{
  "id": 19187006,
  "title": "Presidential aide urges Kwara students to access NELFUND loans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/presidential-aide-urges-kwara-students-to-access-nelfund-loans",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T18:06:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/presidential-aide-urges-kwara-students-to-access-nelfund-loans/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sunday Asefon, a presidential aide, has encouraged students in Kwara State to utilize the Nigerian Education Loan Fund alongside other government schemes.\n\nSeparately, presidential aide Dr. Samuel Ayeh has dismissed criticisms from the New Patriotic Party and the Minority in Parliament regarding the alleged irregular issuance of 10 Service Passports. According to MyJoyOnline Ghana, Dr. Ayeh stated that the Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, acted within his legal discretion under Section 7 of the Travel and Passport Certificate Law to issue such documents to those he deemed deserving. This follows a disclosure from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that preliminary investigations identified suspected irregularities involving illegal payments to a syndicate since 2023.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Passport controversy: NPP’s calls to blame Foreign Affairs Minister lack merit – Presidential aide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/passport-controversy-npps-calls-to-blame-foreign-affairs-minister",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:50:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}