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Armed Robbers Attack Corpers Lodge, Injure Six

28Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Youths

Armed Robbers Attack Corpers Lodge, Injure Six

No fewer than six serving corps members were injured as armed robbers attacked their lodge and cart away valuables in Osun State. The Nation gathered that the incident happened on Saturday around 4am at the Nigeria Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF) lodge at Dada Estate in Osogbo where corps members are residing. A source told our correspondent that the armed robbers numbering about eight forcefully entered the lodge and threatened to kill anyone who refuses to lay down his or her valuables. Speaking with one of the victims; Ofure Ehizogie explained that, “We were attacked and those armed robbers stole all our valuables. They took laptops, phones, money and other valuables. During the attack, about six to seven of us were injured and we were taken to the hospi...

Corps Member Jailed Two Years for Sex Scam

22Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Youths

Corps Member Jailed Two Years for Sex Scam

A High Court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday sentenced a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Oyeyemi Caleb to two years in prison. Oyeyemi, serving in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was jailed for sex scam. Officials of Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Oyeyemi (21) on March 16, 2020 based on intelligence reports. Oyeyemi allegedly posed as a white lady, an online sex worker, to defraud one Wilson (a white man) of $100 in order to offer him sex. He was arraigned on November 26, 2020, and pleaded guilty when the counts were read to him. Justice Adenike Akinpelu sentenced him to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N200,000 on each count.

Oyo State Govt Increases Corps Members Stipend to N15,000 from N5,000

5Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Nigeria, Youths

Oyo State Govt Increases Corps Members Stipend to N15,000 from N5,000

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced an increment in the monthly stipend of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members deployed in the state from N5,000 to N15,000. Makinde disclosed this on Thursday when he visited the NYSC permanent camp at Iseyin, Oyo State, to the excitement of the corps members. The governor in a tweet on Twitter said, "We visited the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Iseyin this evening. I assured the youth corps members that we would address the issues raised by the Commandant about the state of the camp. I also told them we would increase their allowance from N5,000 to N15,000. "I also shared with them how it was during my national youth service in Port Harcourt that I got a job and met and married my lovely wife, @iamominini. So, I am an exa...

NYSC Responds to Rumours on Expending Corps Member’s February Salary on Bandits

28Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Nigeria

NYSC Responds to Rumours on Expending Corps Member’s February Salary on Bandits

The National Youth Service Corps Management has discredited the speculation that the February stipend for corps members has been expended on the settlement of bandits. The management of the NYSC described the rumour as fake news masterminded my mischief-makers, adding that reports that the February stipend for corps members will be paid at the end of March was false. It disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘To all Corps Members and the General Public’. The NYSC urged corps members to only rely on the NYSC platforms for information regarding the Service. The statement read, “The Management of the National Youth Service Corps wishes to alert members of the public, especially Corps Members on the fake news currently trending, which states that Corps Members will be paid the February...

25Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Youths

FG Threatens To Shut Down NYSC Camps

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has threatened that the government will not hesitate to shut down orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps in any state where the guidelines designed to curtail the spread of COVID-19 are being flouted. He however said his visits to camps across the country so far showed that the guidelines were being adhered to. Dare recalled that before orientation camps were reopened in November 2020, meetings were held during which the safety guidelines were arrived at. “The government will not hesitate to shut down orientation camps in states where the safety guidelines and protocols are not being adhered to. “Corps members from such states will be moved to adjoining states. We however wish that we will not get to that sta...

COVID-19: NYSC Ignores Osinbajo Report, Mobilises Corpers to Camps

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Safety, Youths

COVID-19: NYSC Ignores Osinbajo Report, Mobilises Corpers to Camps

Despite the rising cases of COVID-19 across the country, the Federal Government has once again ignored the recommendation by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led Economic Sustainability Committee and approved the re-opening of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday. The committee had in June 2020 report recommended that while the NYSC programme could go ahead, the three-week orientation camp should be suspended for two years. The report partly read, "Consideration will be given to suspending the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp exercises for at least 24 months while allowing deployment to places of primary assignment. This will ensure that there is no backlog in the national service placement pipeline." It was learnt that when th...

Stream Two of NYSC To Resume Camp Thursday

1Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria, Youths

Stream Two of NYSC To Resume Camp Thursday

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic says the second stream of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) will take off from Thursday. PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha stated this on Monday during the task force’s media briefing in Abuja. Mustapha also added that the date for the second stream’s camping was picked following the end of the camp training for the first stream corps members, adding that the third stream would be called to camp in January. The PTF also announced the decision to push the take-off date for the National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, to sometime in early 2021 when the measures to minimize spread of COVID-19 in the sports camp would have been put in place. The PTF had previously expressed wor...

138 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 —NCDC

23Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Safety, Youths

138 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 —NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday disclosed that a total of 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19. Disclosing this during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the NDDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the safe reopening of the NYSC orientation camps across the country was successful. He stated that none of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps. According to him, “a total of 34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities have been tested so far in the last weeks of which only 138 was found positive, which is 0.4 per cent prevalence and 1 in 200 people.” Ihekweazu said those who tested positive were either managed at home or in a treatment centre depending on ...

Don’t Trivialize COVID-19 Protocols – NYSC to Corps Members

13Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Youths

Don’t Trivialize COVID-19 Protocols – NYSC to Corps Members

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra State has charged prospective corps members in the state to take the COVID-19 protocols and guidelines seriously. State Coordinator, Kehinde Aremu gave the charge at the permanent orientation camp, Umuawulu Mbaukwu in Awka South Local Government Area of the state while flagging off lecture series and sensitization of monitoring and prevention of COVID-19. He urged them to take responsibility for their actions throughout their service year or have themselves to blame. He maintained that COVID-19 protocols must be sustained on camp. “All course operators and prospective corps members were tested and confirmed negative before they were admitted,” he said. Meanwhile, State Commissioner for Youths and Creative Economy, Prof. Theresa ...

NYSC Camps Won’t Be Closed If a COVID Case is Detected – NCDC

8Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

NYSC Camps Won’t Be Closed If a COVID Case is Detected – NCDC

None of the 37 orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps would be shut down should one corps member test positive to COVID-19, the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said. According to him, prevention, detection and prompt response remained critical factors for the safe reopening of camps. He stated this ahead of the nationwide reopening of NYSC orientation camps on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. A statement issued on Sunday by the NYSC Director (Press and Public Relations), Adenike Adeyemi, said Ihekweazu gave the conditions during a webinar held for the 2020 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members getting ready for orientation course. He hinted of the preparedness of NCDC to collaborate with the NYSC in order to ensure that no...