By Angela Atabo/Okon Okon Dr Akintunde Sawyer, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Education Loan Scheme (NELFund), has said that the loan scheme would take depression off many homes and criminals off the streets of Nigeria. Sawyer said this during a courtesy visit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Headquarters in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Yahaya Isah The Mayors, a group of volunteers on traffic safety, has reaffirmed commitment to decongesting and controlling traffic within the FCT and some other cities in Nigeria. The National Coordinator of the group, Dr Yusuf Suberu, made the commitment in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo/Okon Okon Dr Akintunde Sawyer, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Education Loan Scheme (NELFund), has called on Nigerians not to politicise the students loan scheme because of its immense advantages. Sawyer made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. NAN recallsContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Federal Government says beneficiaries of the Students Loan Scheme will be in stages – from federal government owned institutions to state schools, then to private schools and later to vocational skills. Dr Akintunde Sawyer, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Education Loan Scheme (NELFund), made this known during anContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), has stressed the need to investigate the unexplained delay in electricity step-down of Okpai Power Plant. Nwoko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, that investigating the delay had become imperative asContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The European Union (EU) says the active participation of women in decision-making and politics is key to achieving equality, sustainable development, peace and democracy. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, said this on Wednesday at a two-day roundtable on women inclusion in politicsContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army and Navy troops on Tuesday neutralised five armed men in a firefight at identified IPOB/ESN camps in Ejemekuru in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja on Wednesday.Continue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Maj.- Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has urged the Federal Government to consider making the programme a social intervention programme for Niger-Delta region. Ndiomu made the appeal on Wednesday while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee onContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye Africa’s highest ranked table-tennis player, Aruna Quadri on Wednesday won a second medal for Nigeria at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. This was after the 35-year-old Quadri fell 4-3 to Egypt’s Omar Assar in the final of the men’s table tennis singles event. TheContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Muhammad Ali, has tasked the Superbike Club Association of Nigeria (SCAN), to strive toward reseting public perception about bikers so as to attract members into the group. Ali gave the charge on Tuesday when the PresidentContinue Reading
