Abakaliki – An unidentified man in his early 30s, was on Tuesday found hanging on a tree in a forest at Achara Community, a boundary town in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The body was found in a decomposing state, indicating that the man must have died sometime last week. Residents of the [...]
BY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI – EBONYI State House of Assembly, Thursday, impeached its Deputy Speaker, Hon. Valentine Okike representing Afikpo South West state constituency for alleged misconduct, insubordination and plotting to impeach the leadership of the House, gossiping, wearing of boxers to official functions and lack of respect for his colleagues. Moving the impeachment motion, [...]
PAST misdeeds rather than improper dressing might have been the major reasons Ebonyi State Governor Martins Elechi suspended three members of his cabinet from office for three months recently. Governor Elechi had through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Dr. Onyekachi Eni, suspended the Commissioners for Works and Transport, Chukwuma Nwandugo; Justice and Attorney [...]
Ebonyi State House of Assembly has uncovered the use of fake certificates by workers in the state’s local government system. The discovery was made by Mr Vincent Nwibo-led House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, during its ongoing screening of treasurers and head of departments of the 13 councils in the state. Nwibo, who [...]
Abakaliki -A High Court in Abakaliki on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for stealing. The condemned men Chukwuma Idenyi, Nwobodo Omebe and Monday Ekwe of Izzi and Abakaliki Local Government Areas dispossessed their victims the sum of N180, 925. Delivering the judgment, the Judge, Justice Paul Elechi, held that the prosecutor proved [...]
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight, says Minister of Information Labaran Maku. Maku disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Platform where the Ministries of Science and Technology, Defense, Niger Delta Affairs [...]
ABAKALIKI — EBONYI State government yesterday declared tomorrow public holiday to enable it hold a special thanksgiving in appreciation to God over Governor Martin Elechi’s electoral victory in court. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Chike Onwe, who disclosed this to newsmen, explained that the public holiday would enable every citizen of the state come [...]
A group of protesters numbering over 2,000, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful demonstration in major streets of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, against the state government’s alleged demolition of their houses in Agbaja community of Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. The protesters, comprising the aged, men, women, youths and children, marched through the [...]
ATTEMPTS by political stakeholders on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reverse the impeachment of Mr. Ikechukwu Nwankwo, Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, have failed. His colleagues in the state Assembly maintain that bringing back the impeached Speaker would amount to “rewarding impropriety and malfeasance”. The state Governor Martin Elechi [...]
The Ebonyi State Government on Sunday said it had beefed up security in the state to prevent further blood letting and killings of its citizens. The state government’s assurance was in response to last Saturday’s renewed killing of over 52 members of Ezillo Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. Meanwhile, the state [...]
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