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Odibo Victory The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disclosed that over 1.5 million students across 288 tertiary institutions have benefited from its student loan scheme, with more than N282 billion disbursed nationwide. This was disclosed by Mr. Awati Muhammed, Head of Loan Repayment and Reconciliation at NELFUND, during a Democracy Day engagement organised by student union leaders across Northern Nigeria on Friday in Yola. The event was themed, “Thank You President Tinubu for Making Democracy Work for Students.” According to Muhammed, the gathering was aimed at bringing together students and key stakeholders to discuss educational opportunities available through Federal…

Odibo Victory President Bola Tinubu has stated that the collapse of grassroots governance has contributed significantly to Nigeria’s insecurity. He stressed that effective local government administration remains critical to national development. Tinubu made this known on Friday in his Democracy Day address to the nation. The President said his administration had pursued financial autonomy for the country’s 774 local government councils to ensure that democracy delivers tangible benefits to citizens at the grassroots. “Recognising that democracy is undermined when people do not feel its impact, my administration has sought financial autonomy for our 774 local councils. “A fundamental challenge to…

Odibo Victory President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that democracy without security is not strong enough, in his Democracy Day speech delivered today. In his speech, Tinubu acknowledged that the issue of insecurity in the country has dampened the mood of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. He made reference to the abducted children in Oyo and Borno states and expressed deep sympathy for them while hoping for their safe return. “Though this year’s mood is dampened by the abduction of our children in Oyo and Borno, we remain hopeful for their safe return,” he said. Due to the level of…

Apologies to Military Odibo Victory The woman who accused the Nigerian Army of demanding N2m for the release of her brother’s body has recanted her allegation. She made this known in viral video posted on X on Wednesday while apologizing for falsely accusing the Army. NPO earlier Reported that the lady whose name was not disclosed had in a video shared posted yesterday alleged the army’s refusal to release the body of her late brother who died in the military barracks in Benin city, Edo state, after brief illness. She had, in the video, claimed that efforts by the family…

Odibo Victory The Vice Chairman of Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun, Debo Farounbi, was on Tuesday night kidnapped by gunmen in Ora-Igbomina town. It was discovered that the gunmen invaded the community around 10 p.m., firing sporadically to scare residents. An anonymous eyewitness said the gunmen also abducted three other persons but were confronted by military personnel at the border community. It was further gathered that the ensuing gun duel led to the rescue of the three victims, while the vice chairman was taken away into the bush. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed the…

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has derated its gasoline making unit (RFCC) by 34% since May 21 and expects the unit to resume ‌full rates in mid-June, industry monitor IIR Energy said. The refinery did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. “Initially, lighter crude being processed resulted in insufficient feed availability for the RFCCU. However, ⁠by the end of May, IIR Energy confirmed that the RFCCU was also facing an issue with its flue gas slide gate valve. Repair work on that issue is almost complete,” IIR said in an email. The gasoline unit not running at full…

Odibo Victory The Oyo State Police Command has on Wednesday dragged a woman to court for allegedly beating her ex-husband with charms. The 31-year old housewife who identified herself as Alimat Jimoh was brought before the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan. Alimat was dragged to court for allegedly hitting her former husband with a charmed-ring during a fight over child paternity and custody. The defendant who resides in Alakia, Isebo area was charged on two count of breach of peace and assault, to which she pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, PC Olapeju Durodola, said the defendant allegedly conducted herself…

Odibo Victory Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has stated that every Nigerian should be allowed to bear arms. Dalung made this known during Politics HQ, aired on News Central TV on Tuesday. He argued that allowing Nigerians to carry arms would create room for accountability and referenced bandits as an example, claiming that peace exists among them because they are armed. “Because if you look at the bandit, everybody is carrying arms and there is the greater peace there,” he said. According to him, Nigeria needs to replicate the same situation if things are to change. “So…

Odibo Victory Dozens of Ibadan residents have assured the Oyo state All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Safara Alli, victory after collecting 1kg of Semovita each. This was seen in a viral video posted on X. Recall that Safara Alli, who contested against former minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu was declared winner of the disputed APC primaries last month. In the video, the party members were seen clamouring “USA” (Safara Alli) as their candidate. They were also seen happily waving their 1kg semovita in air while chanting “Sarafa Alli, 2027”. See video below

Odibo Victory  The Federal Government has stated that it is to evacuate the first batch of Nigerians from South Africa following reported xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Tuesday. According to him, the affected Nigerians will depart O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Wednesday night. He said the evacuees are expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 5:00 a.m. on Thursday. Ebienfa added that the evacuation exercise will be carried out by Air Peace Airline. He said…