Market to lose N1.1trn in 9 months Prior to the planned increase in electricity tariff scheduled for July 1, 2020 by distribution companies, there was palpable tension across the country. However, the plan was suspended following disagreements that greeted the…
Nigeria’s salt import is soaring amid huge deposits in Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Abia, Taraba, and Nasarawa states. Despite the abundance of sources of salt in the country, Nigeria spends huge amounts of foreign exchange (forex) on the importation of…
Daily Trust Foundation has conducted a three-day workshop on Copy Editing for journalists who are line editors and sub-editors with Daily Trust newspaper and other media platforms in Abuja. The three-day workshop began on Monday, June 22, 2020 and ended…
From recording hundreds of COVID-19-related deaths within five weeks, Kano State, with its about 20 million population, posted a total of eleven new cases from June 21-27, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The progressive drop in…
Over 40 different operations and exercises have been launched in the last five years by the Nigerian Armed Forces to contain various security challenges across the country, according to a tally by Daily Trust. While some experts said there was…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), through its regional office for West and Central Africa, has launched a call for contributions to its “Reporting Migration” initiative. The Reporting Migration initiative promotes journalism on migration in West and Central Africa…
Facilities left to rot The excitement that heralded the establishment of the Abuja University of Technology Abaji (AUTA) is beginning to wane as structures on the main campus in Abaji, a largely rural area council of the FCT, have been…
Employers in different sectors of the economy have disengaged workers to mitigate the negative effect of coronavirus pandemic on their ventures. Daily Trust’s findings show that most sectors of the economy are affected apart from those driven by technology. However,…
An alleged leakage of official documents concerning the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) at the Presidency is generating controversy after some members of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) said top government officials were plotting the…
As stakeholders in the nation’s economic landscape continue to recount the bitter experiences of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their operations, the gradual but steady policy measures by the federal government to re-open the economy has been eliciting…
