Militants Blow Up Afiesere Flow Station Over Surveillance Contact Awarded To Omo-Agege’s Junior Brother
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Petroleum Development Company, NPDC has been forced to switch off its Afiesere flow station. The development, according to sources, was a sequel to the bombing that took More...
46 ‘Severely Injured’ People Remain at Nigeria Bombing Scene-Red Cross
In this image supplied by MSF, smoke rises from a burnt out shelter at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2017. Relief volunteers are believed to be among the more than 100 dead after More...
Nigerian Air Force Express Sadness Over IDP Attack
Bomb scene of IDP camp LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed sadness over the accidental air strike that affected the Internal Displaced Persons Camp in Rann, Kala Balge area More...
Scores Feared Dead as Nigerian Jet Drops Bomb on IDP Camp
File Photo of IDP Camp LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Several people are feared dead after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the Rann IDP camp in Borno State. The Rann IDP camp in Kala-balge Local More...
MEND Still Plotting to Assassinate Me, Jonathan Cries Out
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (URHOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is still plotting to assassinate him, just as he denied More...
JUST IN: MEND Leader, Charles Okah Escapes From Prison
MEND Leader,Charles Orkar LAGOS JUNE 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A brother of Henry Okah, jailed leader of the Movement For The Emancipation of Niger Delta Charles Okah has escaped from Kuje Prison in Abuja. A prison source More...
Easter Tragedy: Pakistan Blast Kills 65, Injures 300 People
Vikas Swarup, spokesman for India’s External Affairs ministry, tweeted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif to express his deep condolences. He said Modi “underlined 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...
ISIS Releases Picture of Bomb that Downed Russian Plane
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people More...
Scores Feared Dead as Two Deadly Explosives Rock Kano Market
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two explosions, believed to be from improvised explosive devices, have gone off in Kano, a PREMIUM TIMES correspondent in the city is reporting. “Explosions have gone off at More...
France Bombs ISIS Headquarters In Syria as Manhunt Continues for Paris Attackers
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY) – French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more More...
Explosion Kills 60 People, Injures 43 in Borno Village Market
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-At least 60 people were killed and 43 others others injured in bomb explosion in a Borno State village market today, an eyewitness and a vigilante source said. The blast is just More...
63 Killed as Sack of Abandoned Boko Haram Bombs Exploded
Shekau LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A sack of home-made bombs discovered at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people in northeast Nigeria, civilian self-defense fighters said Wednesday. An Associated More...
Rivers: Peterside, Party Faithful Scamper for Safety as Explosion, Gunshots Rock APC Rally in Okrika
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A rally organised by the All Progressives Congress in Okirika, home to Nigeria’ First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was disrupted twice on Wednesday. The rally was first disrupted More...
Scores Dead as Bomb Rocks Damaturu Bus Station
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY) – A bomb exploded in a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, causing casualties in a region that has been frequently attacked by Islamist More...
Dozens Killed as Explosion Rocks Gombe Motor Park on Monday Morning
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)- – Dozens of people were reportedly killed in the latest Gombe Motor Park explosion which went off at about 9 am, Monday. The Dukku motor park in Gombe town, is usually a busy More...
Niger State:Three Die as Female Suicide Bomber Strikes College of Education
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A female suicide bomber on Wednesday detonated a bomb between the library and auditorium of the Federal College of Education in Kotangora, Niger State. The suicide bomber and two More...
13-Year-Old Boy Discovers ‘High-Calibre’ Bomb Near Kano Mosque
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 13-year-old boy, Friday, discovered a ‘high-calibre’ bomb placed in a car parked near a Mosque in Kano; and promptly alerted the police. The police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji More...
N4GG Condemns Abuja Bomb Blast, Calls for Proactive Security Measures
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Group under the aegis of Network for Good Governance (N4GG) has condemned in strong term Monday bombing of a bus station in Nyanya, Abuja suburb of which no fewer than 72 people were More...
Abuja Blast Update: 76 Dead, 100 Injured
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Police and emergency services officials in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja have said that the death toll from a bombing this morning at a bus station in Nyanya stands at 76 people. More...
Rivers Deputy Gov Escapes Death as Bomb Explosion Rocks Office Complex
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele-Ikuru LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Rivers State Deputy Governor, Engr Tele Ikuru escaped death today as a part of his office was bombed by unknown assailants. Explosive More...