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Lockdown: NLC hails Gov. Umahi for paying April salary

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2020 0

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,

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We will not share money to anybody in Ebonyi, says Umahi

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

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) […]

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Security personnel not exempted from night motorcycle ban — Umahi’s aide

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2020 0

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 […]

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Ex-commissioner, Don kick against pay rise for political office holders

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2020 0

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 […]

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Ebonyi becomes first Southeast state to pay minimum wage

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2020 0

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 […]

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Ebonyi to start payment of N30,000 new minimum wage by Jan.10

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2020 0

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 […]

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Lassa-fever outbreak: Gov. Umahi orders closure of hospital in Ebonyi

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2019 0

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 […]

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‘Ebonyi half-naked women protest not against Umahi’

Ihesiulo Grace 17 December 2019 0

 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 […]

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Ebonyi NOA, UNICEF move to raise awareness on safe practices for healthy living

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Ebonyi soccer fans hail Rangers for halting Nigeria’s humiliation by Togo

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2019 0

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 […]

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Lagos lawmaker decries spate of extra-judicial killings by the police

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2019

…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 […]

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NYSC moves Anambra corps members to Ebonyi, Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2018 0

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 […]

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Gov Umahi to meet stakeholders on taxation

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2018 0

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 […]

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‘Blame Ayade, NBC over Ebonyi, C/River communal clashes’

Ihesiulo Grace 27 June 2018 0

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 […]

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Biafra: Ignore IPOB, MASSOB’s sit-at- home order, Zionists tell Ndigbo

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2018 0

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 […]

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Ebonyi APC aspirant raises alarm over persecution, destruction of Church property

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2018 0

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

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PH to Maiduguri rail line to cover 2,000km in six states – Amaechi

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

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 […]

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Lassa fever claims 4 lives in Ebonyi, 139 under surveillance

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2018 0

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 […]

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Football match turns bloody in Ebonyi as police kill, injure fans

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

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 […]

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2019: Political realignment begins as Gov Ikpeazu negotiates with APC

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

.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 […]