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By Bliss Okperan The federal government has announced January 2024 as the commencement date for the student loan initiative. Speaking at the 29th National Economic Summit on Monday, President Bola Tinubu said the loan programme “must commence” in January 2024. Recall that the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Mr Andrew Adejoh, had earlier said the implementation of the scheme would be in September 2023, but this date was missed by the government, which was yet to get all things in place. Business Post reports that President Tinubu signed the Student Loan Bill into law a few months ago.

By Bliss Okperan The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned the rising school fees of tertiary institutions in Nigeria could backfire in the future if nothing is done by the federal government to stop it. Speaking on Channels TV Sunday Night, the union leader said in two years’ time, about 40 to 50 per cent of students in universities across the country could drop out of school because of their inability to pay the high fees. The don urged the federal government to stop the arbitrary increment in school fees by

By Bliss Okperan Students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have taken to the streets in protest against the increment of tuition fees by over 100 per cent. The aggrieved students, who marched around the school premises, took their protest to the main gate of the institution, causing traffic gridlock along the Etta-Agbor and Mary Slessor roads in Calabar Municipality LGA. The protesters took placards with various inscriptions to kick against the decision of the management to increase their fees as well as other charges, asking for an immediate reversal. Some of the inscriptions read, “return to the old fees”,

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel In the midst of rising insecurity in some northern states, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned the 2021 Batch ‘B’, Stream ll corps members posted to Borno State to avoid night journeys and unauthorized trips. The NYSC Coordinator in Borno, Mr Nura Umar, made the call on Tuesday while reacting to the unrest in some parts of Borno State which has caused all corps members posted to the state to be redeployed to Katsina for camp. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the three weeks orientation exercise in Katsina, Mr Umar said, “I would like

By Dipo Olowookere For the second trading day, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) failed to carry out its usual liquidity mop up through the sale of treasury bills through the Open Market Operations (OMO). However, this did not stop the T-bills market from trading somewhat positive yesterday. Business Post observed that average T-bills yields were mixed with yield on the 44DTM bill increasing by 93bps to settle at 12.96 percent, while the yield on the 142DTM bill fell by 98bps to close at 14.75 percent. Traders expect the apex bank to resume issuance of OMO bills today as a

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A leading oilfield equipment, structural steel, marine structures engineering, and fabrication company in West Africa, Dorman Long Engineering, has appointed Mr Chris Ijeli as its new Managing Director. The engineer by profession is expected to lead the organisation to its next frontier in the steel engineering and fabrication industry. With over 38 years of experience in project management and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for oil and gas, manufacturing and heavy industry, he will undertake full responsibility for the leadership and development of Dorman Long’s operations across the continent. In his previous roles, Mr Ijeli successfully envisioned

By Adedapo Adesanya The value of Bitcoin (BTC) appreciated by 11.7 per cent on Thursday, November 5, continuing its bullish run as it traded at a record N7,179,677 million at the cryptocurrency market. The digital token’s latest rally comes as the outcome of Tuesday’s US presidential election remains uncertain. Possible election turmoil, coupled with the prospect of continued government spending and easy monetary policy regardless of who wins the presidency brought back demand for the coin which hit a record high since January 2018. Business Post gathered from Quidax that other cryptocurrencies equally followed the same trend at the market

By Adedapo Adesanya Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has announced the signing of an exclusive and multi-year NFT partnership with football icon, Cristiano Ronaldo. Through this partnership, Binance will launch a global campaign aiming to give Ronaldo’s fans an introduction to Web3 with a compelling entry point into the world of NFTs. The company disclosed that over the course of the agreement, Cristiano Ronaldo and Binance will create a series of collections for sale exclusively on the Binance NFT platform. The first collection of the exclusive NFTs will be released later this year and will

By Dipo Olowookere One of the prominent actors in the Nigerian movie industry, Mr Brymo Uchegbu, otherwise known as Don Brymo, is dead. This demise was confirmed by one of his colleagues, Mr Mayor Ofoegbu, who is also a well-known movie director in Nollywood. According to the information gathered, the actor, who prominently plays the role of an Igwe (king) in movies, passed on in his sleep last night. Mr Ofoegbu, who posted a quote, “Plan for tomorrow but live for today. Tomorrow is not guaranteed,” accompanied this with a condolence message. “I wrote those lines on my WhatsApp status

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Last month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that inflation rate in Nigeria for the month of March 2020 increased to 12.26 percent. One of the reasons for the rise was the continuous spike in the price of food items at the market caused by the border closure. On March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a nationwide broadcast, announced a lockdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State to control the spread of Coronavirus in the country. However, this did not affect the inflation rate for the month as pointed out by the stats office, which

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A brand on the stable of Nigeria Breweries Plc, Goldberg Lager, now has a new look to project its respected status in the beer community as a cultural symbol. The refined and classy look of Goldberg was re-launched on August 9, 2019 at the finale of the brand’s talent hunt show, Ariya Repete, at the Ikeja City Mall, Lagos with the theme The Mark of Respect. Goldberg represents a cultural heritage and excellent craftsmanship and also commonly found in any cultural gathering such as festivals where oral poetry tradition is celebrated. Its panegyric element is synonymous with