Education General

No Missing Funds in Student Loan Scheme, NELFUND Boss Assures Amidst ICPC Probe

Amidst swirling allegations of financial impropriety, the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is firmly pushing back, insisting that not a single kobo is missing from the student loan scheme. This comes after a recent report sparked concerns, claiming that some educational institutions were allegedly siphoning off funds intended for the vital program operated by NELFUND.

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Security General

NDLEA Seizes Drugs Worth ₦3.4 Billion in Major Busts Across Lagos and Rivers

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have struck a significant blow against illicit drug trafficking, seizing narcotics with an estimated street value of ₦3.428 billion in coordinated operations across Lagos and Rivers states. According to a statement released by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi, the seized drugs include a staggering 3.5 million pills

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Entertainment & Lifestyle General

Resemblance between Ifeanyi and my new son scary — Davido

Popular singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said that the uncanny resemblance between his young son, and Ifeanyi, the other son he lost in 2022, can best be described as “scary”. Recall that Davido’s first son, Ifeanyi, had died in a drowning incident in the singer’s Banana Island home on November 1, 2022. In an

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General

SERAP and NGE Call for Halt to Cybercrimes Act Misuse Against Journalists

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have jointly called for an immediate end to the alleged abuse of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act of 2015 against journalists and media houses in Nigeria. In a joint statement, the civil society organization and the professional body for editors

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Foreign General

Terror plot foiled in UK, five men arrested

LONDON – British police have arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. The arrests were made on Saturday across London, Swindon, and the Greater Manchester area. According to a statement from London’s Metropolitan Police, the men, aged between 29 and 46, were detained by Counter Terrorism Police in

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General

NAN is AI compliant, upholds accountability, ethical journalism-MD

The Managing Director (MD) of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali M. Ali, says the organisation is Artificial Intelligence (AI) compliant and has improved in upholding accountability and ethical journalism to meet up with global best practices. Ali stated this during a panel discussion at an event to mark the 2025 World Press

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General

Journalists stage ‘Freedom Walk’ in Calabar

Members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River chapter, came out in large numbers on Saturday in a road walk to mark World Press Freedom Day 2025. The road walk, tagged ‘Freedom Walk’, was led by the chapter’s chairperson, Ms Archibong Bassey, who rallied journalists in a peaceful procession across Calabar. Participants held

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Technology General

FG developing framework on responsible use of AI – Idris

By Paul Chimodo The Federal Government says it is developing a national policy framework on responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the media space. The minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris. disclosed this on Saturday in a statement issued to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day. Idris explained that the framework

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Judiciary Features General

Blessed Are the Crooked Judges By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alloysius Katsina-Alu was the subject of allegations of serious misconduct which ended up before the Advisory Judicial Committee (AJC), the predecessor to the National Judicial Council (NJC). Upon finding

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General

Rivers State NLC Members set to mark Workers’ Day with Solidarity Protest

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State chapter, have assembled at the union’s state secretariat to mark Workers’ Day. The NLC had earlier announced that it would not hold the customary celebration at Isaac Boro Park, where various unions traditionally conduct a march-past. In solidarity with the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy

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