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By Amuche Agbo, Abakaliki The Member representing Abakaliki/Izzi federal constituency in collaboration with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday 25th February, 2022 waged war against the consumption of illicit drugs among youths in Ebonyi State. The 3-days programme which entitled "advocacy and awareness programme against the use of Narcotic drugs in Abakaliki/ Izzi Federal Constituency" aimed at adequately sensitizing youths and women numbering over 200 of the constituency, selected from different wards to champion the course against the use of hard drugs/substances with the emphasis on methamphetamine chloride otherwise known as (mkpuru-mmiri) among other hard drugs. The lawmaker who was represented at the event by the senior lecturer Ebonyi State University in the department of Mathematics and Statistics, Sir Lawrence Adum, frowned at the rate youths are abusing drugs, saying that he was motivated to carry out the exercise to improve their lives ...

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BY NDUBUISI NWOGHA, ABAKALIKI The erstwhile Minister of State for Power and Steel Chief Goddy Ogbaga (a.k.a Ezeudo) has called on Eboyians not to politicise insecurity issue confronting the State and beyond. Ogbaga made this known while responding to journalists shortly after security meeting held at Ugbodo, Ebonyi LGA Council Headquarters. He pleaded with Eboyians to support both the local government Area chairmen and State government to overcome insecurity issues confronting the country. According to him, “There is no need to politicise insecurity, it is a dangerous thing. " These insecurity is not something that should be politicised, people need to appreciate the need for security, it is very important and everything must be done to ensure adequate security.” ” it is wrong and it is unexpected for people to unduly politicise the issue of insecurity. So I encourage our people to do their untomost best to ensure that we move forward towards the benefit o...

BY Our Correspondent, Abakaliki The Young Progressives Party YYP, over the weekend, says it is committed to win the Governorship position in Ebonyi State at the 2023 general elections. This comes at a meeting held to inaugurate the State Executives who would champion the course of the party in Abakaliki the State capital on Sunday. The State Chairman, Deacon Oyibe Stanley, said it becomes necessary to inaugurate them in order to sensitize the people of the State on the ideologies and affairs of the party. He charged them to work selflessly towards winning the Governorship position at the 2023 general elections to effect positive change in governance. Deacon Oyibe who spoke on the need for youth to deeply involve in politics and governance charged interested persons to join the party, knowing that the structure at both national and state levels has all it takes to deliver it's candidates. He explained that the party has produced sitting national and state assembly members ...

BY NDUBUISI NWOGHA, ABAKALIKI The leadership of Nigeria Reformed Church (NRC) on weekend flagged off the construction and rehabilitation housing projects said to be amounting about over one hundred and twenty million naira for widows at the four affected villages of Izhi speaking people residing in boundary area of Ebonyi and Benue states attacked by Fulani herdsmen last year. This is as they have drilled four boreholes for the survivors of the herders' attack living in the affected communities. Recall that Fulani herders were on Saturday 30th May, 2021 invaded the four villages of Ndiobashi, Ekpufu, Obokota and Odoke who are Izhi speaking people in a boundary communities of Ebonyi and Benue states. Also recall was that the attack claimed one hundred and seventeen lives with property worth over a billion of naira. While inaugurating the bore-holes, on Saturday at Nwori Nduobashi Market Square in Ndiegu Ishieke Autonomous Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebony...

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT, ABAKALIKI Barrister Mudi Ehrenede, A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Ebonyi state, has urged the party to immediately decide on its gubernatorial zoning arrangement in the 2023 general election. Ehrenede who is the party's legal adviser in the state gave the urge in an interview in Abakaliki. The human rights crusader said that immediate convocation of a meeting on the issue was imperative to ensure the party recaptures power in the state in 2023. "I was part of the first civilian administration of the state and towards its end, we advised the then governor, Sen. Sam Egwu that power should shift to the Afikpo bloc as he hails from the Abakaliki bloc. He noted that Egwu instead advised that the senatorial zoning arrangement was maintained because it was more defined and safer. "He hails from the north senatorial zone, subsequently handed over to a successor from the central zone before we had Umahi from the south zone presently...

