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...
Ebonyi State
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has denied snubbing newsmen who honoured his ministry’s invitation for a news conference in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls the minister allegedly walked out on the newsmen during his turn to present this ministry’s score card after one year...
Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed two persons dead after a bridge under construction at Mgbabeluzor village in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi collapsed on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Joshua Ukandu confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Abakaliki on Thursday and killed a policeman. Police spokesman in Ebonyi, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack and said the gunmen also set the police van on the spot ablaze. “It happened early on Thursday morning. I have been trying to...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi, has paraded three minors for allegedly attempting to rape and assault a fellow minor. The State Commandant of the Corps, Dr Elijah Willie, said during the parade on Friday in Abakaliki, that the command was on the heels...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Police in Ebonyi State have dislodged gunmen’s hideout in the state, killed three suspects and recovered ammunition. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abakaliki. Ukandu noted that no fewer than five suspects...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In a bid to end protracted boundary disputes between Cross River and Ebonyi State, both states have resolved to embrace and work towards achieving peace along the border corridors of Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi and Adadama, Abi Local Government...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Friday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Monday Ikeagwu, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly threatening to kill his own mother. The police charged Ikeagwu with threat to life and stealing N625, 000 belonging to his mother, Jacinta. The Magistrate,...
The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health disclosed that Lassa Fever killed 10 persons in the state from Jan. 4 to Feb. 16, 2024. The Disease Surveillance Notification Officer of the ministry, Mr Sampson Orogwu, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abakaliki. Orogwu stated that 25 persons...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has presented cheques worth over N69 million to 41 beneficiaries, including next-of-kins to deceased police officers and injured personnel in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi, CP Augustina Ogbodo, made the presentation on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun,...
Some residents of Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, have expressed worry over the continuous rise in price of cooking gas, otherwise known as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the situation reports that many homes have shifted to some other alternative such as sawdust,...
An early mor , on Wednesday, gutted the popular Roky Fella Night Club, located at Udoji Street, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, destroying property worth millions of naira. The Ebonyi Chief Fire Officer, Mr Raphael Ibiam, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said he received distress call about the incident around...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of barring its polling agents from Saturday’s Ebonyi South by-election. Chief Nwaeze Onu, a chieftain of the party said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. “We...
Gunmen have attacked Police personnel on patrol along Ngbo-Effium road in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The acting police spokesman of Ebonyi State Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told journalists in Abakaliki on Friday, that the attackers operated using an Ash-coloured Toyota Sienna without registration number. Ukandu said...
The Ebonyi Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the death of three men as a result of a cult clash in Oriuzor community, Ezza North Local Government of the state. The Acting Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Ebonyi Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Two persons have lost their lives in a fuel-laden tanker explosion on Abakaliki–Onueke-Afikpo Expressway in Ebonyi. Mr Igwe Nnabuife, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Abakaliki. Nnabuife said that the truck,...
The Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Rev. Peter Nworie, has condemned the killing on Christmas eve of three worshippers by suspected hoodlums during a Christmas vigil mass on Sunday night. Nworie disclosed this at Monday’s Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, saying that the killing occured...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee Chairman in Ebonyi, Dr Augustine Nwazunku, has said that contrary to insinuations, the party was functional and operates silently in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the conduct of the last general elections in the country,...
An Abakaliki Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 29-years-old man, Chikodili Igboji in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 50-year-old widow, Mrs Chinyere Igwe. The Magistrate, Chinedu Agama-Agama, ordered the remand of the defendant after rejecting his bail application. Igboji is facing a...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- Unknown gunmen have attacked a police patrol and shot two officers dead in Ebonyi State on Friday. Police spokesman, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Friday. Onovwakpoyeya explained that the attack occured along Nwofe road, outskirts...