The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the House of Representatives to amend the Student Loan Act over its stringent requirements and short repayment timeframe, among other concerns. The NANS president, Usman Barambu pushed for the amendment on Thursday at a legislative summit on students’ loans and access to higher education, organised by the House ad-hoc committee in Abuja. Barambu called for the inclusion of student representation on the board. “Student loans are...

Two hundred and ten thousand (210,000) households in Kaduna state will benefit from a special palliative programme in the State. Kaduna State Governor, Malam Uba Sani who confirmed that N2 billion naira has been released to the state by the federal government to fund the intervention to cushion the effects of subsidy removal on Petrol. “To ensure effective implementation, I convened a stakeholder meeting comprising of Government Officials, representatives of trade unions, persons living with...

Adamawa state government pledged to partner with German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ for successful implementation of its projects in the state which mainly focused on investing in women and girl child particularly IDPs and returnees. The German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ is an international initiative owned by the German Government operating in 130 countries including Nigeria in many fields that offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development. Among areas the organization...

President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Omar Touray; leader of the ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic’s military junta, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were guests at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Tuesday, to update President Bola Tinubu on their recent mission to the embattled country. Sources privy to the meeting confirmed that Abdulsalami and the ECOWAS delegation to Niger recently are...

The Taraba Government has issued an impending flood alert to six local government areas following the release of water from the Lagdo Dam, situated along the River Benue in Cameroon. Hajia Zainab Usman, State Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, issued the warning on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen in Jalingo. She appealed to residents to consider relocation as best option to avoid being affected by the looming floods. The statement read in...