Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state has ordered the immediate shut down of all courts in the state just as the state records its first death from COVID-19. In a statewide broadcast delivered on Friday, June 19, the governor said the courts are to remain closed for the next 10 days to enable health workers to fumigate the buildings and premises. He directed all judicial staff in the state and their families to immediately proceed for COVID-19 testing. “It is unfortunate …
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The police in Ebonyi have arrested a former Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution in the state, Donatus Ajah, on allegations of murder. Ajah is being accused of complicity in the death of a 46-year-old man identified as Azubuike Inya. The deceased was allegedly killed by hoodlums who inflicted machete wounds on him that led to his death. According to the police, both Mr. Ajah and the late Mr. Inya are from Amankwo village in Nkpoghoro community in the Afikpo North …
Clergyman. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has joined other Nigerians to mourn Ibidun Ighodalo, wife of clergyman, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, who passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 14 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. In a post shared on his Instagram page in the early hours of Thursday, June 18, the 78-year-old clergyman said he is saddened by Ibidun’s demise but knows she is in a better place. ”Hearing the news of @ibidunni_ighodalo ‘s demise was really saddening but I know that she is …
The confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria has now hit 18,480 after 745 people tested positive on Thursday, June 18, 2020. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 280 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 103 in Oyo, 72 in Ebonyi, 60 in FCT, 46 in Imo, 34 in Edo, 33 in Delta, 25 in Rivers, 23 in Kaduna, 16 in Ondo, 12 in Katsina, 10 in Kano, 8 in Bauchi, 7 in Borno, 5 …
A 28-year-old commercial motorcyclist has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly defiling a 6-year-old girl at Idye village in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. The suspect identified as Terver Awuha was accused of having carnal knowledge of the little girl twice. It was alleged that he dragged the little girl who was sent to buy noodles by her mother on June 3, 2020 at about 7:30pm into his room, and forcefully defiled her. He repeated same act on June 5, 2020 at …
Tragedy struck in the Olujoda area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Wednesday after a 45-year-old carpenter was killed by a mob who mistook him for an armed robber. According to reports, Olujoda has witnessed a series of robbery attacks in recent times and this has caused residents to be suspicious of every move. Eyewitnesses say the youths in the area saw the deceased roaming the street and this made them become suspicious of him. They mistook him for …