The attention of the good people of Ebonyi State, from all backgrounds, affiliations and orientations, are drawn to the frivolous and baseless story circulating within society in respect of the status of the court processes that have since been disposed and rested by various levels of legal adjudication in this country concerning the resounding election of the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Engr David Nweze Umahi. It has become imperative to provide all patriots with an accurate, verifiable and indisputable information and to allay any anxieties that may have been unnecessarily induced by rumour mongers and peddlers of worthless…
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Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 were announced on November 14th, 2016 at a pan-African mobile and tech awards party in Cape Town, South Africa. The Awards supported by Opera Software, The Mobi Hunter, Uber, Shule Direct, Mobile Monday South Africa and The Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) celebrated the best in mobile and technology from across Africa and attracted over 200 entries from 25 countries. This year the awards attracted over 200 entries from 25 countries, with the winners on the night hailing from South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Winners 2016: •…
…Says it’s wrong to blame Buhari Governor Nyesom Wike is to be blamed for the failure to pay Rivers State civil servants, pensioners and contractors, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. The party in a statement signed by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said it would be wrong to lay the blame at the doorstep of President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC-led Federal Government. “We as a political party truly sympathise with Rivers civil servants, pensioners and contractors over their current travails. However, we wish to disagree with insinuations in some quarters in…
At the inception of the Divine Mandate Administration, His Excellency Chief David Nweze Umahi FNSE, made it clear that he was in governance to bring optimum structural and human development to Ebonyi State and Ebonyi people. This caveat coupled with the antecedents of His Excellency as a man who walks his talks made us at Ministry of Lands, Survey and Housing to hit the ground running from day one in other to achieve the purpose of our Governor as it regarded to our ministry. So far, my ministry has been able to interpret the vision of our wonder-working Governor His…
Agha Hasan Abedi also known as Agha Sahab a Pakistani banker and philanthropist who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1972 may have had Engr Dave Umahi the action Governor of Ebonyi State in mind when he stated and I quote, “The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.” If one critically examine the revolution currently going in Ebonyi State one can easily conclude that Engr Umahi specializes in developing people through assigning to them tasks that go a long way in assisting in developing Ebonyi…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm over possibility of preventing Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen from becoming the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), saying his appointment as Acting CJN was “either a grand plot to deprive him of his well-deserved appointment as CJN because he is from the South-South region or those cabals in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa want to hold him in the jugular, using his confirmation as substantive CJN to get him to assist them to pervert justice.” In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Special Assistant on Public Communications…
One year on and still counting, Ebonyi State Governor, Engr David Nweze Umahi is seriously working on his ambitious project of turning the state into Nigeria’s postcard for excellence. His over one year scorecard is filled with enviable accomplishments. Most notably, the infrastructure thirsty governor has doled out another doze of streetlighting package for Ebonyians, with the recent energizing and installation of street lights along the Abakaliki Afikpo road, which will run from Army Mammy market Nkwagu to Onueke and by extension to all the local government areas in the state. The impact of his light-up programme has started yielding…
The ancient town of Oyo, besides being the ancestral stool of the Yoruba, hosts the famous St. Andrews College of Education (now Emmanuel Alayande College of Education) located along the Oyo-Ogbomosho expressway. St. Andrews is reputed as the premier college of education in Nigeria. Like a mustard seed, the College has metamorphosed into a full-fledged University, attracting students from different parts of the country. Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) is named after late Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a missionary who evangelised many parts of Nigeria and interpreted the Holy Bible into many Nigerian languages. Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, is one of…
I read with utter amazement, stories in Saturday Vanguard and Saturday Nation that Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State is in trouble with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N400m Diezani poll cash paid to the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the stories, the newspapers claimed that the commission had moved to seize two hotels belonging to the governor in Abakaliki and Port Harcourt and that fronts of His Excellency had refunded N90m out the N400m. I took my time to go through the stale stories and came to the conclusion that the one…
Good leadership is all about harnessing opportunities around and using them to redefine the concept of governance. With recession biting hard and fortunes dwindling with speed of lightning, creativity and ingenuity of every leader is put to test on how to convert the present challenges into opportunities for greatness. Thus, The ingenuity of Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi in establishing a waste recycling plant is well thought out. The mega pulverization plant located at Umuoghara Ezza North L.G.A. in Ebonyi State is quite commendable due to the great benefits the government and the people of Ebonyi State stand to…
