The Management of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AEFUTHA) Wednesday raised an alarm over the outrageous N107 million December electricity bill and escalating tariff by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. Briefing Newsmen at the Hospital complex in Abakaliki, the Director of Administration (D.A), Mr. Calistus Azubike Okonkwo who described electricity bill as […]
The Ebonyi State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Barr. Ekuma Emmanuel, Tuesday assured Nigerians that the political future of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is bright, not minding the present challenges facing the Party. The PDP Stalwart added that the Party is gearing up to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians even as the 2027 general […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State has stated that public servants under Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru’s appointment must resign 30 days to the primary election. This is as the APC in Ebonyi State fixed January 25, 2026 for the Party ‘s primaries for the forthcoming Local Government and councillorship elections in the state. […]
The Wife of the Governor of Ebonyi State, Mrs. Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has secured the release of 25 inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital. The release of the inmates was done during her 2025 Yuletide Prison Outreach organized by the wife of the Governor. The intervention, which took place […]
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Ebonyi State has raised concerns over the neglect of some government projects across the State. The group called on Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State to compel defaulting contractors back to site or terminate their contracts and recover public funds. The State Chairman of IPAC, Comrade Nasir Ernest Nwaze, […]
No fewer than 250 elderly citizens in Ebonyi State on Tuesday benefited from the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme as the third edition of the programme was held at the Banquet Hall of the Old Government House, Abakaliki. The initiative, championed by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was represented at the event by […]
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru on Power, Chief Chinedu Awo, has attributed the resolution of the decade-long communal crisis in some parts of the State to divine intervention through the Governor of the State. He.emhasized that the achievements of the present administration in that direction was an act of God, which […]
The Commander, Nigerian Forest Security Service ( NFSS) Ebonyi State Command, Chief Larry Ikema Igwe, has assured the people of Ebonyi State of adequate security during the yuletide season. Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, the Commander, who said that he had mobilized his men to border areas like Benue, Agila and Cross River State, reiterated […]
The Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Centre (HRCRC) Abakaliki, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Ebonyi Office and the Ebonyi State Civil Society Network, has raised concerns over the rising wave of human rights violations in some parts the State. Disclosing this in Abakaliki at a joint Press Conference to mark the […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, has remanded 43-year-old lawyer, Igwe Nwalo Johnson in a correctional facility over allegations of cyberbullying and defamation against Comrade Chinedu Ogah, the member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. The charges, filed under case number MAB/616C/2025 by the Commissioner of Police, alleged that Johnson, along with […]
The National leadership of the Labour Party has inaugurated a 24-member interim executive in Ebonyi State as part of efforts to restore stability and reposition the party ahead of the 2027 general election. The Committee, unveiled under the authority of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Usman, and National Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, is led […]
Ebonyi State Government has set up a One-Stop-Shop (EBOSS) designed to streamline business registration, licensing and other administrative services for Business owners and investors in the state. The facility was officially unveiled at the Staff Development Centre, Abakaliki, by Governor Francis Nwifuru who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Oguzor Offia-Nwali. He […]
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has stated that the erosion of values was behind the fueling of insecurity, youth restiveness, and economic challenges currently plaguing the Country. Nwifuru lamented that the Igbo nation, once celebrated for its leadership, integrity, industriousness, and entrepreneurial spirit, has drifted from these notable ideals He attributed the decline to […]
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Monday unveiled a landmark ₦884 billion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year. The budget dedicated more than 84 percent of the spending plan to infrastructure and economic development. The ambitious blueprint, tagged “Budget of Actualisation and Hope,” also included a bold move to establish a state-owned cement […]
Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifruru of Ebonyi State has emerged the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Forum of the former presiding officers of State Houses of Assembly The Forum is a National Body comprising former presiding officers ( Speakers and Deputy Speakers) of the 36 States in Nigeria The Forum is committed to […]
The Ebonyi State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has called on security agencies to intensify its fight against the growing wave of insecurity in the Country. The youth group insisted that any individual linked to the menace of terrorism, banditry, abductions, or political sabotage must be arrested and prosecuted in line […]
Ebonyi State has been recognized for winning the first position in the implementation of HIV services in Nigeria. Presenting the award to the Hon. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma at Block 5 Centenary City Abakaliki, the team in charge of HIV implementation services in the State comprising Excellent Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS), Institute […]
Those reportedly displaced by communal conflicts, including residents of Ebonyi State will soon start occupying the newly constructed multi-billion naira Housing Estates in the State before the end of the year. This is as government-led projects aimed at tackling the state’s housing deficit have reached different advanced stages of completion. The State Commissioner for Housing […]
The Hon. Commissioner for Health, Ebonyi State, Dr. Moses Ekuma has inaugurated oxygen gas plant donated to Ebonyi State Government by Global Fund through the Federal Ministry of Health and National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA). Inaugurating the oxygen gas plant at Mater Misericordiae hospital, Afikpo LGA, the Commissioner represented by the Director […]
The Director General, Ebonyi State Broadcasting Corporation, EBBC, SALT 98.1 FM and SALT Television, Chief Tony Nwizi has stated that the present administration was providing dividends of democracy to Ebonyi people through its well packaged Peoples Charter of Needs Mantra. He stated that the Government’s execution of projects, empowerment programmes, provision of basic social amenities, […]