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Ebonyi police, community declare man wanted for ‘bisexual activities’

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By Chunedu Nweze The people of Akaeze community in Ivo Local Government Area Ebonyi State, Nigeria and the police have launched a joint manhunt for one Austine Chinedu Okorie, said to be a bisexual. It was gathered that the suspect who is known openly to be involved in homosexual practise was

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Gov Umahi slams IPOB for kicking against Buhari’s visit to Ebonyi

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By Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Sunday berated the leadership of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra,(lPOB), for kicking against the proposed visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Ebonyi State. The governor expressed his dissatisfaction with the group while speaking at the end of this year’s Thanksgiving service of

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Ebonyi Gov fumes over suspension of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth president

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The governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has reacted angrily to alleged suspension of Mazi Demian Okafor, as the national President of the Youth Wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. Umahi described the suspension as illegal and unconstitutional while playing host to the group who was on a courtesy call at his Office, at the […]

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2023: Umahi denounces campaign posters

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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has denounced campaign posters currently circulating on social media, indicating his participation in the 2023 presidential race. The governor debunked the posters in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nwaze and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, According […]

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Sit-at-home order: S’East on red alert, says Umahi

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By Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki The Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, on Sunday, said the zone is already on “red alert” as a result of the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Umahi lamented that the sit-at-home order by IPOB, if not stopped, […]

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Ebonyi: Landlords Get 14 Days Ultimatum To Renovate Their Buildings

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Landlords whose buildings are located within the major roadways in Abakaliki have been given 14 days to remodel or face sanctions from the Ebonyi State Government. Barrister Onyekachi Nwebonyi, the State Commissioner for Capital City Development, revealed this while briefing journalists in his office yesterday. He expressed displeasure that most landlords with houses on

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Police arrest 6 suspected IPOB members, recover arms, charms in Ebonyi

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Six alleged members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were detained in Ebonyi, and five locally produced guns with 12 live bullets were found from them. DSP Loveth Odah, the state’s police spokeswoman, said this in a statement on Tuesday. The suspects, according to Odah, were apprehended during operations on Monday to disperse […]

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IPOB: Stay at home, forfeit your shops – Umahi warns Ebonyi traders

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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned that traders who comply with the Monday’s sit-at-home order should be ready to forfeit their shops. Umahi issued the warning in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration. He was reacting to the order by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of […]

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Ebonyi: PDP asks IGP, Military to note Umahi’s labelling, threat on its members

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Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba and heads of military agencies on threats and intimidation of its members in Ebonyi State by the state governor, Dave Umahi. Specifically accusing the governor of unfounded criminal allegations against PDP members and stakeholders in the state, the […]

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BREAKING: Suspected Suicide Bomber Detonates Self-Destructive Device in Ebonyi

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In the Ebonyi State local government area of Afikpo, an unidentified middle-aged man accused of being a suicide bomber blew himself up. The incident occurred at around 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday in Afikpo LGA of the state, near campus 2 of Amaizu/Amangbala primary school. Residents in the area scurried for safety when they heard the […]

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Insecurity: Ebonyi to offer amnesty to repentant bandits

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The Ebonyi State Government says it will offer amnesty to bandits and other criminals terrorising the state but willing to repent and lay down their arms for peace. The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakiliki on Friday. Orji […]

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Police intercept 753 GPMG ammunition in Abakaliki

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…Recover 2 AK47 Rifles, 5 Pump Action Guns, 6 Pistols, others, from Onueke Commercial Bank Robbers Joy Joseph, Lagos The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command have intercepted 753 live ammunition of General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) concealed in a sac, being transported in a commercial vehicle from Abakaliki, […]

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Insecurity: Forget 2023 election, Gov Umahi tells politicians

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Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has advised politicians at all levels to forget nursing ambition to contest the 2023 election, rather finding permanent solutions of fighting insecurity pervading the country. Umahi, however, faulted the announcement of 2023 election time table by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at

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Ebonyi State: Umahi orders compulsory registration of native doctors, others

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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has given native doctors and traditional medicine dealers a seven-day deadline to register with government agencies or face arrest and prosecution. After a security meeting at the government house in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, Umahi issued the ultimatum. “we have agreed that all native doctors in the state and […]

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Unknown gunmen attack Ebonyi community, kill policeman

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Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki Unknown gunmen on Tuesday afternoon attacked a popular Onueke community in Ezza South Local government area of Ebonyi state. It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering about five, had trailed a customer to one of the commercial banks in the area killings one police officer They shot sporadically in the air near […]

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Hoodlums responsible for Federal High Court Abakaliki fire outbreak ― Police

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The Federal High Court in Abakaliki was set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday by hoodlums who have yet to be named.  Mrs. Loveth Odah, the Ebonyi Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) but said no arrests had been made. She did say, however, that […]

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Unknown Gunmen kill three Policemen in Ebonyi, cart away rifles

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Three police officers were killed by gunmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. The officers were killed on Wednesday night, according to SaharaReporters, while on a’stop and search’ operation along Onuebonyi/Nwezenyi Road. According to reports, the gunmen ambushed them and took their weapons. They were said to have used a bus to get away from the crime […]

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Ebonyi killings: Senate demands comprehensive investigation from IGP

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Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday intervened in the repeated cases of killings and kidnapping of citizens in Ebonyi State by demanding from the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, a comprehensive investigation into the dastard incidents allegedly being perpetrated by suspected herdsmen. The upper chamber made the call amid resolutions reached,

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Escaped 55 warlords: Group calls for sack of Ebonyi security chiefs

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Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki A group, Ezza-Effium Consultative Assembly(ECA), has called on the federal government without further delay to sack all the security chiefs serving in Ebonyi state with immediate effect. This followed the Escaped of 55 hired militias arrested on Saturday by the military authority at Okpoduma village, of war-torn Effium community in Ohaukwu

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Ebonyi killings: FG promises justice for victims

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The Federal Government has pledged to ensure justice for victims of the recent attacks on three communities of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi, by unknown gunmen. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made the pledge on Sunday in Abakaliki while addressing stakeholders of the state after inspecting the affected communities and the Effium/Ezza-Effium intra-communal crisis.