Daily Trust

1 day ago | dailytrust.com | Maryam Ahmadu-Suka

Following overcrowding occasioned by inadequate infrastructure, the purported plan by the state government to sell the staff quarters and some land of Queen Amina College, Kaduna, is raising dust. The school, Daily Trust gathered, is facing severe overcrowding as it is reported that 180 students occupy a room meant for 20 or 30 students, with three girls often forced to share a single 6-inch spring bed due to lack of adequate accommodation.

1 day ago | dailytrust.com | Bassey Willie

A fresh wave of cult violence in Bayelsa State has claimed the lives of no fewer than four people after gunmen, suspected to be cultists, stormed the Swali Community in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Easter Sunday night. According to a resident who spoke to Daily Trust on the condition of anonymity, the attackers-armed with AK-47 rifles and other weapons-entered the community via a nearby river and opened fire on unsuspecting residents just returning from Easter celebrations.

2 days ago | dailytrust.com | Bassey Willie

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the Solomon Agwanana-led State Working Committee (SWC) of the party in Bayelsa State. The zonal Publicity Secretary, Prince Etim Isong, in a statement said the South South Zonal Working Committee (ZWC), announced the decision after its meeting at the zonal secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday. He stated that the Edo caretaker committee had also been replaced with new members.

2 days ago | dailytrust.com | Maryam Ahmadu-Suka

Two children, a 13-year-old boy identified as Imam and a six-year-old girl  Nasrin, have been reportedly killed in an explosion at Abakpa area of Kaduna State. Three residents also reportedly sustained injuries in the explosion which occurred on Tuesday, adjacent the old site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Our correspondent reports that the cause of the explosion has not been established, but security agencies are at the scene of the incident to investigate the incident.

2 days ago | dailytrust.com | Bassey Willie

No fewer than four persons have been killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded Swali community in the heart of Yenagoa, the state capital. A community source told Daily Trust on Tuesday that the gunmen invaded the community from the nearby river on Easter Sunday and attacked innocent residents who had just celebrated Easter in their various churches.