Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki has urged lawmakers to prioritise the lives of citizens citing the case of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who died two days ago. The Corps member who was allegedly shot by a policeman…
FRSC confirms death of 2 corps members in Bayelsa (Nation)
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of two Corps members in an auto crash in Bayelsa. Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, State Sector Commissioner told our reporter in Yenagoa that two other corps members were injured in…
Ekiti guber: PDP plans to use corps members to rig poll, APC alleges (SUN)
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) plans to use corps members to rig the forthcoming poll. The APC state secretary, Paul Omotoso, who made the allegations, said it received information that the state…
Don’t reject corps members, el-Rufai warns employers (SUN)
As 2,200 2018 batch ‘A’ corps members deployed to Kaduna State by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) completed the 21-day orientation course, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has urged employers not to reject corps members posted to their establishments. Corps members’ rejection,…
Corpers won’t be posted to trouble spots – NYSC DG (Punch)
The National Youth Service Corps has said it will ensure that no corps member is posted to areas facing security challenges in the country. The NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Suleiman Kazaure, stated this in Ogun State at the Orientation Camp…
Tears as body of dead corps member goes home (Punch)
The Family, friends and associates of a late member of the National Youth Service Corps, Eva Amadi, wept uncontrollably on Monday as the body of the deceased was conveyed from Ilorin, the Kwara State capital to her home town in…
Female corps member dies during ‘Man-O-War’ exercise (Nation)
A female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Kwara State has lost her life. She died at the NYSC camp in Yikpata, Edu local government area. The deceased, Amadi Eva Ichechukwu with registration number KW/18A/0135, Batch A, from Rivers…
SUV crushes graduate preparing for NYSC (Punch)
A 23-year-old graduate of the Ebonyi State University, Adeyinka Adelekan, will not be able to commence her National Youth Service Corps this month as planned after a sport utility vehicle knocked her down around Skiddo bus stop, Ajah, Lagos State.…