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Nigeria’s National Service Scheme, NYSC Warns Corps Members Against Participating In #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago1183 min

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned serving corps member against participating in the planned nationwide protest slated to commence on August 1, 2024. The NYSC management reportedly issued the warning to corps members, circulated on various social media platforms, reminding them that they are prohibited from participating in any political activities. According to the statement, this restriction is based on the laws governing the NYSC scheme, which explicitly bar corps members...

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Man arrested for impersonating Lagos neighbourhood safety corps operative

5 months ago884 min

Men of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps have arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mevo Alex Sunday, for impersonation. This was made known in a statement Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency on it’s Website on Wednesday. According to the statement released by the Agency, Sunday claimed that he purchased the uniform from an unknown LNSA officer, Mr. Femi, in November last year for N25,000. He alleged that Mr. Femi promised to secure him a job with the...

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Landlord’s son paraded for raping A’Ibom corps member

5 months ago865 min

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 44-year-old Paul Samuel Edu for allegedly raping a member of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo. He said the suspect, a son of the landlord to the NYSC member, was arrested on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at the Ukana Iba village, Essien Udim...

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Police rescue abducted corps members, others abandoned in Ondo

5 months ago1054 min

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, said the travellers, which included five members of the National Youth Service Corps who were kidnapped along the Benin-Owo Expressway had been rescued after being abandoned in the forest by the abductors. The kidnappers, numbering about 15, armed with AK-47 rifles, were reported to have accosted the Sienna bus conveying the travellers, at about 11 pm on Thursday at the Omi Alafa Village in Ifon, Ose Local Government...

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BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Two Persons On Ondo State Road, Abduct Many Passengers Including Corps Members

5 months ago2583 min

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed two bus passengers and abducted several others including members of the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC), during an attack along Ifon/Owo road in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The passengers were travelling from Anambra State to Owo when the vehicle was attacked on Friday night, it was gathered. Among those abducted were; Adewole Paul Oluwaseun, a corps member who was returning from the NYSC camp,...

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Over 20 Abducted Students Of Nigeria’s Federal University Gusau, Corps Members Regain Freedom In Zamfara After Over 200 Days In Terrorists’ Den

8 months ago1054 min

Some of the parents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, had earlier disclosed that several attempts they made to secure the release of their children failed. A group of terrorists who abducted several students of the Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State, who were abducted on September 22, 2023, finally released those remaining in captivity on Sunday. A cousin of one of the female students confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Monday morning, adding that...