NELFUND said students from the 36 schools can now submit their applications for the student loan fund on its portal. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has listed state-owned schools eligible for the student loan scheme. In a Sunday statement, NELFUND said students from the 36 schools can now submit their applications for the student…

Global air temperatures in the 12 months to June 2024 were the highest in the data record — on average 1.64C above pre-industrial levels. Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every…

Ekiti PDP congress Ex-acting gov senatorial candidate others jostle forNO fewer than four leaders have signified their intentions to contest for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State in the forthcoming state congress of the party. Nigerian Tribune gathered that a former acting governor of the state, Tunji Odeyemi; ex-senatorial candidate…

A total of 1,702 murders, 2,149 kidnappings, and 320 robbery cases were recorded by the Nigeria Police Force across the country in 2023. According to a report released on Friday, July 5, 2024, by Statisense, a data collection organisation, the North Central region had the highest number of reported murder cases, totalling 436 for the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries. The one-day protest would be…

Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents…

Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix with a mighty and historic drive in immensely tricky wet and dry conditions at Silverstone to end finally his two-and-a-half-year win drought The Mercedes driver beat the Red Bull of Max Verstappen into second and the McLaren of Lando Norris into third in a gripping and thrilling encounter. McLaren’s Oscar…

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the passing of the Ajaguna of Osogbo, Chief Gabriel Oparanti as a painful loss that will be felt beyond the ancient town, commiserating with the Ataoja of Osogbo, HRM Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, on the passage of a high-ranking chief. While reflecting on the leadership…

He said that building the kind of united front capable of moving Nigerian democracy forward require selflessness on the part of Nigerian political leaders. Ahead of the 2027 general election, the immediate past National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, is calling on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former governors Peter…