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Student Loan: NELFUND laments low turnout of female applicants
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has said the ratio of females in tertiary institutions accessing the loans compared to males was not impressive. The Fund’s Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known in Abuja during the International Women’s Day celebration. Represented by Oluwatosin Sanusi, NELFUND’s Head of Investments and Funds Management, Sawyerr said one out of every five applications for…
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EFCC secures 4,111 convictions in 2024, highest since establishment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured 4,111 convictions in 2024, the highest in any year since the establishment of the agency in 2002. The Commission also recovered a whooping N364 billion alongside several million in foreign currencies, luxury duplexes and apartments, vehicles, cryptocurrencies and other valuable assets from various convicts, institutions and their collaborators, making it the single…
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Ondo Guber: Court dismisses suit challenging eligibility of Aiyedatiwa, Adelami
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has dismissed the suit challenging the eligibility of the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Olayide Adelami, for the 16 November 2024 governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Olugbenga Edema, had sought the court’s order to compel the Independent National…
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Group seeks immediate reinstatement of Edo council chairmen
A group under the umbrella of the Concerned Edo Youth has called for the immediate lifting of the suspension on the council chairmen in the state, saying their prolonged absence had led to the perpetuation of illegality, panic, and violence in the councils. The group called on the Edo State House of Assembly to make public the report of the…
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Lead City University to host inaugural memorial lecture in honour of late Olukotun
Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, has perfected plans to host an inaugural memorial lecture in honour of the late renowned scholar and public intellectual, Prof. Ayo Olukotun. Olukotun was a renowned Professor of Political Science who died on January 4, 2023, at age 69. A statement issued on Monday by the lecture’s organising committee, said the lecture, scheduled for…
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Gunmen kill LG chairmanship aspirant in Lagos
Gunmen have shot and macheted to death a politician, Oluwatosin Onamade, in the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. Onamade, until his death, was an aspirant for the chairmanship position of Ijede Local Council Development Area under the banner of the All Progressives Congress. His distraught brother, Oluwafemi Onamade, who managed to speak, lamented that the assailants had been trailing…
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NITDA DG advocates gender inclusion in digital literacy initiatives
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has emphasised the critical importance of gender inclusion in digital literacy programmes across Nigeria. The DG made this known while delivering a goodwill address at the Inauguration of Quality Education and Girl Child Initiatives (Luminah 2030) organised by the Federal Ministry of Education at the Federal Secretariat…
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Ogun to partner Nigerian Air Force on security, aviation development
Governor Dapo Abiodun on Monday said that the Ogun State Government is ready to strengthening its collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to enhance security and aviation growth within the state. The Governor stated this during a meeting with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, at the NAF Headquarters in Abuja to discuss areas of…
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PDP to inaugurate South South zonal caretaker committee Thursday
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the South South Zonal Caretaker Committee of the party would be formally inaugurated on Thursday, March 13, 2025. A statement issued on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the Committee inauguration would hold at the National Executive Committee (NEC) Hall, PDP National Secretariat at 11am in Abuja. The statement read,…
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Obasa vs 35 Lawmakers: Court adjourns hearing of suit to March 17
Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of a Lagos High Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by the reinstated Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa to March 17, 2025 The judge also ordered that hearing of all applications and processes before the court would be taken together. However, when the case came up for hearing, the…
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