181 Lagos students, staff positive for COVID-19 days after schools reopen
A total 181 out of 441 students and staff members of an undisclosed private boarding school located in a suburb of Lekki have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Our horrifying experiences with SARS – Victims of police brutality
Operatives of the just disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been severally accused of brutalising, torturing, maiming and killing innocent Nigerians across the country. As the #EndSARS protests continue across the country, some Nigerians who were victims of brutality and…
#EndSARS: Too much anger, hunger in the land – Govs
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Sunday that he and his colleagues are worried about the discontent, hunger, and anger in the country.
USIP, Daily Trust Foundation train journalists on peacebuilding
From Lami Sadiq & Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, Kaduna The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in collaboration with the Daily Trust Foundation has organised a one-day Policy Roundtable on Media and Peacebuiding in Nigeria with a view to strengthen the capacity…
DisCos reject N1.5bn worth electricity
The 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) could not deliver 33,958.16 megawatts hour (MWh) of energy made available for evacuation by the Generation Companies (GenCos) within one month; from September 1, 2020, when the DisCos hiked electricity tariff by over 80…
Thomson Reuters Foundation seeking Applications for Reporting on Illicit Finance in Africa
The Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means. Wealth of Nations is…
FG urges vigilance, says another lockdown possible
As some states recalled students of primary and secondary schools back to classes, the federal government on Monday called for more vigilance to avert a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
264 Nigerians commit suicide in four years
As Nigeria joins other countries in marking this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, no fewer than 264 suicide cases were recorded in the country within the last 4 years, Daily Trust investigation has shown. See more :
COVID-19 Worsening Education Inequality In Nigeria
The online learning system introduced in parts of the country following the shutdown of schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is widening the gulf in education between children of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have not’, Daily Trust on Sunday investigation…
COVID-19: Millions Of Children At Risk Of Measles, Polio, Due To Vaccination Disruptions
Millions of children in Nigeria are at the risk of measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases due to disruptions of routine immunisation and other vaccination programmes as a result of the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Daily Trust reports…