N’Delta Activist, Sunny Ofehe Set To Bury His Mother, 10 Years After Her Assassination
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Netherlands-based Nigerian Niger Delta and Environmental Right Activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe has scheduled to mark the final burial rite ceremony of his mother, Madam Theresa More...
Crackdown On ‘Bush Refineries’ Unsettles Nigeria’s Oil Heartland
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY) – Listening for the engines of navy boats hunting illegal refineries in the swamps of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, workers heat up crude oil in a tank next to a waterway. The More...
Delta: Urhobo Community Jubilates Over Release of Three Akperhe Indegenes Accused of Militancy
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The people of Akperhe Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State jubilated on Tuesday following the release of the last three persons arrested by the military More...
Okowa Warns against Use of Military as Panacea to Niger Delta Crisis
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has warned against the use of military might in solving the lingering militancy crisis in the Niger Delta region. Okowa said this when he More...
Militancy: Itsekiri, Ijaw Groups Differ over Talks with FG
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-An Ijaw group, Niger Delta Security Watch Organisation, NDSWO, has differed with the Warri Study Group, WSG, an Itsekiri group, over the latter’s denunciation of the purported More...
Niger Delta Lawmakers Demand 65% Ownership of Oil Wells, Passage of PIB Bill
LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-To facilitate development in the Niger Delta region, South-East and South South lawmakers have called on the Federal Government to review the ownership structure of oil wells in the More...
Ijaw Youth Council Accuses Federal Govt Of Insincerity On Niger Delta Crisis
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has accused the Federal Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve the issues of resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta parts of the country. Eric More...
Militancy: Police Boss Conducts Aerial Surveillance of Flash Points in Delta Creeks
IGP IBRAHIM Idris LAGOS JULY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim K. Idris and some top police officers recently conducted on-the-spot assessment and evaluation of security situation More...
Tompolo Contacts Delta Deputy Gov, Says He’s Being Tempted To Return To Militancy
Tompolo LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), who is currently been hunted by security agents over allegations of fraud leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes 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...
Nigerian Youths Pledge to Support Buhari on Peace and Security Initiative
LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A pan-Nigerian youth association that styles itself as Supportive Youths for Change (SYC) has pledged to mobilise youths across the country to support President Mohammadu Buhari’s More...
Ijaw Leader, Ekiyor Traces Development of Militancy, Terrorism to Corruption
Dr Chris Ekiyor LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Corruption in every facet of the Nigerian state is the underlying factor behind militancy and terrorism in Nigeria. These was the declaration of Chris Ekiyor, former More...
Buhari: Niger Delta Governors Started Breeding of Militants
Mohammadu Buhari Former Nigerian Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, who is also a major figure in the newly formed All Progressive Congress, has accused former governors of Niger Delta states of breeding militants More...