Following the detention of the former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the United Kingdom, the Ebonyi State Government has said it is currently reaching out to the family of David Okemini Ukpo. Kokomansion recalls that Ekweremadu had facilitated the travel of Ukpo to the UK for kidney donation to his (Ekweremadu) daughter, […]
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A crack team of Police detectives have arrested seven armed robbers including a serving and a dismissed soldiers for alleged robbery of a bullion van in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the bullion van was coming from Enugu State when it was attacked in Abakaliki on July 29, 2020, while […]
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Declaring the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission state headquarters in Abakaliki, the State Returning Officer, Chukwuemeka Eze, said Mr Umahi garnered 393,343 votes across the 13 local governments areas of the state. His closest challenger, Sonni […]
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The Ebonyi police command on Monday confirmed the death of four persons in an attack by herdsmen on Onunwakpu community in Izzi local government area of the state. Loveth Odah, the state police public relations officer, told NAN that the dead included three natives of the community and a herdsman. Odah disclosed that the incident […]
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Senator representing Ebonyi south, Sonni Ogbuoji, was stopped from defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday. Speaking on the floor of the senate, Ogbuoji cited problems in the PDP, both in his state and at the national level, as the reason why he wanted to leave the party. But his colleagues in the […]
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The Ebonyi state chapter of the Nigerian Medical association has lost two of its own to Lassa Fever. Ariom Anthony Ifeanyi, secretary, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ebonyi chapter, confirmed the development on Sunday. “It’s a sad day for NMA Ebonyi state as we lose two of our members same day to Lassa fever,” he said […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a two-day official visit to Ebonyi and Anambra in the South East region of Nigeria. The president’s visit to the South-east was the first since the inception of the All Progressives Congress-led federal government in 2015. Mr. Buhari, who commenced the visit on November 14 with a […]
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The Commissioner of Police (CP), Ebonyi Command, Mr Titus Lamorde, said on Friday that four kidnap suspects escaped from the command’s custody in Abakaliki. He named the suspects as Ogonna Alioke, Friday Nwangbo, Emeka Nwangbo and Ekene Omenyi. Larmode said that they were detained for allegedly kidnapping and killing one Mrs Catherine Okorie, at her […]
Continue ReadingA 50kg bag of rice is now selling for N8,000 in Ebonyi state, Eastern Nigeria, a reality that is in sharp contrast with the over N20,000 price tag for imported rice. The cheering news was reported by spokesman of Central Bank of Nigeria, Isaac Okoroafor in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Tuesday. Okoroafor is the Acting […]
Continue ReadingThe Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has assured the people of Ezza that work will resume on the Ugwuachi end of the North-Onueke Ezza Road in the next one week. Umahi, at a civic reception for him by the people of Ezza Ezekunna at Onueke on Staurday,added that work on the Ezzama- Oshiri-Onicha Road would […]
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