[s]In some states in Nigeria, mass weddings for underprivileged are regularly funded by the government. Recently in Kano State, local authorities officiated the mass wedding for 1,800 couples which cost the government ₦800 million. Also, in Jigawa state government conducted wedding of 270 selected orphaned girls.

Today on people talk, we ask Nigerians what they think about government-sponsored weddings....read more [/s=]https:///3T6fLrc

POLITICSDon’t expect credible elections in 2027 under APC, Tinubu – Timi Frank tells Nigerians

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has said Nigerians should not expect free, fair, transparent and credible elections in 2027 under the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the APC.

Frank, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the level of alleged electoral fraud, manipulation and rigging witnessed in Kogi and Imo states points to the fact that no credible result can come out from future exercises.

He also alleged that security agencies that were meant to protect voters and arrest riggers also took part in the rigging.
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has said Nigerians should not expect free, fair, transparent and credible elections in 2027 under the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the APC.

Frank, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the level of alleged electoral fraud, manipulation and rigging witnessed in Kogi and Imo states points to the fact that no credible result can come out from future exercises.

He also alleged that security agencies that were meant to protect voters and arrest riggers also took part in the rigging.

Frank stressed that the police and other security agencies are now a security department in the APC.

“The election has nothing to write home about, and to imagine that it was the first set of elections conducted under the watch of President Tinubu. What happened in Imo and Kogi is a clear indication of the kind of elections Nigerians will witness in 2027.

“Our electoral system is presently in dire straits under our highly compromised Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has now graduated from rigging by manipulating the INEC Result View (IReV) portal and the Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) to writing results of polling units before the people cast their ballot,” he said. Read more.......

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached.

Dr Mwolwus Jurbe, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Jos, maintained that the conditions attached to the loan were not for the children of the poor, who were supposed to be the target beneficiaries.

NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu had in June signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the Students Loan Act.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached.

Dr Mwolwus Jurbe, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Jos, maintained that the conditions attached to the loan were not for the children of the poor, who were supposed to be the target beneficiaries.

NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu had in June signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the Students Loan Act.

The law would ensure the provision of interest-free education loans for Nigerians seeking tertiary education.

Some of the conditions are that; students who wished to apply for the interest-free loan must first obtain admission into a public Nigerian university, polytechnic, College of Education (COE), or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) School.

The applicant’s income or family income should not exceed N500,000 per annum, and READ MORE......