…the attack makes it the third attack on INEC facility in November 2022 The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by hoodlums. The hoodlums razed down the building in the early hours of Sunday. Chairman of the commission’s Information and Voter
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“The protest is sponsored by the detractors of this administration“ – Ebonyi govt About three hundred and forty-two former Councillors and sixty-five Supervisors who hail from the 13 LGAs of Ebonyi State have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged unpaid severance allowance by the state government. The ex-Councillors and Supervisors who served under governor David
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Unknown gunmen have attacked the Iboko Divisional Police Station in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Though details of the attack were still sketchy at the time of this report, it was learnt that the attack took place around 1:00 a.m. on Monday. The attackers were said to have set the building ablaze with
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Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi and his brother, the former South East Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic party PDP, Deacon Austin Umahi Tuesday, officially registered with the All Progressives Congress APC in the ongoing APC registration and revalidation exercise. The event which took place at their Umunaga Ward in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government
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The Fred Udeogu led faction of the People’s Democratic Party PDP has accused Governor of Ebonyi David Umahi of plotting to deploy COVID-19 as a reason to close down the party secretariat. The party disclosed this in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Silas Onu, and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Wednesday.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has raised the alarm over alleged plans to burn down the party headquarters in the state by those loyal to the state government. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Chief Fred Udeogu, raised the alarm on Monday in a statement he signed and made available to
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But for the superior arms and combined forces of the police and army deployed to the crisis torn Effium Community in Ohaukwu LGA, the Ebonyi Deputy Governor’s convoy would have been attacked on Sunday. The Deputy Governor Dr. Kelechi Igwe had visited the community to see things for himself but was blocked by the hoodlums
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The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Sunday imposed a curfew on Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government area of the state over the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) crisis in the area. Several people were killed and properties including buildings were razed during a leadership tussle among members of the NURTW in the area
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Clement Odah, the Chairman of Ohaukwu Local government area in Ebonyi State, has been arrested by the state Police Commissioner, Aliyu Garba. The lawmaker representing Ohaukwu North state Constituency, Chinedu Awọ was also arrested over the recent killings and destruction of properties in Effium community. Thirty other major stakeholders from the area, including the Coordinator
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Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has asked Governor David Umahi to speak up over a viral picture of a multi-billion Naira hotel located in Rivers state, allegedly named after Osborn Umahi. The association expressed concern that the governor had maintained the sealed lips since the images of the said Port-Harcourt Osborn La
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Soldiers stationed by the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Thursday, allegedly shot two indigenes of Okpanku community and whisked one of the victims away, over brewing land dispute between Okpanku community in Enugu state and Uburu, Governor Umahi’s native community. President General of Okpanku community, Mr. Obiora Obasi, who briefed newsmen on Saturday alongside
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The Ebonyi State Police Command Sunday said it has launched an investigation into the case of three of its officers killed at Onueke in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Daily Trust gathered that the attackers who were armed with AK 47 stormed the police station in the area with two
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The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Monday ordered the arrest of individuals who circulated a video of an attack on Fulani herdsmen in the state. Umahi, who gave the directive at a news conference, said the video was misleading and causing unnecessary panic and tension in Ebonyi. He ordered security agencies to arrest people
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The Ebonyi State government yesterday said that a total of 37 suspected cultists had been arrested in the state following their alledged involvement in the recent cult clashes in the state. . Briefing Journalist shortly after the enlarged State Security Council meeting at the new government house Abakaliki, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Border
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Ebonyi State Governor Chief David Umahi has directed that henceforth, all Religious Worship centers must be restricted to a maximum period of 2 hours following the second wave of the Corona Virus pandemic in the country. Briefing journalist at the New Government House Abakaliki, Chief Umahi stated that apart from the restriction of religious worship,
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