The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu, Friday dismissed the suit filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State, in the 2019 Governorship election, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji and his Deputy, Chief Justin Ogbodo Mbam, which demanded the…
Court sacks Umahi, deputy over defection to APC
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress. The judgement, delivered by Justice…
Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Ebonyi
Three Policemen have been reportedly killed in Ebonyi State by gunmen. A reliable source confirmed that three cops were gunned down Monday night in front of a police station along the Enugu-Abakaliki highway. The policemen, who were said to have…
Umahi condemns Gulak’s assassination, says it’s national catastrophe
The Chairman, South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Engineer David Nweze Umahi has condemned in strongest terms the alleged murder of an elder statesman and former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak in Imo State…
Suicide bomber explodes in Ebonyi
A suicide bomber was on Tuesday blown to pieces when a suicide vest he was wearing exploded on his body. The incident happened in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State. A source in the area said the…
8 Killed, 60 arrested as Ebonyi communities clash
The police in Ebonyi State have confirmed the death of eight persons and arrest of more than 60 others following clashes between Effium and Ezza Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in…
Many feared dead, as NURTW leadership crisis turns bloody in Ebonyi motor park
Following the leadership tussle among members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Effuim Motor park, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State that left many reported dead while others sustained different degrees of injuries, houses razed…
ASUU Strike: Lecturer turned taxi driver shot dead
A lecturer with the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Mr. Kyrian Nwoke, has been found dead in Abakaliki. His body was discovered on Monday near the popular Rice Mill with bullet wounds. Nwoke had gone…
Suspected hoodlums attack police station, kill three officers, injure two in Ebonyi
No fewer than three police officers were, weekend shot dead while two others sustained bullet wounds at Onueke Police Station in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Vanguard gathered that the policemen were attacked by suspected hoodlums who…
3 kidnap suspects held, two killed in Ebonyi
Police in Ebonyi State said on Sunday that they killed two suspects and arrested three in two shootouts with kidnappers. In one of the cases, three persons from Enugu State were kidnapped in Ezzagu community where they came for business.…
