By Hadiza Yusuf KANO — Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Friday officiated the mass wedding of 1,500 couples under the state government’s Mass Wedding Programme. The ceremony was held shortly after the Friday congregational prayer at the Central Juma’at Mosque in the Emir’s Palace, Kano. The event brought together 3,000 people, comprising 1,500 […]

By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Dr Akintunde Sawyerr, has said that 850,000 individual Nigerians have benefited from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s student loan scheme, with more than one million loan applications received and N303 billion disbursed within two years. The NELFUND managing director disclosed this on […]

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja President Bola Tinubu has tasked the newly inaugurated World Energy Council (WEC) Nigeria leadership with positioning the country as a leading voice in global energy affairs and ensuring that Africa’s perspectives shape international energy decisions. Tinubu gave the charge while welcoming Nigeria’s formal admission as the newest National Member Committee of […]

By Femi Fani-Kayode Permit me to once again share the words of the Sweden-based Nigerian writer Prince Kio Jaja Amachree.He wrote the following on X: “In 1990 when Mandela came to thank Nigeria for its support to the ANC and the Pan African Congress, he was given 10 ten million USD by the Nigerian Government […]

Imumolen stated this at a news conference in Lagos on Friday, where he formally announced his withdrawal from the 2027 presidential race and endorsed Tinubu for a second term.