‘Daddy Showkey’ Thrills Wounded Soldiers’, Families On Christmas Day
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna was a beehive of activities on Wednesday as John Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, performed for wounded soldiers and their More...
Lagos Police Arrest Slot’s Driver Who Elopes From Lagos With N6m Goods In Kaduna
LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-One of the drivers of the popular Nigerian phone retail outlet, Slot Nigeria Limited, has been arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command over More...
SON Moves To Eliminate 80% Water-Borne Diseases In Northern Nigeria
Representative of SON DG, Mr. Dauda Yakubu (Regional Coordinator SON) fielding questions from newsmen at the training LAGOS APRIL 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In its bid at eliminating 85 per cent of water borne diseases More...
PDP Expresses Willingness To Visit and Sympathise With Buhari In London
Buhari LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] Board of Trustees [BOT], Senator Walid Jubril has expressed the party’s willingness to visit and sympathise with President Muhammadu More...
PAN Hails Ban of Land Importation Of Vehicles as Reps Adopt Peugeot as Official Car
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The move by the Federal Government to seal the land borders and prevent the importation of cars is one that would lead to several gains in Nigerian economy, stimulate local assemblage More...
Nigerian Kidnappers Demand $200,000 for Release of Abducted German Scientists
LAGOS FENRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about $200,000) for a German archaeologist and his associate abducted this week from a northern Nigerian village, a worker More...
EFCC Recovers $9.2m In Former -NNPC Director’s Home
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday told a committee of the House of Representatives that $9.2 million and 750,000 More...
When Arewa Artistes Storm Ahmadu Bello Stadium for Greatness Walk For Kaduna
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna came alive on Saturday morning as hundreds of creative artistes from all over Northern Nigeria converged for a Peace Walk to commemorate the 100th More...
DSS Arrests Nigerian Televangelist, Apostle Suleiman after Crusade at Ado-Ekiti
Apostle Suleiman LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The General Overseer of the Abuja-based Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has been arrested and taken into custody by officials of More...
US Multinational Company Offers to Fix Warri, Kaduna, P/H Refineries in 11 Months
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-US multinational company, General Electric (GE) on Tuesday in Abuja, proposed to invest in the nation’s three refineries located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna. GE, in More...
Bribery Allegation: Why Buhari Must Suspend Amaechi, Onu-Onuesoke
PDP Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesokenaya LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following the suspension of Judges indicted of corruption, Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke More...
Northern Leaders Cry Out Over Starvation in Nigeria, But Insist of Voting Northerner in Future
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Northern leaders gathered on Monday in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital and told President Muhammadu Buhari to work harder at fixing the nation’s economy because there More...
Kidnappers Demand $40m for Release of Sierra Leone Diplomat
IGP Ibrahim Idris LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) — Kidnappers in northwest Nigeria seized a diplomat from Sierra Leone on Friday and are demanding a $40 million ransom, that country’s information minister and More...
Most Polluted Four Nigerian Cities in the World
Onitsha: Rated among the fourth most polluted Nigeria cities in the world LAGOS JUNE 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The word “Africa” often evokes romantic images of elephants crossing the Kalahari, thundering More...
Nigeria Commissions Experts to Tackle Massive Tomato Scarcity
LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, on Tuesday said his office had commissioned experts to look into the massive tomato scarcity that has hit the More...
Why Dangote Suspends Production Of Tomato Paste in Newly Commissioned $20m Factory
Dangote LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dangote Tomato Processing Factory, a newly commissioned company owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has suspended its operations due to the unavailability of its More...
Unknwn Gunmen Kidnapped Army Colonel in Kaduna
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Army Colonel serving with Nigeria Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna State, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Usman Abdul, More...
Nigeria Reopens Port Harcourt Refinery Following Militant Attacks
LAGOS MARH TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s state-run oil company has reopened a refinery after it was closed for more than a month due to militant attacks on the pipelines. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation More...
Kaduna, Warri, Port Harcourt Refineries to Re-Open February Ending
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the country’s four refineries in Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt are expected to restart production before the end More...
Kachikwu Suspects Sabotage as Port-Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna Refineries Shut Down
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Port-Harcourt refinery in Rivers State which produces about 210,000 barrels of crude per day(bpd) has shut down, thus compounding the current fuel scarcity nation-wide. Group Managing More...
Former Chairman of Rivers Tribunal Reveals How He Was Threatened By DSS Before Removal
< LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Justice Pindigi, the former chairman of the Rivers state governorship petitions tribunal, has recounted his experience at the tribunal. He said, “Two weeks before I was removed More...
Guinness Nigeria Partners ActionAid to support Internally Displaced Persons
L-R Head, Fundrasing, Toyin Ekpeneidua; Director, Finance & Operations, ActionAid, Oluwole Elegbede; Corporate Relations Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Sesan Sobowale; Supporter Services Officer, Taiwo Yusuf More...
Three-Day Rice Fair Holds in Lagos… To Exhibit 13 Major Nigerian Rice Brand
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The stage is set for a three-day fair targeted at boosting Nigeria’s quest to attain self-sufficiency in rice production and processing. Organized by Growth and Employment in More...
Mecca Crane Crash: 4 Nigerian Pilgrims Missing
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Four female pilgrims from Gombe State have been declared missing following Friday’s Crane crash at the Holy Ka’aba Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. One other female pilgrim More...
How Assets Declaration Confirms Buhari’s Austere Lifestyle
Buhari in his farm LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Documents submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) show that at the time he was sworn in on May 29, President Buhari had less More...