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Ebonyi, State News
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 18th, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, State News
Monday, April 9th, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, State News
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
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 […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
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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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
From Goddy Osuji, Abakaliki Sunday, January 01, 2012 • Victims of Ezillo/Ezza communal clash in Ebonyi State Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section At least 55 persons, including children, yesterday lost their lives in a renewed communal war in Ezillo in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State. Among the dead was […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Ebonyi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Chidi Ede has said that his command will make road users have an accident- free period during the Christmas. Worried about the influx of rickety vehicles, he directed that all rickety vehicles would be impounded by his men on patrol during the yuletide as […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ebonyi, State News
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Ebonyi State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has appealed to the state Governor, Martin Elechi to be compassionate to the organized labour in the state and pay all the workers their salaries for the month of September 2011. In a communiqué signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the association Rev. Emmanuel Nshii and Rev. […]