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BY SNOW TV NEWS DESKThe Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has cautioned students against applying for education loans they do not genuinely need. The Fund emphasized that the scheme is voluntary and designed only to help those who cannot afford the cost of their studies.In a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday and signed by Director of Strategic Communications Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, NELFUND clarified that students who can pay their school fees and other educational expenses independently are not required to apply.The Fund noted that the student loan program was introduced to prevent financial hardship from blocking eligible Nigerians from accessing higher education. Making the loans compulsory for every student, regardless of financial status, would undermine this pur...

BY SNOW TV NEWS DESKThree men were electrocuted in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday, October 19, 2026, 6 hours after an iron pole they were erecting for a water tank fell onto a 11 kV overhead electricity line. The incident happened at Portt Harcourt Road, Fegge, where the victims had been engaged by a contractor to work on a borehole project for the owner of a two-story building.The deceased were identified as Chukwudi Ukwa, Frank Okafor, and Somadina Nwabuike. According to witnesses, they were holding the iron pole when it came into contact with the power line, causing instant fatal electrocution. Police officers from the Fegge Division evacuated the bodies to the General Hospital, Onitsha, and the property owner, identified as Mr. Steven, is assisting police with the investigat...

BY SNOW TV NEWS DESKGovernment Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has deployed 52 vehicles to Ondo and Gombe states to support grassroots mobilization for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.The vehicles, 26 each for the two states, were presented on Tuesday during the inauguration of local government coordinators of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Akure and Gombe.Tompolo, the movement’s Grand Patron, was represented at the events by the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Limited, Kestin Pondi, who urged the coordinators to intensify their campaigns across communities, wards, local government areas, and religious institutions.Speaking in Akure, Pondi charged the coordinators to ensure that the state’s registered voters translate into a...

BY SNOW TV NEWS DESKThe eldest child of the National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Taiwo Fasoranti, has said his father died peacefully on his bed at the age of 100.Taiwo disclosed this in an interview with journalists following the death of his father on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.He said the family was grateful for the life and legacy of the late Afenifere leader and did not consider the demise as mourning but as a time to celebrate his longevity and contributions to society.He said, “Baba passed on this evening around 4 p.m. peacefully in his room, in his bed. At about 4 p.m., on the 20th of October 2026, Baba was 100 years old.“He turned 100 in May. We were all looking fo...