Buhari’s Comment On Wife Ignites Reactions
President Buhari and his wife LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks that his wife’s place in government belongs only in the kitchen and “the other room” have sparked outrage More...
JUST IN: Boko Haram ‘releases 21 Chibok Girls’ to Nigeria Secret Service
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Twenty-one of the more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 have been released, according to Nigeria’s presidency. The More...
Northern Leaders Cry Out Over Starvation in Nigeria, But Insist of Voting Northerner in Future
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Northern leaders gathered on Monday in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital and told President Muhammadu Buhari to work harder at fixing the nation’s economy because there More...
Missing Chibok Girls’ Parents React to New Boko Haram Video, Beg Buhari to Act Fast
Shekau, says ” I am alive and healthy” LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau seems to be the proverbial cat with the nine lives, given the number of times the Nigerian More...
JUST IN: I’m in Good Health, Boko Haram’s Shekau Reveals in New Video
Shekau, says ” I am alive and healthy” LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH 9URHOBOTODAY)-The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video message denying a claim by the military that he More...
Boko Haram: Britain to Give Nigeria Extra £80m to Save 70,000 Starving Children
ABOVE PHOTO: Girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from Islamist militants Boko Haram at Sambisa Forest line up to collect donated clothes at the Malkohi refugee camp in YolaGirls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from More...
Fear Grips University of Ibadan Community over Alleged Boko Haram Letter
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Fear grips staff and students of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, following the circulation ?of a letter purportedly written to all staff by a Boko Haram group threatening to More...
Obama Holds Talk with Buhari, Hails Fight against Corruption, Terrorism
Buhari and Obama LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-U.S. President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday held talks with Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, where he lauded the effort of the leader of Africa’s most populous More...
Hungry Refugees in IDP’s Camp Accuse Nigerian Officials of Stealing Their Food
Starving refugees in IDP camp in Borno State LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian officials have been accused of stealing food from desperate people who are living in camps after fleeing the terrorist group More...
JUST IN: DSS, Police Call for Postponement Edo Poll
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission not to hold the Edo State gubernatorial election as scheduled. The More...
Boko Haram: Nigerian Journalist Salkida Arrested At Abuja International Airport
Ahmad Salkida LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahmed Salkida, one of the three people wanted for alleged knowledge of Boko Haram and the whereabouts of over 200 Chibok girls, was arrested in Abuja on Monday. Mr. More...
War Bigger Than Boko Haram Looms in Northern Nigeria, Senate Leader Cries Out
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Friday evening, raised the alarm that if something urgent was not done, a war that would be worse than the Boko Haram insurgency might break out More...
JUST IN: Several Villagers Missing as Boko Haram Fighters Set Borno Village Ablaze
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram fighters riding on bicycles sacked Shawa village in Askira/Uba LGA of Borno state in the early hours of Sunday. A member of the vigilante group, Civilian JTF, Istifanus More...
Motorcycle Suicide Bomber Kills 4, Injures 24 in Cameroon Market
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed three people and wounded 24 at a market in north Cameroon, where armed group Boko Haram has been waging an armed rebellion since 2009, authorities More...
Escaped Chibok Girl: I Miss My Boko Haram Husband
Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki and her Boko Haram husband LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three More...
Boko Haram: Army Makes ‘U Turn’ Retracts Statement on Wanted Persons
Wanted journalistsNigerian LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army today made a U – turn on their earlier declaration of Ahmed Salkida, Aisha Wakili and Ahmed U. Bolori wanted. Army Spokesperson More...
JUST IN: Boko Haram Shows Video of 50 Missing Chibok Girls, Demands Release of Prisoners
Missing Chibok school girls LAGOS AUGIST 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. Some 50 girls wearing headscarves More...
I Am Still in Charge of Boko Haram Despite ISIS Claim-Abubakar Shekau Insists
Abubakar Shekau, pictured, said in an audio message he still leads Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram, despite an Islamic State pronouncement that he was replaced by Abu Musab al-Barnawi. The conflict indicates More...
Boko Haram: Shekau Reappears After ISIS Named His Successor, Claims He was Deceived
Abubakar Shekau LAGOS AUGUTS 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The erstwhile leader of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da’awati wal-Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has released a recorded message a few hours More...
ISIS Names Boko Haram’s Spokesman ,Abu Musab al-Barnawi As New Leader
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Islamic State (IS) militant group has announced that its West African affiliate Boko Haram has a new leader. Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was previously spokesman for the Nigerian-based More...
Western Officials Accuse Buhari of Using Boko Haram’s Aids to Prosecute Christian Political Rivals
President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Western aid officials have raised concerns about the Nigerian government’s handling of the boko haram crisis, with accusations that President Muhammadu More...
Boko Haram Fighters Injure UN Officials, Nigerian Soldiers in Attack Close to Maiduguri
An injured UN official receiving treatment after the Boko Haram attack. Photo credits: Daily Post. LAGOS JULY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A team of United Nations, UN, officials were attacked on Thursday by Boko Haram, DAILY More...
Hausas, Yorubas Dare Avengers, Say They Won’t Leave Niger Delta
LAGOS JULY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)– Against the recent threat by Niger Delta militants that Northerners and Westerners should quit the region and return to their various regions, the youth leaders of the Hausa and More...
UNICEF Warns That About 250,000 Severely Malnourished Children in Borno May Die Soon
LAGOS JULY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has raised an alarm that nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, and More...
Boko Haram Kill 24 Mourners in North-Eastern Nigeria
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Twenty-four people were killed when Boko Haram fighters opened fire on mourners, a local community leader said Friday, in the second attack in northeast Nigeria this week after More...