The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Ebonyi chapter, on Saturday commended Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi for ensuring that April salaries were paid to workers in the state. Mr Leonard Nkah, State NLC Chairman disclosed this in an interview in Abakaliki. How COVID-19 patient died at Ayinke House, LASUTH Nkah said that the salary payment would […]
Abakaliki – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that his administration will not share money to anybody in the state but will only use such funds to engage people productively. Umahi made the declaration on Thursday in Abakaliki during a meeting with the state Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), and Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) […]
Mr Saint Anakor, Special Assistant to Ebonyi Governor on Security and Utility (Capital City), has said that security personnel in the state are not exempted from the restriction on commercial motorcyclists from operating beyond 7 pm. READ ALSO: PDP sympathizes with Lagosians over commercial motorcycle, tricycle ban Anakor said this on Saturday in an interview […]
Dr Paul Okorie, former Commissioner for Environment in Ebonyi, says Nigerians will not accept any review that will lead to increase in the monthly salaries and emoluments of political office holders. READ ALSO: Former Lagos Assembly member, ex-Commissioner among new APC executive in state Okorie who also was a former Commissioner for Works, Housing and […]
The Ebonyi State government on Friday commenced payment of January salaries to workers with the new minimum wage. This followed the directive of Governor David Umahi during the week that the January salaries of workers be paid with the new salaries structure adopted between Organized Labour in the state and government on or before the […]
Abakaliki – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has directed that the new minimum wage be paid to civil servants in Ebonyi by Jan.10, 2020. The directive which was contained a statement signed by the governor’s Special Assistant (SA) on Media, Mr Francis Nwaze, directed the state Accountant General and all Local Government Area (LGA) Chairmen […]
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the immediate closure of St. Vincent Hospital at Igbagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi following suspected outbreak of Lassa fever at the hospital. The order is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by Mr Francis Nwaze, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor […]
The Ebonyi Government said the protest embarked by some aged half naked women in Abakaliki on Monday was not against the state government. Mr Francis Nwaze, Special Assistant to the Governor on Media said in a statement on Tuesday that the state government had no business with the cause of the protest. The women aged […]
Abakaliki – The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Ebonyi, in conjunction with the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), has embarked on programmes to raise people’s consciousness on essential safe practices for healthy living. The state Director of NOA, Dr Emma Abah, said this on Friday in Ezza-South Local Government Area (LGA) during a one-day Forum […]
Abakaliki – Football fans in Abakaliki, Ebonyi have hailed Rangers International FC of Enugu for halting the recent humiliation suffered by Nigerian teams from their Togolese counterparts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rangers on Sunday defeated Kara FC of Togo 1-0 in Enugu to reach the CAF Confederation Cup group stage, on […]
…awards scholarship to Ebonyi State born artist Alade Tasma The member representing Epe constituency 02 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Segun Olulade has frowned at the spate of extra-judicial killings by the police across the country, especially as it affects young Nigerians. Olulade expressed his dissatisfaction of the killings which according to […]
Prospective corps members, who were supposed to do their national service in Anambra State were moved to Ebonyi and Imo states due to lack of adequate camping facilities. Mr Kehinde Aremu, Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra, made the disclosure during the closing of camp for 2018 Batch C orientation exercise […]
Worried by alleged outcry of heavy taxation in the state by Ebonyians, Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi has announced his administration’s readiness to meet with strategic stakeholders of the state to discuss issues arising from revenue collections to put an end the groaning and sufferings of traders and market women. This is even […]
Youths under the aegis of Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum comprising Ebonyi, Izzi and Abakaliki local government areas of the State yesterday blamed the lingering inter-communal clash between Igbeagu Izzi people in Izzi LGA and Ukele, Yala LGA of Cross River State on the lackadaisically attitude of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state and the […]
The Biafra Zionists Federation, (BZF) Wednesday, asked the seven Igbo speaking states of Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra, Rivers and Delta to ignore the sit-at-home call by the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB),on May 30. It could be re-called that the pro-Biafra groups […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ebonyi state, Dr Adol Awam,has raised the alarm over alleged persecution of his church and destruction of its property by individual in the state while appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene. The guber aspirant alleged that already, the church’s billboard mounted opposite Government House in Abakaliki, […]
Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line will cut across six states of Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Gombe, Adamawa and Yobe. Addressing journalists on Friday, the minister said the rail line will cover a total of 2,000 kilometres. In August, Amaechi said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the rail line […]
The death toll of victims of Lassa fever in Ebonyi State has risen to 4, following one fresh death recorded on Thursday while the incident happened six days after the virus reoccurred in the state. The development came just as the state government revealed that the virus has spread to some other states of the […]
A football fan known as Obinna Igwe has been shot dead while two others sustained bullet wounds following fracas involving some policemen and a football team at a match in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. DailyTimes reports that two police officers were also injured during the incident. The football match which was between […]
.Enugu, Ebonyi governors also on the cards .’Abia Gov comfortable in PDP, no plans to defect’ As the 2019 general election beckons, politicians across political parties and tribal divides have started clandestine moves to seek new allies that may result in what political analysts call a new political order. The shocking and deft move, The […]