By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has announced an upward review of salaries of medical doctors in the General Hospitals of the State. Governor Nwifuru, who announced the increment of the salary from N150, 000 to N500, 000 equally charged the doctors to strive for...
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By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki– A House of Representative Member representing Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency and Chairman, Committee on Reformatory Institutions, Comrade Chinedu Ogah, has offset the school fees of a law student, who is an indigene of the Ebonyi State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the name, Chinedu Ogah, has...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Ohaukwu Judicial Division has sentenced four men, including Uchenna Odono, the younger brother of the Executive Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Ikechukwu Odono, to death by hanging for the murder of a 26-year-old...
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, declared on Saturday that there is no opposition party in Ebonyi aside from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi stated this made during a grand civic reception held in his honour by the Okposi-Okwu in Ohaozara Local Government Area. The event...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi has commended the Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, for resisting pressures to engage in a rift with Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that insinuations were rife in the state that the acclaimed “father and...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed the death of seven persons in Sunday’s auto crash at Nwafia Oga, Onueke in Ezza South Local Government Area. The Sector Commander of the corps, Mr Henry Igwe, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Police operatives have launched a rescue mission for the Coordinator of Ngbo Central Development Centre, Mrs Blessing Adagba, who was abducyby gunmen in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi. Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Command in. Ebonyi, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the...
Ebonyi State Police Command has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Mile 50 Layout, Abakaliki, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, told reporters on Monday that officers also recovered the vehicle of the victim, Nneka Onyibe. According to Ukandu, on March 30 at about 8:30 pm,...
Renowned entrepreneur, Dr Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as “Obi Cubana”, has announced plans to inaugurate a tricycle assembly plant in Ebonyi. Iyiegbu, Chairman of Cubana Group of Companies, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abakaliki while speaking to journalists after a meeting with Gov. Francis Nwifuru. He said his company...
Telecom subscribers in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have rued the recent increase in telecommunication tariffs by the Federal Government noting that it was not commensurate with the services provided. The subscribers interviewed in a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on the impact of the tariff hike in...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Chigozie Ovuta, in possession of two human skulls and three locally made guns. Spokesman of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Abakaliki. Ukandu said that Ovuta...
Four persons have been killed in a renewed boundary dispute involving two communities in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the land dispute is between the Ogwor and Umuobor villages, who have been fighting over a land called, “Elueke” in the...
Ebonyi Police Command has rebutted the reported abduction of the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mr Igboayaka Igboayaka, saying that he was in police custody. The rebuttal is contained in a statement issued in Abakiliki by the command’s Spokesman, SP Joshua Ukandu, and made available to newsmen on Monday....
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said it arrested one person in connection with the Sunday attack by suspected hoodlums on Amagu village, Nkalaha community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed 10 persons dead in an attack launched by gunmen suspected to herdsmen at Amagu village in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, The spokesman of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Abakaliki while speaking with the News...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Ebonyi Command, on Tuesday called for ban on movement of inflammable products on the nation’s roads during day time The Corps Commandant, Francis Nnadi, made the suggestion in Abakaliki, following the incessant explosion of tanker laden with Petrolum Motor Spirit Explosion...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – No fewer than 4 persons including 2 NYSC corps members lost their lives in a vehicle accident on Wednesday in Ebonyi State NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the accident occurred along Amasiri-Okigwe Road within Amenu village in Okposi community within Ohaozara Local Government Area of...
A 54-year-old man, Eseni Chima was, on Tuesday, docked before an Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing his wife, Ugochukwu Chima. Chima is facing a count charge bothering on murder. The Magistrate, Chinedu Agama did not take the plea of Chima for want of jurisdiction. The magistrate directed the...
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....
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...