The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loans at state-owned institutions due to insufficient data submissions. Initially scheduled to begin on June 25, 2024, the application window will now open on July 10, 2024. The postponement was deemed necessary after several state institutions failed to…
Following the foiled attempt by some unscrupulous individuals to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the Hotel Presidential, a five-star hotel in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has accused his detractors, saying the failed attempt was a deliberate ploy to strengthen the call for a state of emergency because they want…
A section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred on Wednesday. Speaking, Anthony Chiejina, a spokesperson at Dangote Industries Limited, said the incident occurred at the effluent treatment plant (ETP). An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its…
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has secured the approval of President Bola Tinubu to upgrade Ibadan Airport to an international status, paving the way for increased economic development and regional integration. He made this known on Wednesday, while receiving the Chief of Air Staff of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), Air Marshal Hassan Baba…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday ended their closed-door meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably resolved to avert a strike. The parties also agreed to kick-start a communication process to avert the planned industrial actions by the union. The parties had entered into a…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has assured Nigerians and the organised labour that better minimum wage will result from ongoing negotiations. The governors had previously rejected the Federal Government’s proposal of N62,000, stating that some states would need to borrow money to pay salaries. Despite this, organised labour continues to demand a wage of N250,000….
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the escalating crisis in Rivers State. In a letter to Tinubu, Clark emphasized the need to caution Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), to allow the elected Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to…
Following a plea from Zainab Jummai Ado Bayero, daughter of the late Emir of Kano, the Kano State government has intervened to address her concerns. Zainab, a member of the Dabo Royal family, had reached out to the Abia State Governor Alex Otti and Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleging threats to evict her mother and…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II; Soun of Ogbomoso Land, Oba Afolabi Olaoye, Orumogege III, and the immediate-past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, were among the guests who attended the much-talked-about wedding ceremony of Afrobeat sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as…
President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, told the 36 state governors to start saving funds that would be used to pay arrears of the new minimum wage when it comes in force. Comrade Osifo gave the advice when he received some executive members of the Kogi State government led by the…
