Abah Joshua Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has sworn-in the newly elected thirteen local government area chairmen in Ebonyi State. Speaking during the ceremony at the Ecumenical Center in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State…
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They’ve Pushed Me To The Wall, I’ll Not Allow Anyone To Play Around With Govt. Fund-Nwifuru To Contractors
By Abah Joshua The Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, has continued to express unhappiness with contractors handling various projects in the State. Governor Nwifuru, who had threatened…
Financial autonomy: Conference of Speakers calls for full implementation of Section 121(3)
The Conference of Speakers of state Legislatures of Nigeria has called for the full implementation of Section 121(3) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to engender the financial…
Gov Nwifuru Approves Payment Of N70, 000 Minimum Wage
By Abah Joshua Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved the payment of Seventy Thousand Minimum Wage to Civil Servants under the employ of the State. Nwifuru, who made…
Conference of States Speakers Heralds Better LG as Rt. Hon. Adebo Enumerates Conference Milestone, Says Work is Far From Over
Many legislative reforms at the state level have been made possible courtesy of PERL’s – Busari The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria heralded hope for a better local…
Deputy Speaker Lami Congratulates Sunday Odagba On Appointment As BIRS Acting Executive Chairman
Deputy Speaker, Benue State House of Assembly,Chief Hon Mrs Lami Danladi Ogenyi extends congratulations to Mr Sunday Odagba on his recent appointment as the acting Executive Chairman of the Benue Internal…
RIVERINE AREAS: Mulade Commends Governor Oborevwori for Creating Ministry of Riverine Infrastructure
Appeals for Statutory Status for the ministry A Delta State-born development and peace advocate, and initiator of the creation of Coastal Areas Development Agency, CADA, Chief Sheriff Mulade has commended the…
The Dangers that Nigerian Governors Pose to the Development Process of Nigeria
By Toba Alabi tobalabi@yahoo.com Introduction The role of Nigerian governors in the nation’s development process has increasingly come under scrutiny. Despite the significant control they wield over the country’s land mass…
Sen Ken Eze Backs Fuel Subsidy Removal, Says Boosts FG, States, LGs’ Funds To Function Optimally
Abah Joshua The Senator representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone at the National Assembly, Senator Kenneth Eze, has defended the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government (FG) noting that it…
GOVERNOR ODODO TO UNVEIL FLAGSHIP HEALTHCARE TRAIN
…Expand access to free healthcare in the state Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo is set to unveil a flagship healthcare intervention programme that will deliver free medical services to people…
Ohanaeze Rejects Constituent Assembly, Support Implementation Of 2005, 2014 CONFAB Reports
By Abah Joshua The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said it is not in support of call for President Bola Tinubu to convene a constituent assembly as a way to…
Tinubu’s Administration Aims to Correct Historical Missteps, Not Cause Hardship – Information Minister
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the Tinubu Administration’s primary focus is not to impose hardship on Nigerians but to correct poor policies and dysfunctional choices that have…
Come Down From Your High Horses And Listen To The People’s Demands,’ Atiku Advises Tinubu’s Govt Amid Protests
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has commended Nigerian youths over the protest in expressing their disapproval of some government policies and demanding…
Hunger Protest: Ebonyi Witnesses Non-Compliance As Economic, Social Acitivies Paralysis
Abah Joshua The planned nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in Ebonyi State witnessed the shutdown of public institutions like schools, banks, transportation and buisnesses, leading to paralysis of both economic…
NATIONAL HUNGER PROTEST: Niger Delta Youths To Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, received words of assurance from Niger Delta Youths of their unalloyed commitment to the success of the…
President Tinubu Has Justified Our Trust – NorthWest Reps. Caucus
The Northwest Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for signing the North-West Development Commission Bill into law. Says it has profoundly renewed the…
NWDC: ACF hails Tinubu, says commission will remove dark clouds of underdevelopment in N/West
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the socio-cultural organisation of the 19 Northern States, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the North West Development Commission (NWDC) Bill into law. President…
SEDC: It is no more time to carry arms but time to take up skill- Deputy Speaker Kalu tell Nd’igbo
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, RT. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has called on Nd’Igbo to rather drop arms and take up skill that will be stimulated by the South East Development…
Eze Condemns Gang-up Against Ndume …Says it’s an Affront on the nPDP Bloc
By Onwe Wisdom …Describes Tinubu’s Silent Posture on the Matter as a Betrayal of the Trust of Nigerians …Commends Ndume for Staying Strong, Resolute Amid Witch-hunt. Eze Condemns Gang-up Against Ndume…
STATE OF THE ECONOMY UNDER BOLA AHMED TINUBU: Tinubu voracious borrowing without accountability, an old problem taking new dimension
By Chief Peter Ameh Yesterday, things were bad under Buhari, but they are now worse under Tinubu. Wale Edun, a long-standing ally of President Tinubu and the current minister of finance and…