On Sunday, the Indigenous People of Biafra warned South-East governors not to work against its newly launched security outfit, the Eastern Security Network. It accused the governors of a motive to incite the army and others against ESN. In a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group warned the governors to
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER A MEETING OF THE CONCERNED STAKEHOLDERS AND ELDERS OF IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, HELD ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020 AT ONUEBONYI ECHARA We, the concerned stakeholders and elders of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have risen from a meeting on the political development and purported security report on
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As Gov Umahi sacks appointees from Anyim’s hometown Aged women and youths numbering over 100 from Ishiagu in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State yesterday staged a peaceful protest against plot to instigate political crisis and have a repeat of the 2003 political violence which claimed the lives of many youths of the state.
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The detailed letter OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR DAVID UMAHI ON HIS WILD, INFANTILE, AND UTTERLY SENSELESS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MY PERSON* Copy: 1. The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria 2. Inspector – General of Police 3. Director – General, State Security Service 4. Chief of Defence Staff In a widely circulated media briefing on the 27th November after a formal Ebonyi State security council meeting, Governor
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Famous rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Saturday, condemned and faulted Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi for allegedly trying to hoodwink the public into believing that the tension brewing up in the state following his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, was the handiwork of chieftains of the
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Governor Nyesom Wike, of Rivers State, on Tuesday, said contrary to Umahi’s claims, the PDP had not been unfair to the South-East. The governor alleged that his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, left the Peoples Democratic Party to pursue a presidential bid. This came after Umahi at a media briefing in Abakaliki on Tuesday said
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South All Progressive Congress (APC) Young Progressive Forum has declared support for moves by the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the APC. Umahi reportedly told PDP leaders at a meeting, in Abuja, on Tuesday, that he was leaving the party because of its refusal to zone
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The Ebonyi state chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) yesterday said that the state chapter of the party receives with excitement the eminent defection of the Governor of the state, Chief David Umahi to the party. The party during a stakeholders meeting of the party which held at Salt Spring Hotel in Abakaliki urged the
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Ebonyi State Governor, David Nweze Umahi, has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. The governor made the announcement in a statement he signed on Saturday. He, however, noted that he is asymptomatic and has since isolated himself in line with Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) protocols. He said he has handed over the running of
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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has openly acknowledged the existence of moles in his government but insisted that his administration had nothing to hide. Umahi’s position is contained in a social media comment posted on Sunday. He was reacting to a post by a WhatsApp group participant accusing the former Secretary to the State Government,
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