Celebration in Northern Nigeria as Buhari Wins Presidency
Gen Mohammadu Buhari, President-elect LAGOS APRIL 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)- The Morthern part of Nigeria erupted in jubilation and celebration as Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Atahiru Jega More...
Retreating Boko Haram Fighters Set Homes Ablaze in Bama Town
LAGOS MARCH 15TH _URHOBOTODAY) – Boko Haram Islamists have set fire to homes in Nigeria’s northeast town of Bama that are under their control, forcing residents to flee as troops advance to recapture More...
Tide Has Turned against Boko Haram-Jonathan
President Goodluck Jjonthan LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the military was gaining the upper hand against Boko Haram, despite two bombings More...
Gwoza: Boko Haram Behead Christians, Force Christian Women into Marriage
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Christian community in Gwoza, the Borno town that Boko Haram recently declared an Islamic caliphate, says its men are being beheaded by the insurgents while its women are forced More...
Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Abduct 20 Women in Community Near Chibok
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected Islamist gunmen abducted about 20 women from a nomadic settlement, according to Bloomberg News, near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls More...
BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Kidnaps Three Emirs, Kills Emir of Gwoza
LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, today kidnapped three traditional rulers—called Emirs—in Nigeria’s volatile and violence-plagued northeast. Two of the emirs More...