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…
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…
Transporters and other trade unions in Plateau State, under the auspices of Plateau State Joint Transport, Traders and Marketers Association, on Tuesday, announced that there would be sit-at-home across the state from today (Wednesday). The spokesman for the group, Abubakar Garba, who disclosed this at a press conference in Jos on Tuesday, said their action…
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…
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…
The military Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in the Niger Delta, said it had rescued nine persons, including a naval rating and a corps member, kidnapped by gunmen on March 29 along the Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West Road. The JTF Commander, Rear Admiral John Okeke, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the…
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…
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…
The military Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in the Niger Delta, said it had rescued nine persons, including a naval rating and a corps member, kidnapped by gunmen on March 29 along the Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West Road. The JTF Commander, Rear Admiral John Okeke, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the…
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…
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…
The Lagos State Government said it arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 219 persons for crossing expressways in different parts of the state in March. The spokesperson for Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Lukman Ajayi, revealed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Ajayi said the offenders were arrested at…