Though 70 percent of cancer patients need radiotherapy treatment, only three centers are functional in the country… Nigerians suffering from cancer have lamented the high cost of treatment and dearth of treatment facilities and specialists. The patients and medical experts,…
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University invites applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award, to be awarded in Spring 2021. In filling out the application below, please be succinct but specific and answer every question.…
Mr. Bill Gates has through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed at least $1.75 billion to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview with selected journalists from across Africa, the billionaire, who stepped down as chairman…
The Ikeja Computer Village, Lagos, located in Otigba, is said to be the largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) gadgets market in Africa. Computers, phones, accessories, cameras, and other electronic gadgets are sold and repaired in the market; hence millions…
11,000 new infections in one week New variants not cause of rising cases- Experts COVID-19 cases and deaths have continued to increase across the country since the beginning of the year, Daily Trust investigations have shown. Data obtained from the Nigeria Centre…
Dan Shayi is a community in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State, some 40 kilometers away from the state capital. From the bad access roads to a lone health facility built some two years ago with only one…
The Federal Government has allocated N5.84 billion in the 2021 budget to key agencies saddled with pharmaceutical research and vaccine development, in spite of the global rush for home-grown vaccines, Daily Trust findings show. The agencies are the Nigerian Institute of…
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, raised the alarm that Nigeria had reached a critical level where hospital capacity could no longer cope with more serious COVID-19 cases. According to him, health workers may…
Uba Bala Ringim, a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), was a Commissioner of Police when the dreaded Boko Haram was in its infancy in Borno State. In this interview, he spoke on the steps he took towards curtailing the…
‘We pay about N250,000 to police to drive against traffic’ We’ll report culprits to IGP – Sanwo-Olu Over 500,000 containers trapped Despite many actions taken by the Federal Government, including the disbandment of the Presidential Task Team for the Decongestion…
