Greece Banks, ATM Machines Shut Down over Economic Crisis
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Greeks woke up to shuttered banks, closed cash machines and a climate of rumors and conspiracy theories on Monday as a breakdown in talts between Athens and its creditors plunged the country deep into crisis. After receiving no extra emergency funding for Greek lenders from the European Central Bank, Prime Minister Alexis More...
Obama to Host Buhari in White House Next Month
Buhari LAGOS JUNE 26TH (URHOBOTODAY) -LAGOS JUNE 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)- US President Barack Obama will welcome his Nigerian counterpart to Washington next month, the White House announced Thursday, a symbolic show More...
9 Worshipers Shot Dead at Black Church in South Carolina
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) — A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described More...
78 Killed in Ghana’s Fuel Station as Flood Overtakes Accra
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 78 persons were killed after a gas station they ran to for shelter during heavy downpour went up in flames in Acrra, Ghana yesterday June 3rd. According to Ghana’s More...
Hundreds Missing after Passenger Ship Sinks in China’s Yangtze River
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (URHOBOYODAY)-Rescue workers scrambled around the hulk of a sunken passenger ship Tuesday as China grappled with an unfolding disaster in the murky waters of the Yangtze River. The ship, the Eastern More...
Three Generals Arrested in Connection with Burundi’s Foiled Coup
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Burundi’s authorities have arrested three generals for their role in an attempted coup but the leader of the bid to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza was “still on the More...
Goat Gives Birth To ‘Human Being’ In Ghana
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-This is exactly what happens when men release their seamen into animals…lol… Residents of Nananko in the Amenfi East District of the Western region of Ghana, have been left More...
US Marine Helicopter Missing in Nepal
LAGOS MAY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A U.S. Marine helicopter went missing in Nepal on Tuesday while on a humanitarian relief mission following two major earthquakes, a Navy spokesman said. The helicopter, a UH-1Y Huey, More...
Scandinavian Countries Okay Teaching of Yoruba Language in Schools
Akogun Banji Ojo, Otunba Gani Adams and Gabriel Akinadewo at the OPU Summit in Turkey LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The countries that make up the Scandinavian have approved the teaching of Yoruba language in their More...
Cote D’Ivoire Bans Skin Bleaching Creams
LAGOS MAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Cote D’Ivoirien health department has banned skin-whitening creams due to the accrued threat it poses to health. “Cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams … that depigment More...