Umahi dissolves Ebonyi Executive Council
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi on Friday dissolved the state Executive Council after its enlarged meeting at the Government House, Abakiliki. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Kenneth Ugbala, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting. Ugbala said the dissolution was to allow the government appraise the performances […]
Police repel attack on station in Ebonyi
***they met stiff resistance from Police — Police source By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki Police in Ebonyi, Tuesday, repelled another attack by gunmen on another police station in the state. One of the assailants was allegedly killed in a shootout with the police. Vanguard reliably gathered that one of the gallant police officers, who repelled […]
Ebonyi: Sabotage fingered as 55 suspects arrested by Police allegedly escape from custody
55 out of the 66 suspects arrested by a combined team of the Police and Army, Saturday escaped from Police custody in Effium Community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
[UPDATED] Black Easter: Village Head, four others abducted by men in Military uniform in Ebonyi
UNKNOWN gunmen in military uniform, yesterday reportedly abducted the village Head, Deacon John Ulebe Nnaji of Oshiagu Amia Ngbo in Umuogudu Akpu Ngbo Community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Herdsmen attack in Ebonyi Communities: Our women are still missing – Survivor
… Security couldn’t do anything – Town Union President …they gave us corpses as gift – Community leader By Peter Okutu THE attack carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday night in four communities of Egedege, Umuhuali, Obegu and Amezu in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has saddened the hearts of many. […]
Ebonyi Killing: Fish out Culprits, South East Senate Caucus tells IGP, Security Agencies
ABUJA – THE South East caucus of the Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu and other heads of Security Agencies to as a matter of urgency, fish out those responsible for the recent killing of natives in Ebonyi State communities.
2023: I’m happy quitting PDP ― Ex-Party Chair
***party is filled with injustice against Ndigbo By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi state, Barr Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has stated that he was happy to quit the PDP, alleging acts of injustice as one of his reasons for leaving the Party. Nwebonyi who stated this during […]
UPDATED: Herdsmen storm Ebonyi community, kill many
…Effium/Ezza-Effium Communal crisis: Those in detention will remain in holding until peace returns – Umahi …As both sides apologize to each other, agree to live in peace By Peter Okutu FOLLOWING the unabated killings and destruction of properties in Effium and Ezza-Effium Communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Governor David Umahi, Tuesday […]
Ebonyi Defection: EX-PDP Chair, State excos, former chairmen of LGAs, 171 others defect to APC
THE embattled and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State, Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi and the State Executive Committee of the Party, Saturday decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC in the State.
Ezza Effium/Effium crisis: Ebonyi govt threatens to re-arrest stakeholders
Only one person was killed – Police We cannot exactly say figure – Ebonyi govt By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki Following the unexpected resurgence of criminal activities in the affected communities of Ezza-Effium and Effium of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the State, the State Government on Tuesday, threatened to rearrest the stakeholders in […]
AESID alleges abandonment of Ezza indigenes, insecurity in Ebonyi
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has alleged that Ezza natives have been abandoned, adding that security situation in the state was poor. AESID condemned the incessant attacks and razing of police stations in the state by hoodlums, saying the latest attack on Iboko Police Station in Izzi Local Government Area […]
Police arrest 2 suspects for allegedly abducting children in Ebonyi
The police command in Ebonyi says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly abducting two children at Agubia community in Ikwo Local Government area of the state.
I slept with 15 men without condom, says lady who wants to sell baby for N40k
By Arogbonlo Israel Victoria Chukwube, the 32-year-old lady who wants to sell her four-month-old baby boy for N40,000 in Ebonyi has revealed she slept with 15 different men without protection. Recall the Ebonyi Police Command recently arrested Chukwube while trying to sell her biological baby to raise money to start a business of selling drinks. […]
Ebonyi Crisis: Govt orders deployment of more security personnel to warring communities
The Ebonyi Government has directed the immediate deployment of more security personnel to quell the renewed intra-communal crisis between Effium and Ezza-Effium indigenes of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the crisis caused by a motor park dispute has led to deaths and displacement of several […]
10 feared dead, two injured in Ebonyi auto crash
No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead with two others seriously injured in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Ishiagu-Axis of the Okigwe-Afikpo highway. An eye witness, Mr Jeremiah Aja told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred when a bus belonging to Abia Line Network coming from Umuahia to […]
Hoodlums set ablaze Police Division, 4 patrol vehicles in Ebonyi
By Peter Okutu Abakaliki-HOODLUMS suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday attacked Onicha Divisional Headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. In a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, the hoodlums burnt the left wing of the division, including four patrol […]
