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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has issued a stern warning to tertiary institutions that failed to inform students of loan disbursements made on their behalf. Sawyerr gave the warning on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja.Sawyerr said recent findings by the Fund revealed that some institutions, after receiving student loan disbursements directly into their accounts, have continued to demand payment of institutional fees from the same students. This act of withholding critical financial information from students is not only unethical but a direct violation of the principles upon which NELFUND was established,” he…
In a move aimed at strengthening grassroots engagement and inclusive governance, Senator Eteng Williams, representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, has appointed Liaison Officers for each of the six Local Government Areas in the district. According to a statement from the Senator’s media office, the appointments reflect his commitment to bringing representation closer to the people and fostering direct access to his office. The appointed Liaison Officers are: Hon. Ojie Jacob Etta – Boki LGA – 0806 514 6570 Hon. Hossana Isong – Abi LGA – 0806 463 6656 Ikoi Eteng (Ben Bruce) – Yakurr LGA – 0813 096 9953…
On April 4, 2025, the United States District Court in Manhattan dropped a legal bombshell on Nigerian Afrobeat superstar David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, giving him just 21 days to face the music over a copyright lawsuit. The case, steeped in accusations of intellectual property theft, saw four Nigerian artistes—Martins Chukwuka Emmanuel, Abel Great Umaru, Kelvin Ayodele Campbell, and David Ovhioghena Umaru—haul Davido before the court, alleging he nicked their 2022 song “Work” to produce his 2024 banger Strawberry on Ice. The plaintiffs didn’t stop at Davido; they roped in Sierra Leonean singer Emmerson Amidu Bockarie, who featured on the track, as…
Global superstar Drake has become the artist with the most cumulative weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. The Grammy winner surpassed the previous record held by iconic band The Beatles thanks to his recent collaborative album with PartyNextDoor ‘$ome $exy 4 U’ which became his 14th NO. 1 album as a soloist. Drake’s 14th NO. 1 Billboard 200 topping album saw him equal hip hop icon Jay Z and Pop music megastar Taylor Swift as joint second. It also put Drake just five NO. 1 albums behind the record of 19 chart-topping albums set by The Beatles. ‘$ome $exy 4 U’ is Drake’s first album since his iconic…
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has authorized the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas across the state. The announcement was detailed in a Special Government Announcement on Wednesday morning, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika. While the statement did not disclose the names of the appointees, it specified that the appointments take immediate effect. The statement reads: “His Excellency The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has approved the appointments of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. He has…
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has authorized the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas across the state. This decision was made despite a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt reportedly restraining him from appointing administrators to oversee local government councils less than 24 hours earlier. The Federal High Court order, issued by Justice Adam Muhammed on Tuesday, was in connection with case number FHC/PH/CS/46/2025, filed by PILEX Centre for Civic Education Initiative, led by Courage Msirimovu, against the Sole Administrator in his official capacity. In addition to the appointments, Ibas has also approved…
Radiogad has reacted to the video shared by Cubana Chiefpriest’s baby mama, Hellen Ati about the businessman Hellen Ati had alleged Cubana Chiefpriest and accused him of stealing her star and using it for his gain Reacting to it, Radiogad blasted Cubana Chiefpriest and called him several names in a video, he also dragged Davido to the saga.Media personality, Destiny Ezeyin, better known as Radiogad, has waded into the drama surrounding Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chiefpriest and his allegedly babymama, Hellen Ati. It has reported that Ati had shared a video and alleged that Cubana Chiefpriest stole her star for…
Minister of FCT and former governor of Rivers State, Chief Ezenwo Wike and his team have lost out as Court halts their planned mega assembly in Bayelsa State. However, the South-South zonal Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), George Turnah, has vowed that the planned mega rally would go ahead despite the court order. The court order, which was obtained on Thursday, was to stop the proposed rally by Turnah and key Wike loyalists scheduled to hold in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on April 12, 2025. Justice I.A Uzakah granted the Motion Ex-Parte in Suit No. BYHC/YHC/CV/133/2025 filed by…
A Nigerian graduate has sparked intense conversation online after burning his university degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate out of frustration with the country’s job market and struggles. In a video circulating on social media, the unidentified young man narrated how he spent seven years in the university, only to graduate with a second class lower, scoring a 3.4 GPA—just shy of the 3.5 required for a second class upper. According to him, the disappointment of narrowly missing a higher classification left him feeling perpetually unlucky. He had always dreamed of becoming a singer, but when the music path…
The United Kingdom, UK Police have charged popular actor and comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault over several allegations between 1999 and 2005.A statement from the police said Brand, who lives in Oxfordshire, southern England, was charged with one count of rape, assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault. According to the statement, the charges relate to four separate women. The Crown Prosecution Service, CPS in England, said on Friday that it had authorized London’s Metropolitan Police with several sexual offenses. Prosecutors declared that they reviewed the evidence after a police…