The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has said that plans are underway to pay monthly stipends to ex-lawmakers and Local Government chiefs of the state. He announced this at his Uburu country home when the people of Izzi clan comprising Abakaliki, Izzi and Ebonyi Local Government Areas paid him Christmas and new year homage. Umahi, who disclosed that he would approach the state House of Assembly to make a law to that effect, said the reason was to accommodate them in his administration. A statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, quoted him as saying:…
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The Government of Ebonyi State is to establish technology village in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area. Governor David Umahi announced this during the Umunaga-Ikenegwu Union Day, held at his compound in Uburu. Umahi, who thanked the people of the union for their strong support to his administration, said that the technology village would provide Ebonyi youths who are technically gifted to achieve their skills; it would give fillip to his administration’s desire to develop the state in all sectors through technology. He added that with the technology village, the state would become one of the major hubs for inventive activities…
Reprieve came the way of one Kayode Awodele of No I, Awodele Kayode Crescent, off Ijagun Road, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State as the Senator Buruji Kashamu-led Omoilu Foundation saved him from forfeiting his house to a bank. A Magistrate’s Court in Ijebu Ode had recently ordered the bank to take possession of Awodele’s house as a result of his inability to pay back the loan he obtained from Imowo Microfinance Bank, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. Awodele had approached the bank for a loan facility of Five Hundred Thousand naira (N500,000) in 2013 with an agreement to pay both the principal and…
…says “Fayemi is a serial betrayer The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described claims by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy National Chairman (South), Chief Segun Oni that they were not involved in any plot to compromise a section of the Judiciary to remove the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose from office as mere face-saving, saying; “It is welcome development and Nigerians should hold them to their words going by the fact that they are men that double-speak and now that they have denied, we…
An Osun State based civil society organization (CSO), the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has described the State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola as a serial and pathological liar for saying that the State government under his watch spent N14.2billon for the payment of modulated salaries and pensions of workers’ and retirees alike with the balance of three(3) months leave bonus to the affected workers and pensioners in the State in less than two weeks, particularly, last quarter of December,2016. The civil group insisted that the State government just spent only N4.5billion on modulated pensions and…
Ekiti State House of Assembly (EKHA) has described the Abuja group, Coalition for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption, which called on the National Assembly to invoke the doctrine of necessity to effect the impeachment of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose as a group of jesters. The House of Assembly, which reacted through the Speaker, Pastor Kola Oluwawole said “if not for their attempt at misleading the public by ascribing to themselves an under-served importance, the House would not have dignified the faceless group and its sponsors with any response, because they are ostensibly chasing shadows.” The statement read; “For…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alerted the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, of fresh plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise a section of the Judiciary and muzzle democracy in their desperation to oust him from office, saying; “The essence of all of these is to silence him as the voice of opposition in the country because he has bluntly rejected all overtures to him to defect into the ruling APC or stop talking.” The governor, who warned against any plot to destabilise Ekiti State, wondered how long…
The people of Ezza North have pleaded with the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, not to go to Abuja until he completes the “good works” he is doing in the state. They made the appeal when they paid him homage at his country home in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area . Their spokesman, Mr. Hygienus Nwokwu, said, “Your Excellency, we are highly pleased with the good works you are doing in this our state. We are are particularly pleased that our LGA has been well favoured in the area of infrastructural develoment. “You have ensured equity in the…
Izzi political stakeholders visited Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi in Uburu on Saturday. 1. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State (2nd left); Senator Sylvanus Ngele (left); Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru and State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogbonnaya Nwaebonyi, when Izzi political stakeholders visited the governor in Uburu on Saturday. 2. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State (right) clutching ropes representing the number of cows donated to him by Afikpo North LGA political Stakeholders in Uburu on Saturday. With him is the Chaiman of state’s UBEB, Chief Hycint Ikpor
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) through the apex body of bencher, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has advised the leadership and members of the civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) to drag the body to the Court of competent jurisdiction for an order on its request for the” Certified True Copies” of the proceedings and recommendation of the Council in the trial of Hon. Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede of the State High Court, before the Justice Ibrahim N. Auta led panel in 2016. It would be recalled that the NJC in its…
