By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says the application portal for the 2024/2025 academic session will officially close on Tuesday. The Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. Sawyerr said the closure would allow the Fund toContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government has refuted allegations by some international platforms and online influencers that terrorists in Nigeria are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Sunday, described the claims as false, baseless, divisive,Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Progressive Staff Forum of the National Assembly has urged a faction of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) to explore lawful avenues in pressing their demands. It said disputes should not be allowed to disrupt legislative activities. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja,Continue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that every Wednesday will now be set aside for maintenance on the Abuja–Kaduna Train Service (AKTS). It also said passenger operations on the corridor will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The Chief Public Relations Officer, NRC, Mr Callistus Unyimadu, disclosedContinue Reading
By Justina Auta A coalition of community networks and civil society organisations in Nigeria has expressed deep concern over the proposed closure of UNAIDS. They warned that such a move could have devastating consequences for the global HIV response. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, the coalition saidContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Insolvency experts have called on banks and practitioners to align loan agreements and practices with the rescue provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020. Mr Albert Folorunsho, the Vice President, Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN), made the call at BRIPANContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe and Aisha Cole The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Friday agreed on strategic exemptions from the recently suspended four per cent Free on Board (FoB) charge. They also outlined fresh trade facilitation measures to ease manufacturing operations andContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Solution Media says the Newland Radio Series is captivating audiences nationwide with a mix of national orientation, youth empowerment and social mobilisation. This is contained in a statement by the company’s Director of Communication, Mr Eromosele Oshodin, on Friday in Abuja. Oshodin said the programme, produced inContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Experts have urged the ECOWAS Parliament to create a strategic agency that would curb the current surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated fake news in West Africa. The media and Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts made the appeal at the end of ECOWAS Parliament’s week-long 2025 SecondContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Regional Working Group on Tax Policy Alternatives (RWOGTAPA) has underscored the need for policy alternatives to bolster more meaningful growth in tax regime. The group at a two-day regional meeting in Abuja, said that the meeting had become imperative as the tax systems in Ghana andContinue Reading
