Protesting Okuama Indigenes Give 7-Day Ultimatum To FG, Military To Release Their Leaders Or Resort To Self Help
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Tension is brewing in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government, Delta State, as residents, yesterday, protested continue detention of their leaders by the Nigerian Army. The protest More...
Death of Okuama PG: Dafinone Consoles Family, Calls On Military To Release Other Detainees
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)=-Senator Representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Senator Ede Dafinone, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Okuama people and the family of late President-General, More...
Tompolo Condoles FG, Tinubu, Military, Family Over Demise Of Lagbaja
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation and Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Dr Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo condoled the President More...
Army Arrest Ewu PG In Sapele, Two Other Leaders In Ughelli In Connection With Okuama Crisis
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Professor Arthur Ekpekpo, President General of Ewu Kingdom, who was recently declared wanted by military authorities in connection with the Okuama crisis, has been taken into custody More...
Soldiers Killing: Delta Police Hand Over Wanted Urhobo Monarch To Military
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Wanted King of Ewu, Clement Ikolo, who turned himself in has been handed over to the military by the police. The development has been confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, More...
Delta Online Publishers Seek Immediate Dialogue Between Govt, Military To Facilitate Access To Okwuama
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) extends its heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Army and Okuama Community, following the gruesome and devastating loss of lives in recent More...
IPOB Terrorists Flee As Troops Raid Enclave In Asaba Forests
LAGOS JULY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fled various camps in Asaba, Delta State capital, in the early hours of Saturday. They fled their camps following a joint More...
Eid-el-Kabir: Delta CP Orders Massive Deployment Of Police, Assures Deltans Of Hitch Free Celebration
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Commissioner of Police Delta State Command, CP Wale Abbas has assured all Muslim faithfuls and other residents in the State of the provision of adequate security and free flow More...
N’Delta: Stolen Oil, The Military And Man Named Government
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A network of illegal oil pipelines being unearthed in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has revealed the extent of oil theft in the country, astounding even the most cynical about More...
Communal Clash: Dusk-To-Dawn Curfew Imposed In Isoko Communities, Military Deployed
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairman of the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, Victor Asasa, on Thursday, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the Igbide and Enhwe communities in the area following More...
NUPENG Orders Members To Stop Distribution Of Petroleum Products In Delta
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has ordered its workers to stop work in Delta State and protest against the oppressive habit the management of More...
Boko Haram: Ijaw Youths Kick Against Approval Of $1bn For Military
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw of the Niger Delta have kicked against the Federal Government’s approval of $1 billion for the purchase of military equipment to combat Boko Haram in the North East. In 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...
Obama Holds Talk with Buhari, Hails Fight against Corruption, Terrorism
Buhari and Obama LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-U.S. President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday held talks with Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, where he lauded the effort of the leader of Africa’s most populous 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...
Residents Panic Over Heavy Military Presence in Warri
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There was a widespread apprehension among residents of Warri and its environs in Delta State on Monday, following the deployment of troops and equipment in the ongoing military training More...
Oba of Lagos to Buhari, Change Your Style and Stop Finding Faults in Jonathan
President Muhammadu Buhari and Oba of Lagos Oba Akiolulu LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to change his leadership style, saying the president More...
Ogun State Boils as Oil Pipeline Vandals, Policemen Cash
Nigeria Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Elebute community at Ibafo community in Obafemi Owode Local government Area of Ogun State was yesterday deserted by landlords, tenants, More...
Nigeria Military Besiege N’Delta as Attack on Oil Installation Enter Day 3
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Attacks on oil installations in Delta State entered the third day, yesterday, as militants blew-up major crude oil and gas pipelines to the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, Tank More...
Boko Haram: Gowon Faults Buhari’s December Deadline, Hails Jonathan’s Military Success
Gowon LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian military over the December deadline for ending the Boko Haram More...
Despite Boko Haram Bombings, Nigeria’s Battered North Sees Progress
Where is Shekau? LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-When Boko Haram abducted Rev. Enoch Mark’s two daughters, he felt like his world had come to an end. The girls were part of the over 200 students kidnapped from More...
Weeks before Election, Burkina Military Over Throw Transition Govt, Dissolves Government
Blaise Campore, former Burkina Faso President LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY) — The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken More...
Bayelsa Military Base Attack: Soldiers Grab 6 Suspects, Recovers Snatched Arms
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta said Sunday night that it has arrested six suspected pirates behind the attack that killed four of its soldiers and a policemen in Nembe, More...
America in Africa: Military Ties Grow but Trade Lags
Obama LAGOS JULY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY) – President Barack Obama’s keenly-awaited trip to Africa this week comes as the US superpower’s military footprint on the continent is growing. But US diplomatic and trade More...
Boko Haram Militants Take Over Damaturu-Maiduguri Road
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports reaching PREMIUM TIMES say Boko Haram militants have taken over the highway linking Maiduguri and Damaturu, capitals of Borno and Yobe states respectively. A police officer More...