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NYSC denies rejecting corps members without SLT licence
The Gombe State Coordinator National Youth Service Corps, Chinwe Nwachuku, on Sunday, debunked insinuations that her officials denied 2024 batch B stream II corps members without Science Laboratory Technology licence access to participate in the three-week orientation course.
Nwachuku in an interview with our correspondent at Amada Akko Local Government Area temporary camp described the news as a ‘blatant lie’, saying that those without a licence were not denied the opportunity to serve their fatherland.
She said, “That’s a blatant lie. Corps members with SLT were registered on my camp.”
While urging peddlers of fake news to desist, Nwachuku added, “Those carrying such stories should get their facts right before they give out such messages. I wish all corps members the best and God’s protection.”
Reacting to the news, Clement Daniel, a serving corps member at the Amada temporary orientation camp from Benue State said he was registered for the orientation course.
Daniel said he graduated from Benue State Polytechnic, where he studied Science Laboratory Technology with Chemistry, and Biochemistry option in his Higher National Diploma although without a licence, adding that he was allowed into the camp.
He said, “I was allowed into the Amada Akko Local Government Area temporary orientation camp in Gombe State. I was registered without any delay. People should disregard the news going on that those without it were rejected.”
Also speaking, David Lami, told our correspondent that she was registered without hindrance, despite not having the licence.
She said, “I studied SLT at the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa and I have been here for four days and I don’t have my licence and I was registered. People should stop passing on face news to avoid causing confusion and panic.”
On her part, Alfred Abosede, a graduate of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology Igbo-ora said, “I have been here since August 28. I don’t have my licence and I was registered without questioning.”
Raliat Adama, a graduate of Kano State Polytechnic debunked the news that corps members were not registered because of the inability to get an SLT license.
“It is not true because I was registered without a license. I studied microbiology in the Department of Science Laboratory Technology. Peddlers of fake news should desist,” Adama added.
Famous American actor, Denzel Washington has revealed he has Nigerian ancestry.
The ‘Gladiator II’ actor disclosed that his heritage test shows that he is 90 per cent Irish and 10 per cent Nigerian.
Washington spoke in a recent interview with British-Nigerian media personality, Ada Enechi.
“I am 10 per cent Nigerian and 90 per cent Irish,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Denzel Washington has hinted at retirement.
The 69-year-old thespian disclosed during a press tour of his latest movie ‘Gladiator II’ in Australia that ‘Black Panther 3’ is one of his last films before retirement.
He said he would be retiring after shooting ‘Black Panther 3’, ‘Othello 2’ and ‘King Lear.’
About 20 suspected criminals arrested for various crimes across Osun State, including three suspected highway armed robbers, were on Friday paraded by the state police command.
Presenting the suspects to journalists, the spokesperson for the police, Yemisi Opalola, said the armed robbery suspects, Olajide Kareem (28), Mike Emmanuel (33), and Godwin Emmanuel (23) were arrested along Osu/Ilesa road.
Opalola said the suspects, during their operations robbed many people of their jewelries, phones cash, and other valuables.
She added that during one of the robbery incidents, a bus driver was shot in the leg, while a female passenger was raped by one of the suspects.
Also paraded was Emmanuel Anthony, accused of using military uniforms to rob passengers along Ekiti road, where he forced a victim from Esa Oke, to transfer a sum of N3m to his account.
Anthony was also accused of robbing other people of their mobile phones valued at N1.25m.
Seven other suspects arrested for conspiracy, armed robbery and receipt of stolen vehicles, were also paraded.
Four northern states of Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau have been thrown into darkness, due to a fault on the 330kV double circuit transmission lines of Ugwuji-Makurdi-Jos.
The states are among the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
According to the Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Friday Elijah, the tripping of the lines occurred in the afternoon on Friday, resulting in the loss of power supply on all the 33KV feeders.”
He disclosed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers were working to rectify the fault.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the fault is rectified and power supply is restored back to normalcy,” said Elijah.
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