Nigeria may soon be saving billions of dollars annually from foreign health tourism which has almost become a norm among the elites who would hurriedly catch the next flight abroad, at the slightest manifestation of the commonest of ailments. Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze said with the National Universities Commission…
The latest political news in Nigeria is the defection of the Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi, on Tuesday to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing injustice meted on the South East by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the reason behind his action. But the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has faulted the reason given…
Prologue The great and respected world leader, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, once stated: “There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a programme that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources: those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.” In my search for a compassionate…
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a former Commissioner for Public Utilities in Ebonyi State, Engineer Benjamin Ogbonnaya Okah. Okah was apprehended on Monday August 15, 2016, for an alleged abuse of office and collecting gratification to the tune of N83 million. The arrest was sequel to a petition by…
For those who have been to Ebonyi State in the last 10 months, they will attest to the fact that the state is gradually wearing a new look under Governor David Nweze Umahi, fondly called DNU. From the metropolis to the rural areas in the state, the action governor, as some locals love to call…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured the people of Ezza that work will soon resume on the Ugwuachi end of the North-Onueke Ezza Road in the next one week. Umahi, at a civic reception for him by the people of Ezza Ezekunna at Onueke on Staurday, added that work on the Ezzama-Oshiri-Onicha Road…