Student Loan

August 24, (THEWILL) – The Student Loan Scheme is a conception of the purest, noblest, and loftiest of intentions and design. It is a bond to secure the nation’s future and a promissory note to a prosperous destiny for...

May 20, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has said only students in federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria will have access to the student loan in its opening phase. Managing Director of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed...

May 17, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government says the student loan application portal will be open on Friday, May 24. Spokesperson of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Nasir Ayitogo, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The statement read:...

April 03, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. THEWILL reports that the Bill was signed into law on Wednesday by the President in...

January 22, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans to Nigerian students interested in skill-development programmes. The President issued this directive at...

November 3, (THEWILL) – Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, on Friday, said the Red Chamber had also reallocated the controversial sum of N5 billion proposed for the purchase of Yacht in the 2023 Supplementary Budget to Student Loan. President Bola...

November 02, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has reallocated the controversial sum of N5 billion proposed for the purchase of Yacht in the 2023 Supplementary Budget. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Bichi (APC, Kano), disclosed...

October 23, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said the implementation of the student loan initiative will commence in January 2024. Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, made this known on Monday while speaking at the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian...

July 31, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has approved the provision of buses to the student bodies of all Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across the country. The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Special Duties,...

June 30, (THEWILL) - The US Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's programme to forgive student loan debt. A nine-member justices of the apex court, in a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, on Friday, held...