Tag: NYSC
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Former NYSC DG, Yusuf Bomoi is dead
A former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yusuf Bomoi is dead. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Bomoi died in Abuja on Monday. The TheNewsGuru.com reports that the incumbent DG of the Scheme, Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure condoled with the late DG’s family on Tuesday. Kazaure, who paid a condolence visit to the family…
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Two NYSC members crushed to death in Kano
Two members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been crushed to death in a fatal road crash near Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State. It was gathered that they were on their way from camp in Zamfara State following its closure on Tuesday. The corps members, one from Kano and the…
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Fayose asks FG to increase monthly allowance of Corps members to 50,000
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has asked the Federal Government to increase the monthly allowance of Corps members in the country from 19,800 to 50,000 thousand Naira. The governor stated this in Ise Ekiti at the closing ceremony of the orientation course of the 2017 batch “A” stream Represented by his Commissioner for Information, Youths…
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FG approves enrolment of NYSC members into NHIS
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the enrollment of members of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC) into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to guarantee them access to quality healthcare services. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the…
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NYSC member divorces husband, refunds N80,000 dowry
A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday dissolved the marriage between 27-year-old Rukayat Ahmed, an NYSC member, and Alkasim Ahmed, following a petition filed by the former. Rukayat, a resident of Jos, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the marriage on the grounds that she was no more in love with Alkasim. The…
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NYSC revamps farm settlements to boost food security – DG
The Director-General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, on Wednesday said the scheme had revamped its farm settlements in all the six geo-political zones to boost food production. Kazaure made the disclosure while addressing the 2,256 corps members posted to the state under the 2017 Batch ”A” Stream 1 at the NYSC Permanent…
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We’ll start posting corps members to farms soon – DG
Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said on Monday that the scheme would soon begin posting of corps members to farms. Kazaure said this in an interview with newsmen during his official visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun. He said that the move to…
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Embrace “Change Begins with Me” mantra, Osinbajo urges NYSC
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has advised NYSC members to identify with the ‘Change Begins with Me’ mantra of the current administration meant to restore national values. Osinbajo gave the advice on Thursday in Owerri in a message read by Mr Obinna Aharanwa, the Principal Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Imo, at the…
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NYSC pull out of Rivers Supplementary election for fear of insecurity
For fear of possible out break of violence as recorded in previous elections in Rivers State, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it wont release corp members to partake in the supplementary elections scheduled to take place in Etche and parts of Omuma Local Government Areas in the state until the security…
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NYSC to establish skills acquisition centres nationwide – DG
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will soon establish skills acquisition centres in the six geo-political zones to train corps members in various trades. “The idea behind the establishment of the centres is to give all corps members the training to become self-reliant after their service year,” NYSC Director General, Brig.- Gen. Suleiman…