…One killed, 2 abducted as pirates strike in Rivers …Gunmen kill 4 in Taraba Twelve persons were reportedly killed, two abducted, many injured and four buildings razed in Delta, Ebonyi, Rivers and Taraba states in cult-related clashes, pirates and gunmen attacks Sunday night and yesterday. It was gathered that one person was reportedly killed and […]

Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are planning to instigate violence in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast on Nov. 27, announced that he received information that some political leaders […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A Non-governmental Organisation, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All, CSACEFA, on Tuesday, stated that the absence of a policy or law that engenders the girl child education was what has accounted for the low enrollment ratio of the girls into various schools in the State. The NGO which […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Monday remanded a 20-year-old man, one Izuchukwu Akpu, for allegedly killing one Kenneth Nwakwo in the state. Vanguard learned that both the suspect, Akpu, and the deceased, Nwankwo, were apprentices in a Mechanic workshop in Abakaliki. It was gathered that their master gave […]

Chief Sunday Inyima, the Ebonyi Commissioner for Water Resources, has debunked insinuations of his resignation from Gov. David Umahi’s cabinet, saying that he cannot resign on Facebook. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that social media, especially Facebook was recently awash with reports of Inyima’s resignation occasioned by Umahi’s defection from the PDP to […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Saturday dissolved all Boards and Commissions in the State. This is part of the move by the present administration to accommodate the interest of key stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the rulership of the State. In a statement by Dr. Ugbala […]

The Ebonyi Governor, Chief David Umahi, has sacked political appointees from Ohaukwu local government Area of the state. Umahi gave the order on Friday in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki by the Secretary to the State government, Mr Kenneth Ugbala. “In the avowed determination of Ebonyi State Government to allow greater […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State’s defection from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to All Progressives Congress, APC, as a bold move that is based on matters of principles.

The Ebonyi Government has warned the public against the use of underage persons for contract work, especially as domestic maids and babysitters in the state. Mr Godwin Igwe, Head of Department, Child Development, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, gave the warning on Friday while addressing the case of a child who had been […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, Wednesday, remanded one Arinze Samuel, 22-year-old for car robbery and rape, in the state. It was gathered that the suspect was told by one Kelechi and Emma that the victim, one Charles Nwobia, had a large sum of money in his house on the […]

The Federal Government has designated Ebonyi as one of Nigeria’s Export Processing Zones. For the speedy take-off, the Ebonyi Government has allocated a parcel of land to the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), for the project. Gov. Dave Umahi, who handed over the allocation letter to the Managing Director of the Authority, Prof. Adosoji […]

As Umahi begins construction of new Police Station By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki After the tension and panic that erupted as a result of the #EndSARS protests in the State, normalcy is said to have returned to the State Capital as the security situation within the metropolis have since normalized. Both vehicular and human movements […]

Mr Uchenna Orji, Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and Orientation has said that only Gov Dave Umahi would decide if he would leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or not. Orji made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Sunday while reacting to the statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the governor had concluded plans to […]

By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki A fire incident which erupted on Saturday was reported to have destroyed valuable properties of residents of the affected building as 10 persons are still hospitalized following the incident. Those who sustained burns from the fire had been admitted in various clinics in Afikpo, in the Afikpo North Local Government […]

As angry mob kills driver, conductor By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki Tragedy struck on Tuesday at Oshiri in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State as five school children of St Michaels Schools, Oshiri were crushed to death by a water tanker. The accident happened at Onu Nworie Egu Oshiri involving a water tanker alledgly belonging […]