The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sacked four of his technical assistants for alleged dereliction of duty. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Kenneth...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a new caretaker committee for the Ebonyi State chapter of the party. The party had on Tuesday, November 17,...
The state Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Ebonyi, Mrs. Mercy Bamai, said on Monday no corps member deployed to the state had...
Police on Wednesday arraigned three persons at the Ebonyi Magistrates Court, Abakaliki, for alleged attempted murder. The men – Kelechi Agarama (35), Simeon Ebonyi (40) and...
Some traders in a market in the Inikiri Benard village, Effium community, in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State, have been arrested by the police...
The Ebonyi State police command said on Thursday suspected hoodlums masquerading as #EndSARS protesters murdered a police inspector, Mr. Egu Omini, and cut off his manhood....
Suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday attacked and burnt the Central Police Station in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has been handed a seven-day ultimatum to pay primary school teachers N30,000 minimum wage or have them proceed on strike....
Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, has lifted the restrictions he placed on all public gatherings to include schools, wake keeps, weddings, festivals, religious events and other...
The Ebonyi State government has ordered the reopening of public and private schools in the state as the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic flattens within its borders. This...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said on Tuesday God foiled the possible ambush laid by “enemies” of the state over the conduct of local government election...
The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) Sunday declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the state local council elections. The party claimed all the...
The Ebonyi State Government on Friday threatened to sack members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria in the state if they failed to immediately suspend...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has moved to appoint traditional monarchs, and heads of security agencies in the state to kick-start community policing in...
The Executive Governor of Ebonyi State in south-eastern Nigeria, David Umahi, is a gentleman who plays the politics of service to the people. Like the 36...
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Finance, Orlando Nweze, said on Friday the state government had budgeted N150 million as health workers’ COVID-19 allowances in the revised...
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has ordered that all courts in the state be shut down immediately. The governor gave the directive on Friday, in...
The Ebonyi State government has confirmed 29 new cases of COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of infections recorded in the state to 33. This was...
The ban placed on religious gatherings in Ebonyi, due to COVID-19, has been lifted by the state Governor, David Umahi. As part of measures to curb...
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday said a three-year-old child has tested positive for COVID-19 in the state Governor Umahi made the announcement on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Sunday said none of its official was arrested for smuggling passengers into Ebonyi in contravention of the...
Three sisters have drowned in a river in Amauzu-Amaeze, Ishiagu, in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State. The sisters whose names are Chisom Goodness Okoro,...
Three days after its first record of COVID-19, Ebonyi State has recorded another case of the dreaded virus bring the total in the state to two....
Ebonyi State civil servants have been ordered back to their duty posts by the state Governor, David Umahi. The affected civil servants, from grade level 1...
The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ebonyi State, has declared that it would henceforth boycott all activities by the Ebonyi State...
A middle-aged man was on Tuesday electrocuted in Abakaliki area of Ebonyi. The incident occurred along the Abakaliki/Enugu highway at about 12:00noon on Tuesday. An eyewitness...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has imposed a daily curfew on the state starting from 7pm to 7am in the morning. Umahi, who made the pronouncement...
At least seven members of Ndiagu Orie, Umuguduakpu Ngbo community in Ebonyi State were killed during an inter-communal clash between the Ngbo community in Ebonyi and...
A traditional leader in Yobe State, has called for the return of health inspectors in the state in a bid to curb the outbreak of Lassa...
A woman, Mrs Agnes Nwefuru has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Ebonyi State High Court, sitting in Abakaliki, the state capital, on Monday....
A member of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), who asked a court to allow President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors to contest for third term,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. MINIMUM WAGE: Labour gives govs Dec. 31 to end negotiations Nigerian state governors...
Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the state level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday asked the United States President, Donald Trump, to place a travel ban on seven Nigerian governors for...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned attempts by Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi to stop its activities in the state, insisting the governor has...
The leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), on Wednesday, called for the support of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and other religious...
The idea of a merger of all five South Eastern states as one federating unit is being pushed by the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. That...
The speakership ambition of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday, received a boost when Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has ordered the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to arrest the Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of...
The Senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District, Sonni Ogbuoji, has been ordered to vacate his seat at the National Assembly by a Federal High Court sitting...
Six policemen who were assigned to guard three Registration Area Centres (RACs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State have been arrested and...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has denied that governors of the Southeast states influenced the results of Saturday’s presidential election to favour President Muhammadu Buhari so...
Two yet-to-be identified men suspected to be terrorist have been arrested in Ebonyi State after they allegedly planted explosives at a popular bridge. According to the...
David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, says President Muhammadu Buhari will “definitely” have more votes in the South-East region in 2019 than he did in 2015....
At least 42 persons are said to have been killed by a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever within the first 27 days of the year. A...
David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as his “personal friend”. Umahi said this on Friday at a meeting with Atiku Abubakar,...
Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and governors of the South East this Wednesday had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House Villa,...
David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to grant amnesty to looters. Umahi said this on Monday when he...
The total external debt owed by the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, rose by $131.55 million within the first...
Few days to this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival, most major markets in Lagos and Ebonyi states were devoid of the expected bustling activities that usually herald the...