From 2020 till date, no fewer than 309 people have died in different tanker fires across the country, while 310 others were injured, checks by Daily Trust Saturday have shown. The figures were gathered from various incidents involving tanker trucks…
The skyrocketing cost of medicines over the last few months is taking a toll on Nigerians. Findings revealed that many people suffering from minor and common ailments and those who require life-long management of their ailments, such as diabetes, asthma,…
Amidst the prevalent poverty rate in Nigeria, 36 states, including the FCT and 774 local governments received a total of N8.8 trillion as allocation from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) from 2020 to 2021, a report by the Nigeria…
From fever to a lifetime deformity, Zulfa’a Abdullahi’s 13-year-old daughter, Aisha, is one of numerous victims of medical quackery in Nigeria. In the last 9 years, Aisha has lived with a leg deformity that has left her limping after an…
Power plants across northern parts of the country are largely dormant despite huge investments running into trillions of naira, Daily Trust on Sunday investigations have shown. From Abdullateef Aliyu (Lagos), Hamisu Kabiru Matazu, Olatunji Omirin (Maiduguri), Tijjani Ibrahim (Katsina),…
The president of the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, Prof. John Palfrey, has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of ‘Byefeche Nugba’ of Garki Kingdom, which translates to ‘Hero of Justice for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Original Inhabitants’.…
Findings by Daily Trust Saturday in Taraba, Benue and Kaduna states have revealed that some security agents deployed to conflict-ridden communities to maintain law and order between farmers and herders engage in unprofessional conducts. Residents of the affected areas alleged…
Thousands of Nigerians are being scammed into paying N300 to individual accounts with the hope of getting enlisted for the federal government’s palliatives for 15 million households. Daily Trust investigation was privy to over 9,000 names captured in excel sheets…
In this investigation, a Daily Trust Saturday reporter went undercover to unmask the law enforcement agents and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)-designated driving schools within Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that are working together to compromise the country’s driving…
The recent indefinite suspension of the N-Power programme by the federal government has dealt a severe blow to millions of young Nigerians who were relying on the initiative to combat unemployment. Established by former President Muhammadu Buhari, the N-Power programme…
