The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has denied claims of mismanagement in disbursing student loan funds. This development comes after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it was investigating alleged corruption in the disbursement of the funds. In a statement by the fund’s Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFund…
The trial of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has resumed on Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Earlier, the court, led by Justice James Omotosho, granted the request of the Federal Government for witnesses to testify behind screens. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the Defence Counsel,…
The association of Six geopolitical zone comprising retired security officers, paramilitary personnel, and community security professionals, has issued a strong warning against what it described as “faceless and desperate” individuals spreading false narratives to undermine the efforts of the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr…
Construction of Phase 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be completed in January 2026, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has said. Umahi made the disclosure during an inspection tour of the highway. “We came to review the project with the financial promoters – Dutch Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa,” he…
M. B. Muhammad, a former passenger taken hostage during the 2022 Kaduna train attack, has shared a shocking experience of encountering one of his alleged captors at a mosque in Kaduna State. The incident took place recently at Shema Mosque, located near Bakin Ruwa Junction in the Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government. Muhammad was…
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) in Niger State has urged the state government to increase its members’ salaries due to the hazardous nature of their jobs. The state Chairman of the union, Comrade Usman Abubakar-Dabban, made the request at a reception organised for the workers to mark the International Workers Day…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has called for a review of the revenue allocation formula to ensure that funds are disbursed directly from the Federation Account to local government chairmen, in accordance with the recent Supreme Court ruling affirming local government financial autonomy. RMAFC arrived at this decision at the end of…
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved an additional one-year tax holiday for the state workforce, building on the one-year relief granted last year. Governor Ododo made the announcement on Thursday at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, as part of the 2025 May Day celebrations. He explained that this new one-year…
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has affirmed his administration’s adherence to the Minimum Wage Act, stating that no civil servant in the state earns below N70,000. During the May Day celebrations held at Murtala Square in Kaduna, Governor Sani, a former human rights activist, emphasized his commitment to the dignity of labor, revealing that…
Ope George, the Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, has announced an ambitious revenue target of N2.96 trillion for the year 2025. This projection was revealed during the annual ministerial press briefing on Wednesday, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. The target represents a 42.7% increase over the N2.08…
