..says more than 90% of students won’t meet the “stringent requirements” to access and repay the loan. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set…
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has called on the Inspector General of Police and the general public to call former senator, Ajibola Bashiru to order. This was confirmed in a press statement issued on Monday, by the spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed which was obtained by our correspondent. The statement partly…
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, has tackled the Oyo State Government on the selection of the Alaafin of Oyo and Soun of Ogbomoso. In a statement at the weekend, the Oluwo noted that only God could select successors to the vacant thrones and the government. The monarch expressed worry that the days of…
At the resumed hearing, the party asked for a one-week adjournment which was turned down by the court. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has again adjourned the petition filed before it by the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) till June 21 for hearing. The court had fixed June 19 to commence hearing of the petition…
This comes one week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission last Monday charged the crypto giant with securities law violations. The Co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has accused Binance Nigeria Limited of being a scammer entity. Zhao made the comments on Sunday in a tweet. “Binance have issued cease…
SultanSultan of Sokoto Declares June 28 Eid-Ul-Adha of Sokoto Declares June 28 Eid-Ul-Adha Eid-Ul-Adha or Eid-Ul Kabir as it is called is the second celebration in the Hijrah calendar with the first being Eid-ul-Fitr which marks the end of the Holy month of Ramadan. The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigerian Supreme Council…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared the removal of cash deposit limitations on domiciliary accounts, saying account holders can withdraw up to $10,000 per day. The apex bank, in a statement made available to Channels Television on Sunday, stated that this followed a June 14 announcement on new guidelines in the foreign exchange…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has completed a total of 31 kilometers of roads from November 28th, 2022 to date. A total of 17 kilometers of roads are currently ongoing at various stages of completion across the state, according to a press statement signed by the spokesperson of the Governor, Mallam…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading anti-corruption organization, has expressed deep concerns regarding the suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), by the new administration. HEDA believes that this action, taking place within a month of the new government’s assumption of office is now becoming a…
South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled…
