Tag: NYSC
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NYSC withdraws corpers from Osun school over cult attacks
The Osun State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Emmanuel Attah, has disclosed that some corpers posted to Osogbo High School were withdrawn because of threats to their lives from some students who belong to a cult group. He made this known while speaking to newsmen at the 2018 NYSC/Corps Employers workship held…
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NYSC blacklists Osun school over attack on corps members
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Osun has blacklisted Osogbo High School after some corps members were attacked by students believed to be cult members. Mr Emmanuel Attah, the Coordinator of NYSC in Osun, made this known at the 2018 NYSC/corps employers’ workshop on Wednesday in Osogbo. Attah said employers were expected to provide…
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Anambra Central Senatorial rerun: Transporters, Corps members abandon INEC duties
Some transporters engaged to move materials for Anambra Central re-run election in Idemili North Local Government Area, abandoned the assignment because the part payment they were given were insufficient, Mr Ayeleso Olutope, INEC Electoral Officer said. Olutope, INEC Electoral Officer in-charge of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, told NAN at Ogidi on Saturday…
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Why NYSC passing out was made low key – Official
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, says it held a low key passing-out ceremony nationwide for the 2016 Batch B Stream II set of corps members to ensure their safety by restricting movement. Bello Ballama, the NYSC FCT Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday after…
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Ogun police command arrest man for killing youth corp member
The Ogun state police command has arrested a 29-year-old driving instructor in Ogun state for raping and killing a 23-year-old female corps member serving in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, said the suspect lured the corps member, under the guise of issuing her a driving permit before he forcefully raped…
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NYSC members should adopt entrepreneurship mentality – DG
Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged corps members to adopt entrepreneurship mentality to be self reliant after service and to attain financial independence. Kazaure made the call while addressing the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members deployed to Ogun at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu on Thursday.…
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NYSC to announce new allowance for corps members
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure, has said that the long awaited wage review for corps members would soon be announced. Kazaure said that the expected release of report by a committee set up by the federal government to review the minimum wage will address the call to…
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‘I established NYSC to initiate reconciliation after civil war’ – Gowon
…says scheme has achieved its mandate A former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says he is proud of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for achieving its mandate in its 44 years of existence. Gowon made the statement in Abuja on Friday when the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Sulaiman Kazaure, and other top management…
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Anambra 2017: ‘8,000 corps members ready for poll’ says NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says no fewer than 8, 000 corps members presently serving in Anambra will be available for the conduct of the forthcoming governorship election. Mr Ebenezer Olawale, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, said this in Awka on Sunday. Olawale said the data of corps members in the state had…
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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…