JOHESU writes FG, demands upward salary adjustment

Health workers, under the umbrella of the Joint Health Workers Unions, have written to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the Ministry of Finance, demanding an upward adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure. JOHESU is a coalition of four registered trade unions in the health sector….

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Emulate Prophet Muhammad’s lifestyle, Don urges Muslims

Muslim faithful across the country have been admonished to emulate the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet Muhammad if they crave to live a meaningful and successful life. A renowned Islamic scholar and don, Professor Muhammad Sani Umar Rijiyar Lemo made the call at a Ramadan Special Lecture with the theme: “Role Model on Muslim Life”…

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Sokoto gov says BBC loan story misleading

The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has denied taking any foreign loan to executive developmental projects for the state. He made this known while reacting to a BBC Hausa Service report aired earlier today, which listed Sokoto among the northern states that have taken loans to execute developmental projects. The governor, who expressed dismay…

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USAID urges Gombe partners on programmes’ implementation

The United States Agency for International Development State2State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness Activity has called for increased collaboration among implementation partners in its core sectors. Arewa PUNCH reports that the core sectors include health, education and water, sanitation, and hygiene. The Gombe State Team Lead, Muhammad Abubakar, in his welcome remarks during a two-day governance orientation…

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How Gombe highway potholes aid criminal activities – Police

Latest Arewa PUNCH findings have indicated that a good fraction of the total number of suspects paraded by the Gombe State Police Command are allegedly engaged in criminal activities bordering on the highways, especially around the pothole-ridden Trunk A roads in the state. At a recent outing, our correspondent gathered that no fewer than two persons out…

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NGF plans trust fund to tackle out-of-school children crisis

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said it will collaborate with the National Youth Service Corps and may consider establishing a trust fund to reduce the number out-of-school children in the country, estimated at about 20 million. Despite the Universal Basic Education Board Act of 2004 stipulating that basic education is both free and compulsory for…

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Israeli-Hamas war: NCPC shifts Jerusalem pilgrimage resumption

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has shifted the resumption of the 2024 pilgrimage to Jerusalem to May from the earlier March proposed date. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Stephen Adegbite, disclosed this to our correspondent, while also stating that the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, would no longer lead a delegation of Christians…

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Reps, disability agency summon KFC over alleged discrimination

The House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has invited fast-food restaurant operator, Kentucky Fried Chicken, over the alleged ill-treatment of Mr Adebola Daniel, a person living with disability and son of a former Ogun State governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel. The chairman of the committee, Bashiru Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing House of Representatives…

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LASTMA decries attacks on officers by danfo passengers

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said that some passengers harass officers of the agency out of ignorance while defending drivers of commercial buses, commonly known as danfo. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. He also…

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