Ebonyi enrolls 29,000 persons living with HIV into free Health Insurance Scheme
The Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency (EBSHIA) has begun the enrollment of 29,000 persons living with HIV (PLHIV) into the state’s health insurance scheme, fully funded by the government.
Land Crisis: Truck driver killed in Ebonyi
A truck driver was reportedly shot dead by suspected warlords along the Ishiagu/Okigwe Expressway in Ebonyi State, as the ongoing land dispute between the communities of Umuobor, Akaeze, and Ogwor, Ishiagu in Ivo Local Government Area intensifies.
14,776 Ebonyi residents benefit from Presidential Grants
A total of 14,776 residents across Ebonyi State’s 13 local government areas have received grants under the Presidential Concessional Grants Scheme, aimed at supporting small businesses. Each beneficiary received ₦50,000, amounting to a disbursement of ₦738.8 million statewide.
‘Ebonyi is economically bleeding, airport project wasteful’
The 2023 People’s Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Chief Chukwuma Odii said that the state under the leadership of governor Francis Nwifuru is “economically bleeding and hemorrhaging”.
Man dies after setting self, house ablaze in Ebonyi
A 32-year-old man, Onyiuke Nwedeogu, has reportedly died after setting himself and his house ablaze following a domestic dispute with his wife in Ndiechi Igbeagu, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Tension in Ebonyi community over alleged threats to kill 100 residents
There is palpable tension in Eguho community in Ishielu Local Government of Ebonyi state following alleged threats by hoodlums to attack and kill over 100 people in the area.
Ebonyi community at the mercy of murderous herdsmen, cut off from rest of Ebonyi communities
By Anayo Okoli FOR residents of Obeagu Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, life is really hellish and survival of the fittest as the government has completely abandoned them. They have no access road, healthcare facilities, potable water, functional schools, not to talk of electricity; their lives are truly brutish and short. […]
Ebonyi LGA elections witness low turnout, late arrival of materials
In some areas of Abakaliki metropolis, people were seen going about their businesses, though there were restrictions of human and vehicular movements.
Breaking: Two trapped as three storey building collapses in Ebonyi
“The building didn’t give any sign that it is about to collapse. I was lucky because my tools were inside. I just said let me wash my hands here before I will go inside the building to collect my tools. “
Ezeship tussle: Magistrate, journalists, security operatives escape death in Ebonyi
A magistrate and some journalists escaped death by whiskers when some assailants attacked them due to Ezeship tussle in Nkomoro Community of Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday.
Again, warlords kill two in Ebonyi, 10-yr-old boy missing, 3 houses burnt
TWO persons, 79-year old Paul Idu and 47-year old Elizabeth Amos Agbudu, natives of Igede village, Akparata, Effium, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have again reportedly been beheaded.
