Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Sunday, warned against a selective method of fighting corruption, if the government was desirous of a successful anti-corruption fight.

THE Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday after its State Working Committee/Stakeholders meeting in Abakaliki, condemned and rejected the purported zoning formula adopted by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and other members loyal to him

A cross section of youth groups in Ebonyi have decried the multiple taxation imposed by the state government on young entrepreneurs.

AN All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant and general overseer of Eternal Light of World Christian Church, Dr Adol Awam Chris, yesterday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the alleged persecution of his church and destruction of its properties by individuals in the state.

FOLLOWING the persistent hostilities among the people of Ekpomaka and Inyimagu communities in Ikwo local government areas of Ebonyi state in which lives and properties worth millions of naira were reported lost, Governor David Umahi yesterday ordered the arrest of all political appointees and stakeholders from the warring communities pending the resolution of the crisis.

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has directed traditional rulers to collate data on herdsmen operating in the state for easy identification and maintenance of peace.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday, threatened to stop the salaries of any traditional ruler, who fails to furnish the state government with the location and records of mining sites in the state.

THE National Directorate of Employment, NDE, yesterday, said it has begun the training and empowerment of 2000 unemployed youths in various skill acquisitions across the State.

EBONYI State House of Assembly, yesterday suspended the member representing Afikpo North East constituency, Mrs. Nwachi for gross misconduct.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday paid unscheduled visit to the state Ministry of Health as part of measure to end the intermittent outbreak of Lassa fever in the State. 

THE Ebonyi State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday lamented the growing wave of Lassa Fever epidemic, which has between 2005 and 2018, claimed over 40 health workers and caused uncountable number of deaths in the state.

Ebonyi State Government, yesterday, debunked reports alleging that it owes workers salaries, pensions and gratuities, describing the report as baseless and misleading.

EBONYI State government has urged sex workers in the state to embrace the ongoing empowerment programme of the current administration to enable them become self reliant and useful to the society.

The Drive to see that all Nigerians qualified to vote during elections, especially in the next general election in 2019 are properly registered have become a major task for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in recent time.

THE move by the Ebonyi State government to stop the people of the state from keeping their dead relations and friends for months or years in their private residences as they prepare for their befitting burials is causing some ripples in social circles in the state. As in the days of Egyptian mummies, the people of Ebonyi embalm their dead relations and friends and keep the corpses inside residential houses to enable them prepare and give such deceased persons decent burials.