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Jul

2025

JUST IN: NELFUND Resumes Disbursement Of Students’ Upkeep Allowance

NEWS#Nelfund, #NigerianEducationLoanFund

JUST IN: NELFUND Resumes Disbursement Of Students’ Upkeep Allowance*Clears 3,600 Unpaid Students The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has resumed disbursement of upkeep allowances to student beneficiaries who recently updated their bank details from digital wallet platforms to conventional commercial bank accounts. This move follows previous delays attributed to compatibility issues with digital only banking servicesThe body describes the development as a major breakthrough in addressing the backlog of unpaid allowances, noting that over 3,600 affected students have now received their outstanding payments after completing the required update on the NELFUND portal. Students experiencing similar issues have been advised to…

Jul

2025

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David Mark’s NWC reacts to alleged plot to hijack ADC

POLITICS#ADC, #ADCNWC, #DavidMark

David Mark’s NWC reacts to alleged plot to hijack ADC David Mark’s National Working Committee (NWC) says it is not planning to hijack the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), led by Interim National Chairman David Mark, has pledged to the state chairmen that they will be fully involved in the opposition coalition aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. The Committee gave the assurance at a strategic meeting held on Thursday between the ADC NWC, state chairmen, and selected stakeholders at the Abuja residence of the interim chairman.…

Jul

2025

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Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out

NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #MohammaduBuhari, #PresidentBuhari'sillness, #ShettimaKashim

Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out It has been alleged that President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday. This was disclosed by sources privy to the surreptitious trip. According to reports, the former president has been ill for a while, as first reported by Empowered Newswire, but is believed to be recuperating. Shettima had been in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the invitation of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to attend the official launch of the East African country’s…

Jul

2025

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Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road

METRO#Donkeygenitals, #Interception, #NigeriaCustomsService

Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road Nigeria Customs Service agents, yesterday, halted a 40-foot container conveying donkey parts on the Kaduna–Abuja Motorway. This was disclosed to newsmen during a press conference, yesterday, Thursday, 10, in Abuja, by Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CG). After a coordinated surveillance operation by personnel from the Special Wildlife Office and Customs Intelligence Unit, the contents of the container—which were suspected of being headed for illegal export—were discovered on Friday, June 5, 2025, at approximately 9 p.m. The CG, who was accompanied by Abdullahi Maiwada, the Service’s National Public Relations…

Jul

2025

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Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation

CRIME, METRO#Arraignment, #QueensCriminalCourt, #Rape, #VirgilioTaveras

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation Authorities have expressed worries over a sad incident involving a sick man who may have victimised more minors after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy and gave him a $50 cash as a compensation for the upsetting encounter. According to the criminal complaint, Virgilio Taveras, 63, enticed the adolescent into his car and $•£•×•ually att@cked him near the intersection of 175th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, at approximately 1 p.m…. The sick man who was identified as Virgilio Taveras, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting…

Jul

2025

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How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails *A must read

METRO#Amputation, #Himalayansalt, #King’sHospitalLondon, #OlubiyiJibowu, #Pedicure, #Selfmedication

How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails*A must read A Nigerian man has narrated how hw lost one of his legs after a home pedicure went wrong. A Nigerian man who gave himself a pedicure at home had to have his leg amputated when the treatment went wrong. Olubiyi Jibowu said he ran a bath, added Himalayan salt and soaked his feet, but the 57-year-old didn’t realise how hot the water was until he pulled his feet out and saw angry blisters all over them. Instead of seeing a doctor, he treated the burns himself with Dettol,…

Jul

2025

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Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta

NATIONAL NEWS#Compensation, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #IvanOnoseOmhonrina, #NationalDrugLawEnforcementAgency, #NDLEA, #SenateCommitteeonEthics, #SenatorNedaImaseun, #Straybullet

Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta The sum of N200 million has been approved for the family of the 2-years-old baby, Ivan Onose Omhonrina, who was accidentally shot de@d during a raid on a notorious drug joint by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Delta State on July 13, 2023. The Senate gave the approval during the plenary today, when the matter came up following a petition submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Senator Neda Imaseun. Part of…

Jul

2025

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Akpabio replaces Natasha as diaspora committee chair

NATIONAL NEWS#committeeondiasporaandNGOs, #Senate, #SenatorGodswillAkpabio, #SenatorNatashaAkpotiUduaghan

Akpabio replaces Natasha as diaspora committee chair Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has been removed as chairman of the senate committee on diaspora and NGOs. The Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement during plenary on Thursday, thus confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension Akpabio named Aniekan Bassey, who represents Akwa Ibom north-east, as the new chairman of the diaspora and NGOs committee. Bassey is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “The new…

Jul

2025

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You’ve separatist’s intentions, FG Blasts Peter Obi over comment on Nnamdi Kanu

NATIONAL NEWS#BiafraAgitation, #DrPeterObi, #Extradition, #ipob, #MaziNnamdiKanu, #Saparatiist

You've separatist's intentions, FG Blasts Peter Obi over comment on Nnamdi Kanu The federal government of Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu has criticised Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, over his recent call for the release of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, had queried the reason for the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying there is no justification his arrest and extradition. Reacting, a source in the Presidency, who spoke anonymously to The Punch, accused Obi of harboring “separatist tendencies” and supporting…

Jul

2025

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AIG Fayoade holds refresher training for Zone 2 Police Officers on use of force

NATIONAL NEWS#Force, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #NigeriaPolice

AIG Fayoade holds refresher training for Zone 2 Police Officers on use of force The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, AIG Adegoke M. Fayoade today organized an intensive refresher training for officers in the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan. This is to enable them be at the cutting edge as it concerns the Use of Force in the Discharge of Statutory Police Duties, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. The session was facilitated by AIG Adeoye Adeniran Oluwafimihan (retd). It was held at the M.D. Abubakar Conference Hall,…