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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 and when the people inquired who he was, he left.” He was said to have moved to the school side and ...

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 by the school security since he couldn’t justify his reason for visiting. He immediately started r...

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 operation coordinated by the Commissioner for Internal Security, Border Peace and Conflict Resolutions,...

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 Looks Back, Vijay Gokhale has given us a precise, accurate and valuable account by an eyewitness of a pi...