Abisola Ifeoluwa

NELFUND announces new deadline for student loan applications nationwide

Education / /

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has extended the deadline for student loan applications following a surge in nationwide interest spurred by its ongoing awareness campaign. The extension comes after an earlier notice had announced that the Student Loan Application Portal would close on February 27, 2026. Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, stated […]

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No plan to negotiate with America — Iran Security Chief

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Iran’s top national security official, Ali Larijani, has declared that Tehran has no plan to negotiate with the United States, dismissing reports suggesting the country was exploring fresh talks with Washington. Larijani, who serves as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the clarification in a post on X while responding to media claims

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Dangote urges Nigeria’s elite to dump luxury jets and invest in industries that create jobs, highlighting the gap between Nigeria’s private jet boom and high youth unemployment.

US-Iran War: ‘Thank God for Dangote Refinery,’ netizens react as global oil market enters panic mood

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Nigerians have showed their appreciation and praised the foresight of the President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote, for being ingenious in creation of the largest single train refinery in the world. This is owing to the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, which has sent shockwaves through global

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What Lisabi Built, Egbaliganza Is Transforming For Global Recognition

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In 1986, the Egba people did something that peoples across the world have done across centuries when they wish to hold memory against the erosion of time: they institutionalised it. The Lisabi Festival was born, a formal, annual act of remembrance for Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, the warrior and liberator who, centuries before, had united the

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EEDC

Why there is drop in electricity supply in Southeast — EEDC

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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has attributed the drop in electricity supply across the South-East to inadequate gas supply to thermal power generating stations. The company made this known in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, noting that the development has significantly reduced the volume of energy allocated to it

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Court orders 30 lashes for man over assault on elderly parents in Abia

Metro / /

A man identified as Sunny Uma Okwara has reportedly been given 30 strokes of the cane by women in Ohafia, Abia State, over allegations of assaulting his aged parents. Okwara, who was also accused of physically abusing his wife, was additionally fined N20,000 by the Nde Umuada, the traditional umbrella body of married women and

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Four of my associates arrested, I may be next – El-Rufai

El-Rufai deserves all the treatment from Tinubu govt — Isaac Fayose

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Nigerian businessman, Isaac Fayose, has stated that former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, merits the treatment he is facing from the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government. Recall that El-Rufai is under investigation over an alleged N432 billion corruption scandal linked to his time in office. Writing on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Fayose revealed that

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Nigeria’s power sector nears collapse — GenCos

Metro / /

The Association of Power Generation Companies (GenCos) has raised alarm that Nigeria’s electricity industry is edging toward collapse over huge unpaid capacity charges. The power producers said they are owed more than N6.2 trillion for electricity generated and consumed, noting that only about 35 per cent of the amount has been paid since 2015. They

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Nigerian senator, Mpigi Barinada

JUST IN: Nigerian senator, Mpigi Barinada, dies at 64

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Senator Barinada Mpigi, who represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District, has died at the age of 64. His passing was confirmed on Thursday by a member of the House of Representatives, Akin Alabi, in a post shared on X. Alabi wrote, “Good night my dear friend. Rest in Peace, Senator Mpigi Barinada. Sen Mpigi represented Rivers

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