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Student loans: Ministry warns parents against paying double tuition

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 22, 2025

A representative from the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, Dr Helen Nsirim, has warned parents not to make double payments of tuition fees for their children in undergraduate programmes. Nsirim, who serves as the Information and Public Relations Officer at the Federal

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NOA supports Imo ban on graduation parties for JSS3, nursery pupils

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 18, 2025

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has commended the Imo State Government for its recent decision to prohibit extravagant graduation parties for pupils in nursery, primary, and junior secondary schools throughout the state. In a statement released on Monday by its Director of Communication and Media, Bala Musa, NOA described the policy as a timely measure […]

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Student loan: Some tertiary institutions are cheating students, says NOA

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 14, 2025

Recent findings from the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have uncovered that certain universities and financial institutions are working together to cheat students out of their entitled Federal Government Student Loan Funds. This was revealed in a new report shared by the Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers (COMO) of NOA. The Director General of NOA, Mallam

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FG approves citizenship studies, directs curriculum development in Nigerian schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 3, 2024

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed that the Federal Ministry of Education, the Nigerian Education Research Development Council (NERDC), and other relevant government institutions work with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to develop a comprehensive Citizenship Studies curriculum. Lanre Issa-Onilu, Director-General of the NOA, stated that the directive