Buhari Meets Jonathan over Niger Delta Avengers
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari met with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday night at the presidential villa. Report says the meeting is likely to be about the Niger Delta Avengers. More...
Niger Delta Avengers: Buhari’ll Die If He Visits Ogoniland..Nobody Can Stop Him-Army
LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A suspected member of a newly established militant group in Nigeria has warned the life of President Muhammadu Buhari is in danger if he visits the oil-rich Niger Delta region. In a More...
Lagos Police Dismiss Attack Threats by Niger Delta Avengers
Solomon Arase LAGOS JUNE 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Nigeria Police Maritime Command, AIG Mohammed Katsina and the Lagos State Police command boss, Fatai Owoseni yesterday More...
Buhari to Visit Niger Delta On Thursday
Buhari LAGOS MAY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari will this week make his first visit as president to Nigeria’s oil-producing south, which has been riven by an upsurge in violence from militants, 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...
Niger Delta Avengers Strike Again, Blow Up Escravos Electricity Feed Pipeline
LAGOS MAY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Niger Delta militants have struck again blowing up a major electricity feed pipeline located in the Escravos area of Delta State. The attack was announced by the Niger Delta Avengers More...
Ex-Militants Condemn E.K. Clark’s Calls for FG to Dialogue with Niger-Delta Avengers
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-Niger Delta militants under the aegis of National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A) has condemned calls made by Former Minister of Information, Chief More...
Nigeria’s Economic Crisis: The Worst Is Yet to Come-Analyst
LAGOS MAY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-On Friday, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics revealed that the economy shrank by 0.4% in the first quarter year-over-year — which was way worse than expected. Economists were expecting More...
Military Arrest Members of Niger Delta Avengers Linked To Renewed Attacks On Oil Installations
LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The military Sunday said it has taken into custody militants suspected to be behind the resurgent attacks on oil installations in the oil-rich Niger Delta region on Nigeria. Spokesman More...
Address the Grievances in Niger Delta, British Envoy Tells Buhari
Buhari LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address grievances in the Delta region where militants have been blowing up oil pipelines in a conflict that has become More...
Itsekiri Leader, Ayiri Emami Dares N’Delta Avengers, Faults Okowa’s Silent
Ayiri LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Frontline Niger Delta activist and Itsekiri leader, Chief Ayiri Emami dared dreaded Niger Delta Avengers whom he accused of not fighting for the interest of the region. Speaking More...
N’Delta Avengers to Establish N‘Delta Nation, Threaten to Blow Northerners Oil Wells Within 7 Days
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The new Niger Delta Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has revealed that its intention is to establish a sovereign Niger Delta State. The group exposed all Northerners owning ninety More...
New Militant Group, Avengers Emerges Niger Delta, bblows up Crude Oil Terminal
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s major trunk line, the Forcados terminal crude oil export pipeline, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has been blown up by new Niger Delta militants under More...