Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has advised politicians at all levels to forget nursing ambition to contest the 2023 election, rather finding permanent solutions of fighting insecurity pervading the country. Umahi, however, faulted the announcement of 2023 election time table by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at the time the […]
Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Governor David Umahi on Sunday imposed a curfew on Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State following killings and wanton destruction of properties in the community. He announced this through the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Orji Uchenna Orji, in a statement issued in Abakaliki. It reads: “The Governor […]
The Immediate Past Governor of Ebonyi, Chief Martin Elechi, has publicly congratulated his successor, Gov. David Umahi, for defecting to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The duo severed relationship in 2014 when Umahi, who was Elechi’s deputy, did not receive his principal’s support to succeed him as the governor. Umahi later emerged as Elechi’s successor […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Ebonyi State has appealed to security agents to avert crisis in the state by flushing out remnants of governor David Umahi’s loyalists from the Ebonyi State PDP, Secretariat, Abakaliki. The party also alerted security operatives not to ignore threat by the pro- Umahi politicians who are […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has been asked to react to the allegation that he owns a hotel, located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which is estimated to worth N40 billion A group of Ebonyi indigenes under the aegis of the Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) said it […]
A governance and accountability group, Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has expressed shock, displeasure and downright condemnation over a viral video of bags of rice alleged to have been mistakenly sent to Human Rights Radio, Abuja by the Ebonyi state government as Christmas largesse. In the said viral video which recently flooded […]
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim on Monday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged plot to kill him for not defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He alleged that Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi was behind […]
The Governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi on Friday vowed to fight openly the former governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu, the former secretary to the government of the federation, SGF, Senator Pius Anyim and other national assembly members if they continue to disturb the existing peace in the state. Umahi made this known […]
David Umahi governor of Ebonyi state dared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to put him to shame by zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to the South East. Daily Times reports. People felt that his defection from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress because he had his eyes on the 2023 presidential ticket. […]
By Moses Oyediran The Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Dr Ben Nwoye yesterday declared that more State governors and legislators from the South East Geo-political Zone will soon join the All Progressive Congress (APC), Daily Times gathered. Nwoye, who spoke yesterday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu enroute Ebonyi State, commended […]
Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has said Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Peter Obi as his running mate in the 2019 election got his Ebonyi counterpart, Dave Umahi upset with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike said with Umahi’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he should be mindful of the political future of the […]
By Tunde Opalana The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has welcomed Engr. Dave Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying it is a reinforcement of the Progressive fold in the country, Daily Times gathered. Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on behalf of Progressive Governors said Umahi’s defection is a testimony […]
By Charles Onyekwere Speculations about the purported defection of the Ebonyi State governor and Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum (SEGF), Engr. David Umahi, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to generate huge concerns and panic in the fold of his political group, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mainstream and social media circles […]
David Umahi of Ebonyi state and the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, on Tuesday there is need for Ndigbo in diaspora to return home and invest towards economic development of the region. READ ALSO: Ebonyi signs agreement with Silverbird, Lagos Computer Village The two Igbo leaders, spoke in Abakaliki on Tuesday, on the occasion […]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has directed the lifting of restrictions placed on public places such as event centres, bars, places of worship, educational institutions, public parks, night clubs, cinemas, viewing centres and other such public places. READ ALSO: Lagos releases academic session calendar The state’s Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Uchenna Orji, announced […]
The Ebonyi State Government has ordered members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria in the state, to immediately suspended their industrial action or be sacked. JUSUN members in the state embarked on the indefinite strike on August 13 over non-implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure by the state government. READ ALSO: Gov. David […]
Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi has ordered the immediate closure of all the courts in the state. The governor gave the directive on Friday in a broadcast to residents. He also ordered all judiciary staff in the state to immediately proceed for COVID-19 testing. He further announced that the state had recorded its first COVID-19 […]
Ebonyi state governor, Engr. David Umahi has been counselled to immediately release of a former Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief Abia Onyike from detention. A group, Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Disapora (AESID) lamented the arrests of Onyike among some indigenes of the state under the guise of Covid-19, even as it […]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has directed journalists and security personnel covering his activities and the state government’s meetings to go for COVID-19 tests. Umahi gave the directive on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki, saying that it was just “for us to free ourselves”. The governor, while thanking journalists for their support in […]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has openly acknowledged the existence of moles in his government but insisted that his administration had nothing to hide. Umahi’s position is contained in a social media comment posted on Sunday. He was reacting to a post by a WhatsApp group participant accusing the former Secretary to the State […]