The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has declared that accessing its student loan scheme is voluntary, warning tertiary institutions against making it compulsory for students. This followed the controversy surrounding the directive by the Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu, mandating all students to apply for the facility. The Fund, in a statement issued […]
Uganda has denied having an active Ebola outbreak following Nigeria’s confirmation of an imported case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), insisting that it has no confirmed active infections as authorities investigate where the patient contracted the virus. In a public statement issued in Kampala on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Uganda’s Ministry of Health said […]
The National Board for Technology Incubation has unveiled an investment and development-finance pipeline exceeding $600m, alongside a proposed solar energy programme targeting one million micro and small businesses across Nigeria. The Director-General of NBTI, Dr Kazeem Raji, disclosed this on Wednesday while presenting the outcomes of the 2026 NextGen Innovation Challenge at a world press […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has stepped up vigilance across airport operations following a confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), assuring travellers of its commitment to safeguarding public health. The Authority said it was working with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Port […]
Nigerians who hand over millions of naira to agents for German jobs and visas are paying for promises they cannot keep, the German Embassy in Nigeria said. The mission made it clear that no agent, intermediary, or “connection” can guarantee visa approval. The German Missions in Abuja and Lagos delivered the warning on Wednesday through […]
The first Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain, which is behind a major DR Congo outbreak, and the patient is a diplomat, an emergency meeting heard on Wednesday. The case in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja on October […]
Police officers on Tuesday morning fired tear gas to disperse residents, journalists and political figures gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial commemorating victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests. Among those affected were the African Democratic Congress (ADC), governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NSDC), […]
President Bola Tinubu has received copies of the proposed 2027 United Nations budget from Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, who chairs the UN committee responsible for budgetary and administrative matters, presented the seven-volume document to the President at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the presentation, Ibrahim described the […]
The Delta State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the proposed establishment of state police, with all 23 lawmakers present voting in favour of the constitutional amendment. The resolution was reached during plenary on Tuesday as the House considered the proposed Sixth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution, which seeks to pave the way […]
President Bola Tinubu has said he has no regrets over the removal of the fuel subsidy, vowing that Nigeria will never go back to it as he likened any return to asking the biblical Moses to go back to Egypt. Tinubu spoke on Monday evening at the forum tagged ‘Together till 2027: An Evening with […]
