Ebonyi state
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The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ebonyi State began an indefinite strike on Thursday in seven local government areas. The strike is in response to the non-payment of salaries for over three months. In a statement, a copy of which Guardian obtained in Abakaliki, the Union Secretary, Bassey Asuquo, listed the affected local government…
3 days ago
Residents of Amegu Nkalaha in Ebonyi State’s Ishielu Local Government Area (LGA) have accused security forces of failing to prevent an attack by suspected herdsmen, which left at least 16 people dead and forced many to flee their homes. Speaking to reporters on Monday, survivors said the attack, which took place on Sunday morning, lasted…
4 days ago
The Executive Chairman of the Ebonyi State Internal Revenue Service (EBSIRS), Christopher Isu, over the weekend denied social media reports that the agency awarded contracts to the state governor's brothers. Isu, in a statement issued in Abakaliki, made it clear that EBSIRS had never engaged any relative of the governor as a revenue agent or…
28 Jan
The Ebonyi Government has banned indiscriminate dumping of refuse saying that defaulters will pay a fine of N50,000 or face outright prosecution by the State Environmental Sanitation court. The announcement is contained in a press release signed by Mr Reuben Okorie, the Head of Public Relations of the Ministry of Environment and made available to…
28 Jan
Tragedy struck the Nwaji family from Izzi, Ebonyi State, on Saturday when a fuel tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama, Enugu, claimed the lives of nine family members who were travelling to bury their late patriarch.
25 Jan
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, has awarded sum of N100 million damages against the expelled Ali Odefa, former National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Southeast Zone. The court on Friday also restrained the police and Odefa from arresting, intimidating Party’s Ward Executives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls…
14 Jan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ebonyi State chapter on Tuesday debunked a media report that one Chidiebere Egwu had emerged as the new Southeast Vice Chairman, replacing Chief Ali Odefa. In a statement in Abakaliki, the state Chairman and Secretary, Mr. Onyemaechi Nwele and Ogbuefi Zacheus, noted that Chief Odefa remained the authentic National Vice…
31 Dec
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, at the weekend, wooed the Labour Party (LP) House of Representative member for Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency, Kama Nkemkanma, to join the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
19 Dec
Due to the stampede that claimed the lives of children at a Christmas party in Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has cancelled his birthday party and book presentation in Ebonyi State. The governor was scheduled to be in Ebonyi on Thursday to attend the occasion organised by the National Vice Chairman of…
16 Dec
The Chief Judge of Ebonyi, Justice Elvis Ngene, on Monday, inaugurated a 15-member Advisory Committee with a mandate of facilitating the state’s Court Administration and Case Management (CACM) project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CACM project is aimed at promoting speedy justice delivery through the digitisation of court processes and other…
13 Dec
About six persons have been killed following a land dispute between the people of Umuobor, Akaeze and Ogwor, Ishiagu in Ivo Local Council of Ebonyi State.
4 Dec
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, on Tuesday, denied social media news that the state government spent N1.1b in nine months on wildlife conservation. The social media publications had claimed that the state government had spent N1.1bn on wildlife in nine months, less than the amount allocated for Health and Water…
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