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Ebonyi First Lady announces a monthly payment of N500,000 to visually impaired students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 14, 2024

In honour of the 2024 International Day of the Girl Child, Ebonyi State Governor’s wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has offered a monthly donation of N500,000 to visually impaired students at the State Special School, Opefia, in Izzi Local Government Area. Mrs Nwifuru, who spoke on

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Ebonyi university student abducted and killed by members of host community

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 21, 2024

Maxwell Okeke, a student at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, was allegedly abducted and slain by members of the host community. According to sources, the student was involved in a minor motorcycle accident on his way to his hostel from school. He was seen speaking with some young people and victims of the accident before leaving with […]

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Ebonyi government decries illegal school proliferation in the State

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 4, 2024

The state’s illegal school proliferation has drawn criticism from the Ebonyi Government, which has issued a cease-and-desist order to those behind the cause. This was disclosed in a statement released in Ebonyi on Sunday by Mr. Peter Nwogbaga, Senior Special Assistant on Secondary Education to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi. This was reportedly stated by […]

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Don’t allow social norms distract you on education – Ebonyi governor’s wife tells women

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

ABAKALIKI (Sundiata Scholar) – Women have been urged by Mrs. Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, the wife of the governor of Ebonyi, to avoid letting early marriage and social norms interfere with their education. When Nwifuru’s 2012 Course Mates in Mass Communication from Ebonyi State University paid her a courtesy visit in her Abakaliki office on Thursday, she […]

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Ebonyi Philanthropist, Chief Ojemba Grants 26 Indigent Students Scholarships

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 28, 2023

Chief Chikaodiri Ojemba, an Ebonyi philanthropist and business mogul, has provided scholarships to twenty-six indigent students from the Izzi clan in Ebonyi. Following his appointment to the Chieftaincy title by the Izzi Development Union (IDU), which represents all Ebonyi, Abakaliki, and Izzi people in the state, Chief Ojemba made this announcement. Ojemba, who stated