Tag: Ebonyi State
Gunmen kill police officer in Abakaliki
The police in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the killing of a police officer on Sunday by unknown gunmen. The Public…
Council to pay medical bills of malnourished children
The Chairman of Ohaoazara Local Government Area in Ebonyi, Chief Enekwachi Akpa, has pledged to offset the medical bills of…
Two children, aged 4 and 6, drown in Ebonyi pond
Two children of the same parents drowned in a pond at Enwugba village in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi.…
Governor Elechi recants opposition to national dialogue
Gov. Martins Elechi of the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi on Friday restated his support for the proposed Federal Government’s…
‘My mother sold my baby for $1,600’
A woman in Cross River state has been arrested by the police after her daughter reported her for selling her…
12-Year Old Girl Commits Suicide
A 12-year-old girl, Miss Chisom Okechukwu, has committed suicide by hanging herself at her family compound at Nnoche-Uduke Community in…
40-year-old bridge collapses in Ebonyi state
The 40-year-old Eguhuo Bridge in Agba, Ishiellu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, eastern Nigeria caved in on Wednesday after…
Kidnapping: Lawmaker’s wife, 8 others rescued
The police in the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi have rescued the wife of a member of the state assembly…
9 MASSOB members charged with felony
Nine members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were on Friday arraigned before…
Governor Elechi’s ADC escapes robbery attack
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Gov. Martin Elechi’s Aide De Camp (ADC), DSP Ibrahim Tinja,…
Medical doctor kidnapped in Abakaliki, guard killed
A Nigerian medical doctor in the eastern Nigeria state of Ebonyi has been kidnapped. Police said Dr Pius Mauyike, a…
Governor Returns To Rice Farming In 2015
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State says he will return to rice farming after completing his second term in office…
Governor Elechi dethrones 4 chiefs
Governor Martin Elechi of the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi has announced the dethronement of two traditional rulers and sacked…
Elechi: 2012 Nigeria’s worst
Governor Martin Elechi of Nigeria’s eastern state of Ebonyi has described 2012 as the worst year for Nigeria and the…
Governor Elechi forgives 3 errant aides
If Christmas is the season of love and forgivesss, the spirit is catching on in Nigeria, where Governor Martin Elechi…
Nigerian governor suspends 3 aides for wearing jeans
Three commissioners turned up for a state dinner in Nigeria’s Ebonyi state recently, wearing t-shirts and the casual jeans trousers.…
2 Die In Petrol Tanker Fire
An octogenarian was among two persons who died on Monday when a petrol-laden tanker crashed, spreading fire to the Ntezi-Amuzu…
Grandpa Elechi Unmasked
Here are the scandalous projects of Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State spends more…
Gov Elechi’s Projects Are Worthwhile
Nwandugo Chukwura, Ebonyi Commissioner for Works tells FUNSHO BALOGUN that the state government is spreading its development projects across the…
Ebonyi buys 200 computers for e-library
Mr Dan Ibiam, the Director, Ebonyi Library Board, on Friday in Abakaliki said the State Government had concluded plans to…
Policeman kills self, after shooting wife, daughters
A Nigerian Police Corporal, Anthony Ugwuoke, on Sunday at Edda Village, Ugwuachara in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi state,…
Nigeria: Gunmen raid Ebonyi state offices
Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Thursday in Abakaliki, capital of Nigeria’s eastern state of Ebonyi raided the state…
Robbers raid ATM in Abakaliki
Six robbery suspects on Friday raided an Automated Teller machine (ATM) installed at a popular eatery along Afikpo Road in…
3 men to die by hanging for robbery
A High Court in Abakaliki on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for robbery. The condemned men Chukwuma…
Okorocha To Receive Award In Lagos
Igbo in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria have concluded plans to give an award of excellence to the Imo State Governor,…
S/Court Affirms Election Of Kwara Gov, 2 Others
The Supreme Court this morning affirmed the election of Governor Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State, Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and…
60 Killed In Ezilo
At least 60 people have been reportedly killed in Ezilo, Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria. Reports say the community was invaded…
Chimakenz Unveils ‘So Good’
A Germany-based Nigerian, Chima Kenneth Eze otherwise known as Chimakenz has dropped another inspirational (gospel) singles featuring another Nigerian, Soji …
Army Parades Fake Officer
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu State, Nigeria, Major-General Mohammed Isa, has paraded a…