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With a signal from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Student Loan Scheme, one of the cardinal programmes of the administration, commenced yesterday. The N32 billion made available for the programme will be given as loans to successful applicants. According to the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) – the agency running the scheme, 103,000 successful applications were received. It said 164,000 ... Read More »

The National Coordinator of a non-governmental organization advocacy for integrity and the rule of law, Alhaji Ibrahim Gamawa, made this call during the formal inauguration of coordinators of the 20 local government areas in Bauchi. Ibrahim Gamawa stated that youths have a role to play in ensuring the continued existence of mankind, hence the need to embrace one another regardless ... Read More »

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed s the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Faleye, a legal and corporate finance specialist, is expected to bring his expertise to bear in repositioning the NSITF for enhanced social protection and service delivery. Tinubu also appointed Mrs. Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as Executive Director (Operations) of the ... Read More »

The Supreme Court today deliver judgment on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 local government areas in the country. They argued that FG ought not to have joined them in the matter. Whereas the apex court notified the Federal Government of the judgement date through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation ... Read More »

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, declared that with the strategic measures aimed at addressing the high food prices nationwide, prices of the items would crash in the next 180 days (January 2025). It said the measures which include the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders, as well as ... Read More »

The Federal Government has announced the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on some essential food items imported through land and sea borders. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, made this known during a press briefing at the National Press Centre, Abuja on Monday. Kyari disclosed that the listed food items, which include maize, wheat, husked brown ... Read More »

DailyTrust has admitted to accusations that it allegedly spread misinformation about the Samoa Agreement signed by the Federal Government of Nigeria on 28 June 2024 at the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. On July 4, 2024 DailyTrust posted an article titled “LGBT: Knocks as Nigeria signs $150 Billion Samoa deal,” which garnered backlash ... Read More »

• Faye, Gnasingbe lead talks as Niger, Mali, B’Faso form Union of Sahel Another chapter opened yesterday in the history of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as chairman of Heads of State and Government. He was first elected in Guinea-Bissau on July 9 last year after just one month ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked INTERPOL in three North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria to watch-list former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, it was learnt at the weekend It was further learnt that the decision by the EFCC was based on credible intelligence. Other countries where the ex-governor is put on the watch-list are Egypt, ... Read More »

it is our delight to inform Lagosians that the Lagos State Police Command under the stewardship of CP Adegoke Fayoade, mni recorded a major breakthrough yesterday, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Our intelligence gathering assets yielded very credible and actionable intelligence about a dangerous and very notorious gang of kidnappers planning to kidnap some high net-worth individuals in Lagos. Upon receipt ... Read More »