In May 2014, the Terminus area of Jos, in Plateau State was hit by twin bomb explosions; one of many the state experienced but by far the deadliest. A decade after the incident, Weekend Trust revisits the past to dig…
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…
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…
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…
Schools where mass abductions took place in some states in the North have remained shut many months after, raising concern of exacerbating the out-of-school challenge facing the region, Daily Trust Saturday investigations reveal. Schools in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina and Kebbi,…
One month after the tragic error drone bombing that claimed over 100 lives from three communities in Tudun Biri village of Igabi LGA of Kaduna State, residents say they are still waiting to be compensated for their losses, and the…
There are four grazing reserves set up across four strategic axes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to stop herders from roaming the streets of the country’s capital city. They are the Paikon-Kore grazing reserve located at Gwagwalada Area Council…
At least 965 soldiers and policemen have died in the line of duty as a result of the escalation of violence in many parts of Nigeria, perpetrated by Boko Haram, bandits, activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and…
By Theophilus Abbah On October 12, 2018, Romoke Ahmad, a reporter with Daily Trust, received a shock at a press conference in Ilorin, in relatively peaceful Kwara State. Not under the shadow of bandits, not under the radar of terrorists,…
One year after residents of Igama community in Okpokwu LGA of Benue State fled homes following a deadly attack by suspected gunmen, they are yet to return; Daily Trust Saturday reports. Fleeing residents of Idoma-speaking Igama community in Edumoga Ehaje district of…
