Ebonyi: No specific area designated for RUGA Settlement
By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki Ebonyi State government yesterday emphasized that there was no specific area in any part of the state where the State Government had designated to herdsmen for cattle grazing or any other related activity. Recall that on Saturday, 12th October 2019, there were insinuations in some quarters that herders in their […]
A spirited drive for voters in Ebonyi
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.
Ebonyi: Where relations keep bodies of loved ones in homes instead of mortuaries
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.
Ebonyi to sanction persons found embalming, keeping corpse at home
EBONYI State government said it would not hesitate to sanction any person caught embalming and keeping corpses in their residence pending the date of burial.
Ebonyi releases N1.5b for pension, gratuity arrears
The Ebonyi Government on Thursday released N1.5 billion to settle arrears of workers’ pension and gratuities accruing from Oct.2, 2016 to June 6, 2017.
Umahi orders arrest of contractor over shoddy road project in Ebonyi
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, ordered the arrest of a contractor handling Okposi-Umuoghara-Ebiaji Road in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state for executing a shoddy job as against government specifications after collecting N200 million mobilization fees.
