Chidimma Uchegbu The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has warned institutions against violating the terms and conditions of the fund’s payments on behalf of students. While NELFUND lacks the statutory power to suspend, remove, or expel erring heads of institutions, it will report any traced illegality to the Minister of…
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Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja Nigeria has reaffirmed its resolve to build robust partnerships with Tunisia in energy, technology, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, education, and the creative sectors. This is as it called on investors to leverage the numerous investment opportunities engendered by the business-friendly policies and programmes of the President Bola Ahmed…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that over half a million students have registered on its portal to benefit from the loan scheme. According to NELFUND’s Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyerr, the fund has received an average of 1,800 loan applications daily since its launch. Sawyerr made…
By Karen Ibrahim Nigeria has not made much progress in terms of national unity in 65 years of what many describe as flag independence. This is not because of its diversity; the more than 250 ethnic groups and multi religious composition. After all, India has more challenges than Nigeria in…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced plans for a comprehensive deployment of technology to transform basic education delivery across Nigeria. UBEC’s Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during a media briefing ahead of the 2025 International Conference on Smart Education and Digital…
Chidimma Uchegbu- Abuja The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has rounded off a strategic three-day working visit to Plateau State with renewed commitment to revamp key institutions, foster public-private partnerships, and drive a national livestock transformation agenda in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has urged universities and institutions in the South-South and South-East regions to increase participation in the student loan scheme. This call was made during a stakeholders’ engagement session and technical workshop in Abuja. According to NELFUND’s Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyerr, there is…
By Abubakar Dan Bala Ideally, no citizen of Nigeria should be discriminated against as “”non-indigene” in any part of the country, simply because he chooses to live and ply his legitimate trade in a section of the country other his own place of origin. By subscribing to this constitutional and…
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has pledged to intervene into the workers’ loan repayments that were deducted from their salaries but never remitted to the respective banks. The Governor made this commitment while responding to an appeal by the Sokoto State Chairperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdullahi…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja As part of the ongoing efforts to transform Nigeria’s livestock sector through inclusive and sustainable development, the Honourable Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, continued his three-day working visit to Plateau State with a strategic focus on peacebuilding, economic revitalisation, and community engagement. Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu,…