•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State The Ebonyi State government today said that it has evacuated over 800 Ebonyi indigenes trapped in Lagos State following the demolition of some parts of Ilaje by the Lagos State government. Addressing journalists in Abakaliki, the Commissioner for Special Duties and State Diaspora, Valentine Okeke, said...
•Ex-PDP chairman in Ebonyi, Ifeanyi Nworie (L) and Ebonyi APC Chairman, Stanley Okoro-Emegha The immediate-past acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Nworie, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Nworie, alongside hundreds of his supporters, were welcomed to the APC yesterday with ...
•Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ebonyi State chapter, has declared an indefinite strike action in seven local government areas of the state over non-payment of monthly salaries. The affected areas include: Ebonyi, Edda, Ezza South, Ezza North,Ivo, Ishielu and Ohaukwu LGAs, reports Daily Trust. The u...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Member representing Ezza North and Ishielu Federal Constituency at the National Assembly Hon. Joseph Nwobasi, has condemned the attack of his constituents by Fulani herdsmen which many were feared killed and properties worth of millions destroyed. According to Nwobasi, “The barbaric act of the herdsmen, which led to the ...
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has confirmed that the state has recorded 23 deaths and 48 confirmed cases of Lassa fever between January and December 2024. Nwifuru reported that 25 individuals infected with Lassa fever were treated and discharged, expressing grief over those who lost their lives and commending Doctors Without Borders...
•Open defecation The challenges in gaining Open Defecation Free status in Ebonyi State has been identified to include hard-to-change attitude, lack of commitment on the part of government and other stakeholders. One of the respondents who spoke to our correspondent said that though there had been series of enlightenment programmes tailored to ...
•Hoodlums The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a 48-year-old vigilante, Micheal Nnaji, resident in Ngbo Amaka in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Spokesman, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident last night to journalists. DSP Ukandu, who said the information was still sketchy, add...
•Road safety officials and vehicle at an accident scene At least five persons have been burnt to death and nine others injured following a ghastly motor accident involving a 16-seater mass transit bus along Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway in Ebonyi State. The incident occurred on Thursday at the popular G-hostel axis of the busy and strategic inter...
•IPOB There was partial compliance in the capital city of Awka and its environs today as the two-day sit-at-home by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) commenced. But the situation was not the same in Onitsha and Nnewi where there was full compliance, reports The Nation. Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo used today’s sit-at-home to visit [&h...
•Emmanuel Ajah The chairman of Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief Emmanuel Ajah, today, banned media coverage, cultural display, musical entertainment, and all forms of public gatherings in Ihie Autonomous Community for five days. According to a statement he signed and made available to the press, the restrictions, which will aff...

