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... Okorie not kidnapped~Info Commissioner From Agu David, Abakaliki There has been series of accusations against Ebonyi state government following the alleged abduction of the former federal lawmaker representing OHANIVO and now Senatorial Candidate under the platform of the Labour Party, Ebonyi South District, Hon Linus Okorie. The Labour Party candidate was alleged to had been abducted by men of the local vigilante, Ebubeagu. However, the Ebonyi State Commissioner For Information and State Orientation, Barr Uchenna Orji Monday debunked the rumour and said the lawmaker was arrested by Ebubeagu security operative who later transfered him to the Police on alleged harbouring of drug traffickers in his Abakaliki hotel. Reacting, the Coalition of United Political Parties(CUPP), a socio-political group have accused Ebonyi State Police Command of complicity with the state government for the abduction of the former lawmaker with the intention of killing him and called on his immed

From Nwogha Ndubuisi , Abakaliki There is rising concern over the acute shortage of teachers in primary schools in Ebonyi State among stakeholders in educational sector and Non Governmental Organizations during the policy dialogue on improving primary schools held on Tuesday. Speaking during the USAID State Accountability, Transparency, and Effectiveness-State2States Programme in collaboration with Ebonyi State Universal Basic Education Board and Technology for Transformative Development Foundation (TTD) held in Abakaliki,the chairman of the National Union of Teachers,(NUT) in Ebonyi State, Comrade Francis Elechi Egwu, hinted that there is an acute shortage of teachers in basic education in the state. According to him, “Over several years, teachers that left the service, retired or died have not been replaced. The result is overcrowded classrooms and poor learning outcomes by pupils”, he asserted. Corroborating the NUT state chairman, the Principal Secretary to the Governo

By Nwogha Ndubuisi, Abakaliki Sport Writers Association of Nigeria,(SWAN) South-East zonal leadership led by the vice president, Ms Chigozie Chukwuleta has congratulated the newly elected Nigeria Football Federation,(NFF) Vice President, Chief Anyansi Agwu. The executives made the remarks in a statement made available by the zonal Secretary, Mrs Ijeoma Peter Nwante in Abakaliki. Accordingly, the South-East zonal leadership in their felicitation message congratulated the 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation Mr Anyansi for his successful election and pledged to give him all the necessary support to make him succeed. "The executive and members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria SWAN, South East Zone wish to felicitate with Chief Anyansi Agwu on his election as the 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF." Ms Chukwuleta while commending the Enyimba Int'l FC Aba chairman, urged him to use his wealth of experiences into ch