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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced May 24, 2024, as official date for the opening of portal for student loan applications. Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, announced this in a statement on Thursday evening. He said the opening marks a significant milestone in the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to fostering accessible and inclusive education for ...

Gboyega Soyannwo, deputy chief of staff to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, is dead. Soyannwo died on Wednesday after a brief illness, at the age of 55. In a statement, Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy in Lagos, said Sanwo-Olu commiserated with the family of the late deputy chief of staff. The Lagos governor said he had lost ...

The Lagos State Examinations Board is set to commence Screening Test into the 16 Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools for the Year 2024/2025 Academic Session. Adebayo OrunsoluDirector/ Registrar Lagos State Examinations Board made this known to us. The Screening Test will hold at the five designated CBT Centres across the six Education Districts of the State between Tuesday, ...

Popular street wave artiste ‘Portable’, tries to evade arrest as the Police confronted him with a warrant of arrest this evening, in Lagos … The singer, real named Habeeb Okikiola, was said to have bought a G-Wagon valued at N27 million from a car dealer in the state. However, he reportedly paid only N13 million and has refused to pay ...

Barrister Oraye St. Franklyn has put it to Reno that he was never appointed as aide to ex president Jonathan. “I say emphatically that Reno was NEVER an aide of President Jonathan. He was a personal staff of the late Oronto Douglas who was an Aide of the President. At no time was Reno appointed an aide of the former ...

The All Progressives Congress in Igbotako Ward II, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has suspended the senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim. The senator was alleged to have involved in anti-party party activities. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by 29 executive members of the party, including the chairman and secretary in the ward, Mr ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress practically storm out of the meeting It was even dramatic, on Wednesday during the minimum wage negotiation. It was a shocker to them, when the Federal Government offered to pay N48,000, a figure far below the N615,00 the unions were demanding as the new national minimum wage. After abandoning the session, the ...

The autopsy has reportedly failed to reveal the cause of death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. This was disclosed to journalists by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, after the coroner’s inquest held in Lagos State on Wednesday. Shittu said the pathologist in charge of the autopsy told the coroner that Mohbad’s body had decomposed when ...

As you read this, the organised labour has this Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike. And removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government, YOUNEWS learnt is another reason for the protest. The union had fully mobilised its members and affiliates for the protest against the tariff increase. The National Treasurer of the ...

The Lagos State Government has warned unregistered individuals and organisations to desist from engaging in real estate activities in the state or face legal consequences for non-compliance with the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority registration requirements. Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, who gave the warning recently at the 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the first year ...