Ebonyi
NUT declares indefinite strike in Ebonyi
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ebonyi State Wing, has directed its members in seven Local Government Areas where months of salary are owed to embark on an indefinite strike. The strike which commenced at noon on Thursday was announced in a statement signed by Mr Bassey Asuquo, State Secretary of the union in the […]
Ebonyi Assembly Deputy Speaker’s aide dies in road accident
Ifeanyichukwu Eze, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Speaker, Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Onah, has died in a road accident on the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. Mr Chinonso Nwede, the Secretary of the Deputy Speaker’s Legislative Aides Forum, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the incident occurred whilst Eze was returning […]
Ebonyi Governor suspends 2 commissioners, 3 others
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state has suspended the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Francis Ori, and his counterpart in charge of health, Moses Ekuma, for three months. The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Chikadibia, made this known while briefing journalists on Tuesday. He said the decision was reached at the state […]
10 school children burnt in Ebonyi gas explosion
Tragedy struck over the weekend in Ebonyi as 10 school girls were severely burnt in a gas explosion that occurred in a catering school in Orokeonuoha, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the State. The girls are between 12 and 19 years old. The incident occurred at a building where they were acquiring catering skills in […]
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on the facilities have amounted to waste. They condemned the state governors and asked Nigerians to hold them responsible for the […]
27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kaduna, Cross River and Yobe. However, […]
Ebonyi LG election records low turnout, late arrival of materials
The Local Government election in Ebonyi has suffered voters’ apathy and boycott by opposition parties as only the ruling All Progressive Congress presented candidates for the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election was held in the 171 wards of the 13 councils of the state on Saturday. People came out in […]
ASUU gives N400,000 scholarship to Ebonyi indigent students
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, gave scholarship grants to two students of the Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, to the tune of N200,000 each. The two beneficiaries, Ms Onwe Emmanuella C. and Chukwuemeka Ogar P. were final-year students of Medicine and Surgery at the EBSU. Presenting the cheques to the students, in Abakaliki […]
Ebonyi Government approves appointment of 25 new permanent secretaries
Ebonyi State government has approved the appointment of 25 permanent secretaries to fill existing vacancies in the state civil service. This is contained in a press statement made available to journalists by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude okpor on Thursday. He said that the development followed a request made by the Head […]
Six Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Station In Ebonyi
Six suspects were reportedly killed during an attack on Ishieke police station in Ebonyi Local Government area of Ebonyi state, by gunmen. The gunmen who stormed the police station around 9 pm on Wednesday, started shooting sporadically, causing panic around the community which led to residents scampering for safety. An eye witness told Channels Television […]