The murder of the driver took place three days after the Christmas celebration
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A breakdown of the figure shows that N41.3 billion (41 per cent) was appropriated for recurrent expenditure while capital expenditure would gulp N53.4 billion (54 per cent).
Elechi said that the sponsorship of such programmes was tantamount to the use of public funds to satisfy the wishes of a small section of the population
Chief John Nkwuda, the Chairman of the commission, who declared the results on Sunday, said the PDP won the chairmanship and counselorship seats in all the 13 local government areas of the state
Majority of those interviewed by NAN attributed the apathy to poor performance of incumbent council leaders and the non-fielding of candidates by opposition parties
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sylvester Igbo, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday that the autopsy was being conducted by the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki
A statement by Dr. Onyekachi Eni, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abakaliki, the state capital, said Aloh was sacked for “acts inconsistent to the mandate of her office”
According to Igbo, on sighting the operatives, the kidnappers engaged them in a shootout but that the operatives overpowered and killed one of them, known simply as Onyeka
The Chairman of EBSIEC, John Nkwuda, said the Local Government Councils and Development Centres (Amendment) Law stipulated that the tenure of the incumbent councils executives would end on October 31
He said: “As I was waiting for my friend, a tall, young man with a Kalashinov gun approached me and as I asked him what the problem was, a short fellow appeared from nowhere and brandished a pistol
The dismissed officer is standing trial on a one-count charge of unlawfully killing Nwanga and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 33 Vol. 1 of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009