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Views: Visits 0 A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man suspected to be a suicide bomber blew himself up opposite the campus 2 of Amaizu/Amangbala primary school in Afikpo LGA of Ebonyi state today May 25. A resident of the area said the incident happened close to the Eke Market in Afikpo which happens to be the biggest market in the area. According to the resident, the suspected bomber was earlier seen wandering the area, adding that the suspect  “first came into a beer parlor an...

Suicide bomber kills self in Ebonyi Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki Published 25 May 2021 A suicide bomber was, on Tuesday, blown to pieces when the suicide vest he was wearing exploded on his body. The incident happened opposite the popular Eke Market, Afikpo, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. A source in the area said the incident happened around 10am on Tuesday. According to the source, “He made an attempt at entering Amaizu/Amangballa Primary School but was turned back ...

Those arrested were indigenes of Ebonyi and those of neighbouring states in the southeast.

Vanguard News Insecurity: Ebubeagu, Police arrest 38 bandits, kill one in Ebonyi On By Peter Okutu, Abakaliki THE Southeast Security outfit codenamed “Ebubeagu” in Ebonyi State, in collaboration with the police has arrested 38 suspected bandits in the state. 37 of the suspects were arrested in the Agubia axis of Ikwo local government area of the State while allegedly plotting to attack some security and other government facilities in the state. The suspects were arrested during a joint ope...

What Happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Why It Still Matters Three Decades Later The hyper-nationalist, assertive popular mood that we see in Xi Jinping’s China today, nurtured by the party-state, is a direct consequence of decisions taken by the Communist leadership that year. A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal peace in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. Photo: Reuters/Stringer In his new book, Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest; A Diplomat Look...

The Ebonyi State government on Thursday said the Ebubeagu security outfit is backed by law and will continue to assist the state police to protect lives and secure the people of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security, Border Peace and Conflict Resolution in the state, Mr. Stanley Okoro Emegha made this known while briefing journalists in Abakaliki. Emegha who noted that Ebubeagu has come to stay in Ebonyi State said it can never be destroyed by politicians who according to him are op...

Ebube Agu arrests seven forest-based robbery suspects in Ebonyi Published 11 May 2021 The Ebube Agu security network in Ebonyi State, on Monday, arrested seven armed robbery suspects for alleged theft of tricycles, drugs dealings and other crimes. They were arrested from various locations in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, stated this in Abakaliki while parading the suspects, adding that the suspects were in the habit of dispossess...

Ebube Agu security network has arrested eight suspected armed robbers in Ebonyi State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace in the state, Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, disclosed this to newsmen in Abakaliki, the state capital, on Friday. According to the commissioner, the suspects were arrested in their various crime scenes and brought to old Government House by personnel of the security network. Tribune Online gathered that the suspects were later handed over to the police for fu...

How gunmen kill commissioner for Kogi, attack police station for Ebonyi one hour wey don pass Wia dis foto come from, Channels TV Gunmen don kill di commissioner of Pension Board for Kogi state, Adebayo Solomon. We gather say dem kill di commissioner on Saturday while dem also kidnap di Chairman, Yagba East local goment area of di state, Pius Kolawole. Report say Oga Adebayo dey travel from Ilorin di Kwara state capital to Kabba, Kogi state wen di unknown gunmen shoot at im vehicle for Eruku vi...

• Begins Fasting, Prayers Against Insecurity Ebonyi State Government says it has ordered natural doctors and trado-medical practitioners to register with the state Commissioner of Police and the state Ministries of Health and Internal Security and Border Peace, as part of its grand strategy to spread its dragnet in combating spiraling security challenges in the state. The government also maintained that it has put machinery in motion to ensure that all purveyors and enablers of false and mal...