Concerns are mounting among motorists across the country over rising cases of extortion and harassment by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at various checkpoints on highways in the pretext of examining the vehicle duty payment papers of…
After successfully recording and creating a 2 minutes video on under-reporting gender-based violence, Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State and State Correspondent of the Daily Independent newspaper, Mrs. Idongesit Ashameri, applauded the Daily Trust Foundation…
When security men stormed her home in Malumfashi, Indo Abdullahi (not real name), was terrified. The aged widow was puzzled as to what could have been the reason for this welcomed visit by a detachment of armed personnel. With no…
Potholes and lane diversions are responsible for increased accidents as bandits take advantage of the slow pace of construction work on the Abuja-Kaduna highway to attack commuters, Daily Trust reports. Passengers and drivers who spoke to our correspondents lamented that most of…
Farmers in some states in the North have recorded low harvest on some grains due to early cessation of rainfall, a situation that has pushed up the prices of the grains compared to the same time last year. Farmers who…
On the 1st of November 2013, the Federal Government of Nigeria formally handed over acquisition certificates to private sector operators, marking the privatization of core assets in the power sector. That will be eight years on Monday 1st November…
While Nigeria battles insurgency, banditry, and other forms of criminal activities, little attention is paid to securing the country’s borders, especially the one with the Niger Republic – believed to be the major route of arms smuggling into the country.…
A Director of Media Trust Limited and former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust newspapers, Malam Mannir Dan-Ali, has stressed the need for continuous training of journalists in Nigeria. He spoke on Wednesday at the opening of a three-day multimedia/investigative reporting training organized by the Media…
Bandits operating in the eastern part of Sokoto State have imposed levies on the locals to pay before next Friday or risk attack, Daily Trust can report. A resident of the area revealed that locals are also barred from their farms by…
The federal government is yet to commence the implementation of the report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies, over 18 months after the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, announced a presidential…
