BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Air Force Plane Missing In Adamawa
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has declared an Air Force plane,an Alpha Jet (NAF 466) to be precise, missing in Adamawa State,northeast Nigeria. Director Defence Information,Major More...
Bama Women, Children ‘Dying’ of Hunger as Boko Haram Tightens Grip on Town
Widows-Orphans-governor-shettima-after-Bama-killings-Borno-state LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thousands of women and children stranded in Bama, one of the towns seized by Boko Haram in Borno State, are dying More...
And You Call President Jonathan “Weak”?
President Goodluck Jonathan By John Dania LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In 2005, Governor DiepreyeAlamieyeseigha was impeached on corruption charges and Goodluck Jonathan became the governor of Bayelsa state. More...
Delta 2015: Let Equity and Justice Prevail over Tribal Politics
By Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)- I have read several posts in social media and newspaper articles written by some political actors and party faithful who tend to favour Urhobo More...
Gwoza: Boko Haram Behead Christians, Force Christian Women into Marriage
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Christian community in Gwoza, the Borno town that Boko Haram recently declared an Islamic caliphate, says its men are being beheaded by the insurgents while its women are forced More...
B’Haram: 480 Nigerian Soldiers Flee to Cameroon, It’s tactical Says DHQ
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents. The Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed More...
2015 General Election and Polarization of Boko Haram Insurgency
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe. Many thanks to the “Red Berets Movement” in Nigeria for championing the “Bring Back Our Girls” global awareness which has attracted the attention and subsequent positive response More...
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Police Nab Disable Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bomber in Lagos Airport
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Police in Lagos Monday afternoon arrested a disable suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber at the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority More...
Muslims and the Sting of Boko Haram
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau By John Dania LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (URHOBOTODAY0-So much ado about the violent sect in Nigeria, Boko haram, I would rather say is overrated. No doubt, they have caused havoc in Nigeria and More...
100 Killed, Emir, Army Commander Missing as Boko Haram Captures Gwoza
LAGOS 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The newly installed Emir of Gwoza, Mohammed Timta is reportedly missing as Boko Haram invaded Gwoza town in Borno State killing hundred of civilians and soldiers. An ambulance belonging More...
Exposed: How Senator Ndume Funds Boko Haram and Death of Shekau
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-New leads are emerging on the involvement of Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District at the Nigerian Senate with the Islamic terror More...
Yar’Adua’s ADC, Onoyiveta Faces Retirement over Alleged Multi-Billion Naira Fraud
LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aide de Camp (ADC) to late President Umaru Yar’Adua Brigadier-General Mustapha Onoyiveta was Monday relieved of his appointment as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. More...
Derivation: Tempers Rise as Southern Delegates Reject Proposed 18%
LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Temper rose on Wednesday at the ongoing National Conference as Southern delegates rejected the 18 per cent derivation proposed by the Consensus Group of the Conference from the current More...
Omo-Agege Vows to Fight Crime, Introduce Community Security Marshal, Create Employment If..(PICS)
(L-R) Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege receiving prayers from Senator Patrick Osakwe during consultation visit to his country home at Utagbe-uno LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY) -Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship More...
Delta 2015: Isoko PDP Leaders Back Omo-Agege’s Governorship Ambition (PHOTOS)
(L-R) Obarisi (Barr) Ovie Omo-Agege and Odion Ologbo of Isoko South Chief Smith Evivie (JP) brainstorming in his home at Oleh LAGOS JULY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Leaders in Isoko South Local More...
Nigerian Military Arrest Senior Boko Haram Member in Abia State
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian security forces discovered a senior member of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram among a convoy of nearly 500 travellers arrested this week in More...
Yobe: Blast Rips through Football Viewing Centre in Damaturu
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An explosion ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday, residents said, as fans gathered to watch the World Cup. The blast at the Crossfire More...
Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Abduct 20 Women in Community Near Chibok
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected Islamist gunmen abducted about 20 women from a nomadic settlement, according to Bloomberg News, near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls More...
Boko Haram Fighters in Nigerian Army Uniforms Slaughter Hundreds of Borno Villagers
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (URHOBOTODAY) — When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them from Boko Haram. But it More...
Nigerian Military Denies “Court-Martialing” 10 Generals over Boko Haram Links
LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military denied, Tuesday, a news report that 10 generals were being court-martialled for supplying arms and leaking operational secrets to the extremist sect, Boko Haram. The More...
I’m Ready to Name Boko Haram Sponsors, Convicted Boko Haram Kingpin writes Jonathan
Convicted Boko Haram Kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto LAGOS JUNE 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Incarcerated Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, has said he is ready to name the top guns behind the insurgents. Sokoto who stated this in More...
10 Army Generals Court, Others Court Marshaled For Aiding Boko Haram
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 15 senior military officers including 10 generals have been tried before a court-martial and found guilty of giving information and ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists. In More...
BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Kidnaps Three Emirs, Kills Emir of Gwoza
LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, today kidnapped three traditional rulers—called Emirs—in Nigeria’s volatile and violence-plagued northeast. Two of the emirs More...
Failed 15 Years of Uninterrupted Democracy in Nigeria
By Rufus Ibebe Akpobome Democracy is the government of the people, for the people, and by the people. This was the simply way in which I was taught what democracy was by my government teacher some years ago at More...
Convicted Boko Haram Kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto Begs For Presidential Pardon
Boko Haram Kingpin Kabiru Sokoto pleads for Presidential pardon LAGOS MAY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A member of Boko Haram sect already convicted of terrorism charges, Kabiru Umar (aka Kabiru Sokoto), has appealed to President More...