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Ebonyi LG chair orders arrest of Vanguard reporter

Ebonyi LG chair orders arrest of Vanguard reporter

The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested Vanguard Correspondent, Mr. Peter Okutu, on the orders of a local government chairman. The arrest was over a report Okutu did about military invasion of Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Okutu was arrested by armed men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, at Woodberry […]

Umahi orders arrest of journalist over Lassa fever story

Umahi orders arrest of journalist over Lassa fever story

By Dennis Agbo Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, on Saturday, ordered the police to detain indefinitely THE SUN Correspondent in the state, Mr Chijioke Agwu, after the Governor reportedly arrested and detained him in the state Government House. Vanguard gathered that Agwu’s travail is connected to a Lassa Fever disease story he recently authored […]

No confirmed case of COVID-19 in South-East – Umahi

No confirmed case of COVID-19 in South-East – Umahi

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has confirmed that states in the South-East zone were yet to record any confirmed case of the dreaded Coronavirus, known as COVID-19. Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum stated this at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abakaliki. He said that the Ebonyi government had put […]

‘Plots to unseat Obaseki will fail’ ― Umahi

‘Plots to unseat Obaseki will fail’ ― Umahi

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday said that Mr. Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Governor of Edo State, stressing that nothing will stop the governor’s re-election because Obaseki has done well and deserves to continue in office. Obaseki is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) while Umahi is a member […]

Reactions as aged women protest half-naked in Ebonyi govt house

Reactions as aged women protest half-naked in Ebonyi govt house

The Ebonyi Government said the protest embarked by some aged half-naked women in Abakaliki on Monday was not against the state government. Mr Francis Nwaze, Special Assistant to the Governor on Media said in a statement on Tuesday that the state government had no business with the cause of the protest. Recall that the women […]