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By Peter Okutu THERE seems to be uneasiness in Ebonyi State, following the shooting of two soldiers and a civilian at a checkpoint in the State. The incident which occurred on Monday night, revealed that unknown gunmen shot the two soldiers and the civilian at a checkpoint on the Timber Junction area, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state. Those injured as a result of the incident were rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment while the deceased were deposited at the hospital. The Vanguard gathered that the victims were attacked at about 8.48pm of the penultimate day as...

Breaking: Again, gunmen storm Ebonyi community, rob filling station, businesses On By Peter Okutu, Abakaliki GUNMEN on Tuesday in the Onueke Community of Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi state shot sporadically and robbed their victims of their possessions. The gunmen, Vanguard gathered trailed a customer to a commercial bank where they perpetrated the dastardly acts. They shot sporadically into the air near the bank which made customers and staff scamper in various directions for safety. A source, who was at the bank, said the gunmen shot the man they trailed to the bank. It was n...

Vanguard News Ebube Agu, Igbo presidency will fail — Prof Okolie On By Vincent Ujumadu; Chidi Nkwopara; Dennis Agbo; Peter Okutu; Steve Oko & Ikechukwu Odu Holding a different view, the national president of Nigerian Political Science Association, NPSA, Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, argued that “the Ebubeagu security outfit being proposed by the governors of South East region will fail just like the ambition of the Igbos to produce Nigerian president in 2023”. Prof. Okolie who is also the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, explained that the governo...

Vanguard News 2023: Igbo don’t need special unity to produce president; Ohuabunwa, Amucheazi On •Equity, justice require next president should come from S/East •Emergence of Igbo president dependent on kingmakers —Chief Onyike •Ebubeagu, Igbo presidency will fail ——Prof Okolie By Vincent Ujumadu; Chidi Nkwopara; Dennis Agbo;  By Peter Okutu; Steve Oko &  Ikechukwu Odu When criminal Fulani herdsmen were Kaduna terrorizing the country, kidnapping for ransom, killing and destroying farmlands, the South West region of the country responded by setting up a regional security outfit...

Ikechukwu Odu When criminal Fulani herdsmen were terrorizing the country, kidnapping for ransom, killing and destroying farmlands, the South West region of the country responded by setting up a regional security outfit which the region named Amotekun.   The Federal Government objected to the security outfit but all the governors of the six states in the region, with the total backing of all the stakeholders including the traditional rulers, the elders and the youths insisted until it became a reality with the State Houses of Assembly passing the bill to give it a legal backing. In the South...