ebonyi
21 Oct
There was total compliance by residents in Ebonyi State with the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to honour Biafran soldiers who lost their lives during the civil war. Business activities were grounded as banks, schools, offices, and businesses, including eateries, shopping malls, and markets, were all locked. When our correspondent…
20 Oct
A gas explosion over the weekend killed one student and left no fewer than 10 others with various degrees of burns at Good Shepherd Catering School in Orokeonuoha, Ebonyi Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State. The Guardian gathered that the incident occurred when one of the students answered a phone call while cooking in…
20 Oct
The Ebonyi Police Command says no life was lost in Thursday’s gas explosion that occurred in Orokeonuoha Community of Ebonyi LG
17 Oct
The Provost of Ebonyi State College of Education, Professor Benedict Mbam, on Thursday, said that the staff of the institution were not gazetted for the payment of pension and gratuity, therefore appealing to the Ebonyi State Government under Governor Francis Nwifuru to gazette the staff of the institution for the payment of pension and gratuity.…
8 Oct
The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in Ebonyi says that two persons have so far died in the flood that has ravaged some parts of the state since June. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Mr. Clement Ovuoba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Ovuoba…
8 Oct
The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, along with his Ebonyi and Kaduna counterparts, Francis Nwifuru and Uba Sani, respectively
3 Oct
The Trinitarian Foundation for Orphanage and Helps in Ebonyi has identified the dearth of accommodation and flooding of its premises as the two major challenges confronting the home. The President, Society of St. Vincent De Paul Old Peoples and Destitute Home in Abakaliki, Mr. John Lekpa, also appealed to the State Government to include the…
12 Sep
The Ebonyi State government on Thursday announced that it has sealed three fuel stations due to under-dispensing. The Special Assistant to the Governor on Petroleum, Mr. Nwafor Nnaemeka, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. He noted that a task force was deployed to monitor the activities of…
9 Sep
The Executive Chairman of the Maize Growers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Ebonyi State Chapter, Mr. Ebere Oji Odii, and Ecobank Nigeria Limited have appealed the verdict of Ebonyi State High Court, sitting in Abakaliki, on the Federal Government Anchor Borrowers' Scheme. The appellants, in a suit filed at the Court of Appeal…
9 Sep
The immediate past Chairman of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chidiebere Uzor, on Monday denied allegations that he vandalised council properties before leaving office. A viral video had accused Uzor of vandalising properties belonging to the council before leaving office some weeks ago. The video surfaced shortly after the new chairman inspected the…
6 Sep
The arraignment of an Ebonyi State lawyer, Sunday Ununu, who fired a pistol, hitting 36-year-old orphan, Nnamdi Nwite, failed for the third time. This failure followed a melodrama at the High Court premises in Abakaliki on Friday, as Ununu disrupted proceedings in Magistrate Court 1, where he was arraigned for alleged murder. Ununu, who is…
1 Sep
Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has sworn in 13 Local Government Chairmen and charged them to be accountable to the people especially now that they have full financial autonomy. Nwifuru stated this in Abakaliki during the swearing ceremony of the 13 elected chairmen of Local Government Council further charged to embark on infrastructural…
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The wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, has applauded Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's empowerment initiatives for police officers, wives and widows in the state. Mrs Egbetokun, who doubles as President of the Police Officers' Wives Association (POWA), gave the accolade when she led wives of top police officers on a courtesy…
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