Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), on Sunday, announced that students enrolled in 36 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loan effective from Sunday, July 7, 2024. According to NELFUND, the management of the institutions have successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS). A statement posted on the Fund’s X handle on Sunday disclosed this. NELFUND’s management had postponed the application for the loan by two weeks for state-owned institutions on the ground that many of them failed to upload the required student data and fees information to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS).…
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The popular monthly interview discourse, Boiling Point Arena, is raising the bar of narratives on how Nigeria can avert looming insolvency occasioned by her current mounting external and domestic debt burden which stood at a whopping N121.67 trillion($91.46 billion) as at March, 2024. This coming Sunday, July 14, 2024 is date for the global online discourse, which holds via Zoom and to be transmitted live on a radio station, Sweet 107.1FM, for a two-hour duration. On the podium for the 21st Edition of Boiling Point Arena are two of Nigeria’s notable experts on economy and public policy reforms, Dr Paul…
…seeks immediate rescue of victims Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemned the abduction of The Nation correspondent, AbdulGafar Alabelewe and Blue Print newspaper reporter, AbdulRaheem Aodu, along with their families, from their residences in the Danhono area of Kaduna metropolis. Alabelewe and Aodu, along with their wives and children, were abducted on the night of Saturday, July 6. In a statement signed by Kaduna NUJ Council Chairman, Comrade Asmau Yawo Halilu and Secretary, Comrade Gambo Santos Sanga, the union expressed outrage over the incident, urging security agencies to take swift action to rescue the journalists…
Samuel Adesola, Abuja President Bola Tinubu was on Sunday given a fresh mandate to lead the West African sub-region as he was re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure elapses on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the State House, Abuja, on Sunday. Tinubu in his acceptance speech, said, “I have accepted to continue to deliver on this service with the great men and women on this democratic…
Unknown gunmen on Saturday abducted a chief priestess simply identified as Mrs Kuku and 11 others in Egbo community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 4: pm. The priestess and her followers were said to be under the bridge between Egbo and Ekrokpe communities making sacrifices to her river goddess when the gunmen struck. They immediately abducted her and about five of her followers/worshippers. But before the abduction of the priestess, five other persons had also been kidnapped by the gunmen who came in through the bush. The gunmen,…
Segun Babatunde, Bauchi The Centre for Law and Religious Studies at Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU), formerly Bauchi State University Gadau (BASUG), has received a major boost with a funding from international organizations to the tune of $95,000 US Dollars. The funding was made possible through a partnership between the university and some leading international organizations, aiming to support the center’s mission of promoting scholarship and dialogue on issues related to law and religion. Speaking about the new development, former Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Academic of the University, Associate Professor Ahmed Salisu Garba, who is currently the acting Vice Chancellor, Al-Muhibbah…
Special Adviser-desgnate on Environment to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Hon. (Dr) Adeyemi Olayemi, has described the paramount ruler of Owo Kingdom in Ondo State, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye lll, as a rallying point on development matters and a source of inspiration to all his subjects. Oba Ogunoye is also the pioneer Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Babura, Jigawa State. Olayemi, an Owo indigene, passed the remarks on Sunday to rejoice with the traditional ruler, on the occasion of his birthday, which was widely celebrated across communities in Owo kingdom. In the congratulary message, the environmentalist…
…as meeting begins in Abuja As President Bola Tinubu’s tenure as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS ends on July 9, 2024, indications have emerged to the Nigerian leader may be endorsed for another fresh term. Already, presidents and representatives of 12 member states are currently meeting at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, for the 63rd Ordinary Summit. The meeting, which began at 1pm, would likely see the West African leaders announce a new chair to steer the affairs of the bloc for the next one year. However, there are…
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang, has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now National Union of Electricity Employees, between 1982 and 1989. Confirming the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), his daughter, Mrs Grace Abbin, said her 78-year-old father was abducted at his residence in Biniki, at about 8:00pm on Friday. Shamang is the President and Founder of Gantys Aid for Widows, Orphans and Needy Foundation,…
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered Umar-Farouq to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the payments, the number of states covered, and the payments per state. Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu delivered the judgment in June following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. But SERAP obtained the certified true copy of the judgment last Friday.…