Ebonyi State
Ebonyi Assembly Deputy Speaker’s aide dies in road accident
Ifeanyichukwu Eze, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Speaker, Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Onah, has died in a road accident on the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. Mr Chinonso Nwede, the Secretary of the Deputy Speaker’s Legislative Aides Forum, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the incident occurred whilst Eze was returning […]
10 school children burnt in Ebonyi gas explosion
Tragedy struck over the weekend in Ebonyi as 10 school girls were severely burnt in a gas explosion that occurred in a catering school in Orokeonuoha, Ebonyi Local Government Area of the State. The girls are between 12 and 19 years old. The incident occurred at a building where they were acquiring catering skills in […]
Ebonyi LG election records low turnout, late arrival of materials
The Local Government election in Ebonyi has suffered voters’ apathy and boycott by opposition parties as only the ruling All Progressive Congress presented candidates for the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election was held in the 171 wards of the 13 councils of the state on Saturday. People came out in […]
Ebonyi varsity denies wrongdoing in student’s suicide
Amid the controversy surrounding the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka, a final-year student in the Department of English at Ebonyi State University, who reportedly committed suicide on Wednesday night, the accused lecturer, Prof. Amechi Enyi, has denied any involvement in her death. Enyi, who claimed he was repeatedly threatened by the deceased’s mother prior to […]
