On the 1st of November 2013, the Federal Government of Nigeria formally handed over acquisition certificates to private sector operators, marking the privatization of core assets in the power sector. That will be eight years on Monday 1st November…
While Nigeria battles insurgency, banditry, and other forms of criminal activities, little attention is paid to securing the country’s borders, especially the one with the Niger Republic – believed to be the major route of arms smuggling into the country.…
A Director of Media Trust Limited and former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust newspapers, Malam Mannir Dan-Ali, has stressed the need for continuous training of journalists in Nigeria. He spoke on Wednesday at the opening of a three-day multimedia/investigative reporting training organized by the Media…
Bandits operating in the eastern part of Sokoto State have imposed levies on the locals to pay before next Friday or risk attack, Daily Trust can report. A resident of the area revealed that locals are also barred from their farms by…
The federal government is yet to commence the implementation of the report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies, over 18 months after the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, announced a presidential…
Primary education is regarded as the most important phase in a child’s academic pursuit because that is where the foundation is laid. On October 5, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Teachers’ Day. In Nigeria, however,…
The federal government is set to award a service boat monitoring agent contract for another 25 years to the Integrated Logistics Services Limited (INTELS) despite being disqualified in the bid process, investigations by Daily Trust revealed. The contract between the Nigerian Ports…
Insecurity challenges in Borno State (North East) and Benue State (North Central) have created a huge humanitarian crisis with millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in both states. The crises have especially taken a toll on women and children, many…
The homegrown school feeding programme of the Federal Government, which started in 2016 in some states, is aimed at addressing poverty, improving the health and education of children and enhancing the social, mental and physical wellbeing of the kids, who…
Accessing basic healthcare comes with a great cost for residents of Hungu, a village in Kano State, as they make do with a dilapidated primary health care centre with inadequate facilities. Hungu is a farming community with thousands of inhabitants.…
