Nigeria Govt Pays 2m Euros Ransom For Release Of 82 Chibok Girls-BBC
President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the released 82 Chibok school girls LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The release of the 82 girls came with a price. Five senior Boko Haram militants were moved from a high security More...
Princewill’s Nollywood Movie ‘76’ Premiere Takes United Kingdom, Canada By Storm
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill’s soon to be released (Nov 25th) Nollywood production, “76” has once again made headlines. The highly anticipated movie had it’s More...
Anti-Igbo Comments: Radio Biafra Lied Against Me-Buhari
Buhari LAGOS JULY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Claims that President Buhari made anti-Igbo comments during an interview on the BBC Hausa Service are lies, according to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on More...
BBC Apologises over False Nigeria Restaurant Serving ‘Human Flesh’ Story
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The British Broadcasting Cooperation has apologised for wrongly publishing a story about a restaurant in Anambra State, Nigeria, where human flesh is served as meat. In the report, More...
Fear Grips Ghananian over Nigerian Election
LAGOS 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)–In our series of columns from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene, a member of the main opposition NPP, raises concerns about Nigeria’s future as it battles an Islamist-led More...
Malaysian’s Authority Finally Announced Crashing of Missing Plane in Indian Ocean
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Malaysia’s prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite More...
Nelson Mandela Finally discharged from South African hospital
Nelson Mandela arriving at his home in Johannesburg LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Nelson Mandela has left hospital and has gone to his Johannesburg home, where he is continuing to receive intensive care, the More...
Nelson Mandela Hospital Release Reports ‘Incorrect’-South Africa Presidency
Nelson Mandela LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports that former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital are incorrect, South Africa’s presidency says. The BBC and other More...
Breaking News: Nelson Mandela ‘Returns Home from Hospital’
LAGOS AUGUST 31st (URHOBOTODAY)-South African ex-President Nelson Mandela has returned to his home in Johannesburg after a long stay in a Pretoria hospital, the BBC has learnt. The 95-year-old was admitted with More...
Nelson Mandela ‘Critically Ill in Hospital’…Zuma Appeals for Prayers
Nelson Mandela LAGOS JUNE 23RD(URHOBOTODAY) Nelson Mandela has become critically ill in hospital, the South African presidency has announced. In a statement, President Jacob Zuma said Mr Mandela’s doctors More...