The National Youth Service Corps has said that it will allow female corps members, who are Muslims, to use white, shoulder-length hijabs for religious purposes. The NYSC added that only three types of dressing used for different occasions would be acceptable for corps members. According to Punch the corps stated this in a document obtained…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Katsina State, has confirmed the death of three corps members in a ghastly motor accident in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the corps Public Relations Officer, Mr Alex Obemeata, on Sunday in Katsina. “Sunday Aug. 18, 2019, is…
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Precious Owolabi, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, who was serving as a field reporter with ChannelsTV will be buried today. His unfortunately demise occured after he was hit by a stray bullet while covering the clash between the Nigerian Police Force and members the Shi’ites group. He will be buried at his…
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The National Youth Service Corps Foundation is reportedly searching for about 75 corps members who took between N300,000 and N400,000 loans to start small businesses but refused to pay after about four years. The defaulting corps members, who have now passed out, used their certificates as collateral, which was the only condition to access the…
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, has sternly warned Tertiary Institutions in the country against enrolling unqualified graduates into the post-varsity mandatory one year programme. The DG said the NYSC would blacklist any higher institution found to be involved in fraudulent mobilisation of unqualified graduates in order to…
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The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has admitted that he did not participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme after graduation from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Reacting to allegations that he a Nigerian Law, the minister insists that his case is not akin to…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission said on Monday, 17th of September that, it had stopped investigations into the use of a forged exemption certificate of the National Youth Service Corps by former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The ICPC stated this just as the NYSC said it had concluded its…
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Veteran Comedian, Alibaba took his Instagram to defend and give insights on the Minister of Finance, KemiAdeosun’s resignation over allegations of forged NYSC certificate. His post read, “Many people are getting the Kemi Adeosun NYSC matter wrong. She did not claim to have served. She came back to Nigeria when she had passed the age to serve. She…
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Popular Music star, Davido AKA David Adeleke who recently stormed Lagos NYSC orientation camp for the three weeks orientation exercise and left almost immediately for his USA Locked Up tour took to his Instagram page on Friday, September 14, 2018, to release a statement. According to the statement, he is canceling his remaining tour dates in the United States of America due to NYSC duties.…
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Six unknown gunmen suspected to be members of Iceland cult group have kidnapped a youth corps member, Mr Akpanabia Udoworen, in his village, Nto Okon Usung Itike in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Udoworen, who is serving in Birni Kebi, Kebi State, was said to have visited his parents after completing…
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