From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade has proposed a budget of N350 billion for the 2016 fiscal year. Christened “Budget of Deep Vision”, the 2016, which is Ayade’s first budget as governor represents 273.7% increase over the 2015 appropriation bill of the immediate... Read more
Electricity: UMAHI directs EEDC to reconnect Afikpo communities
Nigeria October 25, 2015
The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has called on the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to restore electricity to communities in Afikpo North Local Government Area on or before Monday next week. Governor Umahi made the appeal at Government House Abakaliki when the management and board of the EEDC... Read more
The Nigerian Army on Thursday sought to partner with the Ebonyi State Government in area of agriculture to achieve collective gains. The Chief Transformation/Innovation Officer of the Army, Maj. Gen. Edward Nze, disclosed this when he led a delegation from the Army headquarters in Abuja on a courtesy visit ... Read more
Political prisoners and the call for Biafra
Opinion October 24, 2015
By Olufemi Olu-Kayode I am not a Biafran and neither am I igbo. I do however believe that it is the inalienable right of any human being or ethnic nationality to aspire to be free and to be able to determine their own destiny. The right of self-determination is... Read more
The Lagos State Government has urged citizens in the state to remain calm but very vigilant as the Police and other security agencies intensify their efforts to rid the state of hoodlums, armed robbers and suspected terrorists. Speaking against the background of the arrest by the Department of State... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Aggrieved youths in Cross River have questioned the integrity of the National/State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River State and demanded for the probe and suspension of the current President, Court of Appeal in Nigeria. They voiced their grievances in Calabar... Read more
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has nullified the gubernatorial election held in the state on April 11, 2015. The three-man tribunal chaired by Justice Suleiman Ambursa nullified the declaration of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the... Read more
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has directed that the bailout fund by the federal Government should not be used for any other thing in the state,but for salary payments.Umahi gave the directive while inaugurating the State and Local Government Development Joint Committee Projects at the Government House, Abakaliki... Read more
Signal Group Limited, a company owned by a former Borno State Governor Ali Modu-Sheriff, has renewed talks with the Ebonyi State Government for the establishment of a cement plant in Ebonyi State. Modu-Sheriff, who was received by the state Executive Council in Abakaliki on Friday, said his firm was interested... Read more
