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...
Ebonyi State
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...
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...