There will be upward review in taxes, school fees and other rates in Ebonyi State in order to enable Government pay the new national minimum wage.
Author: Oswald Agwu
The rural town of Agubata, Echara in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Friday played host to countless dignitaries across the country as the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, buried his mother, Elder Josephine Nwachukwu.
Umahi made the appeal on Tuesday when he received on a courtesy call the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 6, Musa Kimo, at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Abakaliki
Governor David Umahi on Tuesday received his Certificate of Return for a second term as Governor of Ebonyi State from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The identity of the driver of a Honda Car which rammed into a parked petrol tanker and was completely burnt along the Enugu-Ogoja Road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Wednesday night has been revealed.
Two protests took place same day
The State Assembly election of March 9 was stalled in three constituencies in the State, namely Ezza North-West Ezza North-East and Izzi East
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been advised to reduce cost of projects rather than increase the percentage of Value Added Tax as a measure for actualizing the payment of the new national minimum wage.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Development and Integrity Intervention Goal Foundation, has queried the Independent National Electoral Commission over the disparity between the statistics of registered voters in the presidential election and that of the governorship poll in Ebonyi State.
A foreign elections observer group, Pan-African Women Projects Observation Mission, has called on election stakeholders in Nigeria to intensify sensitization and voter education as a means of increasing citizen’s participation in civic responsibilities.
Travelling round Abakaliki, the capital city, revealed large clusters of youths in recreation centres and other of such public places, drinking and making merry over what they described as “fulfillment of our expectations”
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has absolved the Independent National Electoral Commission of blame on any possible failure of the Governorship and State Assembly polls.
There was widespread panic in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State as yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday (today) attacked and burnt down Ezza North Registration Area Center and some Independent National Electoral Commission sensitive and non-sensitive materials.
The incumbent and Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the Saturday elections, Engr. David Umahi, has extended the olive branch to his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Sonni Ogbuorji, urging him to drop his ambition for a more rewarding bargain.
Ebonyi State has been rated the highest performer among the 28 participating States in Nigeria in the effective utilization of the World Bank-assisted Community Social Development Programme funding.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has vowed to establish for the State University the best Teaching Hospital in Nigeria before the expiration of his 2nd tenure as governor of the State.
Three days to the March 9 gubernatorial poll, 26 candidates of other political parties in Ebonyi State have dropped their ambitions and dumped their parties to join forces with Governor David Umahi of the Peoples Democratic Party.
also berated his colleagues for the low turnout of voters during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls
Flagging off the disbursement of the grant at the Akanu Ibiam International Conference Centre, Abakaliki on Thursday, Governor David Umahi re-emphasized that he was more interested in developing the State even as he works towards his re-election
As mixed reactions continue to trail the rescheduling of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has described the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as a hero.