Tinubu to sack UNIZIK Governing Council over controversial VC appointment

Tinubu to sack UNIZIK Governing Council over controversial VC appointment

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

NHRC expresses concerns over surge in reported human rights violation cases

NHRC expresses concerns over surge in reported human rights violation cases

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

FRSC confirms abduction of two officers by gunmen

FRSC confirms abduction of two officers by gunmen

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

Police investigate assault of civilians by officers in viral video

Police investigate assault of civilians by officers in viral video

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 kill police officer, second in two days

Gunmen kill police officer, second in two days

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

Senator asks ‘suffering’ Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu for three years

Senator asks ‘suffering’ Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu for three years

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 killed in Ebonyi tanker explosion

Two killed in Ebonyi tanker explosion

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