THROW BACK: “I’m Not A Thief; I Can’t Be A Thief”- James Ibori
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Embattled former Delta State governor, James Ibori, says he was wrongly accused and maligned by those who typecast him as a thief. Mr. Ibori , who recently returned to Nigeria after More...
Patani Council Chairman To Spend Christmas In Prison Over Alleged Malicious Damage
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Chairman of Patani Local Government, Mr. Perez Omoun to spend the Christmas in prison over allegation of attacking Delta State Commissioner for Energy, Basil Ganagana at his More...
Prisons Service Dismisses Report Of Releasing Of Jailed Ese Oruru’s Abductor
LAGOS JULY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Services has denied reports that Yunusa Dahiru, who was sentenced to 26 years for abducting Ese Oruru, has been released from More...
Three Nigerian ‘Yahoo Boys’ To Serve 235 Years In America
Nigeria Yahoo Boys LAGOS MAY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Three Nigerian scammers who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been slammed huge prison sentences by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions More...
Ibori: I’m Innocent Of Charges Brought Against Me In United Kingdom
Chief James Ibori and his daughter Erhiatake Ibori, a member of Delta State House of Assembly during the thaksgiving service for at Ooghara, Delta LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Delta State, Chief James More...
EFCC Sets To Ambush James Ibori, Lists Ribadu as Key Witness in $15m Bribe Allegation
Chief James Ibori LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been listed as a key witness against a former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, More...
N1.5bn Fraud: Court Slams Five Years Jail Term on Former NIMASA DG, Omatseye
Raymond Omatseye LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)- – Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has slammed five years jail term against a former Director-General (DG) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency More...
Man Kills Mum Two Days After Finishing 30-Year Murder Sentence
Steven Pratt LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY) — A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing his mother two days after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for killing a neighbor. Steven Pratt pleaded guilty More...
James Ibori Neither Released from UK Prison Nor Re-Arrested – Aide
Chief James Ibori LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The embattled former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who is currently serving a jail term in a UK prison, is neither released nor rearrested, a statement More...
James Ibori Released from UK Prison, Re-Arrested
James Ibori LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately re-arrested. He More...
Oscar Pistorius Convicted of Murder, Risks 15yrs Imprisonment
Oscar Pistorius LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)- Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of murder on Thursday after South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal threw out a manslaughter conviction for killing his girlfriend, More...
Oscar Pistorius’ Freedom Suspended
Oscar Pistorius LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, serving a five-year prison term for killing his girlfriend, may not walk free as expected this week because the decision More...
N’Delta Activists Raise Alarm, Say Buhari Wants to Send Jonathan to Prison
Buhari and Jonathan LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A coalition of Niger-Delta activists under the aegis of Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy on Saturday said it has uncovered clandestine moves by President Muhammadu More...
Boko Haram Fighters, Soldier Killed in Failed Prison Attack in Niger
LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members More...
Mexico Drug Lord Escape from Prison through 1km Tunnel
A Federal police inspects a drainage pipe outside the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday, July 12, 2015. Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” More...
MEND Leader, Okah Attacks Jonathan, Edwin Clark, Asari Dokubo from Prison
Okah LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian-militant-leader-Henry-Okah Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, is hitting hard at President Goodluck Jonathan from his prison More...
Magistrate Dies in Prison Custody
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A magistrate in Oji River, Enugu State, Ifeoma Nnaji, died in the early hours of Wednesday while in prison custody in Enugu, prison sources said. Nnaji and her husband, Ifeanyichukwu, More...
Caterer in Trouble for Smuggling Cannabis in Noodles to Kirikiri Inmates
Oyinyechi Ezirim LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A 35-year-old caterer in Lagos will soon be remanded in prison custody for attempting to smuggle cannabis hidden inside noodles to her boyfriend in prison. Officials More...
Okah’s Family Threatens to Sue Edwin Clark over Kidnap Allegation
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The family of Henry and Charles Okah has replied Chief Edwin Clark over his comment that their sons were culpable in the recent kidnap of his son, Ebikeme and threatened More...
Ibori Ruled Out of UK Prison Exchange Programme with Nigeria
Chief James Ibori to serve full jail term in UK prison LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The British authorities have refuted Nigeria press reports that ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State will be returned to More...
Delta: Two Escapee Ugwashi-Uku Prison Inmates Recaptured
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two inmates who escaped from the Ogwashi-Uku Prison at different dates have been recaptured after massive man haunt and intelligence gathering by officers and men of the Delta State More...
Edo State Lawmaker in Robbery Scandal, Remanded in Prison
Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar Members of the Edo State House of Assembly experienced serious embarrassment on Tuesday when one of their colleagues, Rasaq Momoh was ordered by a Magistrate Court More...