Gov Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi on Tuesday presented an N884.87 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Abakaliki. The budget, christened the “Budget of Actualisation and Hope,” is anchored on the government’s People’s Charter of Needs philosophy. Nwifuru said the budget aims to sustain fiscal consolidation, accelerate…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has rescued a kidnap victim, Thank-God Obasi, who was reportedly tied up and locked in a hotel toilet in Ezzangbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area (LGA). The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abakaliki. He said Obasi was abducted by a syndicate…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has congratulated Prof. Charles Soludo on his re-election as Governor of Anambra State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Soludo the winner of the November 8 gubernatorial election on Sunday, with 422,664 votes, defeating candidates from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Police authorities in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State say they are pursuing armed assailants who killed two people during an attack in Oriuzor, a community in Ezza North Local Government Area. Police spokesperson SP Joshua Ukandu confirmed the killings to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, noting that the incident occurred on 1 November. Ukandu…
Authorities in Ebonyi State, south-east Nigeria, say they have eliminated a notorious criminal leader responsible for a wave of violence in Iyonu community, Ishielu district. Police spokesman SP Joshua Ukandu said the suspect, Isaiah Okoronkwo, was killed on 29 August when officers stormed his gang’s hideout in Iyonu Forest. Okoronkwo, who had long been on…
Two persons have been confirmed dead, three injured in a ghastly motor accident near the permanent site of Ebonyi state University, along the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. The tragic incident which occured on Saturday, involved a commercial bus loaded with passengers and a Mercedes Benz 911 truck conveying sachet water from Enugu to Abakaliki. Findings revealed that…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on violent crime, arresting 131 suspects in a series of operations that also rescued two kidnapped students in Ikwo LGA. Commissioner of Police, Adaku Uche-Anya, told journalists on Wednesday that the arrests, made between July and mid-August, cut across armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, and crisis instigation….
Tragedy struck in Ebonyi State at the weekend when a mining pit collapsed at Ajirija lead site in Ihietutu, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, killing two people and leaving three others injured. According to police spokesman SP Joshua Ukandu, five persons were involved in the accident. “The first victim died on the spot, another in…
The Traditional Ruler of Ihie Autonomous community in Ivo local Government Area of the State, Eze Gabriel Uzoma Okoro has warned those spreading false information on crisis that rocked the community recently to desist from such to forestall an escalation of the crisis in the peaceful area. In an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, the State…
The Amaeze Community in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi, says it has withdrawn its earlier consent granted to Mr Joseph Nomeh for the operation of a quarry on the Mboro-Ajayim land. The withdrawal, conveyed in a letter to the Director-General, Mining Cadastral Office (MCO), Abuja, dated June 27, 2024, affected Quarry Lease No….
