Delta: NGOs Slam Journalists On Alleged Police Shooting Of Protesters In Ughelli
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the civil society groups in Delta state have picked hole in the media reports that some women protesting alleged police extortion in Ughelli on Tuesday were shot at by the More...
S/South Govs Shun Delta Security Summit As Journalists Lament Neglect By Okowa’s Aide
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governors of South-South region were absent at the Regional Police Security summit 2019, with only host Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state and his counterpart, Mr. Godwin More...
Who Has Okowa Helped?
By Fejiro Olivier LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-When the chronicle of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa is written, the greatest achievement that will stand out will not be the magnificent N15.7 billion State More...
Omirhobo Foundation Condemns Buhari’s Attack On Media, Demands Release Of Journalists
Coordinator of Malcom Omirhobo Foundation, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Group under the aegis of Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation has condemned in strong term President Muhammadu Buhari’s More...
Anger Trail Okowa Campaign Inauguration As Security Agents Attack, Journalists Party Faithfuls
Okowa LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)_Anger and hatred on Monday characterized Governor Ifeanyi Okowa campaign inauguration ceremony held at the Government House Unity Hall, Asaba. In what appeared to be an alleged More...
From Dog Owners to Journalists, Freedom of Expression Under Attack in Nigeria
FILE PHOTO LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A series of arrests of bloggers, newspaper reporters and even a dog owner has advocates worried about a chill on freedom of expression in Nigeria. While the constitution More...
Ibori’s Daughter Stage Fright, Disgruntled Journalists and Matters Arising
Hon. Erhiatake Ibori Palmer Ogheneyole Nathaniel LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Trending now in Delta, is the story of how the daughter of a former governor of the State, Chief James Ibori, Hon. Erhiatake Ibori, More...
Delta Journalists Condemn Army Attack on Warri Journalist, Issues 7-Days Ultimatum
LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Warri Correspondents chapel Monday condemned in strong terms the unwarranted attack on the Sun Newspaper Correspondent, in Warri, Elder Emmanuel More...
Ebonyi: Umahi Denies Present of Boko Haram inmates Abakaliki Prison
Engr. David Umahi LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has denied media report of the present of Boko Haram prisoners in Ebonyi State prisons. Denying the report in a More...
Edwin Clark Slams Reuben Abati, Says He Sabotages Jonathan’s Administration
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has alleged that Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, sabotaged More...
I Have Nothing to Hide from Journalists, Buhari Tells Online Publishers
(L-R)Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Shehu Garba, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity,President of GOCOP, Mr Malachy Agbo and Treasurer of More...
Phones No Longer Ring- Reuben Abati, Says No Condition is Permanent
Reuben Abati LAGOS JULY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk More...
Nine Media Houses Indebted to Workers Exposed, as THISDAY Pledges to Pay Three Months Debt
LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nine Nigeria media groups are indebted to workers running into arrears of several months, elombah.com can reveal. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos Council Tuesday picketed More...
Journalists Shut Down THISDAY, Protest Non Payment of Salaries, Tax Remittance, Pension Deduction
LAGOS JULY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On Tuesday, the Nigerian Union of Journalists protested on the premises of ThisDay Newspapers in Apapa, Lagos, to demand the nine months of salaries owed to its members. The strikers More...
Delta: Ughelli Journalists Get New EXCO
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ughelli Correspondence Delta State Chapel, has elected new executives to pilot the affairs of the union for the next three years with a charge More...
19-Years-Old SS3 Student Impregnates Mother While Testing Love Potion
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Asaba, Delta State are yet to recover from the shock of how a 19-year-old Godwin (not real name) allegedly impregnated his mother while testing his love charm. According More...
UNICEF Launches U-Report in Nigeria, Targets One Million U-Reporters in 2015
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY) – UNICEF and partners today launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and engage in policy-making and governance More...
You Lack Powers to Stop AIT From Covering Your Events, Dokpesi Tells Buhari
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The proprietor of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has stated that Monday’s decision by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its subsidiaries, Africa Independent More...
Panic as Northerners Flee Bayelsa over Election
Northerners fleeing Bayelsa LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There is a noticeable panic among residents of the Hausa Community in Bayelsa State following the mass exodus of northern indigenes from the state. The More...
$16 EPZ Saga: Stop Abusing Me, Jonathan Cautions Itsekiris
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed dismay over what he described as “abusive denigration of his personal integrity and the whipping up More...
Failed 15 Years of Uninterrupted Democracy in Nigeria
By Rufus Ibebe Akpobome Democracy is the government of the people, for the people, and by the people. This was the simply way in which I was taught what democracy was by my government teacher some years ago at More...
How Three Dutch Nationals were Kidnapped in Niger-Delta- Comrade Sunny Ofehe
(Centre) Comrade Sunny Ofehe and Mr Femi Soewu surrounded by the Dutch Nationals LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Founder and Executive Director Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC), The Netherlands, Comrade Sunny Ofehe More...
Uduaghan “Packages” Tear Delta State Journalists Apart
By Fejiro Oliver The much expected splitting of the Delta State Nigerian Union Of Journalists (NUJ) finally happened on Tuesday, 2014, as a splinter group conducted elections and sworn themselves in as the authentic More...
Warri Residents Raise Alarm over Incessant Police Harassment
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Mohammed Abubakar LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some concerned citizens of the oil rich city of Warri, Delta State, have raised the alarm over the activities of men and officers More...
Senate Bow to Pressure over Social Media Bill
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Senate on Tuesday bowed to pressures over criticisms that had greeted its proposed bill on electronic transactions and fraud detection, which among others, stipulated a seven-year More...