NELFUND Closes 2024/2025 Loan Portal, Sets Timeline For Next Application
By Agency Report The Nigerian Education Loan Fund said the application portal for the 2024/2025 academic session will officially close on Tuesday. The Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Sawyerr…
Why South-East Students Are Not Applying for NEFUND Loan, North-West Leads With 157,831 Applicants
…South East Leaders Decry Low Student Loan Uptake In Region …Our People Are Marginalised – Ohanaeze By Agency Report The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has disbursed a total of N99.5 billion to students and institutions in just 16 months…
NELFUND: Over 449 000 Students Receive ₦86.3bn Loan
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the disbursement of a total of ₦86.3 billion loan to 449,039 students since the scheme was launched on its portal on May 24, 2024. This is according to the latest daily status…
NELFUND Receives 745,000 Student Loan Applications, 2,700 in 24 hours
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund said it received over 745,000 applications for its interest-free student loan scheme, with 2,700 of the requests submitted in the last 24 hours. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this at the…
Enugu Launches NELFUND Rollout Zero-interest Student Loan, ₦1 Billion Skills Acquisition Programme
Enugu State has taken a bold and historic step toward inclusive education and workforce development by officially launching the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) rollout for zero-interest student loans for tertiary education and being selected as the pilot state for…
NELFUND SCANDAL: ICPC Begins Investigation into Diversion of N71.2 Billion Student loan
…University Authorities Fingered The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, revealed that only N28.8 billion was disbursed to students in various tertiary institutions instead of N100 billion released to the schools. The anti-graft agency specifically…
NELFUND Disburses N32.8 Billion Loan to 192,906 Students
By Agency Report The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said its total disbursement for student loans covering school fees and upkeep stands at N32.8 billion as of 3 February 2025. The Fund disclosed this on Monday in a statement signed…
ESUT Directs Students to Apply for NELFund Loan
By Ani Ruth The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has directed students of the institution to apply for the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) loan The university gave the directive via a memo on March 13, 2026…
NELFUND Opens Portal for 2024/2025 Applications for Student loan Feb 22 …N22bn Disbursed to 215, 514 Students
By Agency Report The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said it has disbursed over N22 billion under the student loan to 215,514 students. The agency also said it has disbursed N12, 818, 960, 000 upkeep support to 169,114 students.It said…
ESUT VC Urges Students To Apply For NELfund, Deploys Experts For Guidance
By Ijeoma Ikwueze The Vice-Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Prof Aloysius-Michaels Okolie has urged students of the university to make judicious use of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELfund) provided by the Federal Government. The VC…
