Tag: EBONYI
Ebonyi shuts markets, offices, to fast and pray over late commissioner
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has declared Wednesday, June 23 as public holiday in the state to mourn the state’s late commissioner for infrastructural...
Ebonyi commissioner Fidelis Nweze dies after surgery
Commissioner for infrastructure development in Ebonyi State Fidelis Nweze has died following complications from a surgery he underwent to correct a ruptured intestine.
Nweze died...
Police debunk report of suicide bomber in Ebonyi
Police in Ebonyi have said there was no incident of suicide bombing in the state as reported by the news media on Tuesday.
The police...
Suicide bomber blows self up in Ebonyi
A suicide bomber on Tuesday blew himself to pieces opposite the popular Eke Market, Afikpo in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
A...
Ebonyi housing commissioner Uche Okah dies
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing Uche Okah has died following undisclosed illness.
Ukah reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja.
Governor David Umahi in...
Three policemen shot dead at Ebonyi checkpoint
Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three operatives by gunmen in Abakaliki, the state capital.
The Command’s spokesperson Loveth Odah told reporters...
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 16 in Ebonyi
Sixteen persons between the ages of 18 and 56 have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Obeagu community, Ishielu Local Government Area of...
Three police officers die, 10 injured in Ebonyi accident
Three police officers with the Ebonyi State Police Command were killed on Wednesday in a road accident at the Isieke Junction on Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway.
Commissioner...
Umahi orders arrests over circulation of ‘fake’ video alleging attack on...
Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi on Monday ordered the arrest of circulators of a video on social media that Fulani herdsmen were being attacked...
No coronavirus outbreak in Ebonyi camp – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says rumour of an outbreak at its orientation camp in Afikpo, Ebonyi is false.
Commissioner for Health in Ebonyi...