The lingering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, has persisted in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other hinterland states despite the receded floodwater in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, which was initially blamed for the scarcity.…
By November 7, it will be three years since the contractor handling the 40megawatts Dadin-Kowa hydropower plant project in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State announced it was ready for commissioning. Three years after, Daily Trust Saturday visited the…
“I am in a fix. My visa has expired and I can’t renew it. My job is gone. Life is hell in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Nigerians now,” said a Nigerian who has been living and working in…
Madam Affiong Robert looks over 70 but she is actually under 60 years of age. The grandmother of three from Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has lived in Okoyong, a historical community of Cross River State since…
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…
Access to primary healthcare is a problem not unique to Kano State, but the dearth of health workers, especially medical doctors, in the state and the deplorable situations of many of the hospital, especially those outside the metropolitan areas, have…
Despite gulping nearly N400 million, a Dukku regional water supply project failed to dispense a droplet of water, six years after the contract was awarded and supposedly completed. In 2016, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources budgeted over N500m for…
Fifteen years after the federal government introduced the electronic system of tracking and monitoring cargoes and other vessels along the Nigerian seas, the scheme is yet to fully take off, on account of high-level horse-trading, corruption scandals and rivalry between…
Ahmad’s wife is an expectant mother, and as is the usual practice, the private hospital where she attends ante-natal care asked him to donate blood for her. He got a pint of blood from the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC)…
In this investigation, Daily Trust on Sunday unravels sharp practices in multi-million naira constituency road projects in two Sokoto rural communities, allegedly abandoned since 2019. Olu Maifachi sits on a mat, meters away from his vulcanizing shop, and stares at…
