Twin Brother Of Killed Policeman Attached To Delta Govt House Slumps, Dies
LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Double tragedy as an unconfirmed report has indicated that the twin brother of Solomon, a policeman of Counter Terrorising Unit attached to the Delta State Government House, Asaba More...
CREDAB: South-South Group Resident In Lagos Seeks Greater Cooperation
L-R: Olorogun Goodie Ibru and his wife, Chairman, Sheraton Hotels and Towers; Mr. Sam Egube, Lagos Commissioner for Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget; High Chief Lucky Oyakhere, National Co-ordinator, CREDAB More...
South-South Traditional Council Of Chiefs Lagos Dedicates The Year 2020 To Sanwo-Olu
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-South-South Traditional Council of Chiefs Lagos State (SSTCCLS) has dedicated the out going year to Lagos State Governor, His Excellency Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu as More...
N’Delta Leaders Condemn ICPC Interference In Interrogation Of NDDC Staff
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may be heading for showdown over the interrogation of senior management More...
N’Delta Ex-Militants Urge Buhari To Appoint An Urhobo As Cordinator Of Amnesty Programme
LAGOS MA Y 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)- No fewer than one thousand Ex-militants across the Niger-Delta Region have made an appeal and request to the President and Commander -in- Chief of the Arm Forces of Nigeria, Muhammadu More...
Delta, Rivers, Edo, 9 Other States To Experience Flooding – NEMA, NHISA Warn
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Hydrological Services Agencies (NHISA) have warned that 12 states across the country would soon experience flooding More...
iPhone: How Killers Of JUMAI Courier Man Lure Him To Their Hide Out
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Mr. Chukwuma Eleje, delivery man with Jumia, an online marketing store, has been killed in a house on Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State because of two iPhones. The victim More...
Buhari Fulfills Campaign Promises, Commences Payment of N5, 000 to Poorest Nigerians
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N5,000 monthly to one million vulnerable Nigerians. In a statement released, Monday, by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant More...
Delta APC Rejects Tribunal Verdict, Says PDP Celebration is Short Live
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State has rejected the verdict of Delta State Governorship Election Tribunal which upheld the governorship election of Dr Ifeanyi Okowa More...
Buhari Anti-Graft Campaign Is Selective-Ijaw Youths
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), said on Wednesday that they are ready to support the anti-corruption and restructuring campaigns embarked upon More...
Rivers: Peterside, Party Faithful Scamper for Safety as Explosion, Gunshots Rock APC Rally in Okrika
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A rally organised by the All Progressives Congress in Okirika, home to Nigeria’ First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was disrupted twice on Wednesday. The rally was first disrupted More...
Jonathan Sends Obanikoro’s Name, 7 Others Ministerial Nominees to Senate for Screening and Approval
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sent eight ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and approval. The names, contained in a letter signed More...
Delta Gubernatorial Political Game: Who Plays it Better?
By Onajite Ese The whistle may not have been blown, neither has the starter gun been fired, but the inevitable truth and incontrovertible fact is that the political race has since begun, and it will be foolery More...
2015: Delta, 4 Other State Governors in Cold War with First Lady over Imposition of Gov. Candidates
Dame Patience Jonathan LAGOS APRIL 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than five governors are in a “cold war” with First Lady Patience Jonathan over her alleged moves to impose their successors. But the Office of the More...
2015: Police Raises Alarm, Accuse Politicians of Plotting Destabilization of Niger Delta Region
Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar LAGOS MARCH 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Hamiiru Argungu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, has alleged that some politicians in Bayelsa, Edo More...
PDP Members Defection: APC Leads in House of Rep with 172 Members against PDP 171
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)– The All Progressives Congress (APC) now has the majority in the House of Representatives with the defection of thirty Seven (37) members of the House elected on the platform More...
PDP Drags 5 ‘Rebel’ Govs’ to Court, Asks Court to Declare Seat Vacant
LAGOS DECEMBER 13RD (URHOBOTODAY} Poised for a last fight, the Alhaji Bamangar Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, asked the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to declare seats of the five More...
JTF Smashes Robbery Gang, Arrest Oil Thieves in Niger Delta
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta said on Thursday that it had captured a gang of sea robbers in the waterways in Rivers State. The JTF Media Coordinator, Lt.-Col. More...
$200,000 Paid for Release of Sister of Jonathan’s Aide-MEND
Augusta-Douglas-Ayam_0_0 LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) today said it could authoritatively confirm that the sum of 200,000 US Dollars was paid as ransom More...
2015: New PDP Makes ‘U’ Drops Demand for Jonathan to Quit
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)As the meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the aggrieved G-7 governors and other leaders of the Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got More...
New PDP State Chairmen Loyal to Agrieved Govs Shun Pro-Jonathan Press Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS September 10th (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the seven states whose governors belong to a new PDP faction, shunned a press conference organized More...
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Obasanjo Lashes Back at Clark, Says He Should Retire from Politics and Not Him
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Olusegun Obsanjo on Saturday replied Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark’s comment on him, saying his utterances showed it was time for him (Clark) to More...
PDP Crisis Deepens as Atiku, 7 Governors, Walk Out of PDP Convention, Elect Own Executives
The breakaway PDP members LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have walked out of the ongoing special delegates convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), More...
Group Accuses Governors of Mismanaging N8.1tr Derivation Fund, Calls for EFCC Probe
By Theophilus Onojeghen Governors of Niger Delta oil producing states of Delta, Edo, Ondo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross-Rivers, Abia, Awka-Ibom and Imo have been accused of mismanaging 8.1 trillion naira meant for the More...
Fracas in Rivers House of Assembly as Amaechi Foils Attempt to Impeach Speaker
LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY) The Rivers State House of Assembly was this afternoon (local time) thrown into chaos as a few anti-Governor Rotimi Amaechi legislators and militants, who are alleged supporters of More...