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...
Adesina Debunks Media Report on Buhari, Says He is Getting Better at 72
]President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has debunked media report that Buhari was reported to have said More...
Full Text of Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Inaugural Speech
Muhammadu Buhari and his wife during the presidential inauguration ceremony LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-I am immensely grateful to God Who Has preserved us to witness this day and this occasion. Today marks a triumph More...
Buhari Makes ‘U Turn’ on Crushing of Boko Haram, Says Nigerians Should not Expect Miracle from Him
Mohammadu Buhari LAGOS APRIL 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President elect, Muhmmadu Buhari, has asked Nigerians not to expect him to perform miracles once he assumes power come May 29th. Gen Buhari said this while speaking More...
Lekki Bank Robbery: Lagos Police Vow to Arrest Culprits, Fault Nation Newspaper’s Report
IGP Suleiman Abba LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Few days after Lekki bank robbery in which no fewer than four people lost their lives, the Lagos State Police Command has vowed to arrest and bring to justice More...
Nigeria Military Begin ‘Final Onslaught’ against Boko Haram
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Nigeria has begun the “final onslaught” against Boko Haram, the country’s national security spokesman said on Tuesday, after the militants were ousted from More...
Crude Oil Theft: Edwin Clark Blames Military, Foreigners….Exonerates N’Delta Youths
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS MARCH 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has exonerated the people of the Niger Delta from the massive oil theft taking place in the region, saying attention should be shifted More...
U.S. Military Trains African Armies Ahead of Boko Haram Campaign
Members of Chadian special forces form a line during Flintlock 2015, an American-led military exerci … LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Under the glare of the Saharan sun, a U.S. special forces trainer More...
Ex-Militant Leaders Make ‘U’ Turn on War Treats, Beg Nigerians To Vote For Jonathan
Tompolo and Asari Dokubo LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In a remarkable twist, ex-militant leaders who had threatened to plunge a war in the country if President Goodluck Jonathan is not re-elected come May 29, More...
2015: Buhari is Not Qualified To Contest-Ozekhome
APC Presidential Candidate, Gen Mohammadu Buhari LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Foremost Nigerian Constitutional lawyer and Human Rights advocate, Chief Mike Ozekhome, (SAN) Friday said the APC presidential candidate, More...
BREAKING NEWS: Some Chibok Girls Gain Freedom
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A yet unclear number of the Chibok girls kidnapped by the extremist boko haram sect in April have been released, officials said. A top military source said two Toyota Hiace buses More...
Bama Women, Children ‘Dying’ of Hunger as Boko Haram Tightens Grip on Town
Widows-Orphans-governor-shettima-after-Bama-killings-Borno-state LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Thousands of women and children stranded in Bama, one of the towns seized by Boko Haram in Borno State, are dying More...
B’Haram: 480 Nigerian Soldiers Flee to Cameroon, It’s tactical Says DHQ
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents. The Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, who confirmed More...
2015 General Election and Polarization of Boko Haram Insurgency
By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe. Many thanks to the “Red Berets Movement” in Nigeria for championing the “Bring Back Our Girls” global awareness which has attracted the attention and subsequent positive response More...
Yar’Adua’s ADC, Onoyiveta Faces Retirement over Alleged Multi-Billion Naira Fraud
LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aide de Camp (ADC) to late President Umaru Yar’Adua Brigadier-General Mustapha Onoyiveta was Monday relieved of his appointment as Chief of Staff to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. More...
National Dialogue: A Panacea for Growth and Development
By Prof. Godini G. Darah Introduction: The National Conference convened in Abuja on March 17, 2014, is the 17th of such exercises in Nigeria since 1914 when Nigeria was amalgamated into a single country by the More...
Jonathan Raises Alarm over Activities of Int’l Terrorism, Says its Threatening Gains of Democracy
President Goodluck Jonathan By Oghenekevwe Laba LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has raised the alarm over terrorists activities in Nigeria, saying the gains of the past 15 years of interupted More...
Chibok Girls: British Spy Plane Breaks Down in Senegal
British spy plane, The Senitel grounded in Senegal on his way to Nigeria LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Monday said that a spy plane sent to help in the search for the Chibok schoolgirls More...
Onuesoke Lambasts Nyako over Genocide Memo to Northern Governors
Hon Sunny Onuesoke By Oghenekevwe Laba LAGOS APRIL 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke slammed Adamawa State Governor, More...
Uduaghan, Ayiri Blame JTF over Increasing Crude Oil Theft
Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has blamed the security agencies in the Niger Delta, especially the Joint Task Force’s “Operation Pulo Shield,” More...
Abuja Bombing: Military, SSS Aware Of Boko Haram Gathering in FCT Border Areas
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely 24 hours after the deadly bombings of Nyanya Motor Park by suspected Boko Haram members, a credible military source today told SaharaReporters that members of the sect are More...
CONFAB: Darah Advocates Resource Control, Power Decentralisation
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Prof. Gordini Darah, a delegate representing Delta State at the National Conference has reminded his fellow members at the the ongoing National conference on the need for resource More...
Nigerian Army Intercept Large Cache of Arms,Ammunition in Burnt Church
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Defense Headquarters said today that security officials had found and seized weapons stashed away by terrorists in a burnt church. The military said the arrest of a terrorist More...
Heavy Shooting as Boko Haram Fighters and Soldiers Clash over Control of Maiduguri
Boko Haram Leader LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicated that the town is in turmoil as there is heavy fighting between soldiers and Boko Haram fighters for the More...
Rift Amongst Security Chiefs Raises Fears of Minister`s Resignation
Aliyu Gusau LAGOS MARCH 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The battle for supremacy between National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki and newly sworn-in Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gasau may have led to the More...