Weep For Delta Ijaw For 20 Years Slavery Romance With PDP
a Bridge By Ebiegberi Izonebi Paulinus LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-To me, politics in Nigeria is a conspiratorial race to be ahead of others. Hence, a politician’s worth in our country is tied to and proportionate More...
Oil And Gold Belong To Niger Delta And Zamfara Respectively Not Nigeria
By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The recent proposition of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Oil belong to Nigeria and not Niger Delta aroused my indignation More...
Okowa Seeks Proper Monitoring Of Crude Oil Production, Address Of Security Challenges
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has called for proper monitoring of Nigeria’s crude oil production to ascertain the volume and ensure transparency and accountability in the More...
President Buhari Fingers N’Delta Militants Over Drop In Oil Revenue
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Niger Delta militants who vandalised oil pipelines contributed to a drop in Nigeria’s oil revenue. The President disclosed this in an interview More...
Delta Search For Home Talents As Alternative To Oil, Target 10 Winners Of N5m Each
LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta Government says it has put modalities in place to partner the private sector to harness home-based talents in entertainment as a substitute to oil revenue. Mr Akpobome Ogude, More...
Isoko Youths Destroy Food Items From DESOPADEC Boss, Pursue Palliative Team
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Emede community youths, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State over the weekend destroyed food items and cash gifts sent to the community by the Managing Director, Delta More...
Delta Gov, Ifeanyi Okowa Reacts To Zamfara Control Of Gold
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday said no law of the country permits Zamfara State Government to control and manage gold deposits in the state, noting More...
Urhobo Social Club Lagos Backs Omo-Agege’s Opposition On Sale Of Zamfara Gold To CBN
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Urhobo Social Club, Lagos (USCL), a foremost social-cultural club of prominent sons of Urhobo origin resident in Lagos has thrown it weight behind the opposition of Deputy Senate More...
Onuesoke Calls For Scrapping Or Restructuring Of NNPC
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has called for the scrapping or restructuring of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) More...
Delta: How N20m Oil Largesse Tears Isoko Community, Uzere Apart
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY-Oil-rich Uzere kingdom in Isoko South Council Area of Delta State is embroiled in conflicts over an alleged diversion of N20 million oil largesse and an attempt to bring back exiled More...
Urhobo Professionals Seek Return To Midwest Region, Lament Relegation
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Urhobo in Nigeria are demanding their return to the old Midwest under their proposal for the restructuring of the country that would put resource control at the basis of relationships More...
How Okowa Cripples DESOPADEC
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa By Our Reporter LAGOS MAY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Despite the enabling law establishing the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission [DESOPADEC] to receive and administer More...
SSS Nabs Capital Oil MD, Ifeanyi Ubah Over Allegation Of N11bn Oil Theft
Ifeanyi Ubah LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The State Security Service, SSS, has arrested the managing director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, on allegation of “economic sabotage”. The SSS says Mr. More...
How To Prepare Urhobo Pepper Soup Pottage (Ukodo)
Ukodo LAGOS MARCY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Ukodo is typical spicy traditional breakfast native to the Urhobo tribe of Delta state in the southern part of Nigeria. It is simply a pepper soup dish which consists of unripe More...
N’Delta Peace Move: Ndokwa Indigenes Appeal For Osibanjo Visit
A group Picture on the Visit of the Executive of Ndokwa Neku Union, (NNU), Led by High Chief Johnson Opone, the Member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Ossai N. Ossai to the More...
Mr. President Meeting with Niger- Delta Region Stakeholders: Hope For Minorities?
Vice President Osinbajo and some Niger Delta leaders during one of his peace meetings…… By Samuel Orovwuje LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The various fine points and strategic engagements by the Acting More...
NNPC Boss, Baru Urged To Sustain NNPC Transformation
NNPC Boss, Dr Maikanti Baru LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Notwithstanding the clandestine move by those who are opposed to the ongoing sanitization of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Group More...
2017: Oil, Stocks, Naira, Tumble on First Trading Day
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The key indexes of crude oil, stocks and naira for brighter economy for Nigeria started the 2017 trading day on a negative note, figures have shown. The much-talked about crude More...
Attack On Oil Facilities: Buhari Begs N’Delta Militants For Negotiation
Buhari LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday appealed to the Niger Delta militants destroying oil installations in the region to sheath their swords and come for negotiation with More...
NIMASA Vows to Enforce Safety Standard in Oil and Gas Sector
Dr Dakuku Peterside LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders of it’s resolve to ensure that safety standards are not compromised More...
Recession: Dangote Advises FG To Sell Assets to Remain Afloat
Dangote LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote told CNBC that a wave of asset selling by the government could be the best way to boost Nigeria’s recession-hit economy. “I More...
Research on Alternative Energy Instead of Oil, Onuesoke Advises FG
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) Chieftain and Delta State PDP Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has advised the Federal Government More...
Oil Producing Communities Raise Alarm, Says Okowa is Killing DESOPADEC
Delta State Governor, Ddr Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil producing communities in Delta State on Sunday raised an alarm that the state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is working underground to ground More...
Ex-Nigeria OPEC President Passes on at 90
Ali Moguno LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and Ex- President of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno has passed on at the age of More...
Fuel Scarcity Looms as Oil Workers Threaten Strike
LAGOS JULY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)–There is fear of an impending fuel scarcity in the country as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has ordered its members to leave their duty posts More...