BY Our Correspondent The erstwhile Minister of the federal republic of Nigeria and former senatorial aspirant, Chief Goddy Ogbaga has congratulated the newly inaugurated Ebonyi state chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha for his victory. Chief Ogbaga made this known in a congratulatory message made available to newsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital. The former Minister described the emergence of Chief Emegha as a victory for all, and added that the party chairman deserve the position.

Billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana, media personality, Daddy Freeze and a photographer, Ojo Emmanuel on Friday accompanied former bottle water seller, Ekuma Jeremiah to receive his admission letter. Akpomiemie.blogspot.com reports that this was disclosed by Jeremiah in a post on his Instagram account. The former bottle water seller took out time to appreciate Obi Cubana and others for helping him out with his admission. He wrote, “Special APPRECIATION POST FOR THESE 3 WONDERFUL MEN GOD SENT TO ME @obi_cubana@daddyfreeze@rockyemmyphotography My Admission at EBSU Have been REINSTATED, SO I WILL BE RESUMING BACK TO SCHOOL SOON##. Really!!!! What GOD CAN NOT DO DOES NOT EXIST” Jeremiah caught the attention of Nigerians after he was spotted in a video sharing his income with prisoners. The bottle water seller surprised many Nigerians for giving to prisoners out of the little he earned from the business. The development saw billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana offer him a sc...

--Even as AE-FUNAI male football team ----efeats UNN 7:6 on penalties to represent Zone 0 at NUGA Finals in Lagos By Our Correspondent, Abakaliki The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) Council, Zone O has commended the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi state, Prof. Sunday Elom for his support to the development of sports in the southeast region, especially for hosting the NUGA Qualifiers in the University from Thursday, 27th to 31st January, 2022. They made the commendation on Monday, 31st January 2022, during a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor for his financial and infrastructural support in making the games a success, while also intimating him of the University’s qualification to represent the Zone in male football at the finals holding in University of Lagos in March 2022 While speaking during the visit, the Vice Chairman NUGA, Mr Emeka Ogbu applauded the Vice-Chancellor who also is the Grand Patron of South East Universiti...

BY Daniel Nwoba, Abakaliki About nine out of 17 political parties Chairmen in Ebonyi State including the Peoples'Democratic Party, PDP, have vowed to boycott the election of the Inter-Party Advisory Council election billed to take place on Friday, in the state. The Party Chairmen alleged negligence, misconduct, high-handedness by the current leadership of IPAC in the state, urging the National Secretariat of the IPAC to cancel the election. According to them, "To make matters worse, the Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Mrs Jennifer Adibe-Nwafor, who is also the State Chairman of NNPP (New Nigeria Peoples Party) convened a meeting at her office in Ebonyi State Old Government House, Abakaliki, on 29th of December, 2021 and informed the Chairmen of the various political parties in IPAC that in case of the change of the leadership of IPAC executive of Ebonyi State, that she does not want any person to stand against the incumbent executives who are...

BY NDUBUISI NWOGHA, ABAKALIKI In furtherance to engendering peace in communities of the war torn boundary area of Ebonyi and Cross River states, delegates from the Institute of Peace and Conflicts Resolution on Wednesday begin peace education sensitization programme geared towards rebuilding trust among stakeholders from the crisis area. This was made known when team from the Institute led by Ladi Achanya paid courtesy visit to the office of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Ebonyi state command, headquarters, Abakaliki. According to the team leader, Achanya said the essence of the programme is to cement trust already battered by the devastated situation associated with the repeated communal crisis. She said the institute with the mandate on intervention and capacity building would be interacting with non state and state actors in fostering peace in the boundary area. She added that peaceful coexistence among people living within the boundary communities is impera...