President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans to Nigerian students interested in skill-development programmes. The President issued this directive at the State House on Monday after a briefing from NELFUND’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr,  on the build-up to the launch of the programme …

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has called on the Federal Government to include students of private universities among the beneficiaries of its Students’ Loan Scheme. The Students Loan Scheme was created by the current administration of President Bola Tinubu as part of the palliative measures to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy …