The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has on Saturday asked igbo agitators in the South-East region of the country to have a good understanding with their leaders and drop their grievances. Speaking on Saturday during the conclusion of an eight-day prayer organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Ebonyi, Umahi said it
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The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, his Deputy, Barr Kelechi Igwe, their spouses, members of the State Executive Council and Local Government Council Chairmen yesterday received the Covid 19 vaccination less than 24 hours after taking delivery of the vaccine. Governor Umahi alongside his Deputy were vaccinated by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr.
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The Governor, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Wednesday met with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni. The meeting between Governor Umahi and the Yobe State Governor was held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. “It is a party affair. Party discipline requires that you sit down
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The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Sunday imposed a curfew on Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government area of the state over the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) crisis in the area. Several people were killed and properties including buildings were razed during a leadership tussle among members of the NURTW in the area
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The Special Adviser to Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Deaconess Emerald Udeakaji, has resigned to save her marriage. The SA in a letter to the Governor dated December 30, stated that 100% loyalty to the government is tearing her family apart, and, therefore, resolved to resign to save her family. Udeakaji noted that she
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SOUTHEAST states will begin a joint security patrol to check rising insecurity, the governors said on Tuesday. They deplored rising cases of kidnapping and attacks on security agents in the region. Southeast Governors Forum chairman and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi said the forum would do everything to secure the region. He spoke with reporters
Read moreThe Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Monday ordered the arrest of individuals who circulated a video of an attack on Fulani herdsmen in the state. Umahi, who gave the directive at a news conference, said the video was misleading and causing unnecessary panic and tension in Ebonyi. He ordered security agencies to arrest people
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The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday signed the state’s 2021 budget of N123 billion. He also ascribed the state’s infrastructural transformation to the support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The governor said unlike other states, Ebonyi would appreciate the president’s gesture, noting that the state acknowledged the depth of such support. He said:
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On the release of the Kankara Boys Science School, Kastina State abducted by gunmen last Friday, Governor David Umahi commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring the release of the schools boy and reuniting them to their families. Governor Uamhi who also commended the Security Chiefs and the National Security Adviser to the President insisting that
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The Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of Southeast Governors Forum Engr, David Umahi has been nominated as Covid-19 National Champion by the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19. The nomination was announced in a letter to the governor by the National Coordinator of the Task Force, Dr Sani Aliyu. “I have the honour to formally notify His
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Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, on Sunday vowed to wage war against cultists in the State at all cost. There have been cult clashes with lives lost in the past one week in the state since two rival cult groups engaged in supremacy battle. Umahi, who was speaking at a Special Thanksgiving on
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