The President of the Senate, Mr Godswill Obot Akpabio, is among the four recipients of honorary doctorate degrees conferred on them by the Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The three other recipients are Nigerian First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, ...

The Chairman of Nangere Local Government Area of Yobe State, Samaila Musa, has said there are plans to resolve the issues of farmers and herders’ clashes in the area. Musa said in a bid to tackle the lingering problem, the council had constituted a committee that would rescue the grazing ...

Residents blame speed, bad road   Forty-eight people have lost their lives as a result of a petrol tanker explosion that occurred along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- Road in Niger State. Alhaji Abdullah- Baba-Arah, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a ...

Burn houses, shops ‘State govt plans mass burial’ Insecurity disrupting agricultural activities – Northern govs   Boko Haram terrorists were said to have killed many villagers, mainly farmers, and set houses and shops ablaze at Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State ...

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah says his government has a target of over N100 billion from livestock production and processing to boost the economy, raise the capacity of farmers in animal husbandry and strengthen value chain in the agricultural sector. He said this on Monday while hosting a ...

Lagos, Nigeria’s largest metropolis is currently ravaged by a cholera outbreak, which has killed 24 persons and left hundreds hospitalised. Being a densely populated city, Lagos in many cases has recorded the highest number of cases and fatalities in the event of any epidemic or pandemic. Out ...

It’s misplacement of priority – Activists, CSOs   From Abdullateef Aliyu (Lagos), Abbas Jimoh (Abuja), Hope Abah (Makurdi), Haruna G. Yaya (Gombe), Tijani Labaran (Lokoja), Nabob Ogbonna (Abakiliki), Ismail Adebayo (Birnin Kebbi), Hameed Oyegbade (Oshogbo) & Abubakar Akote (Minna)   ...

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has urged the Muslim Ummah to actively pursue knowledge to strengthen their faith. In his Eid message on Wednesday, Abubakar emphasised the importance of continuing to ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in N720 million from the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms to aspirants seeking its ticket for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The APC closed its sale of forms on Wednesday in Abuja, ahead of its primary ...

A middle-aged man, Peter Adebayo, has allegedly killed his friend, simply identified as Lekan, in Ondo State.The suspect was said to be under the influence of drugs when he allegedly carried out the act. Daily Trust learnt on Monday that the incident happened at the Ireakari-Oloko junction area ...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State, in this interview on Trust TV’s 30 Minutes programme, speaks on the reasons the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not been seen to be playing aggressive opposition, the crisis in the party, his policy focus for the state, among other issues. ...

Twenty years after the enactment of the Pension Reform Act 2004, 26 states of the federation have failed to fully implement the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), a report from the National Pension Commission has shown.Investigation by Daily Trust showed that while some states are partially ...