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NYSC Camp Diaries: Day 4

November 3, 2015 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Sundays are our free days so I kept sleeping and waking. Finally, at about 11/12 pm, Chuba and I decide to go out and grab a meal. Eating ends up

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NYSC Camp Diaries Day 3

November 2, 2015 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

I’ve been at the NYSC camp in Okada, Edo State for 2 days now. I spent the first day trying to fully sort out my registration and the second day

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 21: Otondo!!

May 29, 2015 by Editorial Team

Day 21: MAMA I MADE IT!!! 🎶 It’s over! It’s over now move over!!!🎵 Have you ever been excited to wake up at 4am? (Apart from the day before Disneyland 😔)

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 19: bonfire

May 27, 2015 by Editorial Team

Day 19: Bonfire!! It’s raining!!! I’m not sure if it’s unique to Lagos corpers or if it’s an all round thing, but when it rains, everything stands still. No room

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 18: ALLOWEE!!!!

May 24, 2015 by Editorial Team

Pronounced: alahwee!! All other camps have received their first allowance as a corper. Only Lagos. On top our money having selves, everyday sponsors and the lot, no allowance yet. Now

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 17: Winner ooooooooo Winner!!

May 22, 2015 by Editorial Team

So I completely forgot that my platoon was on duty today and somehow volunteered for kitchen duty. WELP!! 😫 However, because I’m on afternoon duty, I get to stay indoors.

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 15: Civilisation, is that you?

May 21, 2015 by Editorial Team

Hello Civilisation. Since we entered single digit countdown days, two things have been happening. People are getting emotional, talking about missing this place. 😐 People are leaving camp. Some for

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 14: Competition time!

May 21, 2015 by Editorial Team

‘IF YOU DROP IT, FLUSH IT!’ Ladies and gentlemen, or rather future ‘gentlemen, cor’ members’ (feminists, you will have a problem with the mode of address here), I introduce to

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NYSC Diary Day 13

May 20, 2015 by Editorial Team

Happy Sleepday Sunday!! Knowing that there’s no reason to wake up, and one can lie in on a Sunday is a blessing. I never appreciated the goodness that is a Sunday

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 12: Another Saturday

May 17, 2015 by Editorial Team

When you wake up at 3:30am, there’s no need for sunglasses. So that hangover has to be dealt with, by torches shining in your eyes! Then the off key sound

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NSYC Camp Diary Day 11: Man O’ War

May 17, 2015 by Editorial Team

Officially my funnest day so far. Friday’s are generally relaxing, but the programme itself has become a lot more relaxed. So the only programme for me was Man O’ War.

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NYSC Camp Guest Diary Day 10: Mr Macho or nah?

May 14, 2015 by Editorial Team

Naturally, I’m a shy guy. I like my private life, I avoid the spotlight, I keep it lowkey. So when the idea of me as Mr Macho was thrown my

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 8: only?

May 13, 2015 by Editorial Team

This morning, at 5:25am a corps member was brought out for ‘being rude’. She’s being made a ‘scape goat.’ Apparently, she’s gonna face the camp court for asking the officer

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 7: We’re 33.3% through

May 12, 2015 by Editorial Team

Sunday was rest day.. So I observed it well. Even though I woke up hella paranoid awaiting the beagle sound at 3:30 am. Once 5 reached and nothing went off,

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NYSC Camp Diary Day 5: Camp Ot’ Kek

May 10, 2015 by Editorial Team

There’s no such thing as a Saturday in this place. The wake up time is the same. In fact at 10am, I genuinely felt like it was 2, so I