
2019: Nobody’ll Stop Me From Being President If….. – Sule Lamido
Sule Lamido LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Gvernor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has claimed that no matter the oppression, if God wishes for him to be president in 2019, nobody will stop him. Lamido More...

Customs DG, SSS Boss ‘Tangle’ Over Alleged Collection of $25,000 TIPS from Vessels
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The disagreement by the two officials appears to confirm insinuations of division among some leading lights of the Buhari administration. The heads of two key federal agencies More...

Senate Rejects 46 Buhari’s Ambassadorial Nominees
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Senate has rejected the entire list of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees forwarded to it for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari last month. The upper legislative More...

Buhari Rejects Opposition Calls for Resignation
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected calls by the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to resign. The PDP said Buhari’s infective More...

Who Will Call President Muhammadu Buhari To Order?
President Buhari By Inibehe Effiong LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has derailed drastically from his electoral promises. Those clapping proudly for this administration can continue till More...

Hausas, Yorubas Dare Avengers, Say They Won’t Leave Niger Delta
LAGOS JULY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)– Against the recent threat by Niger Delta militants that Northerners and Westerners should quit the region and return to their various regions, the youth leaders of the Hausa and More...

PENGASSAN, NUPENG Support Government on New Fuel Pump Price
LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The Federal Government of Nigeria appears getting through with the new fuel price regime it announced this week, as the leadership of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff More...

Buhari’s Budget Riddled With Errors Puts Graft War in Doubt
Buhari LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget proposals are riddled with errors and provisions that may undermine his anti-graft war, civic groups say. In some instances, More...

Nigeria Among 10 Most Corrupt Countries, Ranked By Perception
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Corruption lingers at the core of many of the world’s underdeveloped nations. Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, is perceived to be the most corrupt among 60 More...

Nigerian Lawyers Tackles Buhari, Accuses President of Plot to Intimidate Judiciary
Buhari LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned in strong terms the recent criticism of the judiciary in the fight against corruption. Speaking at the valedictory session organised More...

Mbaka: Priest, Politician or Renegade?
Fr Mbaka By Reuben Abati LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some of them have served in government positions, some were prominent in the fight and struggle for democracy, some of them have proved their mettle as More...

“I Won’t Kill The Naira” -Buhari
Buhari LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari declared late Wednesday in Nairobi that he was yet to be convinced that Nigeria and its people will derive any tangible benefit from an official More...

Enemies Using Media to Destroy My Relationship with Buhari – Tinubu
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has stated that some mischief-makers have been trying to destroy his relationship with President Muhammadu More...

You are Spending Too Much Time on Looters, Pastor Ashimolowo Tells Buhari
Ahimolowo LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to adopt the Pareto’s Principle in governance, where just 20 per cent of governance time is dedicated to the past, “otherwise, More...

Nigerian Workers Set to Battle Buhari over Fuel Subsidy Removal
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian workers have vowed to vehemently resist any move by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to deregulate operations of the downstream sector of the country’s More...

Tribune Newspaper Sacks Reporter, Editor Over Itse Sagay’s ‘Concocted Interview’ Berating Buhari
Itse Sagay LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Tribune, a newspaper owned by the family of late Nigerian political sage, Obafemi Awolowo, has fired a senior reporter, Olakunle Timothy Taiwo, for concocting More...

Asari-Dokubo Accuses Buhari of Instructing Military to Rig Bayelsa’s Governorship Election
Asari Dokubo LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has warned the Federal Government not to interfere with the upcoming supplementary More...

Corruption: Group Accuses Buhari of Witch Hunting Ijaws, against Stoppage of Illegal Refineries
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of focusing his anti-corruption war on Ijaws from the Niger Delta part of Nigeria. The council also rationalised More...

Okorocha’s Inlaw Ministerial Nominee, Anwukah Indicted of Fraud
Professor Anthony Anwukah LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Information available to Elomba.com indicates that Professor Anthony Anwukah, President Buhari’s Ministerial nominee from Imo State has a case of fraud More...

Boko Haram: Buhari Hails US for Sending 300 Troops to Cameroon
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)– Nigeria on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help the regional fight against Boko Haram, despite having itself requested More...

Buhari Orders Ministerial Nominees to Report to Police for Profiling
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered individuals who names appear among the 21 ministerial nominees to report to the Nigeria Police Headquarters in Abuja for profiling. Elombah.com More...

How New APC Vs Old APC Will Affect Buhari’s Re-Election in 2019
By Femi Akinfolarin LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Mr. Buhari is largely responsible for this strong dichotomy between the Old and New APC. A political party by its nature is not a democracy even though it must More...

Northern Leaders Reject Jonathan’s Confab Report, Call for Fresh Conference
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan handing over reports of the 2014 National Conference to President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Prominent Northern leaders, Tuesday, rejected the implementation More...

Urhobo, Isoko Oil Host Communities Petition Buhari over Alleged Neglect
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil and gas producing host communities in Urhobo and Isoko nations in Delta State, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged neglect and lack of employment More...

France Pledges Military Equipment to Fight Boko Haram
French President François Hollande with President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-French President François Hollande has pledged to assist the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) with intelligence More...