said:” The…