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. […]

In some areas of Abakaliki metropolis, people were seen going about their businesses, though there were restrictions of human and vehicular movements.

“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. “

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. 

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.

The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the killing of two persons in an attack on Ikachi Village in Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

Suspected warlords early, yesterday, attacked Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, killing two persons and destroying property worth millions of naira.

Ebonyi state governor, Francis Nwifuru, says that the state chief judge and house of assembly speaker use bullet-proof vehicles just like himself because all tiers of government should be equal.

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed a trainee at­tached to the Dental Therapy Department of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hos­pital, Abakaliki.

By Omeiza Ajayi  Abuja—HOODLUMS have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter, says it is not aware of any government official flogging a civil servant in the state for alleged dereliction of duty.

A report reaching Vanguard has it that a Chinese expatriate (names withheld) was weekend, reportedly attacked and shot dead in Ebonyi State.

By Miftaudeen Raji  The Supreme Court will, today by 3pm, deliver judgment on a raging dispute over who is the actual governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State for next year’s election. The apex court is expected to decide between Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi and Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba, who should contest […]

Traders, especially broom sellers in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, say they are making brisk businesses following the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. They said the President’s visit sparked a boom to their business. President Buhari is currently in Ebonyi State on a two-day working visit to inaugurate some projects executed by Governor […]

The Police Command in Ebonyi State has vowed to arrest and prosecute the killers of a 26-year-old lady, Miss Ugochukwu Nworie.