•The scene of the mine pit collapse in Ebonyi A mining pit in Enyim Agalegu community, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has collapsed, claiming three lives. Four victims were also injured and are currently receiving medical treatment, reports Channels TV. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday at a pit linked to a company [&hellip...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State The Amasiri Community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has appealed the 72-hour ultimatum issued by the state government, rejecting allegations of killings and abductions linked to recent violence in neighbouring Edda and accusing security forces of serious human rights violations. In a ...
•Security operatives Following the attack on Okporojo in Oso-Edda, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, a joint security team comprising the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police, Department of State Security, and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has discovered shallow graves containing mutilated bodies in Amasiri, Afikpo Local Govern...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State (C) The Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has dismissed all government appointees, dissolved community development union leadership, and village heads in the Amasiri community, Afikpo Local Government Area of the state, with immediate effect. He also dethroned the traditional ruler of the communi...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State The Ebonyi State Government has announced plans to recruit 2,000 qualified health workers across various cadres, including medical doctors, nurses, and community health extension workers. The Executive Secretary of the Ebonyi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (EBSPHCDA), Dr. Phillip Emeka Ov...
•Governor Nwifuru and Comrade Obaji An Ebonyi man based in Lagos, Comrade Jeremiah Obaji, today narrated his ordeals on the road after he trekked for 17 days from Ikorodu, Lagos State, to Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, to express gratitude to Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru for restoring peace in the troubled Effium community of Ohaukwu Loc...
This week’s increase in the salary of public servants in Imo and Ebonyi States may have ignited a fresh wave of agitation for more pay in other states, according to feelers, yesterday. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, during a meeting with labour leaders in the state, on Tuesday, announced the approval of a new minimum […]
•Jeremiah Nworu Obaji A Lagos-based businessman, Jeremiah Nworu Obaji, has set out on a 633-kilometre walk from Ikorodu, Lagos State, to Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, in support of Governor Francis Nwifuru’s peace initiatives in the Effium/Ezza-Effium community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area. Obaji, a native of Inikiri Umuezeoka, began his journe...
•Flood in Ebonyi State No fewer than eight persons have been killed in a flood disaster in Kpoghirikpo, an ancient kingdom of Itim community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident, which occurred following heavy rainfall, affected over 800 farmlands and 3,000 households, creating a major displacement crisis within the co...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State All does not seem well in Eboni State at the moment, as Governor Francis Nwifuru has suspended a total of 81 government officials. A statement obtained by our correspondent last night noted that among those affected in the wave of suspension are the Attorney General, 25 Commissioners, 22 permanent [&he...

