It was 6:30 am, and while the harmattan breeze was blowing, a group of teenage girls, seated by the roadside around ‘Tashan Shongo,’ along Bauchi Road in the Jekadafari area of Gombe metropolis, were waiting for potential farm owners. The…
Over the years, girl-child education has been described as one of the most important aspect of societal development, with many non-governmental organisations at home and abroad working to encourage it with huge investments. But unfortunately, in some parts of northern…
In her third year, Rose Daniel (pseudonym), a 2014/2015 graduate of Mass Communication, Bayero University Kano, in Kano State, discovered that the record of her political science exam had been omitted from her end-of-semester student transcript. Each level coordinator usually…
Schools where mass abductions took place in some states in the North have remained shut many months after, raising concern of exacerbating the out-of-school challenge facing the region, Daily Trust Saturday investigations reveal. Schools in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina and Kebbi,…
Kwara State School of Special Needs houses the visually impaired, deaf and dumb and some mentally retarded students. However, strained relationship between the blind and deaf, especially, has made it difficult for them to cohabit and led to calls for…
After several appeals by residents of Kurmin Kaduna in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State for a junior secondary school, respite came when the Kaduna State Government granted the approval that has seen many girls, including housewives, make efforts…
From Danbare, a remote area in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, Ibrahim Babangida nurtured the dream to not only pursue education but stand out and eventually become a university professor. Through menial and part-time jobs, he self-sponsored a…
Daily Trust Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the Media Trust Group. It was carved out of the administration department of Daily Trust Group, which has, since 2000, provided humanitarian support to many communities in the North. Over the…
The move to boost education among herders through nomadic schools in Sokoto State has suffered setbacks due to dilapidated structures and poor condition of the schools, Daily Trust reports. Muhammadu Shehu, chairman of the School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) of the…
The Benue State Library is now a ghost of its former self. The usual serene environment and inviting ambience are fading away from the iconic edifice that hitherto attracts all and sundry. In this report, Daily Trust on Sunday captures…
