To ameliorate the effect of poverty on the educational progress of Kano school children, the Kano State Government introduced a sponsorship scheme to pay for the senior secondary school certificate examination of students that secure at least five credits in…
For the umpteenth time, hundreds of passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train service were stranded in the bush recently after the train developed a fault minutes after leaving Rigasa Station in Kaduna State. Daily Trust examines the recurring breakdown of the…
The escalating incidence of petrol smuggling across Nigeria’s borders is put at a whopping 42 million liters per day, raising Nigeria’s estimated daily consumption of 60 million liters to 102 million. This has forced the country to spend between N140…
Tough times have caught up with most Nigerians as they lament the rising cost of foodstuff and other commodities due to inflation. From insecurity to job losses and salary cuts, many say their purchasing power is on the decline while…
The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) is a federal government-initiated school feeding programme that aims to improve the health and educational outcome of pupils in public primary schools in Nigeria. The programme, which successfully took off in many…
Discordant tunes have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on the revival of grazing routes with state governments across the country taking different positions on the president’s pronouncement. The president, in an interview with Arise Television last week, said…
In March this year, the Federal Government said it was set to commission the 10 Megawatts to wind farm sited at Lambar Rimi area of Katsina State. The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman, who announced the development via a…
Many patients are losing their lives in hospitals because they cannot afford medical oxygen, investigation by Daily Trust Saturday revealed. Patients with certain complications like acute pneumonia, COVID—19, heart disease among others sometimes require the support of medical oxygen to…
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, said the series of attacks on the commission’s facilities may undermine its capacity to organize elections and negatively impact the country’s electoral processes. Yakubu made the…
Patients and caregivers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have described the recent electricity blackout in the hospital as very pathetic as the problem lingers. Despite generating millions of Naira in revenue, the situation in the hospital, according to some…
