Okowa to Partner South Africa on Diversification of Economy, Natural Gas Exploration
Okowa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said his administration will explore avenues to harness the more than 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the state. The governor More...
Okowa Calls for Aggressive Awareness Campaign on Rhesus Disease
Okowa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has called for advocacy cum awareness campaign to be stepped up for people to know how to avoid Rhesus disease. Senator Okowa More...
Fake Certificate Screening Exercise: Police Arrest Sapele LG Chairman’s Aide, Councilor
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Supervisory Councillor for Finance and Education, Sapele Local Government, Mr. Eric Ojuromu (AKA Elume inspector) and the Special Adviser to the Sapele Local Government Chairman, More...
Flood: Oshimili Monarch Urges Okowa to Construct Leading to Oko Community
Okowa LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The traditional ruler of Oko in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Eze Osita, has appealed the state government to construct the 56km road that leads to More...
Drumbeat Media Offers Employment Opportunity to Nigerians on Website Creation
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Drumbeat Media is offering employment opportunity for both employed and unemployed Nigerians to earn a living through acquiring of knowledge on construction of wordpress website. A More...
Fear Grips Deltans as Lassa Fever Kills Doctor With 32 People on Surveillance
LAGOS AUGST 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Ministry of Health has confirmed one person dead and 32 others on surveillance following the reported case of Lassa fever. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas More...
Health Director Warns Against Drinking Raw Garri as Lassa Fever Kills Doctor, Two Others in Anambra
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dr. Emmanuel Okafor, the Director of Public Health, Anambra State Ministry of Health, on Thursday warned people against drinking raw garri (cassava flour) and ensure protection More...
Delta: Ndokwa Patriots Drag Buhari, Others to Court Over Exclusion of Kinsmen from NDDC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Concerned Ndokwa Patriots, CNP, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over the exclusion of indigenes of Ndokwa from the board of the Niger Delta Development More...
How Okowa Chases Away Foreign Investors from Delta State
The Iitalian investors with Delta State government officials By Maxwell Ogedegbe LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Each time I read about the pretentious statements credited to the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi More...
Delta: HIV-Positive Man Rapes 6-Year-Old Girl in Asaba
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An HIV-Positive man, identified as Monday Imande on Thursday was arrested for raping a six year-old girl, Osiagboro Blessing in Asaba, Delta State. The police paraded the suspect More...
How Nigerian Facebook Female Lover Swindles Swiss National N3m
Massimiliano Guidotti and Loveth Ihunanya Agu LAGOS 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Massimiliano Guidotti a Switzerland national has decried his terrible ordeal in the hands of a Nigerian female lover, Loveth Ihunanya Agu More...
Family Announces Burial Rites of Former Delta State Gov, Felix Ibru
Olorogun Felix Ibru LAGOS JULY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The funeral rites for the late first governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru, has been announced by his family. According to a statement by Goodie Ibru, there More...
Leadership Tussle: Police Seal Off Delta APC Secretariat in Asaba
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Police today sealed off the secretariat of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as tension rose between rival factions in the party engaged in a leadership More...
Delta Assembly Approves Okowa’s N14.16bn Loan Request
Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS JUNE 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the request of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for a federal government loan facility of N14.16 billion. The approval, which More...
New Delta Police Boss Talks Tough, Order Operatives to ‘Smoke Out’ Criminals
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The new Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Zanna Ibrahim has asked operatives of the State’s Police Command to smoke out criminals from their hide outs in any part of the state. He More...
Delta: Three Hours Rainfall Wreck Havoc in Asaba
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Several roads in Asaba, Delta State capital were submerged in flood following torrential rains on Sunday night. The floods rendered the roads impassable for most hours of the day. Although, More...
Dialogue with Niger Delta Avengers, Delta Speaker, Igbuya Begs Buhari
Speaker, delta State House of Assembly, Hon Monday Igbuya LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group which of More...
Okowa is a Blessing to Delta State- Igbuya
Ofeanyi Ookowa and Monday Igbuya LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Monday Igbuya, Wednesday described the election of Delta State Governor, senator Ifeanyi Okowa as blessing More...
Asaba Environ to Experience Power Outage
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) on Saturday said that Asaba and its environs would experience power outage for a while because of transformer failure. The company said, More...
N23bn Diezani Bribe: EFCC Grills Uduaghan, David Edevbie, Ndudi Elumelu
Uduaghan LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun investigations into the roles of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, and a former federal More...
Substandard Drugs: Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Shuts 138 Shops in Delta
LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Poised to rid the nation of illegal circulation of substandard drugs, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 27 pharmacies and 111 patent medicine shops in Delta State, More...
Robbers Besiege Asaba, Widow’s House Set Ablaze, Ex-Lawmaker, Ex-ACP Robbed
IGP Solomon Arase By Chris Obiemeyengo Lagos may 12th (urhobotoday)-Residents of The district of St Bright’s Secondary School, Institute of Continued Education and Ojugbana Drive area of Asaba, Delta State capital More...
Delta: Fulani Herdsmen Plan Surprise Attack On Asaba
LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The traditional ruler of Okpanam, a suburb of Asaba, the Delta State capital, HRM Mbanefo Michael Ogbolu, on Thursday, May 5, 2016, raised alarm over secret plans by suspected Fulani More...
Delta: Bar Operators in Asaba Decry Low Patronage
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Bar operators in Asaba, the Delta capital, say they are experiencing low patronage, with few customers visiting their joints in the past two months. The operators who spoke with the More...
Delta Approves 8.5 MVA Integrated Power Project for Asaba
Okowa LAGOS APRIL 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-To boost power supply in Asaba and environs, Delta State Government has approved the development of a 8.5 mega watts Integrated Power Project (IPP) to be executed through the More...