The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has reiterated the only official portal for student loan application. According to NELFUND, nelf.gov.ng is the only official website for the loan application. It emphasised that any other website links is unauthorised and should be disregarded. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi,…
Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, says he will do whatever President Bola Tinubu asks of him in 2027. Barau spoke on Wednesday at a press briefing ahead of the zonal public hearings of the senate committee on constitution review. Responding to questions on growing calls for him to be Tinubu’s running mate in the next…
Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has said the life of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is at risk as a result of the “faulty” presidential aircraft he uses to represent President Bola Tinubu in official engagements across the globe. He said this after Nigeria’s number two citizen cancelled his trip…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has ruled that the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, lacks the legal authority to seize drivers’ licences, vehicles, or related documents without lawful justification. This decision came in Appeal No: CA/OW/199/2022, filed by the FRSC, the Corps Marshal, and an officer identified by Uniform No. COSS…
President Donald Trump on Saturday designated English as the official language of the United States, saying it would bring cohesion to a country characterized by immigration from around the world. The White House published an executive order by Trump which says it is “long past time” that English is declared as the nation’s official language….
The Director of Mobilization of the Obidient Movement, Morris Monye, has announced his resignation from the position. Monye, who made his resignation public on Monday in a detailed statement, said that despite his passion and financial commitment to the cause, the movement’s poor performance in the recent Anambra election made his position “untenable.” “Almost a…
A senior lecturer at the Faculty of Management, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Dr Samuel Ojogbo, has been accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old female student of the institution. The university management confirmed the allegation to Tribune Online yesterday. It was gathered that the 300-level student (name withheld) alleged that the lecturer invited her into…
Former governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Friday, said he won’t contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027 because he has no presidential ambition. In a statement signed by Michael Ohiare, his Media Director, Bello expressed surprise and shock over a video post of his 2022 rally, claiming he had started campaigning against President…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the federal government has launched a free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service in Abuja to ease transportation costs for Nigerians. The CNG buses began operations on December 2, 2024, as shown in a video shared by the Presidential CNG Initiative on its X (formerly Twitter) page. The buses, according to…
In a shocking incident that has caught the attention of many on social media, a Nigerian man was apprehended after trying to sell a stolen iPhone 13 Pro Max for only ₦30,000. The iPhone 13 Pro Max, a high-end smartphone, is typically valued at hundreds of thousands of naira, making the suspect’s offer surprisingly low….