The police in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east, have arrested 17 suspects who allegedly burnt a man to death over alleged witchcraft. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, Abuja, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the incident happened on 3 January in Enohia Itim village, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi … Read more
Leaders of Ebonyi State and the South-east region on Thursday cancelled the birthday lecture and book launch in honour of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the tragedy which claimed the lives of 35 children on Wednesday in Ibadan. The event organisers announced the cancellation to guests who had gathered for the event at … Read more
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has announced a N150,000 Christmas bonus for each state civil servant in appreciation for their dedication and commitment to service. The announcement is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by the governor’s spokesperson, Monday Uzor, According to the statement, the governor announced this at a state … Read more
Barring a last-minute change of plans, President Bola Tinubu will dissolve the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, popularly known as UNIZIK, over the controversial appointment of Bernard Odoh as the new vice-chancellor of the university, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report. Mr Odoh, a professor, emerged as the seventh substantive vice-chancellor of the … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over the spike in the number of cases of violations reported in June. “For the month of June, we have received an unprecedented number of 106,604 complaints. This increase is disturbing but not unexpected,” said the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Anthony Ojukwu, during the sixth … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi State, has confirmed the abduction of two of its officers by gunmen along the Abakaliki-Enugu federal highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road has recently become nightmarish for commuters due to incessant abductions by gunmen. The most affected axis is the Nkalagu (Ebonyi) … Read more
The police in Ebonyi State, south-east Nigeria, say they will investigate some operatives seen in a viral video clip assaulting two yet-to-be-identified men in the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The viral video clip In the 30-second clip, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, some armed police operatives, numbering … Read more
Gunmen have killed a police operative in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s south-east. The incident happened at about 11:00 a.m. on Thursday along Ngbo-Effium Road in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The Ebonyi killing occurred a day after gunmen killed another police officer in Akwa Ibom State, south-south Nigeria. There is no indication that the … Read more
A senator from Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has appealed to Nigerians to give President Bola Tinubu’s administration more time to fix the economy. Mr Uzor-Kalu, a former chief whip of the Senate, acknowledged that Nigerians were going economic hardship. The senator spoke on Tuesday in Koli-Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi … Read more
Two persons were killed on Friday night when a petrol tanker exploded along the popular Abakaliki-Afikpo Expressway, near Ebonyi Airport in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east. The explosion resulted in a fire outbreak that engulfed the tanker and other properties around the area. Nnaemeka Nwafor, a special assistant to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, has … Read more
