Ijaw Youth Council Accuses Federal Govt Of Insincerity On Niger Delta Crisis
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has accused the Federal Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve the issues of resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta parts of the country. Eric More...
Isoko Youths Distance Selves from Activities of Niger Delta Avengers
LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Isoko youths under the aegis of Isoko Dynamic Youths Association, IDYA, on Wednesday distanced themselves from activities of the Niger-Delta Avengers, NDA. The President of the association, More...
FG Peace Talks Suffer Setback as N’Delta Avengers Resumes Attack on NNPC, Chevron’s Oil Facilities
LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government’s proposed peace talks with militants on Sunday morning suffered a major setback as the Niger Delta Avengers blew up several oil facilities belonging to the More...
Oil Militants Call for Referendum on Breaking up Nigeria
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil militants who have slashed Nigeria’s petroleum production with attacks on pipelines called Sunday for a referendum on breaking up the Nigerian federation. The Niger Delta More...
Niger Delta Avengers Blow Up Another Chevron Oil Well, Denies Negotiating with FG
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday claimed it had blown up another oil well. The group equally said it was not negotiating with the Federal Government. In two tweets on its Twitter More...
FG Directs Banks to Suspend Ongoing Retrenchment
Minister of Labour Chris Ngige LAGOS JUNE 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government, Friday, directed banks, insurance and financial institutions to suspend on-going retrenchment in the sector. This is contained More...
Federal Government Scraps UTME
UTME Examination centres LAGOS JUNE 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher More...
Ex-Militants Condemn E.K. Clark’s Calls for FG to Dialogue with Niger-Delta Avengers
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-Niger Delta militants under the aegis of National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A) has condemned calls made by Former Minister of Information, Chief More...
FG, Delta State to Collaborate on Solving Issue of Pipelines Vandalisation in N’Delta
{L – r} Brigadier General P.T. Boroh, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme and Barr Kingsey Otuaro, Deputy Governor Delta State LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In More...
Fuel Hike: Court Restrains NLC, TUC from Embarking on Strike Tomorrow
LAGOS MAY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja has stopped the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, from embarking on a strike action tomorrow. The More...
Federal Government Defends Why Fuel Price Hike is Inevitable
LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has said the introduction of a new price regime for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) has become inevitable in order to halt the crippling fuel scarcity in the country More...
Labour Resists Fuel Increase, Urges Goverment to Revert to Old Prize
LAGOS MAY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Labour Congress has resisted the increase in the prices of petroleum products as a result of the deregulation of the downstream sector. It called on the Federal Government More...
FG Removes Fuel Subsidy, Increases Fuel Pump Price to N145 Per Litre
LAGOS MAY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of state for petroleum resources has announced that new price for petrol starting today, 11th May, 2016 will now be N145 per litre. In a Press Statement titled ‘On More...
Dismiss Tompolo Request to Stop Trial, Federal Government Tells Court
Tompolo LAGOS MAY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has asked the Federal High Court, Lagos, to dismiss the case filed by Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) for being an abuse of process More...
Nigeria Labour Congress Proposes N56,000 Minimum Wage for Workers
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Labour Congress has proposed a new minimum wage of N56,000 to the Federal Government. The President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, said this while speaking with journalists More...
Tompolo Drags FG to Court, Wants Trial Halted
Tompolo LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former militant leader declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sued the Nigerian government seeking an end to his trial for alleged fraud. Government More...
FG Rewards Ocholi’s Children with Employment, Scholarship
James Ocholi, LAGOS MARCH 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As part of efforts to ensure succour comes the way of the children of the late Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi, SAN; the Federal Government has announced More...
FG Slams Shell, Chevron, Agip, Others N2trn Lawsuit over Alleged Oil Fraud
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The federal government has reportedly filed lawsuits against multinational oil corporations – Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies for failing remit N2 trillion More...
Group Gives FG, Kano Govt, Sanusi Two Weeks Ultimatum for Release of 14 Yrs Old Abducted Urhobo Girl or ….
Ese, the alleged abducted fourteen years old girl who married to Iislamic world without the knowledge of the parents LAGOS FEBRUARYB29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Group under the aegis of Urhobo Monitoring and Development Group More...
Ifeanyi Ubah Begs Buhari for Consultancy Job
Ifeanyi Ubah LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, on Tuesday, followed up his claim to a magic wand that would firm the Naira to an exchange rate of N200=$1 More...
If You Destroy Tompolo, Many Tompolos ‘ll Arise –N’Delta Groups Warn FG
Tompolo LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Three non-governmental organizations based in the Niger-Delta have advised the Federal Government to thread softly as regards the prosecution of former General Officer Commanding, More...
FG Declares French as Compulsory Subject for All Students
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The federal government has stated that students from primary to tertiary institutions will henceforth learn French language compulsorily, promising to embark on intensive training More...
FG Bans Importation of “I Better Pass My Neighbor” Generators
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The 2hp generator popularly known as “I better pass my neighbor” has been banned by the Federal Government. The Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the More...
FG Kick Starts Negotiations with Boko Haram for Release of Chibok Girls
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-–President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in France stated that his government has kicked off negotiations with Boko Haram to secure the release of over 200 Chibok girls. It will More...
Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, OPC to Sue Federal Government over Contract Payment
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Factional leaders of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun and Otunba Gani Adams, as well as other beneficiaries of the controversial Pipeline Security and Surveillance More...