From the administration of Umaru Musa Yar’adua, through Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, and the present government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the federal government has consistently ignored the Kaduna-Maraban-Jos-Pambeguwa-Saminaka-Jos Road, despite multiple contract awards for its repair. Trapped in a…
A network of staff, colluding with students to leak examination question papers, has taken the centre stage within the Department of Mass Communication of the Kaduna Polytechnic (Kadpoly). This report, grounded in interviews with ex-students of the department and some…
The trend of sabotaging the national economy through illegal refining of crude oil, otherwise known as oil bunkering, appears unending in the Niger Delta region as syndicates operating the illegal business devise new means of survival daily, despite the efforts…
Twenty one states of the federation are seeking loans amounting to N1.65 trillion to fund their 2024 budget deficits despite the increase in the allocations they have received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the last one year. …
Barely 10 months after a court overturned $11 billion damages against Nigeria in the controversial Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) deal, the federal government is facing another legal battle involving a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, which…
At least 10 journalists have been arrested in the past one year in what seems like a targeted clampdown on free speech with the use of the controversial Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015, Daily Trust reports. Journalists from the International Centre…
Rapid urbanisation and economic growth have caused an increase in traffic congestion and pollution in parts of Kano State. These issues continue to affect mobility in Nigeria’s most populous state which also has no mass transportation. To address these challenges,…
Niger and Zamfara are among the few states in the North-west and North-Central regions, endowed with huge deposits of minerals and other natural resources, and for years, several communities in the two states have been into local mining as their…
Almost six years after the federal government awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna highway, the project has still yet to be completed and portions of it have become nightmares for travellers. The contract for the Abuja-Kaduna section…
Amidst a distressing trend of substance abuse and dependence among the teeming population of Kano State, Weekend Trust went undercover to expose the thriving business of ‘pocket dealers’ within the prominent Sani Abacha stadium. With a highly addictive stimulant called…
