The dwindling fortunes of the 12-year-old Bayelsa State Plastic Industry has become source of worries to residents and other stakeholders in the state, Daily Trust on Sunday reports. Barely 12 years after the establishment of Bayelsa State Plastic Industry, the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, last Monday, said that Nigeria exhibits some features of a failed state. Obi, who was speaking at the just concluded Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association…
Persistent brain drain by doctors is depleting the country’s medical care expertise and taking the country farther away from the recommended number of doctors per population, medical associations and experts have said. Their position faulted the claim by the Minister…
The federal government has lost over N3 billion in revenue since it suspended Abuja-Kaduna train services in March, this year, Findings by Daily Trust have shown. Besides, the businesses of hundreds of people who earn livelihood around the railway corridor have collapsed.…
Despite giving no fewer than 29 directives to security operatives in three years to end activities of terrorists, bandits and other sundry criminals, Nigerians have continued to live with the menace amid loss of lives and property. Some Nigerians and…
As Nigeria braces for the shocks of divestments of oil assets held by International Oil Companies (IOCs), there are mixed concerns that the decision could worsen oil exploration, or in a fit of hope, spur more exploration activities by indigenous…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for transparency in the management of resources meant for the acquisition of hardware for the defence and security agencies. He spoke late Wednesday during a virtual interaction after receiving a presentation on…
There are growing concerns over conflicting medical test results from private and public medical laboratories in the country. Findings reveal that this has left in its wake, deaths and negative implications on the treatment and management of patients, as well…
Within 16 months, the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria lost the capacity to pay N484.993 billion of the N1.084 trillion invoices they received for the electricity they received from the power Generation Companies (GenCos) between January 2021 and April…
With the Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth month, Nigerians are feeling a harder pinch with the scarcity of energy sources, wheat, and fertilizer, over what importers attribute to logistics issues, as well as a worsening foreign exchange (forex) scarcity. The…
