Nigerian Education Loan Fund Warns against Fake Loan Portal

Ifeyinwa Susan Francis.

Nigerian Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND) has warned students against a fake portal with scam messages currently circulating online.

This was made known by PUNCH on the 30th of June, 2025.

Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, released this statement in Abuja on Monday, 30th of July, 2025.

Oluwatuyi noted that the information contained in the online messages was misleading.

“The attention of NELFUND has been drawn to a fraudulent message currently circulating online, falsely claiming that President Bola Tinubu has directed the reopening of the NELFUND Student Loan portal.

“The portal is with a link to a fake website: https://nelfund-student-loan-2025.po-rt-al.com/NELFUND/

“We wish to categorically state that this website is FAKE, and the information in the message is false and misleading.