Nigerian security forces recovered several firearms and hand grenades during a raid on a camp belonging to separatist militants in the southeastern state of Ebonyi. According to the Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the operation at Amagu village on Monday, Dec. 19 involved personnel from the 82 Division, the Air Force, the Police, and […]
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Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is encouraging and sensitising communities in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria on preventive measures towards Lassa fever ahead of the annual dry season. Lassa fever is a contagious disease that spreads through contact with infected rats. In a press statement, the international medical organisation explained that by detecting the […]
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Nwebo Friday, 29, had just returned from the site where he worked as a labourer when our reporter got to Umuezeoka, a community in the Ezza North area of Ebonyi. Nwebo was resting under a tree because he had no home to return to after the day’s work. His two-bedroom apartment was demolished by the […]
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A report released by the United States Department of States has revealed that the majority of human trafficking victims in Europe and other parts of the world are Nigerians mostly from Edo, Delta, and Kano states. The report titled ‘Trafficking In Persons Report June 2021, chronicled the menace of human trafficking in about 200 countries […]
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An Inspector of police attached to the Mobile 32 unit, Abakaliki, has died from an accidental explosion of his own hand grenade in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, police in the state said. This came on the heels of reports today that a suicide bomber blew himself up in Afikpo town […]
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Two offices of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, were burnt on Tuesday, May 18, following late-night attacks on the facilities by arsonists. In the attacks on its offices in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state, INEC, on Wednesday, May 19, said no casualty was recorded. Footage of […]
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A criminal group on Tuesday, April 27, torched the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, Southeast Nigeria, heightening the tension in a region experiencing an upsurge in violent attacks on security forces. The court was set ablaze after an invasion of the court premises in the wee hours of Tuesday, Loveth Odah, Police […]
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Police in Nigeria said they rescued a man who was kidnapped on Jan. 30, 2021, in Ebonyi, a Southeastern state. A statement by Loveth Odah, police spokesperson in the state, seen by HumAngle on Friday, said the victim, Umoke Solomon, was abducted when armed men attacked him and his two other brothers while journeying along […]
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Employees of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AEFUTHA) have received their salary arrears for six months following a report published by HumAngle about the financial difficulties they faced. One of the resident doctors confirmed this development on Tuesday, indicating that the arrears were paid along with salaries for July. Over 300 health workers […]
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Preparatory to the reopening of schools, all teachers in Nigeria’s Southeast region must test for COVID-19 before returning to the classroom, Dave Umahia, the Chairman of Southeast Governors’ Forum, announced in Abakaliki on Sunday after a virtual meeting of the group. There are currently 2,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, comprising Abia, Anambra, […]
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Health workers at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), who have been working since December 2019 without pay, confirm to HumAngle that they have received salaries for June. Resident doctors working at the federal health facility told our reporter they received credit alerts “for the first time” on Friday. The leadership of the […]
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