LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 52-year-old man and hunter, Ugoegu Nwaji, a native of Onunwakpu Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has exhumed his late younger brother’s skull and sold it for N12,000. The state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Francis Nnadi, who paraded him at the headquarters…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-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 …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning in Ebonyi State as a middle-aged pregnant housewife pushed her husband to death from a two-storey. The victim, Mr Nwoga Maduabuchi, from Akparata village, Igbeagu community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was said to have been married to the suspect, his second wife,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed three worshippers during a Christmas Carol service on Sunday night in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The ugly incident took place at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Nkwegu, Abakaliki. This was disclosed on Monday by the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Rev. Peter Nworie, during Christmas Service…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, including Senator Obinna Ogba who represented Ebonyi central zone between 2015 and 2023, and the former House of Representatives member, Chief Livinus Makwa, have resigned their party’s membership. Some state working committee including James Alaka, the organizing Secretary of the party;…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ebonyi State Police Command held a “show of force” exercise on Wednesday amid the sit-at-home declared by the Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. The command collaborated with the military, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Department of State Services (DSS). The security operatives converged at the police headquarters…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The council chairman of the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Ajah, has confirmed the arrest of eight kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, along Ishiagu-Mpu road last Sunday. Recall that the suspected kidnappers abducted the wife of the victim and…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH )-The police in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Peter Nweke, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, during Saturday’s election. Onome Onovwakpoyeya, the state police public relations officer, said this when he spoke with journalists on Sunday in Abakaliki, the state capital….