President Bola Tinubu has signed the Student Loan Bill into law. An aide to the president, Dele Alake, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Monday evening. The bill will enable Nigerian students to access loans at interest-free rates. According to Punch, the piece of legislation passed second reading at the House of Representatives on May 25, 2023. Details shortly..
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The Accord Party, Lagos State Chapter, has urged President Bola Tinubu to dispense justice on June 12 by declaring late Chief MKO Abiola president-elect. This is contained in a statement by Mr Dele Oladeji, State Chairman of the party to mark Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Oladeji said the party wanted Tinubu to declare MKO as president-elect of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election so as to bring an end to a long lingering injustice against Nigerians. Oladeji noted that the “June 12 Day” remained a blight and watershed on the checkered democratic history of Nigeria and Africa.…
Gov. Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers has ordered the revocation of the Andoni section of Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Unity Road project, due to slow pace of work by the contractor. Mr Fubara gave the order in Andoni on Saturday, while inspecting the project alongside the Commissioner for Works, George Kelly and the chairman of Andoni Local Government Council, Erastus Awortu. The governor said that it was regrettable that the contractor could only achieve about 45 per cent on the project despite receiving 100 per cent funding from the Wike administration. “What I have seen here today leaves much to be desired, given that…
Superstar singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said that D’banj, Wizkid and other music artistes used to come to his studio, which was built by his dad. Davido disclosed this in an interview with Million Dollar Worth Of Game Podcast, published on Monday. He said, “My dad built me the best studio in Nigeria. Wizkid, D’banj, I mean, everybody used to come there. “I have the best studio but the studio is only open every two weeks because of school. So, I come every two weeks and everybody would come over. “Funny enough, that time I wasn’t even recording my…
Happie Boys, the former Chicken Republic security guards who went viral for dancing on duty and were subsequently fired, eliciting sympathy from Nigerians, particularly Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere (the General Overseer of the Omega Power Ministries), who later sent them abroad (Cyprus) to study, have taken to social media to express their anger. The boys shocked netizens in a post uploaded on their official Instagram page when they stated that they had only been in school for 6 months before being forced to drop out owing to a lack of financing. They claimed that finding work in Cyprus is extremely difficult,…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, said democracy in Nigeria remains in bondage and it will need the energy of everyone to rescue it. Atiku who stated this in his Democracy Day message to Nigerians, said the desire to make Nigeria’s democracy self-sustaining and independent of anti-democratic elements is the new frontier of participation by all democrats. He further stated that what is celebrated today is a return to civil rule in Nigeria, adding that this year’s Democracy Day celebration was a “time for us to reflect as…
Dr. Adetola Salau rejoices with Nigerians on the celebration of the 2023 Democracy Day remembrance. In a statement she personally signed on Monday June 12th, 2023, Dr. Adetola called on governmental stakeholders at all levels to prioritize national development, promote good governance, ensure the protection of the democratic rights, freedoms of all citizens, to foster a better and more prosperous Nigeria. She said, “I am delighted to extend heartfelt congratulations to Nigeria on the occasion of 2023 Democracy Day. “It is indeed a remarkable achievement for Nigeria to have sustained her democracy to this date, amidst the…
Benue State government has debunked rumours making the rounds that it has inaugurated a Fulani security outfit to return the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their ancestral homes describing it as handiwork of mischief makers who thrive on falsehood to destroy and tarnish the image of the new administration. The state deputy governor, Dr Sam Ode, who refuted the allegation during a press conference in Makurdi explained that “the attempt by some mischievous elements to link Governor Hyacinth Alia-led administration to the establishment of a supposed Fulani security is a deliberate plot to discredit and portray the government…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Honourable Bukoye Marooph Bintinlaye congratulates Nigerians on 2023 Democracy Day. Bintinlaye extends his warmest congratulations to all Nigerians for the achievement of another year of democracy. This year’s Democracy Day is particularly symbolic, given the challenges that Nigeria is just about to conform with the new government and fuel subsidy removal. As we celebrate this year’s Democracy Day, Honourable Bukoye Marooph Bintinlaye acknowledges that it is imperative for Nigeria to continue to work towards a better country through Democracy. He believes that the attainment of a better…
Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Osun State, Dr. Tosin Odeyemi has described as uncalled for, the alleged threat by the former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje to slap his predecessor, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso if he had met him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Odeyemi however dared Ganduje to carry out his threat whenever he saw Kwankwaso, adding that the former governor would realise the hard way that Nigeria is no more an indiscipline country where people behave as they like. The long feud between Kwankwaso and Ganduje resurfaced in the course of the…