Tag: NYSC
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‘I killed him in self-defence’ – Corps member who killed ‘lover’ in Akwa Ibom tells police
Princess Paschaline Odume, the serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, who stabbed a young man to death in Akwa Ibom State, has said she did it in self-defence. The police spokesperson in the State, Odiko Ogbeche-Macdon, who made the confessional statement of Odume known Tuesday, revealed the name of the young man stabbed to…
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Second wave hits NYSC badly: 731 corps members test positive for COVID-19
At least 732 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) batch B, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday. Mr Mustapha at a task force briefing said the COVID-19 test was conducted on the corp members using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDTs)…
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NYSC says bandits kill corps member on Abuja-Kaduna
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said that 17 corps members were accosted by a gang of armed robbers whose sporadic gun shots killed a corps member, Bomoi Yusuf. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. “The true position…
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Get approval before using corps members’ uniform in movies — NYSC
Filmmakers have been asked to always seek appropriate approval from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management before using corps members’ uniform in their movies. Mr Christian Oru, NYSC Assistant Director of Legal Services, said this during a meeting between National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and creative industry stakeholders in Lagos. Oru…
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NYSC introduces new training into course content
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced a new training into its course content as corps members hit orientation camps across the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim made this known on Tuesday. In his message to the 2020 Batch B Stream One (A) corps members, Ibrahim said this…
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BREAKING: Buhari orders enrollment of NYSC members into health insurance scheme
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) be enrolled in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, made this known in a media briefing on Monday. The NYSC DG said arrangements had already been concluded with the NHIS for the…
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All NYSC members to undergo new COVID-19 test in camp
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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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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No palliatives stored in any NYSC camp-DG
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has stated that palliatives are not stored in any of their camps across the country. He said this when the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, visited the NYSC camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday, to assess the amount of damage after it was…
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I was almost stabbed by Kubwa NYSC Camp looters – DPO
The Kubwa Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Abdullahi Bello, on Tuesday, said the hoodlums who looted the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa almost stabbed him while trying to safeguard the facility. Bello, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said he and his men had to retreat to avoid…