Payback: Netanyahu Leads Effort to Thwart Obama Bid for U.N. Sec-Gen
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly is planning payback for President Obama’s dismissing Mr. Netanyahu’s objections to the Iran nuclear deal last year. Mr. Netanyahu is said to be rallying moderate Arabs to thwart Mr. Obama’s bid to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations after he leaves More...
India Mechanic Invents Car that Runs on Water
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A car mechanic from India have designed an astonishing car that runs on water. Mohammad Raees Markani, 44, has been modifying an 800 cc engine for the last five years and now believes More...
Female Genital Mutilation Offender to Serve Three-Years in Gambia
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Gambian lawmakers have passed a bill criminalising female circumcision and introducing prison terms of up to three years for anyone flouting the ban. The National Assembly voted 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...
Gunmen Attack Hotel in Mali’s Capital, Take 170 Hostages
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Gunmen attacked a popular hotel in Mali’s capital on Friday with guns and grenades, authorities and a witness said. The hotel company said 170 hostages — 140 guests More...
ISIS Releases Picture of Bomb that Downed Russian Plane
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people More...
MTN in Another Trouble, Fined $662,000 in Uganda
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Commercial court has ordered telecom giant MTN Uganda to pay a sum of Shs 2.3bn (about $662,000) in damages to EzeeMoney Limited for sabotaging its business. Justice Henry More...
France Bombs ISIS Headquarters In Syria as Manhunt Continues for Paris Attackers
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY) – French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more More...
Islamic State Claims Paris Attacks That Killed 127
] LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers that killed 127 people at locations across Paris that President Francois Hollande More...
100 Hostages Killed as Explosion, Shooting Rock Paris Concert Hall
People run after hearing what were believed to be explosions or gunshots near Place de la Republique square in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Scores of people reportedly were killed in terrorist attacks around the city More...