Tag: Corps Members
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Hoodlums strip corps members in Ebonyi, collect pants, sanitary pads
Two female members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC serving in Ebonyi state have become the latest victims of the pants for rituals practice presently ravaging the country. The two corps member, it was gathered, were reportedly forced by unidentified hoodlums to remove their clothes including their pants and hand them over to the…
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JUST IN: Police arrest alleged kidnappers of corps members in Imo
The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command has arrested the alleged kidnappers of five corpers. The victims were kidnapped on the Umuapu axis of the Owerri/Port Harcourt expressway on October 23 on their way to the NYSC orientation camps in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Their kidnappers had accosted the vehicles they were…
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Boko Haram: Shettima begs corps members not to redeploy
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Thursday pleaded with corps members deployed in the state not to seek redeployment, assuring them of his government’s commitment to their welfare and security. He also told them that they are major stakeholders in the task of the development of the state. Shettima made the appeal in…
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NYSC DG speaks on possibility of increased allowance for corps members
The Federal Government has begun an upward review of the N19, 800 monthly allowance paid to members of the National Youth Service Corps, according to the Director-General of the scheme, Brig Gen Suleiman Kazaure. The DG stated this on Thursday, noting that the NYSC, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, received a letter…
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New minimum wage will determine Corps members’ allowance – DG
The Director General, of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Sulaiman Kazaure, says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect.” The official said this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists newsmen shortly after the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018…
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Lagos: NYSC loses 3 corps members, 23 to repeat service year
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday presented State Honours’ Award and cash prizes to 14 outstanding corps members in Lagos State. Mr Momammed Momoh, the Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, also announced the death of three members during the passing-out parade of the corps members at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos. Momoh…
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No clash between Corps members and Soldiers in Kano– NYSC Coordinator
Alhaji Ladan Baba, the Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano has debunked media reports that there was a clash between soldiers and some corps members in the orientation camp at Karaye Local Government Area of the state. A statement by Aliyu Ahmed,the NYSC public relations officer and made available to the…
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NYSC raises alarm, says ‘rising number of corps members draining our resources’
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen Suleiman Kazaure, has blamed the dwindling resources in the scheme to rising population of corps members. Kazaure disclosed this at the opening of the scheme’s Annual Management Conference in Jos on Tuesday. The theme of the conference was: `Enhancing the Operations of NYSC through…
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Two corps members killed, others injured in fatal accident (Graphic Photos)
2016 Batch B stream 2 corps members were killed in a fatal accident, along the Taraba-Benue road while returning home after the 21 days orientation camp yesterday. Some other corps members in the bus were injured in the accident. See more photos…
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Reject corps members at your peril, Ganduje warns govt, private organisations
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday warned public and private organisations in the state against rejecting corps members posted to them. The governor spoke during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Batch ‘B’ orientation course at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp, Kusalla in Karaye Local Government Area. According to…