A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Ibrahim, who represents Kaura Namoda State Constituency, is in police custody over alleged banditry and kidnapping. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Muhammad Shehu Dalijan, confirmed the arrest of…
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…
The State House, under the dispensation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has spent over N3.7 billion on the purchase and supply of vehicles and tyres, findings by Daily Trust on Saturday have revealed. Investigation and data gathered from govspend, a…
At least three shipping companies, acting as collection agents for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), have allegedly colluded with some management staff of the agency to evade the payment of over $79.9 million in revenue, equivalent to…
Over the years, girl-child education has been described as one of the most important aspect of societal development, with many non-governmental organisations at home and abroad working to encourage it with huge investments. But unfortunately, in some parts of northern…
In her third year, Rose Daniel (pseudonym), a 2014/2015 graduate of Mass Communication, Bayero University Kano, in Kano State, discovered that the record of her political science exam had been omitted from her end-of-semester student transcript. Each level coordinator usually…
Daily Trust Saturday visits border markets and communities across Katsina, Jigawa and Sokoto states and explores the social and economic costs of the recent border closure in areas famous for horse, cattle and grains economy. It is a land of…