The Senator representing Ogun East at the National Assembly and the leader of the party in the Southwest, Senator Buruji Kashamu on Monday, 2nd January 2017, in the presence of visiting PDP Federal Capital Territory Chairman, Hon. Yinusa Sulaimon, the Bayelsa State PDP Chairman, Hon. Moses Cleopas and the Bauchi State PDP Chairman, Hon. Hamza Koshe inaugurated the Ogun State chapter of Southwest mobilisation & organisation committee to devise strategy of ensuring total victory for the PDP in the 2019 general elections in the state. The high- powered 84-man committee has Hon. Segun Seriki as the State Coordinator while Mr.…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has endorsed the candidacy of all the 24 members of the State House for the next legislative election in the state. Umahi made this known when the legislators and their spouses led by the speaker, Francis Nwifuru, paid him a Christmas homage at his country home in Uburu. The governor, who expressed delight over the cordial relationship that exists between the House and the Executive which has translated into speedy passage of people-oriented bills, said he would fight for the legislators to retain their positions. He was quoted in a statement on…
Prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ipokia, Ikenne, Sagamu, Ijebu North, Imeko Afon, Yewa North, Ifo, Abeokuta South, Obafemi Owode and Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Areas of Ogun State on Saturday defected to the PDP. The defectors numbering 972 officially denounced their membership of the APC and SDP at a get together organised by the PDP in Ogun State. The defectors were received into the PDP by the Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district at the National Assembly and the Southwest leader of PDP, Senator Buruji Kashamu. Speaking at the event, Leader…
…Says Aregbesola just spent N4.5billon salaries, Pensions, 2014 leave bonus balance. A group under aegis of Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has requested from the State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to publish how the State government under his watch spent the sum of N11.744bilion out of N84billion Paris Club funds accrued to the State by the Federal Government in the last quarter of 2016 for the clearance of workers’ salaries and pension arrears in the State, saying that the State government was economical with the truth on the spending of the special funds and challenged…
A message of love and care; a message of a promise of better days ahead; and a message of double assurance that we have the determination, the will and the commitment to meet all the challenges that may confront us in the coming year. We are entering the year 2017 with an assured hope for positive changes. Assurances of total turn around in all areas of our individual and collective lives. As a government, we are thankful to God that Ebonyi is among the few states of the federation where civil servants went home with their salaries from January to…
The community of Ibagwa-Aka kingdom in Igbo-Eze South L.G.A of Enugu State was agog on 29th Dec, 2016. With highly Excited Ibagwa-Aka people, as H.R.H Dr. H.I.Eze (JP). Eze-Agu, Ezechukwudebelu II of Ibagwa-Aka kingdom conferred a Chief taincy tittle on an illustrious son of Ebonyi State. Chief Austine Umahi. The Southeast PDP National Vice Chairman, as the Anyanwu Ndigbo on Wednesday in Ezechukwudebelu Palace, Ibagwa-Aka. According to H.R.H, Ezechukwudebelu II of Ibagwa-Aka kingdom, he noted that the Chief taincy tittle to the PDP National Vice Chairman. Chief Austine Umahi, became necessary because Ibagwa-Aka kingdom has continued to partner with well…
You can now watch the interview granted by Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose yesterday (30 December 2016) on AIT Kaakaki programme. Explore the videos below to watch the interview: Governor Fayose speaks on AIT KAAKAKI (December 30, 2016) Part 1 Governor Fayose speaks on AIT KAAKAKI (December 30, 2016) Part 2 Governor Fayose speaks on AIT KAAKAKI (December 30, 2016) Part 3 Governor Fayose speaks on AIT KAAKAKI (December 30, 2016) Part 4
The School of Nursing in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area has been affiliated with Ebonyi State university. Governor David Umahi, who announced this during the 2016 Uburu Cultural Day in Uburu, also promised that his administration would harness the the Uburu Salt Lake to serve the nation. Umahi, who called on indigines of the community to give his administration full support, assured them that the nursing school would expand and be completed to make it one of the best in the country. He said, ” We are going to complete and expand the School of Nursing in Uburu. We have…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Administration (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside on his 46th Birthday anniversary. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, the APC State Chairman, Chief (Dr) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya extolled his lofty qualities by tracing the historic political ascendancy of Dr. Dakuku Peterside who was the APC Governorship Candidate in Rivers State in the 2015 elections. “Those who have followed Dr. Dakuku Peterside’s trajectory as a leader from his school days until he was appointed Senior Special Adviser to Rivers State Governor on Youth and…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said it received with satisfaction the confirmation by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State that the telephone discussion clip between him and Governor Nyesom Wike published by Saharareporters is authentic. “Gov Fayose’s only grouse is that it was allegedly recorded and leaked by the Department of State Services [DSS], an accusation he is yet to provide the evidence. The APC finds Gov. Fayose’s position very significant in several aspects. The most important significance of that admission is that even among criminals, some level of honour especially in telling some truth and…