Community In Warri Accuses Chevron Of N1bn Land Rental Debt
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The people of Makaraba community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, has accused Chevron of owing 41 years land rent, running into over N1 billion. In a letter More...
UPU Leader, Moses Taiga Appeals To Departed Oil Giants To Return To Urhobo Land
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) President General (Worldwide) Olorogun Moses Taiga has appealed to all the oil giants which include Shell, Chevron, Seplats, Agip and others who departed More...
Crisis Looms Between Ilaje,Ijaw Communities Over Discovery Of Oil In Ondo, Delta Borderline
Rotimi Akeredolu (Governor of Ondo State) and Ifeanyi Okowa (Governor of Delta State) LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Crisis is brewing between the Ilaje community of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State and More...
Ijaw Community Demands For Appointment Of indigene As DESOPADEC Chairman
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The people of Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State has appealed to Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to appoint one of their indigene as Chairman More...
Odimodi/Forcados Judgment: Need To Halt Mobil New Move
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is agreed by many that War may be a lawful act and without sin, if it meets these three conditions; waged by the lawful public authority in defense of More...
SNEPCo Donates Modern Test Laboratory to Nigerian Institute of Welding
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and it co-venturers (ExxonMobil, TOTAL and ENI) have donated facilities including a modern test laboratory to the Nigerian More...
ExxonMobil Discovers One-Billion-Barrel Well Of Nigerian Off Shores
LAGOS OVTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-ExxonMobil says it has discovered up to 1 billion barrels of oil off Nigeria’s shores. A statement Thursday says the “significant discovery” at Owowo-3 well extends More...
Angry Villagers Force Chevron to Shut Down Warri Tank Farm
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Angry elders, leaders, youths and women of Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community, who laid siege to the tank farms located in their community since Tuesday have forced Chevron Nigeria More...
Militants Vow To Declare N’Delta Republic in Aug 1, Order Northerners, S/Westerners Out Of Region
LAGOS JULY 18TH URHOBOTODAY)-Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) said on Sunday that it had concluded arrangements with other militant groups to declare the Niger Delta region an independent republic three weeks from today, More...
FG Peace Talks Suffer Setback as N’Delta Avengers Resumes Attack on NNPC, Chevron’s Oil Facilities
LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government’s proposed peace talks with militants on Sunday morning suffered a major setback as the Niger Delta Avengers blew up several oil facilities belonging to the More...
New Militant Group Threatens to Bomb Third Mainland Bridge, Bonga Oil field, Onitsha–Asaba Bridge
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A new militant group, the Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND) has vowed to bomb the Bonga Oil Field, Third Mainland Bridge and the Onitsha – Asaba bridge among others More...
Niger Delta Avengers Blow Up Another Chevron Oil Well, Denies Negotiating with FG
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday claimed it had blown up another oil well. The group equally said it was not negotiating with the Federal Government. In two tweets on its Twitter More...
Niger Delta Avengers Strike Again, Blow Up Escravos Electricity Feed Pipeline
LAGOS MAY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Niger Delta militants have struck again blowing up a major electricity feed pipeline located in the Escravos area of Delta State. The attack was announced by the Niger Delta Avengers More...
FG Slams Shell, Chevron, Agip, Others N2trn Lawsuit over Alleged Oil Fraud
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The federal government has reportedly filed lawsuits against multinational oil corporations – Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies for failing remit N2 trillion More...
New Olu of Warri May Be Name Tomorrow (Saturday)
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There were indications last night that the Olu Advisory Council of Warri Kingdom in Delta State may announce, tomorrow, the transition of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atiwatse II. Palace More...
Ijaw Group Claims Responsibility for Dibi Oil Platform Explosion, Threatens to Blow Up the Entire Flow Station
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A group under the aegis of Egbama Radical Group has claimed responsibility for the early Wednesday morning explosion that rocked a major line at the Dibi platform in Warri North Local More...
Delta APC House of Assembly Aspirant, Sunday Ejegi Promises Better lives for his People
Delta State APC House of Assembly Aspirant, Engr Sunday Ejegi By Oghenekevwe Laba LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-All Progressive Party (APC) Delta State House of Assembly aspirant, Engr Sunday Ejegi has promised More...
Again, Furious Workers Shut Down Chevron’s Escravos Plant
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Furious workers protesting unpaid salaries, allowances and pay-offs, have once again shut down Chevron’s multi-billion dollar Escravos Gas-To-Liquid Project in Warri South West More...
Uduaghan and The ‘Missing’ $6m Chevron’s Ugborodo Fund?
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan By Ifeanyi Izeze LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Is it not shameful and disheartening that for over four years now, the slow progress of work at the site of what was supposed More...
Ugborodo Elders Disagree with Uduaghan over Safety of Alleged Missing $6m
Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY) — THE lingering Ugborodo crisis took a twist, yesterday, with the Council of Elders of the community, disagreeing with Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, that the More...
Itsekiri Leader Blame Uduaghan over Alleged Missing $6m Ugborodo Fund
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-LEADER of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, Pa Johnson Ayomike, Monday alleged that the $6 million sent by Chevron in the United States as contribution towards the development of More...
Chevron: Itsekiri Youths Protest Alleged Marginalisation in Employment
Itsekiri youths protesting on Warri streets yesterday LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Itsekiri youths, under the aegis of Ogborode Graduates Association and National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, in More...
How State Supports Theft of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Products
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Crude oil and refined petroleum products theft in Nigeria is increasing by the day, constituting a serious threat to the economy. Being an extremely organised crime, it poses a More...
Ibori was Financially Broke before He Became a Governor-Prosecutor
Chief James Ibori LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two of the major oil majors operating in the Niger Delta area have been indicted of entering into corrupt transactions with the jailed former governor of Delta More...
MEND Threatens Attack on Chevron Facilities on Indepence Day, Orders Workers out of Company’s Site
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The outlawed Niger Delta militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), on Wednesday, threatened to launch an attack on the facility of American More...