Tag: Student Loan

By Seyi Babalola The Nigerian government expects 250,000 to 300,000 students at higher institutions to benefit from its Student Loan Scheme by 2024. Akintunde Sawyerr, Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), confirmed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. Sawyerr stated that the N60 billion money loan program can support two million Nigerian students at various higher education institutions across the country. He explained that the facility is open to only those already in higher institutions. ...

The Nigerian government has said convicted certificate forgers, drug offenders, and cultists, amongst others, are not eligible for the federal ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into ...

By Seyi Babalola The Senate has enacted the Student Loan, Access to Higher Education Act of 2024. The Senate's resolution ...

President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, to expand its focus area by ...

President Bola Tinubu said on Monday that the age of industrial action in the nation's academic environment has ended. The ...

The House of Representatives has warned public tertiary institutions in the country not to take advantage of the Students Loans ...

The United States (U.S) Supreme Court has struck down President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loans forgiveness plan in another ...

The recently signed legislation to facilitate lending for higher education pursuits can succeed if properly executed, writes Monday Philips Ekpe ...

    This article which was first published in my column on 11th  October last year and subsequently on several ...