Estimated Reading Time: 1Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has announced that academic activities would begin in September 2021 at the new state-owned Medical University. Umahi, made the announcement during the flag-off of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and State Health Insurance Scheme in Abakaliki on Tuesday. The Governor also[Read More…]
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‘Protect yourself; confront anybody that wants to kill our people’ – Ebonyi Governor charges residents
Estimated Reading Time: 2Governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi has granted amnesty to armed youths in the state, while urging them to leverage on the new opportunity carved by the state government to employ about 5,000 persons into the state civil service including the empowerment of 3,000 youths. During a[Read More…]
Two INEC offices attacked and razed in Ebonyi
Estimated Reading Time: 1Unidentified persons have attacked and burned two offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi and Ezza North Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State. According to a brief update posted on the commission’s twitter page, the buildings suffered extensive damages but there are no casualties.[Read More…]
Insecurity: Governor Umahi places curfew on Ebonyi State borders
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has placed curfew in all the borders of the State to enable security agencies contain the killings of innocent citizens by bandits. Governor Umahi directed security operatives to clampdown on act of criminal activities in the State. The Governo,i while addressing[Read More…]
Just In: Gunmen attack Ebonyi community
Estimated Reading Time: 1Gunmen have attacked another community in Ebonyi state. According to the commissioner of police; Aliyu Garba, fatalities were said to have been recorded in the attack but the number is yet to be ascertained. The attack took place hours after the governors of the south-east region announced[Read More…]
Arresting the Rising Political Tension in Ebonyi State
Estimated Reading Time: 7 By Ani, Nwachukwu Agwu In every polity, the product of uncontrolled political tension is anarchy or instability, at best. In 2003, moneybags in Anambra State compelled a governorship candidate to sign ahead of time a letter of resignation in case he, on winning the election, fails to[Read More…]
Ebonyi Governor sacks 16 political appointees
Estimated Reading Time: 2Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress, has sacked sixteen Technical Assistants on Tuesday. This was revealed in a statement released through the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala. According to him: “Following the directive of the Governor of Ebonyi State,[Read More…]
Just In: Another member of Governor Umahi’s cabinet resigns
Estimated Reading Time: 1Egwu Chidiebere, an aide to Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, has resigned his appointment with immediate effect. Chidiebere, Special Assistant on Internal Security and Public Utilities (Urban), to the governor, made this known in his resignation letter to the Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Ugbala,[Read More…]
Ebonyi Governor reduces state university tuition fees
Estimated Reading Time: 2Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has directed the reduction of the tuition fees being paid by students of Ebonyi State University Abakaliki (EBSU). In a statement signed on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government (SGG), Dr Kenneth Ugbala, Umahi directed the reduction of N10,000 from[Read More…]
Ebonyi Governor proscribes all staff unions including ASUU
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Ebonyi State Government on Thursday, proscribed the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union and other staff unions at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The only body currently allowed to exist in the university is the Students’ Union Government. “The decision was taken in[Read More…]
