Suspected Ritual: Teenage Girl Found Dead at Otokutu Bridge In Warri
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)- There is great panic, tears and disillusionment at the notorious Otoukutu bridge in Warri, Delta State over the mysterious death of a teenage girl. The teenage girl suspected to More...
Delta Police Parade Asaba DPO’s Killers, 47 Others
IGP Ibrahim Idris LAGOS MARCH 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded Suleiman Ibrahim and Yusuf Hamisu, suspected killers of Mr. Valentine Mbalu, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of More...
Former Bendel State Gov, Ogbemudia Passes On at 85
Samuel Ogbemudia LAGOS MARCH 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Military Governor of defunct Bendel State (now Edo and Delta states), Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia is dead. He passed away Friday morning in Benin, the Edo More...
Delta: Suspect Shots Police Officer To Death in Burutu
IGP IDRIS LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A police officer said to be on ‘illegal duty’ was on Monday shot dead by a suspect he attempted to arrest in Burutu town, Delta State. Sources disclosed that More...
Obasanjo: Those Wishing Buhari Dead Are Callous, Wicked and Treacherous
Buhari and Obasanjo LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari had died describing those peddling the rumour as wicked. Since More...
Scores Feared Dead as Nigerian Jet Drops Bomb on IDP Camp
File Photo of IDP Camp LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Several people are feared dead after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the Rann IDP camp in Borno State. The Rann IDP camp in Kala-balge Local More...
JUST IN: Delta APC Leader, Senator Frances Okpozo Passes On
Senator Frnacis Okpozo LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Second Republic senator and chieftain of All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Francis Spanner Okpozo is dead. Details of his death were still sketchy as More...
Bayelsa: Abducted 72 Years Retired Principal Died in Kidnappers’ Den
y By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The abducted 72 years old retired principal, Chief Sunday Festus died in the hands of his abductors at the early hours of yesterday, though his abductors had More...
JUST IN: Michael Ibru Passes On at 85
Michael Ibru LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The patriarch of the Ibru dynasty, Olorogun Michael Ibru, has finally succumbed to the cold hands of death.He died Tuesday morning following complications from a lengthy More...
Two Motorcycle Robbers Shot Dead, One Arrested, After Robbing Police Inspector
Two of the dead motorcycle robbers and the arrested colleague LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-There was confusion on Monday on Okunola Road in the Idimu area of Lagos State after suspected armed robbers operating More...
Adieu Stephen Keshi
Stephen Keshi LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state. The former international football player and coach More...
Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s May Not Have Been Caused By Boxing
Muhammad Ali was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 42. (Photo credit: Money) LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dr. Michael Okun, the chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Florida More...
Popular Lagos Politician, Adeniji-Adele, dies at 60 After Operation in India
Adenij-Adele LAGOS MAY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Popular Lagos State politician, Ademola Adeniji-Adele, is dead. Informed sources said Adeniji-Adele died in an Indian hospital at 2am Nigerian time on Thursday. His first More...
Horror as Lifeless Bodies of Husband, Wife Found Dead in Sitting Room
Mr Solomon Arase LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A man, Mr. Femi Oguntunwase, and his wife, Modupe,were found dead in their house in the new site area of Oba Ile town in the Akure North Local Government Area of More...
Kidnapped Kaduna Pastor Found Dead
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The kidnapped Pastor of United Church of Christ, Rev Iliya Anto has been found dead, according to the police. Rev Anto is one of the three pastors kidnapped along Kaduna- Abuja express More...
Dozens Perished as Dubai Plane Crashes in Russia
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A passenger jet has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on board, officials say. The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, coming from More...
Ex-Delta Governor, Olorogun Felix Ibru Passes On at 80
Olorogun Ffelix Ibru LAGOS MARCH 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-One of the business icons in Nigeria and former Governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru is dead. According to report made available to Urhobotoday, Felix More...
Fear Grips Abuja Residence as Strange Disease Kills 13
Abuja LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The executive secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board, Rilwanu Muhammad, said unknown disease suspected to be typhoid fever or shigella More...
Bayelsa: Gov. Dickson’s Wife Not Dead – Aide
Dickson and his wife Rachel Governor Seriake Dickson’s aide has dismissed rumours of the demise of Bayelsa governor’s wife, Dr Mrs Rachael Dickson. The social media went abuzz this morning stirring up confusion More...
100 Hostages Killed as Explosion, Shooting Rock Paris Concert Hall
People run after hearing what were believed to be explosions or gunshots near Place de la Republique square in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Scores of people reportedly were killed in terrorist attacks around the city More...
Policeman Found Dead in His Car
Lagos CP, Fatai Owoseni LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A policeman, Corporal Agi Elias was found dead in his V/W Passat Reg.No. 489 AY car parked at the entrance gate of high barracks Ikeja today 10th Nov More...
Former President of Benin, Mathieu Kerekou is Dead
Mathew Kereku LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Benin’s former president Mathieu Kerekou, who ruled the tiny West African nation for a total of 30 years after a coup and then democratic elections, died on Wednesday, More...
Olu of Warri not Dead, in Coma- Palace Source
Olu of Warri LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Itsekiri Traditional Council’s silence over the health situation of the Olu of Warri may after all be explained. A close palace source told The Guardian yesterday More...
Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II Passes On
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II is dead. He died in Lagos last night of an as yet to be disclosed ailment. He had been on the throne since More...
Adieu Billionaire, Deinde Fernandez
Deinde Fernandez LAGOS SEPTEMTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Announcing his demise in a tweet at about 9.pm on Tuesday, Nigerian Journalist/Publisher, Dele Momodu, said: “Nigeria, and indeed Africa, has just lost one More...
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