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...
Youth Corpers Barred from Trouble Adamawa,Borno, Yobo States
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-THE Director- General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier- General Johnson Olawumi, disclosed, yesterday, that the agency had put a stop to sending graduates to Adamawa, More...
Angry Soldiers Shoot GOC on Sighting Corpses of Soldiers Killed in Chibok’s Ambush
LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-General Officer Commanding newly created 7 Division of Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmed Mohammmed Wednesday escaped death by the whiskers as angry soldiers under his command fired 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...
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...
FG is Committing Genocide in Northern Nigeria- Nyako Alerts Northern Governors
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako has written a memo to the Northern Governors Forum titled, “On On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in ‘Northern Nigeria’. In the memo 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...
INEC, SIEC Call on Delta, 10 Other States to Conduct LGA Elections
INEC Chairman Atahiru Jega LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC have called on reluctant states to urgently conduct More...
Boko Haram: Many Football Fans Feared Dead as Explosions Rock Viewing Centre
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) An unexpected twin explosions, Saturday evening, rocked a football viewing centre in Ajilari ward, Jere Council area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing several football More...
Few Hours after FG Claims of Winning War against Terrorism, Boko Haram Attack Bama Again
Boko Haram leader, Shekarau LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY0)-Few hours after an aide to President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide boasted that Nigerian military is better equipped and motivated to fight Boko Haram More...
Boko Haram: N4GG Condemns Killing of 155 Persons in Borno, Adamawa
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A non-governmental organization under the aegis of Network for Good Governance (N4GG) has condemned the recent killing of no fewer than 155 persons in Borno and Adamawa States More...
Boko Haram Leader,Abubakar Shekau Dead?
Shekau LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-– The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in Borno State, Monday said Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, may have died as a result of wounds sustained during an assault against More...
Nigeria’ll Not Divide-Jonathan…Assures Nigerians, Foreigners of Security
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JULY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated that the country will remain one indivisible nation no matter the challenges of nation building, saying that terrorism More...
Boko Haram: Shekau’s Wife, His three Children, Others Released
Boko Haram Leader Shekau LAGOS JUNE 14TH (URHOBOTODAY) The Joint Task (JTF) has released Hassana Yakubu, wife of the wanted leader of the Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau, sources close to the federal government’s Dialogue More...
Boko Haram Leader Shekau Narrowly Escapes Capture; Insiders Suspected
Boko Haram Leader Shekau LAGOS JUNE 10TH(URHOBOTODAY) The ongoing insecurity in the northern region of Nigeria may be further compounded by alleged disloyalty in the top ranks of the Joint Task Force [JTF] operation More...