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- 26 May 2016
Ebonyi State, UDS Sign MoU Development Strategy
Following the signing of a term sheet for the purchase of Ere Egwa farms, last month, UDS Plc has signed the share subscription agreement to finalise the transaction. The company has now completed…
- 8 May 2018
Ebonyi Bans Phones, Other Devices @ State House After Leak
Ebonyi state government has banned use of phones, laptops, ipads, voice recorders including any electron magnetic device after policies and deliberations of the state executive council were leaked to…
- 15 Aug 2018
Anambra, Ebonyi and Imo States benefit from MTN’s Emergency Ward Intervention Project
In the spirit of brightening lives across different states in Nigeria, the MTN Foundation recently extended its Emergency Ward Intervention project to south-east Nigeria, donating medical equipment…
- 23 Feb 2020
DSS Drags Man to Court for Allegedly Defrauding MTN of N141m
Eric Agba, a 27-year-old man, has been dragged before an Ebonyi State magistrates’ court sitting in Abakaliki for allegedly operating an illegal bank account in the name of the Ebonyi State…
- 25 Nov 2019
APC Chieftain Goes to Court, Demands Third Term for Buhari
Charles Oko Enya, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, has approached a Federal High Court in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, to direct the National Assembly and Abubakar Malami,…
- 28 Nov 2019
Ebonyi to Withhold Salaries of Aides, Civil Servants over BVN
Chief David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi State, on Wednesday, stated the readiness of his government not to pay November and December salaries to civil servants in the state who do not have the Bank…
- 17 Dec 2018
Umahi, Ebonyi Gov. Sacks Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation Board Chairman
David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, has sacked Mrs Patience Ogodo, board chairman of the Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation (ESBC) Mr Emmanuel Uzor, chief press secretary to the governor, who…
- 31 Mar 2020
Umahi Orders Shoot at Sight of Escapees from Isolation Centres in Ebonyi
David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, has reportedly ordered security operatives to shoot any returnee that tries to escape from the quarantine and isolation centres on sight. The Guardian reported…
- 23 Jul 2018
MTNF Takes Emergency Ward Intervention Project to FETHA Abakaliki
MTN Foundation has taken its emergency ward intervention project to Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA 1) amid fun and fanfare. Student, staff and residents of Ebonyi State could not…
- 23 May 2018
Onitsha set to Host Hi-Life Fest Semi-final, 10 Singers & 5 Dance groups Battle for Grand Prize
Residents of Onitsha are all set for an exciting evening of beautiful traditional Igbo highlife music and cultural dance as HiLife Fest’s ‘The Complete Experience’ hits the city for the semi final…
- 2 Dec 2024
NASENI Trains 100 Ebonyi Youths in Modern Electrical Installations
Driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu's administration, aimed at creating wealth and employment opportunities for Nigerian youths, the National Agency for Science and…
- 23 Jun 2017
BoI, Ebonyi to Sign MoU to Empower SMEs
Bank of Industry (BoI) and Ebonyi State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of N2 billion matching fund to empower Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the state. Mr…
- 14 Mar 2019
Telecoms Subscribers Hit 172.8m –NBS
The number of active voice subscribers in the telecoms sector rose to 172.82 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2018, the data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has…
- 9 Dec 2016
Glo Campus Storm Receives Accolades @ Ebonyi University
The ongoing Glo Campus Storm moving round Nigerian universities has been described as a commendable initiative by the students of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The students who experienced the…
- 26 Oct 2014
NCC Confiscates Equipment Worth N23.5m in Enugu, Ebonyi
In continuance of the Nigerian Copyright Commission's (NCC) committment to curbing piracy in Nigeria, a raid was conducted recently in Enugu and Ebonyi States, which led to the apprehension of…
- 30 Oct 2014
Glo Recruits over 2000 Agents for Mobile Money
Globacom, telecoms service provider, has rounded off Town Hall trainings for prospective Glo Xchange agents with sessions in Sokoto, Katsina, Ekiti and Ebonyi States, bringing the total number…
- 21 Mar 2021
NBS Reports Drop Voice Call Subscribers, Rise in Internet Users
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the number of subscribers for voice calls fell marginally quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) by 0.3 percent or 650,000 to 204.6 million in the fourth quarter of…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 13 Mar 2019
NBS Says Nigeria’s Active Mobile Subscribers Drops to 162m in Q4 2018
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s active mobile subscribers dropped to 162,032,481 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 172,824,239 million and 162,522,772 million recorded…
- 26 Jul 2024
VDL International Conference Emphasizes on Fostering Ethical Values in the Society
Stakeholders at the Values for Daily Living International (VDLI) inaugural annual conference have recommitted to continuing efforts in promoting ethical values and moral principles, inspiring…
- 25 Aug 2022
Fake MTN Staff Emeka Anaga Jailed 28 Years for N39.6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial crime Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, secured the conviction of Emeka Anaga for a fraud of N39.6 million. He was jailed by Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court…
- 15 May 2018
NOTAP Advocates for a Robust IP Policy in Nigerian knowledge Institutions
Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has advised Universities to develop a comprehensive IP policy in order to strengthen the…
- 20 Aug 2020
Stanbic IBTC Partners United Nations on Women Empowerment
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has disclosed that it recently partnered the United Nations on an initiative to provide seed funding for women across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal…
- 1 Dec 2016
Glo Campus Storm Moves to Ebonyi
The Glo blockbuster concert, the Glo Campus Storm, will this Friday, December 2, storm Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki, where students, members of the academic community and residents of the…
- 3 Mar 2022
Prof. Oge Elom, AE-FUNAI VC Commends NOTAP on IPR Promotion
Prof. Sunday Oge Elom, the Vice Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has commended the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion…
- 28 Sept 2014
Airtel Takes ICT Awareness Initiative To West
Following the successful launch of Airtel’s ICT initiative in Afikpo, Ebonyi State four weeks ago, the programme, which is targeted at driving ICT usage in rural communities across the country, is…
- 4 Sept 2014
FG targets 5,000MW of Power in 2015
Prof. Chinedu Nebo, minister of Power, has said Nigeria’s power generation will reach 5,000 megawatts in 2015. He stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi, after witnessing the signing of contract for…
- 17 Jun 2015
EFCC Swoops on Ex-Govs over Allegations of Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), may have decided to swoop on some immediate past governors in the country, with their constitutional immunity stripped, according to National Mirror.…
- 13 Dec 2020
FG Moves to Use Space Science Address Economic Challenges, Others
The federal government has said that investment in Space Science and Technology will positively address environmental, security, research, economic, health and other challenges confronting the…
- 14 Feb 2022
Telcos Lost 12.3m Internet Subscribers in 2021- NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday reported that telecoms operators in Nigeria lost 12.3 million data subscribers in 2021. This represented a loss 7.99 percent to 141.9 million The…