Multiple conflicts in the six regions of Nigeria have claimed more than 60,000 lives in the last decade, findings from research on the various security challenges afflicting the country. The conflicts ranging from insurgency, criminal banditry, farmer-herder conflicts, and violent…
Road, rail and air transport are being threatened due to the activities of non-state actors that have continued to hold Kaduna State, the administrative and political capital of northern Nigeria hostage. Kaduna has been under siege for the last 10…
No fewer than 88 fathers and mothers have been murdered by their children in Nigeria within a period of six years, data compiled by Daily Trust has shown. The data revealed that the killers – sons and daughters – mostly…
Eight months after the abduction of 80 students from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, more than 10 of them are still being held by their captives, despite payment of ransom and prisoner swap, at different times. Daily…
Thousands of people displaced by banditry in the North West and parts of North Central over the years have lost their bearings, and therefore, increasingly having difficulty living a normal life, Daily Trust Saturday reports. Despite years of uncertainty, killings,…
Just days after recovering from the botched plan of a protest on anticipated subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol, Nigerians slipped into another petrol scarcity which began early this month. The queues have gotten worse since…
Despite the huge availability of vitamin-enriched and energy-boosting food supplements known as ready-to-use therapeutic food specially designed to address acute malnutrition, many children suffering from the case don’t have access to it. This is against the backdrop of brazen illegal…
Lokoja resident, Hassan, 41, was hospitalized after taking few tablets from a pack of food supplements he had ordered via the internet. He purchased it following adverts he had seen on the social media that the food supplement helped in…
Six years into the full-scale implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) aimed at ensuring greater accountability of government resources and blocking leakages, the revenue accruing to the government still bleeds Daily Trust findings show. President Muhammadu Buhari had on August 7,…
A good academic thesis otherwise referred to as a project, is required for the award of a degree in Nigerian universities. While many final-year students make efforts to present their thesis to various supervisors for approval, others pay mercenaries to…
