Tag: NYSC
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BREAKING: Hoodlums storm Abuja NYSC camp, steal mattresses, others
Some unidentified hoodlums on Tuesday morning broke into the Orientation Camp of the National Youth Corps in Kubwa, Abuja. The looters who were armed with knives and other sharp objects obstructed the road and ordered motorists to turn back. They were seen coming out of the premises with mattresses, plastic chairs and other items. According…
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BREAKING: FG announces reopening date for NYSC orientation camps nationwide
The Federal Government has approved the reopening of all camps where the National Youth Service Corps orientation exercises hold on November 10. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, made this known in a tweet on Thursday. The Resumption of the NYSC Orientation Camp for prospective Youth Corpers has been approved and opens…
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COVID-19: NYSC speaks on date for reopening of orientation camps nationwide
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said there is no official date for the reopening of camps nationwide. The organisation said it was waiting for approval for the reopening of orientation camps having made a presentation before the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. It dismissed reports Orientation Course will resume 27th October 2020 with…
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‘She refused to get pregnant, said she was going for NYSC’
A conservationist, Blessing Amuson, on Tuesday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her three-year-old union to Babatunde, on grounds that her father- in-law was inferring and ruining her marriage. Testifying, Amuson, who lives in Apata area of Ibadan, said: “my father-in-law poisoned my husband’s mind not to show me love anymore. Just…
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NYSC issues new certificate to Obaseki
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued a new certificate to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The new certificate was issued following an official request by him. The governor served his father’s land in 1980 but it turned out there was an error on the certificate issued to him. His surname was written as…
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COVID-19: NYSC speaks on reopening orientation camps
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has says its orientation camps will reopen when it is very safe, in view of the formidable danger posed by COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. ”The attention of…
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Osinbajo didn’t call for suspension of NYSC, says aide
Contrary to reports circulating in the mainstream media, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo did not call for the suspension of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made this known on Tuesday via Twitter. He said, “It is important to correct that it is the paramilitary orientation camping…