Fear of Attack: Drivers Abandon Branded Jonathan’s Campaign Vehicles in Kaduna
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign team suffered a major setback today in Nigeria’s in the core north as commercial and private drivers refused to take campaign vehicles More...
Admission into Nigeria Police Academy has Commence
IGP SULEIMAN ABBA LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Admission into the Third Regular Course of Degree Programme of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Kano State has commenced. A statement signed by Lagos State More...
Scores of Worshipers Dead as Bomb Rocks Kano Central Mosque
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Scores of worshippers were killed this afternoon in a bomb explosion which ripped through the Central mosque where the Emir of Kano worships regularly on Fridays. The explosion, More...
Saudi Arabia Introduces New Visa Services Centre, Biometric Facilities in Nigeria
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has mandated VFS TasHeel International with managing and administrating the Saudi Arabian visa application process from More...
Explosion Rocks Kano Again
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An explosion has occurred in Kano, Kano State again. The bomb went off on Friday evening in Hotoro, near the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation mega filling station in the More...
13-Year-Old Boy Discovers ‘High-Calibre’ Bomb Near Kano Mosque
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 13-year-old boy, Friday, discovered a ‘high-calibre’ bomb placed in a car parked near a Mosque in Kano; and promptly alerted the police. The police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji More...
Again, Jonathan Impounds Amaechi’s Jet
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his impounded jet LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan tonight ordered Nigerian aviation authorities to prevent the jet carrying Rivers More...
Protest Rocks Kano over Appointment of Ex-CBN Gov, Sanusi as Emir
Former CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The appointment of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as the new Emir of Kano ahead of the nominee More...
Uduaghan Mourns Ado Bayero, Says He is Epitome of Peace and Unity in Nigeria
Late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero LAGOS JUNE 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed sadness at the death of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero describing him as an epitome More...
Breaking News: Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero Dies this Morning
Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero The Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero,is dead. He died on Friday morning at the age of 87. Details later More...
13 Killed, Scores Injured as Explosion Rocks Kano Drinking Joint
LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 13 people and several others injured as an explosion has rocked a beer joint in the Sabon Gari area of Kano, Kano State. The loud explosion was reported to have occurred More...
Delta Gubernatorial Political Game: Who Plays it Better?
By Onajite Ese The whistle may not have been blown, neither has the starter gun been fired, but the inevitable truth and incontrovertible fact is that the political race has since begun, and it will be foolery More...
Nigerians Slam Jonathan For Celebrating At Campaign Rally While Nation Mourns Bomb Blast Victims
President Goodluck Jonathan dancing in Kano yesterday less than 24 hours after a bomb blast killed over 70 people in Abuja LAGOS APRIL 16TH (URHobotoday)–Nigerians have reacted with outrage over President More...
INEC, SIEC Call on Delta, 10 Other States to Conduct LGA Elections
INEC Chairman Atahiru Jega LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC have called on reluctant states to urgently conduct More...
Scores Killed as Gunmen Attack Gov Kwankwaso’s Father
Musa Kwakwaso LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports from Kano just now have it that Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s father; Alhaji Musa Kwankwaso who holds the traditional title of Maji Dadin Kano and District More...
PDP Members Defection: APC Leads in House of Rep with 172 Members against PDP 171
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)– The All Progressives Congress (APC) now has the majority in the House of Representatives with the defection of thirty Seven (37) members of the House elected on the platform More...
PDP Drags 5 ‘Rebel’ Govs’ to Court, Asks Court to Declare Seat Vacant
LAGOS DECEMBER 13RD (URHOBOTODAY} Poised for a last fight, the Alhaji Bamangar Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, asked the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to declare seats of the five More...
Tambuwal Denies Attending APC Meeting, Says He Went to Visit Sokoto Gov.
Speaker, House of Representative, Hon Aminu Tambuwal LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has denied attending a meeting of the five governors who recently More...
BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Lamido’s Sons in EFCC Net over Alleged N10b. fraud
Aminu Sule Lamido LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two sons of Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, over an alleged N10billion fraud. Aminu and Mustapha More...
More Ministers to Go, as Lobbyist Struggle over Ministerial Appointments
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepens, there are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may sack more ministers More...
New PDP State Chairmen Loyal to Agrieved Govs Shun Pro-Jonathan Press Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS September 10th (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the seven states whose governors belong to a new PDP faction, shunned a press conference organized More...
Amaechi: Jonathan Second Term under Threat as 10 Govs Set to Dump PDP
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) — A major setback to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan is looming, as no fewer than 10 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have More...
Boko Haram Leader Shekau Shot, Deposed by Own Group
Boko Haram Leader Shekau LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)—Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has reportedly been shot and deposed by members of his own sect, Boko Haram. A new More...
Kano Bomber Disguised as a Fruit Seller – Survivors Give Account
Survivors: Mr. Emeka Mba, Manager, New Tarzan Motors (left) and Mr. Emeka Ani, survivors of the Kano bomb blasts, in hospital LAGOS JULY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-New details reveal that the suspected bomber from the Monday More...
Al-Mustapha Did Not Kill Kudirat-OPC Leader, Fasehun, Says He did Everything to Save Abiola’s Life
OPC Leader, Dr Federick Fasheun LAGOS JULY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The leader of the Oodua People Congress (OPC), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, has said that he supports the judicial freedom given to Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, More...