Tag: NYSC
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Yuletide: FRSC stop transporters from conveying corp members
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered that no transport union should transport any National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member from 6 p.m. during the yuletide. Boboye said this during the FRSC end of the year parley with transport union stakeholders as one of their programmes in preparation for…
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NYSC debunks alleged killing of Almajiri boy by corps member
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano state, Alhaji Ladan Baba, has debunked rumours going round on the social media that a corp member serving in Bebeji Local Government Area of the state beats an Almajiri boy to death. The NYSC Coordinator debunked the rumour in a statement he signed and issued to…
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NYSC arrests 95 graduates with fake certificates
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has disclosed that about 95 graduates with fake certificates from Nigerian and foreign universities were apprehended and handed to security agencies during the last orientation exercise. The DG said this during the 2019 Batch ‘C’ Pre-mobilisation Workshop in Minna on Wednesday. The workshop…
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26 NYSC members to repeat service year in Kano state
No fewer than 26 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Kano state, have been asked to repeat their service year for absconding from their places of primary assignment. Alhaji Ladan baba, the state NYSC Coordinator disclosed this on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. Baba said any corps…
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NYSC withholds certificates to graduates from Benin, African varsities
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has asked foreign-trained graduates with questionable degrees from institutions in Benin Republic and some other African countries who have not been issued Certificates of National Service to visit the headquarters of the scheme for further scrutiny. The NYSC made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja, the…
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Sad! Comedian dies weeks before completion of NYSC
Adeshina Damilola a.k.a Ibadan, an Architecture graduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic is dead. The talented budding comedian lost his life in an accident on Thursday, at Total filling station Odoguyan Ikorodu ,after a trailer hit a bike he was commuting on. The Batch C stream 2 corps member was getting set for the completion…
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Photos: Slain Channels TV reporter, Owolabi buried in full NYSC regalia
Funeral service of the late Precious Owolabi, the Channels Television Reporter has commenced at the Wusasa cemetery, Zaria. Owolabi is being given a befitting burial by the management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Channels Television. As the corpse was brought to the cemetery, by members of the NYSC corps, they sang the NYSC…
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NYSC to partner ICPC in mobilisation of corps members
The Management of the Nation Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and that of Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) have agreed to partner in ensuring that graduates mobilized for national service are genuine. This came at the instance of a courtesy visit to ICPC Headquarters, Abuja by NYSC’s Director General, Brigadier General Shuaibu…
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Police nab suspected killer of two NYSC members in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Thursday, said it had apprehended the suspected killer of two national Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state in March, 2019. The command said that the suspect and 28 others were nabbed across the state for various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism. The Commissioner of Police…
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NYSC denies riot reports, explains early light-out at Lagos orientation camp
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos State, on Monday said there was no riot by corps members at its orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos on Sunday. Mrs Joyce Madaki, NYSC Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, made the declaration while reacting to the report of alleged riot…