
₦355.87bn and counting: how NELFUND is keeping students in class
Since its portal opened in May 2024, the student loan fund has paid fees to 319 institutions and upkeep directly to students, and its first graduates have started paying back.
Roads, clinics, classrooms and the services that reach ordinary households.

Since its portal opened in May 2024, the student loan fund has paid fees to 319 institutions and upkeep directly to students, and its first graduates have started paying back.

With a Nigerian chairing the General Assembly’s budget committee, President Tinubu received the United Nations’ seven-volume spending proposal, a diplomatic first for the country.

Section One of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway is built. Works Minister David Umahi says Section Two is on course for mid-November, and that surveying is underway further east.

In his Independence Day broadcast, President Tinubu said the economy has grown by over four per cent this year, and pledged to put the gains to work where families feel them first.