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NELFUND To Launch Software For Disabled Students
In order to guarantee that students with disabilities in higher education can fully benefit from its loan program, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund has announced plans to implement specialized software. Managing Director/Chief Executive of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ engagement on student loans in Benin City, Edo State, according to a statement by the Fund on Sunday. Sawyerr...
Police Inspector Takes Own Life In Ogun
Ajele Oloyede, a police inspector assigned to the security detail at a ceramics company in Igbesa, Ogun State, is said to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. PUNCH Online gathered on Sunday that the incident occurred on Thursday. According to the state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, an officer from Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos, Tolorunloju Stephen, discovered the incident upon returning...
FRSC Calls On Drivers To Follow Highway Codes For Safer Driving
Prospective drivers have been counseled by the Federal Road Safety Corps on the value of attending recognized driving schools and understanding the highway code and road signs. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Oyo State, advised while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Saturday. Alo said drivers who had not attended driving schools...
Rivers Crisis: N’Delta Youths Demand Action From Tinubu, Threaten Oil Shutdown
The Niger Delta Youth Council-backed youth organizations have threatened to halt oil production throughout the region due to the ongoing political impasse in Rivers State, causing a noticeable sense of tension in the state. The youth groups issued a seven-day ultimatum to President Bola Tinubu demanding, among other things, the immediate restoration of Rivers State statutory revenue allocation, the end...
Rivers Crisis: Wike Vows To Let Assembly Perform Its Duties
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has stated that he will not impede the Rivers State House of Assembly from carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Wike said he foresaw the current political crisis in the state and advised his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to take that route, but the latter refused, surrounding himself with people who are ‘ingrates’. Wike...
NANS Praises Gov Abiodun Over N20M Cash Awards For UNILAG Graduates
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has received praise from the National Association of Nigerian Students for designating two natives of the state as the state's education ambassadors. The students were the top graduates of the University of Lagos at its 55th convocation. NANS equally showered encomium on the governor for giving the sum of N10m each to the...
“Starship To Depart For Mars In 2026” – Musk
SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, said on Saturday that its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow “as soon as 2029.” “Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings may start as...
“US expulsion of Our Ambassador ‘Regrettable’” – South Africa
The United States’ decision to expel South Africa’s ambassador was “regrettable”, the office of the president said Saturday, urging “diplomatic decorum” between the two nations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the United States because he was “a race-baiting politician” who hates US President Donald Trump. “The Presidency has noted the...
Fubara In Limbo As Lawmakers Suspend Sitting Indefinitely
The political face-off between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the state House of Assembly deepened on Friday as the governor’s plan to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers appeared to be failing. Fubara had on Thursday written a fresh letter to the House informing the lawmakers of his intention to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill for...
INEC Plans For 2027 Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission has embarked on the formulation of its Election Project Plan in preparation for the 2027 general election. A top official in the commission disclosed this to Saturday PUNCH. The official stated that lessons learnt from the 2023 general election were being applied to the planning for 2027. He disclosed that the commission was already updating its election...
