Tag: Corps Members
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After initial denials, NYSC admits publication asking corps members to be friendly with, pay ransom to kidnappers in dangerous zones
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have admitted after initial rebuttals that copies of its pamphlets containing security tips for staff and corps members contain a clause that advises corps members to prepare for ransom payment when and if abducted. The scheme explained that it discovered that there different versions of the pamphlet are in…
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COVID-19: 17 Corps members admitted in Edo hospital
No fewer than 17 Corps members deployed to Edo State for the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who showed symptoms of COVID-19 have been admitted to Stella Obasanjo Hospital on Sapele Road, Benin, Edo State for treatment. Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Edo Government-owned hospital, Dr. Osagie Ebomwonyi, disclosed this. The CMD,…
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EFCC arrests three corps members, 19 undergraduates for alleged internet fraud in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested 32 alleged internet fraudsters in the city. Th arrest was contained in a statement signed by its Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday. According to the statement, the suspects included three corps members, 19…
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NYSC DG speaks on when corps members will resume orientation
Brig.-Gen. Shuaib Ibrahim, the Director-General (DG), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said that the Batch ‘A’ corps members will resume orientation camp as soon as the coast is clear over Covid-19. Shuaib told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that the corps members must be safeguarded first. News Agency of Nigeria…
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Robbers shoot corps member dead in Osun
Suspected robbers have shot dead a National Youth Service Corps member in Osun State. The deceased, Adebayo Mukaila was sad to own a container made-shop at Omo-west street close to the NYSC Secretariat in the state capital, where he sold recharge.cards, cable subscription and also engaged in money transfer. It was gathered that Mukaila, popularly…
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Corps members to receive new minimum wage from 2020 Budget – Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said serving corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will enjoy increased allowance as a result of the N30, 000 minimum wage from next year. The minister said that increase in the allowances earned by corps members have been captured in the 2020 budget…
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Daredevil cultists invade corps members’ residence in Bayelsa, kill two
There was outrage in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Thursday following gruesome murder of corps members by cultists during one of their robbery operations. It was gathered the cult members, in what has become a regular occurrence in the capital city, stormed the corps members’ residence along the School Road in Swali and shot three of…
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Break electoral laws, go to jail, NYSC DG warns corps members
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has warned corps members participating as INEC ad-hoc staff in the general election that they would be jailed if they break any electoral law in the course of their assignment. Kazaure gave the warning Thursday in Yola while addressing corps members trained…