Author: Akintayo Adams

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has alerted the public on an ongoing advertisment going on about the Student Loan Scheme. It described it as a “fraudulent advertisement”. This followed advertisements on certain news sites promoting the website www.fedstudyloan-gov.ng as the application platform for the Federal Government’s much awaited student loan scheme. NELFUND, in a disclaimer signed on Friday by its Media and Public Relations Lead, Nasir Ayitogo, said: “NELFUND wishes to clarify that it has no association with this website and strongly condemns any attempt to deceive students seeking financial aid.” “NELFUND takes the security and well-being of our students…

The Nigerian Navy, through the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, says it is relocating the Naval Training Command headquarters from Lagos to Onne in Rivers State. This was revealed when the CONS, in the company of high ranking officers of Navy High Command paid a courtesy visit to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday. “The purpose of my coming here today is three-fold. The first is to inform His Excellency that on Saturday, we are graduating a set of former civilians who have been trained at our Basic Training School, Onne, and are graduating…

In tbe past six-months, the Federal Government received an additional ₦3.8 trillion in Ways and Means Borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria. This, according to report, is the provisional data published in the latest Statistics bulletin for the last quarter of 2023, which the apex bank released. According to the CBN’s provision statistics, the entire sum increased from ₦4.4 trillion at the end of June 2023, bringing the government’s cumulative Ways and Means balances to ₦8.2 trillion as of December 2023. The amount contradicts Minister of Finance Wale Edun’s allegation that Tinubu’s government has yet to borrow from the…

Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky who was sentenced to a six-month jail term for abusing the Naira has been transferred from the Ikoyi Correctional Center to the Kirikiri Prison by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), according to a report by The LEADERSHIP. A very reputable source, a Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) official, was reported to have disclosed that the popular cross-dresser is being imprisoned at Kirikiri Prison and was surreptitiously relocated there last weekend. He stated, “It is procedural that he is moved to Kirikiri since it is an expansive prison compared to what we have here.” He was…

Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State, has approved the disbursement of over ₦1.3 billion for the payment of gratuity and death benefits to Retired Public Primary School teachers and Local Government Service employees for the first quarter of the ongoing year. This was made known by the state’s Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olayiwola Olusegun, in a statement, during a press conference on Thursday. “This administration had paid a sum of Seventeen Billion, Nine Hundred and Twenty-six Million, Three Hundred and Eighty-two Thousand, Nine Hundred and four Naira, Twenty-four Kobo (₦17,926,382,904.24K) out of a sum of Twenty-seven…

The non-completion of negotiations, and ultimately, reaching a decision, on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is worrisome, according to the Trade Union Congress (TUC). This was as TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, called on the Bola Tinubu-led Administration to quicken action on the issue. Osifo, speaking to journalists, also bemoaned the inability of some states in the Niger-Delta region of the country to pay their workers the wage awards nor palliatives despite receiving huge sums of money from the Federation Account. He, however singled out Imo, Delta and Benue States. “There is no gainsaying the fact that today,…

A fish and feed plant valued at €25m was opened in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, on Thursday, by the Governor, Seyi Makinde. It belongs to Skretting Nigeria Limited, a private firm. Makinde, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, expressed delight at the opening and vowed to always provide an enabling environment for businesses and organizations to strive and thrive, especially for agricultural development and food security. “Let me at this juncture commend the management of Skretting Nigeria Limited, a world-class manufacturer of feeds who started operations in Ibadan in 2014 and…

According to Dr. Iyela Ajayi, Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), the federal government is modernizing fifty senior secondary schools nationwide. During a recent courtesy call on Dr. John Mamman, the Nasarawa State Commissioner of Education, Ajayi made this statement in Lafia. He disclosed that one of the schools chosen for the improvement was Government College, located in Nasarawa. According to the Executive Secretary, President Bola Tinubu accords the education sector’s growth great attention, as seen by the budgetary provision made to it in the 2024 Appropriations Act. He said: “Upgrade of the 50 selected senior…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would announce the next Super Eagles coach next week, according to the President, Engr Ibrahim Gusau. Speaking the sidelines yesterday following the inauguration of five subcommittees of the Federation at the Sunday Dankaro House at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, he disclosed this information. It’ll be brought back. Jose Peseiro left the role after his contract expired in February, leaving the country without a permanent coach. “The issue about the Super Eagles coaching will be resolved very soon. I think you had a little tip-off from the sports minister who had said maximum…

924 idle licenses for exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying have been revoked by the federal government. In a statement released on Wednesday, Dr. Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, stated that the withdrawal came about following sufficient notification to all relevant parties by publication in the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s official Gazette, No. 227, on December 27, 2023. He said, “The notice gave all concerned parties 30 days to regularise their status, including clarifications on what caused the licence to be dormant. Thus, a total of 963 licencees were published and notified of the threat of revocation.…