E.K. Clark Replies Detractors, Says He Benefitted Nothing from Jonathan
E.K.Clark LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ijaw leader and former Federal Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has said he benefitted nothing from former President Goodluck Jonathan. Clark said contrary to More...
Boko Haram: Gowon Faults Buhari’s December Deadline, Hails Jonathan’s Military Success
Gowon LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military over the December deadline for ending the Boko Haram More...
Goodluck Jonathan Writes a Formal Letter to Obasanjo
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has written to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeking the latter’s blessing for his next public engagement: the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, More...
Clark, the Father, Jonathan, the Son
By Reuben Abati LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-I HAVE tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K. Clark, when he reportedly publicly disowned More...
Experts Pick Holes in Nigeria Cybercrime Law
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Cybercrime Law Forum, organised by the Centre for Law and Business in Lagos, on Wednesday picked holes with some of the sections of the country’s Cybercrime Law that was passed More...
Can Nigeria’s New Government Overcome Its Old Corruption?
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On September 30th, his self-imposed deadline for finally announcing his Cabinet after four months in office, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari simply said that he would More...
Fela Son, Femi Kuti Charges Buhari on Ministerial Nominees, Says He is Deceiving Nigerians
Femi Kuti speaking with journalists during this year’s Felabration ceremony in Ikeja, the Lagos state capital LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-First son of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, late afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti More...
Edwin Clark Bows Out of PDP
Edwin Clark LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has said he has left the Peoples Democratic Party. Clark, who was a staunch supporter of former President More...
Money Laundering: UK Insists on Repatriation of Alamieyeseigha for Trial
Alamaseigha LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, has said that a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was pardoned by former President More...
Tension Grips Dieziani’s Allies over Her Travail in London
Allison-Madueke LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There is a lot of tension among Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s ministers, allies and some APC members as former Petroleum minister, Dieziani Allison-Madueke More...
Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke Arrested in London
Deziani Allison-Madueke LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (URHOBOTOTODAY)-The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively More...
Corruption: Go to Court, Amaechi Dares Wike
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Recall that Wike had made several corruption allegations against the former governor who is rumoured to be on the highly awaited ministerial list of ‘President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi More...
Buhari is Not Focus, Behaves like Hitler – Dokubo Asari
Asari Dokubo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed to meet the expectation of More...
Ethnic Cleansing: NIMASA DG, Baba Jauro Sacks 200 South-South/ South-East NIMASA Staff
NIMASA DG, Hassan Baba Jauro LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has began the implementation of the planned sack of over two hundred staff. Following what 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...
How Jonathan Signs Away Press Freedom Two Weeks to Living Office
Good;uck Jonathan By Akeem Soboyede LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Seun Oloketuyi and Chris Kehinde Uwandu are not very well-known names in Nigeria by any measure. They should be now, at least among journalists More...
100 Days: Asaba Free Newspapers Readers Fight Over Jonathan, Buhari
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Members of Free Newspaper Readers Association who converged at the largest newspaper stand in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Monday, left the centre in anger over a protracted More...
Eight Reasons Why Northerners are More United than Southerners
By Otunba Olumide Abegunde LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-However, recent events are making me to have a deeper reflection and I wish we- Southerners in this instance- can have some kind of introspection. Out More...
Ex-Jonathan’s Aide, Dudafa Accuse of Leaking Sensitive Documents To Buhari
Ex-Jonathan’s Aide, Waria,oiwei Dudafa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A socio-cultural group in Bayelsa State, Izon Ibe Youth Assembly, on Sunday alleged that a former Special Assistant to ex-President More...
Mimiko Leads 12 PDP Governors for Dickson’s Declaration, Jonathan, Wife to Make First Appearance
Dixkson LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHP Governors for Dickson;s Declaration, Jonathan, Wife to Make First AppearanceOBOTODAY)-Ondo State governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, will lead More...
Nigeria Begins Crackdown on Online Publishers, Bloggers
Chris Nwandu, Publisher of CKN presently in detention LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A crackdown on bloggers and online publishers has started in Nigeria, with a second major industry player arrested and incarcerated More...
Bayelsa Polls: Jonathan, Wife, Ijaw Leaders to Attend Dickson’s Declaration
Dickson LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha, Ijaw leaders and other political heavyweights from the South- South geo-political More...
Ex-Ministers Dare Buhari, Say They Performed Well and Not Afraid of Probe
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The ministers who served in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan have defended their performance, saying they did well in office and were not corrupt. The ex-ministers, More...
Revealed: Jonathan’s Government Favours North with over 57% Appointments
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Over 57% of Jonathan’s government appointments came from the North against a bogus list circulating the social media and Hope For Nigeria compiled them as below. 1.Umaru More...
Presidency Attacks PDP, Says Jonathan’s Economic Achievements Fake
Shehu Garba LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The presidency has advised the PDP to stop its pathetic efforts to play down President Buhari’s achievements in his first 100 days in office and bury its head in shame More...