Support Jonathan against Boko Haram Insurgents, Onuesoke Appeals to Nigerians
Hon Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS MAY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As the the fight against the scourge of Islamic insurgent, Boko Haram heightens, Country Director of Network for Good Governance (N4GG) Hon. Sunny Onuesoke has called More...
US Skeptical on Nigeria Claim of Location of Schoolgirls
LAGOS MAY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Members of civil society groups and organizations protest against the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, in Abuja, on May 22, 2014 (AFP Photo/Wole Emmanuel) Washington (AFP) – More...
80 US Air Force Personnel Storm Chad for Rescue of Chibok School Girls
US Air Force personnel arriving in Chad LAGOS MAY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY) — Eighty U.S. Air Force personnel have begun their mission in Chad to help locate nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in neighboring Nigeria, a More...
Goodluck Jonathan Presidency and the Place of the Urhobo Nation (PHOTOS INCLUSIVE)
Obasiri Ovie Omo-Agege (Centre) arriving at the venue of Isaac Boro public lecture and award eevent at Ughelli Town Hall By Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege On Sunday May 18th, 2014, former Secretary to Delta State Government More...
Chibok Girls: 500 Hunters Set to Storm Sambisa Forest
Hunters preparing for Sambisa attack LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they More...
Uduaghan Raises Alarm, Says Boko Haram Menace is Killing Health, Education in the North
Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBPTODAY)-DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has called for the immediate cessation of hostilities by Boko Haram in the interest of the nation’s educational and More...
Boko Haram’s Demand for Release of Chibok Girls is Irritating-Onuesoke
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in 2007 general election Chief Sunny Onuesoke has rejected the demand of Boko Haram Leader, Mohammadu More...
Leaders Meet in Paris, Declare ‘Total War’ on Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonthan (Right) with world leaders during a conference in Paris on Boko Haram menance LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) – West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage “total More...
Boko Haram Offers to Swap Kidnapped Girls for Prisoners
Boko Haram Leader Shekau LAGOS MAY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY) The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has said he will release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange More...
Nigerian Students Frown at the Politization of Abduction of Chibok Girls
Chibok girls LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B, frowned at the politization of the scenario surrounding the recent abduction of the over 200 school Girls in More...
FBI Set to Join Hunt for Chibok Schoolgirls
Chibok girls LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Agents from the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), possibly from the New York field office, will reportedly join a US team heading to Nigeria to More...
Boko Haram Declares Cease Fire, Calls for Prosecution of Ex-Gov Modu Sheriff
LAGOS MAY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely few hours after American and Allied elite forces landed in Nigeria for the search and rescue of the Chibok abducted girls, the terrorist group under the auspices of their leader More...
Boko Haram Dismantles Bridge Linking Nigeria and Cameroun
LAGOS MAY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The Boko Haram Thursday bombed the sole bridge linking Borno State, Nigeria and Cameroun. The strategic bridge is located at the border town of Gamboru, where the Boko Haram killed More...
Jonathan Regime is Corrupt with Little Credibility-New York Times
President Goodluck Jonthan LAGOS MAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Three weeks after their horrifying abduction in Nigeria, 276 of the more than 300 girls who were taken from a school by armed militants are still missing, possibly More...
Nigeria Police Offer N50m Reward for Information on Abducted School Girls
Chibok Girls LAGOS MAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Police on Wednesday announced a N50 million reward for information that could lead to the rescue of over 250 schoolgirls abducted by a terrorist group in Chibok, More...
Boko Haram Attack Cameroon Police Post, Kill Two
Leader of Boko Haram, Shekau LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A police officer and a detainee were shot dead overnight in an attack in northern Cameroon blamed on Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, a security More...
Meet Me at the Battle Field, Asari-Dokubo Dares Boko Haram Leader
Asari- Dokubo LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to be prepared to meet him on the battle More...
Scores Dead as Another Bomb Blast Hit Nyanya, Abuja on Workers’ Day
Live scene of another Nyanya bomb blast LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Report reaching Abusidiqu indicates that a bomb explosion just occurred few minutes ago in the Nyanya axis of the Federal Capital Territory. A More...
Onuesoke Lambasts Nyako over Genocide Memo to Northern Governors
Hon Sunny Onuesoke By Oghenekevwe Laba LAGOS APRIL 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke slammed Adamawa State Governor, More...
Residents Flee as Boko Haram Returns to Chibok for Another Girls’ Raid
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Chibok in Borno State are fleeing their homes over fear of Boko Haram attack. The sect members, who were reported to have stormed the area with vehicles and motorcycles, More...
Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram Live in Squalor, While Generals Siphone Security Funds
Sleeping bed of soldiers fighting Boko Hram insurgents LAGOS APRIL 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Several soldiers operating in the Northeastern part of Nigeria, which is the hub of attacks by Boko Haram, an Islamist militant More...
Abuja Bombing: Military, SSS Aware Of Boko Haram Gathering in FCT Border Areas
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely 24 hours after the deadly bombings of Nyanya Motor Park by suspected Boko Haram members, a credible military source today told SaharaReporters that members of the sect are More...
Boko Haram Massacres JAMB Students, Kills 200 Others in Borno
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Many students travelling at the weekend to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in Borno State, were reportedly killed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect, in More...
Nigerian Students Decry Closure of Public Schools in Borno State
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)- National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B, has condemned the recent closure of public schools in the troubled state of Borno due to the senseless and callous killing More...
Heavy Shooting as Boko Haram Fighters and Soldiers Clash over Control of Maiduguri
Boko Haram Leader LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicated that the town is in turmoil as there is heavy fighting between soldiers and Boko Haram fighters for the More...