PDP Crisis: Justice Abang Queries Markafi’s Faction, Adjourns Suit Indefinitely
Justice Abang LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the lawsuit on the leadership tussle rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Justice More...
FG Earmarks N500bn for Creation of 100,000 Houses Annually
Finance Minister,Kemi AdeosunKemi Adeosun,Houseing Project,BVN,Abuja, LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that the N500billion new housing fund approved by the More...
Millionaire Lawyer, Prince Christmas Akpodiete Expresses His Love for Olorogun Michael Ibru
Olorogun (Dr) Michael Ibru LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Human right and Millionaire Lawyer, (Prince) Christmas Akpodiete,Esq. has expressed his love and likeness for industrial icon Late Olorogun (Dr.) Michael More...
End of the Road For PDP Crisis as Makarfi, Sheriff Factions Reconcile
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The end of the crisis within Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, may be in sight as the two factions of the party on Tuesday resolved to work together. The More...
Currency Scandal: How CBN, Govt Officials Launder Forex Through Phony Firms
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A major scandal has hit the new foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as it is now riddled with sharp practices. The policy, which was introduced in March More...
Buhari to Release N350 billion For Stimulation of Dwindling Economy
Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that a sum of N350 billion capital votes will be released immediately into the system as More...
Salah Break Tragedy: Unity Bank Fires 215 Workers
LAGOS SEPETEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Unity Bank Bank staff were shocked when no fewer than 215 of the workers received sacked letters just after resuming work after the salah break. Most of those sacked were branch More...
Oil and Gas Expo Holds in Abuja
Director of Event, WAECON, Dr Kune LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1TH (URHOBOTODAY)-All is now set. This year’s U & D Oil and Gas Expo 2016 comes with the theme “Oil and gas solution and the Nigerian Content Advancement”. More...
Man Walks Naked in Abuja Street for N10,000
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A man, believed to be in his 30s, stripped naked in a broad day light and walked about freely to earn N10,000 at Kabayi, Mararaba, near Abuja. The City News gathered that the drama More...
Boko Haram: Nigerian Journalist Salkida Arrested At Abuja International Airport
Ahmad Salkida LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahmed Salkida, one of the three people wanted for alleged knowledge of Boko Haram and the whereabouts of over 200 Chibok girls, was arrested in Abuja on Monday. Mr. More...
Miscreants,Rodents, Criminals Take Over N2.8b Seized Alamieyeseigha’s Hotel in Abuja
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Almost seven years after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) handed over the N2.8billion Chelsea Hotel to the government of Bayelsa State, the hitherto money-spinning More...
Operation Crocrodile Smile: Soldiers Arrest Suspected Criminals in Ughelli Raid
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports reaching Urhobotoday revealed that Operation Crocodile Smile launched recently by Nigeria Army in Delta state has started yielding result with arrest of suspected criminals More...
Inmates Cry for Help as Heavy Shooting, Tear Gassing Continue in Abuja Prison
Abuja Prison LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Terrified inmates at Kure prison, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory are heard crying for help as prison officials continue shooting and throwing tear gas at the inmates More...
From Dog Owners to Journalists, Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Nigeria
FILE PHOTO LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A series of arrests of bloggers, newspaper reporters and even a dog owner has advocates worried about a chill on freedom of expression in Nigeria. While the constitution More...
Niger Delta Militancy: Ijaw Monarchs Disown Edwin Clark
Chief E.K.CLark LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ijaw traditional rulers, yesterday, in Warri, Delta State, said they were not subject to the wishes of a former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, More...
Behind Okowa, Uduaghan’s Cold War in Delta
Ifeanyi Okowa ad Emmanuel Uduaghan LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The quiet war between Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his immediate predecessor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, appears to have gained momentum with More...
Funds Seized From Tafa Balogun, Akingbola, Igbinedion, Others Yield N1.9bn Interest- EFCC
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says N1,956,007,975.81 has accrued to government as interest from the public funds sized from a former Inspector-General of Police, More...
Another Blogger Arrested in Abuja
Abubakar Sadiq LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)- Barely two weeks after a popular blogger, Abubakar Sadiq was arrested by the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, another blogger, Musa Babale Azare, More...
Why Federal Government Upholds Stoppage of Export Grant- Finance Minister
L-R: Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr. Kwari Bukar and the group’s Chief Executive, Mr. Laoye Jaiyeola during a courtesy visit of the NESG team to the More...
PDP Crisis Deepens as Federal High Court Stops Convention
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)) – Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) being organized by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led More...
FG to Link Railway Line from Warri-Abuja, to Construct and Expand Warri Port
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has put in place plans to construct a railway line that will link Warri- Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Baro –Abuja. Government equally disclosed that it has concluded More...
Nnamdi Kanu Dismisses Report Linking Him With MEND, N’Delta Avengers
Nnamdi Kanu LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has dismissed reports linking him with rampaging Niger Delta Avengers and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, More...
Buhari Promises to Empower and Secure Niger Delta Region
President Buhari hosting traditional leaders from Niger Delta LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration remains committed to empowering the Niger Delta. Buhari More...
Human Right Defenders Raises Alarm over EFCC Arrest of Blogger, Sidiqu over Story on Magu
Mr Abubakar Sidiqu Usman LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Information reaching the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) has it that a popular Nigerian blogger and political commentator, Mr Abubakar Sidiqu Usman, More...
Revealed: What Obasanjo Discusses With Buhari During His Visit to Presidential Villa
Nuhari and Obasanjo President Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, on Monday held a private meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja. The former president arrived at the villa about 12:50pm, More...