The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has debunked viral claims that it has increased the monthly upkeep allowance for students from ₦20,000 to ₦25,000. In a statement signed by its Director of Strategic Communication, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFUND dismissed the claim as false, reiterating that the monthly stipend remains ₦20,000 and urged students to rely …
An estimated ₦22 billion investment in girls’ education could prevent over 327,000 child marriages, avert more than 35,000 adolescent pregnancies, and save thousands of young lives in Northern Nigeria, experts revealed during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. Education specialists, government officials, and development advocates warned that failing to protect adolescent girls from dropping out …
