Police formations across the country are groaning under poor financing – a development that further cripples the police at a time of heightened internal security challenges. For the first quarter of this year, police commands and formations have not gotten…
The COVID-19 lockdown saw many domestic flights suffering with dozens of aircraft trapped at maintenance facilities abroad. The ease of the lockdown has coincided with exchange rates climbing and airlines struggling. Our correspondent analyses what is happening in the sector.…
The series of abductions of students in some states in Northern Nigeria is threatening the future of millions of children in the region, stakeholders told the Daily Trust on Monday. Boko Haram fighters, bandits, and other miscreants have found schools in some…
Elderly people in villages across the country have called on the federal government to give them special consideration in accessing the COVID-19 vaccine because of their vulnerability. Some of them said besides being very old, they had underlying illnesses like…
Justice for the victims of the December 2015 bloody clash in Zaria, Kaduna State, during which soldiers dislodged a Shi’ite worship centre and residence of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has remained elusive…
International environmental activists have fingered Nigeria as one of the sources of trafficking pangolin. They claim that the animal is going into extinction because the Chinese smuggle them into China. In this report, Daily Trust reporter investigates the chain of…
The #EndSARS protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may have ended, but the destruction and loss of lives it left behind are still fresh in the minds of victims. Three months after the crisis, the government is yet to…
Clashes between officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and smugglers at border communities have continued to claim lives and property, including vehicles and offices, Daily Trust reports. Customs officials stationed at border communities across the country have…
… 53,042 sacked in 8 years One of the problems that appear to have defied solutions in the Nigerian education system is the shortage of qualified teachers. While the basic schools are struggling to meet up the needs of their…
In the midst of the second wave of COVID-19, universities and other tertiary institutions resumed after months of closure. Authorities have tried to meet up with health protocols to ensure safety, but staff and students find it difficult to comply…
