The Ebonyi Government on Thursday, said that 394 suspected cases of Lassa Fever have been recorded since January till December in the state. The government said 48 cases were confirmed from the suspected case and out of which 23 persons died of the disease while 25 persons were discharged....
Ebonyi State
The Officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Ebonyi Command on Wednesday, allegedly shot one person dead and injured three others in a clash between policemen and a soldier. The State’s Police Commissioner, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, confirmed the incident to reporters in Abakaliki. Uche-Anya explained that the victim was...
Ebonyi State Police Command has said investigation is ongoing toward unraveling the identity of a decomposed body found behind a power transformer in Abakaliki. Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the investigation would also seek to confirm what...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital on Monday, nullified the recent ward, council and state congresses of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The court also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the second defendant in the suit from recognising any of the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ebonyi Command, says it has uncovered a suspected illegal petroleum refinery in Abakaliki. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Francis Nnadi, said this at a news briefing in Abakiliki on Monday. Nnadi also said that four suspected oil thieves involved...
The new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Mr Peter Nwele, has promised that the newly constituted State Executive Working Committee will rebuild the party and restore its lost glory. Nwele made the promise in a speech after his inauguration as the state Chairman of the...
The Nigeria Police command in Ebonyi said it arrested no fewer than 177 suspected criminals for various offences in the month of October, 2024. The Command noted that four out of the 177 suspects were alleged to be involved in human organ harvesting and ritual killings. DSP Joshua Ukandu, ...
The Police command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said a man, identified as Michael Nnaji was found dead at Ngbo-Amaka area in Ngbo Community, Ohaukwu Local Government of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki that...
Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FETHA), Abakaliki, Prof. Robinson Onoh, has said the recent gas explosion in Ebonyi has claimed two lives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred in Orokeonuoha community, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state on Oct....
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, has disclosed that the state has recorded 28 deaths and 386 cases since the cholera outbreak on September 24. Ekuma made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the donation of medical commodities by the Governor’s wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, to...
The Ebonyi Police Command says no life was lost in Thursday’s gas explosion that occurred in Orokeonuoha Community of Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joshua Ukandu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki...
The Ebonyi Government says the death toll from the cholera outbreak in Ndibokote Village in Ezza-Inyimegu Community has hit 15. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, confirmed the number of deaths from the epidemic in the locality to newsmen in Abakiliki on Friday. Ekuma said that three emergency...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, says the explosion that claimed the lives of a couple, Mr and Mrs George Onuabuchi in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital was from gas cylinder and not from inverter battery. DSP Joshua Ukandu, spokesman of the Command in the state told the News Agency of Nigeria...
Gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint on Amangwu axis of the Amasiri-Owutu-edda highway in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Ukandu said the attack occurred...
The Federal Government has tasked Nigerian workers and citizens on improve productivity, saying such push would improve living standards of the people across the country. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, gave the charge while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of...
A downpour which persisted from July 19, has disrupted the commencement of the Local Government Area elections in Ebonyi, on Saturday. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the situation around Abakaliki and surrounding areas, reports that people were still inside their houses as at 9.am...
Fire at a Palm Kernel Factory at Onuebonyi in Ebonyi on Sunday destroyed equipment, raw materials and other property worth billions of naira in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)’s visit to the factory revealed that all the property at the scene of the incident was...
The Ebonyi Labour Party (LP) on Sunday adopted Mr Peter Obi, its Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections as the national leader of the party. The party stakeholders also adopted Chief Fidelis Nwankwo as the leader of the party in the state. The endorsement was part of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Ebonyi on Thursday repelled an attack by suspected IPOB terrorists on Isheke Police Station killing five terrorists. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to prioritise university education to boost research and academic excellence in the nation’s ivory towers. The Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AEFUNAI), branch of ASUU made the appeal in an address delivered during a press...