A 16-year-old student in SS2 class of a private secondary school in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, faked her kidnap and demanded a ransom of N2 million for her release. The teenage girl allegedly contacted a family member, claiming she had been kidnapped. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Joshua Ukandu, disclosed to reporters on Monday that…
A middle-aged man, popularly known as Uncle Light, and his son, Miracle, have allegedly died from suspected food poisoning at Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. According to PUNCH, the victims were living with a woman who reportedly moved in with the man after divorcing her husband earlier this year. The woman is…
Mrs. Blessing Adagba, Coordinator of the Ngbo Central Development Centre in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was abducted by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Thursday. The incident, which occurred around midnight in the Okposhi Eheku community, has sent shockwaves through the local population. Eyewitnesses said the assailants, disguised as soldiers, stormed…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has reportedly ordered the arrest of six commissioners and a local government chairman over alleged contract violations. The officials are accused of breaching the terms of constructing 140 housing units for the Izzo and Amaze communities, which were displaced by the Ezilo/Ezza Ezilo communal crisis in Ishielu Local Government…
The Ebonyi Police Command has initiated disciplinary action against its personnel caught in a viral video brandishing a rifle while operating a commercial tricycle business in the state. SP Joshua Ukandu, the state police public relations officer (PPRO), told journalists in Abakaliki on Monday that the officer, identified as Insp. Obeji Ikechukwu is undergoing investigation….
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed that 10 people were killed in an attack on Amegu Nkalaha Community in Ishielu Local Government Area by unidentified gunmen. Police spokesperson Joshua Ukandu told Vanguard that security operatives recovered 10 bodies after the attack, adding that the assailants also burned houses selectively in the community. “Several houses…
At least one person, a prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was killed in an accident in Ebonyi on Wednesday. GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that 11 other prospective corps members alongside other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. All the passengers were in a 14-seater bus belonging to the Enugu…
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…
A 54-year-old man, Eseni Chima was, on Tuesday, docked before an Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating his wife, Ugochukwu Chima, to death with iron rod. The prosecutor, Emmanuel Monday told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence on Sept. 4, at 60 Ogbaga Road, Kpirikpiri in Abakaliki Local Government in Ebonyi. Monday…
The father of Ebonyi State governor, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwankpu, who has 30 wives, has been coronated the traditional of ruler Oferekpe Agbaja Autonomous Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Ezeogo Nwifuru Nwankpu married 30 wives before those who could not bear children left the marriage. There…