A magistrates’ court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Tuesday remanded a bishop, Onyeagoziri Ndubueze, in the Abakaliki Correctional Centre for alleged sexual abuse of a 22-year-old female member of his church. The chief magistrate, Nike Chima, ordered his remand after the magistrate rejected the bail application by the defence counsel, Friday Agbom. The magistrate told…
At least six people were killed on Friday morning in a road accident in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east. The accident occurred near the Nkalagu Flyover along the Nkalagu–Enugu Expressway when a commercial bus collided with a tipper truck. Our correspondent gathered that apart from the six deceased victims, 14 others were injured during the accident,…
The Police Command in Ebonyi has detained a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe, a native of Nwezenyi-Igbeagu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended when his would-be wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of the husband’s action. The…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a cleric and General Overseer of Champion the Truth Cathedral, Bishop Ndibueze Onyagoziri Okorie, for allegedly having a marathon sex with a 22-year-old female sickle cell patient in the State. Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Joshua Ukandu, said the suspect was their custody…
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru on Sunday announced a N10 million gift for Jeremiah Obaji, a middle-aged man who trekked 17 days from Ikorodu, Lagos State, to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Obaji, an indigene of the newly created Anioma autonomous community in the defunct Effium community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, arrived…
A reported clash between officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Amaeze community, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has resulted in the death of a policeman and left several others injured. According to reports, the incident occurred on Wednesday, when three police Hilux…
The governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru has approved the increase of minimum wage for workers across the state. The minimum wage for civil servants in the state was increased from N70,000 to N90,000. This was disclosed by Ikeuwa Omebe, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation after the State’s Executive Council meeting on Thursday. Omebe…
Eight (8) persons have been confirmed dead while over 800 farm lands were destroyed in a flood disaster that ravaged a plantain plantation in Enohia Itim, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Afikpo LGA, Hon. Timothy Nwachi consoled the families of the diseased and assured that the local…
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has reinstated 81 government officials previously suspended for failing to attend a state function deemed “important” by the administration. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Monday Uzor. The suspension, announced on 28 July 2025, affected 87 government officials, including 25 commissioners, 14 senior…
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has suspended 87 government officials for failing to attend an official function. Those suspended include commissioners, senior special assistants, special assistants, and permanent secretaries. The governor, in a statement on Monday night signed by his spokesperson, Monday Uzor, said they were suspended for failing to attend an important government…