N’Delta: Buhari Orders Army To Return ‘Egbesu Spiritual’ Sword
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate return of the Egbesu golden sword seized by the Nigerian Army last year to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local Government More...
Protesting Workers Shut Down Radio Bayelsa Over Excesses of General Manager
Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)- Labour unions in the Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Journalists More...
Nigeria Police Storm Premium Times Abuja Office, Arrest Publisher, Journalist
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria police have raided PREMIUM TIMES head office in Abuja, and arrested the newspaper’s publisher. The publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, was arrested alongside the paper’s More...
Cameroon Uses Witchcraft to Fight Boko Haram, ISIS
Boko Haram LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In the war on terror, guns and bombs just haven’t been enough. So Cameroon is trying spells and curses too. About a year ago, Cameroonian President Paul Biya urged citizens More...
Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill 30 in North East Nigeria
File Photo LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTOAY)-Two women suicide bombers blew themselves up at a bustling market in northeast Nigeria’s Madagali town on Friday morning, killing at least 30 people and wounding More...
Urhobo Women Barricade East-West Road, Protest Army Intimidation, Arrest of Indigenes
Women protesting at East-Wwest Road,Ughelli axis yesterday LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Scores of women from Iwhre-Nene community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday blocked a side More...
Tompolo’s Father Dies at 84, Weeks after Alleged Military Brutality
Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The father of a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (also known as Tompolo), is dead, the Gbaramatu Voice, a community newspaper in Gbaramatu Kingdom, More...
Niger Delta:Soldiers Arrest Militant Leader Who Declares “Operation Crocodile Tears”, Others
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7T (URHOBOTODAY)-Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected militant, one Mr. Gabriel Ogbudje. He is also the alleged leader of the “Otugas Fire Force”, a militant group threatening 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...
Residents Panic Over Heavy Military Presence in Warri
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There was a widespread apprehension among residents of Warri and its environs in Delta State on Monday, following the deployment of troops and equipment in the ongoing military training More...
Residents Panic Over Heavy Military Presence in Warri
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There was a widespread apprehension among residents of Warri and its environs in Delta State on Monday, following the deployment of troops and equipment in the ongoing military training More...
Military Dispels Rumour of Killing Innocent People as Offensive Against Lagos, Ogun Militants Continues
LAGOS JULY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria military has dispelled rumour of killing innocent people as offensive against pipeline oil thieves operating at Ishawo, Igando and Igbolomu areas of Ikorodu in Lagos, More...
Dickson Visits Buhari, Warns Against Applying Violence on N’Delta Militants
President Muhammadu Buhari (Right) and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson during his visit to Aso Rock LAGOS JULY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday visited President More...
Bayelsa: Four Pirates Killed, Soldier Injured in a Clash with Nigerian Army
LAGOS MAY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint military force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said on Tuesday that its personnel killed four suspected pirates during a surveillance patrol along the Ogbia-Nembe More...
Delta Journalists Condemn Army Attack on Warri Journalist, Issues 7-Days Ultimatum
LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Warri Correspondents chapel Monday condemned in strong terms the unwarranted attack on the Sun Newspaper Correspondent, in Warri, Elder Emmanuel More...
Nigerian Soldiers Lament Non Payment of Allowances at War Front
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Hundreds of soldiers fighting at the war front ?in the North East have not been paid their allowances for several months, some soldiers have said. The unpaid allowances include Peace More...
JUST IN: Decomposed Corpse of Abducted Army Colonel Found in Kaduna Village
Col. Inusa LAGOS MARCH 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army has announced the death of its abducted officer, Colonel Samaila Inusa. Col. Inusa was kidnapped Saturday evening 26th March 2016. In a release issued More...
JUST IN: INEC Suspends Rivers Re-run Election In Four Local Councils As Violence Rocks Polls
LAGOS MARCh 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Saturday afternoon suspended the ongoing re-run elections in Bonny, Andoni, Gokana, and Khana local government areas of Rivers More...
Judge Accuses EFCC, Army of Behaving as If Nigeria is Under Military Rule
Buhari LAGOS MARCH 15TH (URHOBOTODAY) — A High Court judge has accused Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the army of behaving as if the country is still under military dictatorship and More...
Delta: Security Agents Raid Uvwie Communities, Nab 35 Suspects, Mops Up Arms
IGP Solomon Arase LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A combined team of security agencies has apprehended 35 suspected criminals in Ekpan and neighbouring communities in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta. The security More...
War against Boko Haram: US Donates 24 Vehicles Valued at $11m to Nigeria
LAGOS JANURY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-– The United States is donating 24 mine-resistant, armor-protected vehicles valued at $11 million to Nigeria’s military, to enable the country’s soldiers combat the More...
12 Killed, 30 Wounded, Army Boss Escapes Assassination as Shiites, Soldiers Clash
Army Boss, General Buratai LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)- LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers besieging the home of the leader of a Shiite movement accused of trying to assassinate Nigeria’s army chief have More...
Twin Blast: Pieces Of Human Flesh Litter Abuja Roads
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Pieces of human flesh were seen on Saturday morning littering the roadside in a suburb of Abuja, Nyanya, where an explosive went off late on Friday. The explosive was said to have More...
Boko Haram: Ebonyi Gov, Umahi Pledges to Supply IDP, Troops Abakaliki Rice
David Umahi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ebonyi State Government has promised to provide some quantities of Ebonyi Rice popularly known as Abakaliki Rice to internally displaced persons and soldiers fighting More...
CENTREP Disagree with Delta Navy Commander, Says Security Agents Aid Oil Theft
Pghenejabor Ikimi LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged, CENTREP, Warri, Delta State, weekend, differed with the Commanding Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Delta, Navy Commodore More...