Dozens of Nigerian Army Officers Fired over Corruption
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (URHOBOTODAY) — Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency, the army and More...
Boko Haram Invades Yobe Town in search of Food, Attacks Divisional Police Station
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Members of the terrorists group the Boko Haram have launched an attacked on Kanamma town of Yobe State, north east Nigeria. The attack is coming one day into the Islamic month of Ramadan. Residents More...
Boko Haram Kills 13, Captures Five Borno Communities
LAGOS MAY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY) – At least five communities of Ladin Buta near Khaddamari village of Jere Local Government Area of Borno state have been taken over and destroyed by suspected members of dreaded boko More...
Boko Haram to Broker Peace In Exchange for Release of More Chibok School Girls
A video clip, purportedly filmed in December, shows 15 of school-aged girls standing in front of a yellow wall and wearing purple and black hijabsBoko Haram negotiation videos LAGOS MAY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Islamic More...
A Second Chibok Schoolgirl ‘Serah Luka’ Rescued
Second rescued Chibo girl Serah Luka’ LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military has disclosed that another girl of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State abducted by the Boko Haram two years More...
Chibok Girls are Still in Sambisa Forest except Six- Rescued Girl
Rescued Chibok girl Aminat and her baby LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago. In all, 218 More...
Expect More Attacks, New N’Delta Militant Group Tells FG
LAGOS MAY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A group of militants in the Niger Delta has declared that there will be more attacks and killings at major oil stations to cripple the economy until the Federal Government addresses More...
It is an Insult to Label Criminals as Fulani People- Northern Governors
Northen Governors LAGOS APRIL 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governors of 19 Northern States have risen from their meeting in Kaduna Friday, condemning labelling perpetrators of crimes around the country as Fulani people. The 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...
Fayose vs Buhari: Top 10 Quotes of Ekiti State Governor
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state is undoubtedly one of the most controversial and outspoken politicians in Nigeria. Almost every day he amazes or even shocks Nigerians by his More...
Boko Haram Scientists Convert Vegetable Oil to Fuel
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Ingenious Boko Haram members have found a solution to the crippling fuel scarcity in the country by devising a way to convert vegetable oil to diesel, with which they power their More...
Ijaw Youths Slam Buhari over Ruthless Plan To Deal With Pipeline Vandals
Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-On Thursday, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) described President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments on the preparedness of his administration to deal with oil and gas pipeline More...
Boko Haram: How Teenage Girls Volunteer to Go on Suicide Mission
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 16-year-old girl identified as Fati, who regained freedom after spending two years in Boko Haram’s captivity, has explained how teenage girls volunteer to go on suicide missions More...
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Appears in ‘New’ Video, Says the End Has Come
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in what purports to be a new video from the ISIS-affiliated group.YouTube LAGOS MARCH 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram’s purported leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared More...
Nigeria’s First Car Maker, Innoson Takes to the Skies in Fighter Jets
By Kieron Monks LAGOS MARCH 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The grinding conflict between the Nigerian state and Boko Haram insurgents has exacted a devastating human and economic toll over the past six years. But for Nigeria’s 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...
U.S. General Counters Buhari, Says Boko Haram Still Holds Territory in Nigeria
Buhari and Obama LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram is still holding territory in Northern Nigeria, commander of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), David Rodriguez, has said. General Rodriguez’s claim More...
76 Hungry Boko Haram Members Surrender to Nigerian Military
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)- — Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defense fighter said Wednesday. Seventy-six More...
Scores of Police, Civilians Dead as Bomb Rocks Adamawa Police Headquarters
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Corpse of policemen and civilians were reported have littered everywhere as deadly explosion ripped through Adamawa state Police Headquarters , Yola this afternoon. Our source More...
When Teenage Suicide Bomber Refuses to Kill
File Photo LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled More...
Buhari, Time We Stopped Lying to Ourselves
Buhari By Abimbola Aadelakun LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari is not in an enviable position right now. Just a year ago, Nigerians were chanting “FeBuhari” and piling their mountains More...
70 Dead, 78 Injured as Female Bombers Hit Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp in Borno
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 70 people have been killed in a double suicide attack at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeast Nigeria, officials told Al Jazeera. The twin More...
Insurgency: Presidency Lies, Boko Haram Still Occupy Half of Borno State-Senator
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Senator representing Borno Central, Baba Kaka Garbai has said that the story that the insurgents have been degraded was nothing but a lie as the terror group still held on strong More...
Boko Haram: Sordid Tales of Maiduguri’s Grave Diggers
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Even the dead weren’t safe from Boko Haram when the Islamist insurgency erupted in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri nearly seven years ago. “They began to destroy More...
Buhari Expresses Support for Syria
Buhari LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his country’s solidarity with Syria and called for greater support for countries afflicted by militancy. Buhari spoke on More...