…Set to organise counter rally, says government funding rally with public funds. An organisation, the Save Lagos Group has raised an alarm over a rally by some faceless persons being planned for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman and Director, Media and Strategy, Comrade Olaolu Oladipo, the Save Lagos Group alleged that the state government has earmarked a huge amount of public funds for the rally. In the statement, the Save Lagos Group also called on the state government to…
Kwara women have expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to the Senate president, His Excellency, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed (Sai Maigida) for actualizing the 35% women representation in the newly constituted Transitional Implementation Committees (TIC) in the sixteen Local Government Areas of Kwara State. In a statement released by the State Woman Leader, Hajia Sarat Nike Adebayo, “this feat is unprecedented in the history of Kwara State.” The women group shows deep appreciation to the Nigerian Senate President for giving women a place of pride and ensuring women…
My attention has been drawn to another desperate press interview granted by the factional chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze, where he boasted that he would remove Governor David Umahi, of Ebonyi State, from power in 2019. In a bid to occupy space on our local and national tabloids, he went on, reciting the incalculable damage Umahi government had allegedly done to the state’s economy, its workforce and its residents. Surely, statements by Eze Nwachukwu Eze and other APC jesters that surround him, have become random uttterances that nobody should take seriously.…
Women in Kwara state have expressed their deep appreciation and gratitude to the Senate president, His Excellency, Dr Abubakar Bukola Sararki and the Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for giving women 36% representation in the newly constituted Transitional Implementation Committees in the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State. In a statement released by the State Woman Leader, Hajia Sarat Nike Adebayo, this feat is unprecedented in the history of Kwara State. According to her, this action is a manifestation of the firm belief by the leadership of the APC in the political emancipation of…
…Progress in Nigeria and other nations has been uneven and Stakeholders warn against poor quality care with rising rates of over-medicalisation, too few trained staff or basic resources in many regions around the world. ABUJA – The 4th Nigeria Family Planning Conference in Abuja this week hosted the Africa regional launch of The Lancet Maternal Health Series. National and international health leaders were on hand for this important gathering, including the Honourable Minister of Health Isaac Folorunso Adewole and Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s Founder, Her Excellency Toyin Saraki, Global Goodwill Ambassador to the International Confederation Of Midwives, UNFPA Nigeria Family Planning…
RE: FALSEHOOD CIRCULATING IN THE MEDIA CONCERNING LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN SUIT NO: FHC/ABJ/CS/395/2016 BETWEEN PRINCE BIYI POROYE & ORS VS INEC & PDP It has come to our notice that the Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has made statements publicized on the electronic media, including Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) and the social media, among others, that Mr. Olagoke Fakunle, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) acted in this matter as counsel to both Plaintiffs (Prince Biyi Poroye & others and the 2nd Defendant, PDP). That statement is absolutely false and incorrect. Our counsel in the case was Dr. Alex…
God is wonderful and works in mysterious ways. Opinion pools was never in support of Trump, the pundits also predicted Clinton’s victory, the media kept on prophesying a “WALKOVER” for Clinton. At a point, Nigerians no longer write about happenings around Nigeria, all we see flying on social media were all about Clinton’s wonderful outings at the campaign grounds and how she will comfortably emerge the 45th American President. And the unexpected happens, Trump proved the bookmakers wrong by acquiring more than the required votes to emerge winner of the November 8, 2016 USA presidential election. Even when prophesies and…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has hailed the victory of the Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump in the United States of America (USA) election, describing it as “the beginning of a real change in Nigeria because those who imposed the present All Progressives Congress (APC) government on Nigerians just lost out.” The governor said; “Now that Trump has won, it portends hope for Nigerians that the excesses of the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government will stop as the road has ended for those who conspired to impose Buhari on Nigerians.” Reacting to Trump’s victory, Special Assistant…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose today, Tuesday, 8th November, 2016, paid a surprise visit to the detained former Minister of Aviation and the Director of the defunct Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja. Fayose, who spoke with journalists after the visit, condemned the continued detention of Fani-Kayode despite the fact that he had earlier been granted bail by the court,saying that the action of the EFCC was vendetta Governor Fayose however disclosed that Fani-Kayode was in the good spirit when he met…
…Tells Mr. President to stop Governor Wike from usurping the functions of the Security Agencies in his state. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has cried out to the Senate, appealing to it to prevail on the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to allow the rescheduled parliamentary re-run elections in the state to hold in an atmosphere of peace and devoid of bloodshed and falsehood. The party made the appeal while reacting to efforts by the Senate to ensure that the polls, which have been overly delayed because of fear of violence orchestrated by Wike and his PDP…