The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has disbursed one hundred and sixteen billion naira, to cover institutional fees and upkeep allowances for students across the country.

The Managing Director of the Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, revealed this during an interview with newsmen in Abuja, reiterating the federal government’s commitment to affordable and inclusive tertiary education.

Giving a breakdown, Sawyerr said the fund paid sixty-five billion naira directly to two hundred and thirty-nine government-owned institutions, including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, on behalf of students whose loan applications were approved.

President Bola Tinubu, has sent a peace emissary, led by Doctor Abiodun Essiet, to Plateau State to restore calm and deepen inter-communal harmony amid recurring violence across several local government councils.

According to the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Onanuga, the Senior Special Assistant on Community Engagement, Abiodun Essiet, spent two days in the state, meeting Christian clerics, Fulani community leaders, and youth groups before convening a town hall in Jos, which drew traditional rulers and delegates from the seventeen LGAs.

Esiet in her address, reiterated Tinubu’s unwavering commitment to peace and inclusive governance, describing community-based mechanisms as key to long-term stability in the North Central. Similarly, Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, called on the citizens to wholeheartedly embrace unity, and forgiveness as the state continues to consolidate peace.

Dangote Refinery has backed President Bola Tinubu’s recent fifteen percent fuel and diesel import duty tariff.
The spokesperson of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, made the firm’s stance known in a statement released.
According to him, the tariff is designed to protect Dangote Refinery from unfair competition and safeguard local production.

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has suspended some of its operatives for allegedly extorting the sum of ten million naira from Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, stating that the anti-graft agency viewed the allegation with utmost seriousness and had already launched a full-scale investigation into the matter.
The hip-hop artist had alleged that he was detained for five days by EFCC operatives, claiming that he paid ten million naira before regaining his freedom, despite no evidence of wrongdoing.
Oyawale said the officers involved in the musician’s case had been summoned to the commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja for questioning.

The Federal Government, in partnership with the European Union and France, has signed a partnership agreement under the Global Gateway’s Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines, and Health Technologies Initiative.

According to a statement issued by the EU, the partnership aims to advance Nigeria’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity and strengthen local health systems.

Additionally, the project will reinforce the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development as a regional reference centre for critical activities such as bioequivalence, stability studies, and quality control, fostering regional collaboration with Rwanda and Senegal.