A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) identified as Aliyu Muhammed Lawal, has died from a stray bullet during a crossfire between security operatives and bandits along Kaduna-Abuja road. It was gathered that the bandits were engaged by the security agents while they were trying to cross the highway at Kasarami Village at about 8pm on Friday, May 13. According to Daily Trust, the deceased who was serving in Abuja was hit on the head while on …
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted a prospective Corps member, Iorliam Jennifer Awashima. It was gathered that the Benue State University graduate was on her way to the NYSC camp in Kebbi State for the 2021 Batch C Stream One orientation course, when she was abducted alongside other passengers. The incident happened on Wednesday, October 20, around Zamfara axis. The driver of the vehicle and some others were said to have managed to escape. “Her names are Iorliam …
A fake police officer, a soldier as well as a youth corps member are among 663 drug traffickers and users arrested when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency raided notorious drug joints in Lagos, Abuja, Benue and other parts of the country. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said assorted illicit drugs weighing over 153, 256.876 kilograms were either destroyed or seized during the raids in the past …
Five corps members perished in a fatal accident that occurred along the Abaji-Kwali expressway on Wednesday July 28. A statement released by the scheme says the unfortunate incident occurred around 2pm. The statement reads ”It is with deep sense of sorrow that the Director-General, Management and the entire NYSC Family commiserate with the families of five Prospective Corps Members that lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident at about 2am today, Wednesday, 28th July, 2021, along Abaji/ Kwali …
Two Jigawa state Corps Members, Oluwasegun Fabiyi and Oluwaferanmi Daramola, who met during the 2019 Batch ‘C’ Orientation Course in NYSC Camp in Fanisau-Dutse, Jigawa, tied the knot at a marriage registry in Kogi state on Saturday, June 13. Oluwasegun, a graduate of Mass Communication hails from Idofin Aye-Kole, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, met his bride, Oluwaferanmi from Ekinirin-Adde in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, who studied Business Administration. The groom who is serving …
A corps member, Atiye Florence Aduke reportedly slumped and died following an incident which occurred in her apartment at Abua Odual LGA in Rivers state where she was serving. The member of 2019 Batch C, Stream 2 of the youth program who slumped and hit her head against a wall in her house on Wednesday May 27, died on Saturday May 30 after being rushed to the hospital. Friends and loved ones of the deceased have taken to social media to pen down …