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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has disbursed a total of N99.5 billion to students and institutions in just 16 months since the loan scheme was launched on 24 May 2024. According to official data obtained by LEADERSHIP Weekend from a Student Loan Disbursement Status Report dated 24 September 2025, a total of 510,378 students […]
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Friday on a working visit to the former seat of government as Nigeria prepares for a low-key 65th Independence Anniversary. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President moved to Lagos after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi […]
The Kano State Shura Council has announced that it will investigate allegations of blasphemy made against a prominent Islamic scholar, Malam Lawan Shuaibu Abubakar Triumph, following petitions forwarded by the State Government. Secretary of the Shura Council, Shehu Wada Sagagi, disclosed this during a press briefing on Friday evening that the committee, chaired by the […]
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board, marking his first major directive since his reinstatement after a six-month State of Emergency imposed on the State by President Bola Tinubu in March this year. The announcement was contained in a special government’s statement issued on Friday evening […]
Former Vice President and leading opposition figure, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Ibadanland in Oyo State was lucky to have Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan. Atiku, a political ally of Ladoja before the latter’s ascension to the Ibadan throne, described Ibadan as a signpost of republicanism in traditional leadership in Nigeria, saying […]
The Sudanese Alliance for Rights has filed a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague against four senior figures of the Port Sudan Authority. The lawsuit cites Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is both the nation’s army chief and head of the country’s Sovereign Council, as well as leading military figures, […]
The Kaduna State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its sustained onslaught against crime in the State with the arrest of six armed robbery suspects, five receivers of stolen goods, and three suspects for unlawful possession of firearms in a string of coordinated operations across Kaduna metropolis and beyond. According to a statement […]
The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, Dr. Olusola Odumosu, has issued a firm warning to tourism stakeholders across the country that security must be prioritised if the industry is to thrive. Dr. Odumosu, who issued the bold wake-up call to tourism operators to prioritise security or watch the […]
The chairman of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Ltd, Mogaji Wole Arisekola, and the company’s Managing Director cum Chief Executive Officer, Hon. Dr. Saheed Audullahi Mosadoluwa, has extended their heartfelt congratulations to Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (Arusa I) on his historic coronation as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. In their congratulatory messages, Mogaji Arisekola and […]
The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi, has called on Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to order the arrest of social media influencer, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known as Mandy Kiss, over her controversial plan to engage in a marathon sex with 100 men in a […]