The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it extends the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session from January 31 to February 27.
In a statement made available in Abuja on Thursday the Fund’s Director, Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi said that the extension was aimed at giving prospective applicants additional time to complete and submit their applications, ensuring that no eligible student was excluded due to timing constraints.
Speaking on the extension, the Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, said the extension reflected the Fund’s commitment to inclusivity and access.
“We understand that some applicants may require additional time to complete their submissions, and this decision ensures that every eligible Nigerian student has a fair opportunity to benefit from the Fund,” he said.
He encouraged all prospective applicants who were yet to apply or complete their applications to take advantage of the extended deadline, while ensuring that all required information was submitted on or before Feb. 27.
He added that further information and updates would continue to be shared through NELFUND’s official communication channels via email at info@nelf.gov.ng.
Other channels are: X(Twitter): @nelfund, Instagram: @nelfund, Facebook & LinkedIn: Nigerian Education Loan Fund – NELFUND and its Website: www.nelf.gov.ng. (NAN)
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
