Omo-Agege Under Attack over Comment on FG Non-Development of Niger Delta
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has come under attack by a group under the aegis of Niger-Delta More...
N’Delta: Army Officers Fingered In Oil Rackets, Extortion of Truck Owners
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Events surrounding a recent seizure of three fuel laden Mack tankers by army men of 3rd Battalion stationed at Warri, Delta State, their consequent alleged attempt at extorting More...
Ex-Gov. Attah Slams NDDC, S-South Governors for Underdevelopment In N/Delta
Victor Attah LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Erstwhile Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has berated the Niger Delta Development Commission for the poor state and underdevelopment of the Niger More...
How Buhari’s Aide, Paul Boro Defrauds N’Delta Amnesty Students $.7m
Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, Paul Boroh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Facts have begun to emerge on how the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and Special Adviser to the President on Niger 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...
Onuesoke Attacks Masari for Criticising Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has reiterated that former President Goodluck Jonathan was More...
Operation Crocodile Smile: Food, Transportation Crises Hit Delta, Bayelsa
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)—Several riverine communities, including Oporoza and Ogulagha in Delta State, and Ezetu, Aggeh and others in Bayelsa State, have been struck by food and transportation crises More...
Olu of Warri Distances Itsekiri Nation From Clark Stakeholders’ Meeting
Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, on Thursday distanced the Itsekiri nation from the Chief Edwin Clark-led pan Niger Delta coastal states stakeholders’ More...
Urhobo Militants Declare ‘Operation Crocodile Tears’, Blow Up Oil Pipeline
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-At a time when Niger Delta Avengers have declared an end to attacks in the region, an Urhobo militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Movement, NDGJM, has on Tuesday blown up More...
Scientists Warn of Possible Earthquakes in Niger Delta
FILE PHOTO LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following recent earth tremors in some parts of the country, some scientist have warned that earthquakes can be triggered by oil and gas exploration, among other human More...
MEND Replies Jonathan, Accuses Him of Spending Six Years ‘Drinking and Chasing Shadows’
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Came down hard on former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of woefully failing to address the More...
Massive Spill as Avengers Bomb Shell Facilities Near Warri
,Shell,Oil Spill,Soldier LAGOS JULY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The dreaded militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, have once again blown up crude oil trunkline belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria More...
MEND Writes Buhari, Names Diette-Spiff, Odein Ajumogobia, Tomplolo, Others in Dialogue Team
Ajumogobia LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday wrote President Muhammadu Buhari, submitting the final list of its dialogue group, Aaron Team 2. In 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...
Oil Militants Call for Referendum on Breaking up Nigeria
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil militants who have slashed Nigeria’s petroleum production with attacks on pipelines called Sunday for a referendum on breaking up the Nigerian federation. The Niger Delta More...
Buhari Makes ‘U Turn’ Cancels Trip to Niger Delta over Assassination Threat
Buhari LAGOS JUNE 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari scheduled one-day trip to Ogoniland, Rivers state Senegal for the flag off of Niger Delta clean up has been canceled. A Presidential source told SaharaReporters 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...
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...
I foresee full blown War in Niger Delta-Joe Igbokwe, Says Militants are Blackmailers
Joe Igbokwe LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A full scale war is imminent in the Niger Delta and it is going to be bloody and destructive. That is, unless senior citizens of the Niger Delta and patriots rise up now More...
Bayelsa: Four Pirates Killed, Soldier Injured in a Clash with Nigerian Army
LAGOS MAY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Joint military force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said on Tuesday that its personnel killed four suspected pirates during a surveillance patrol along the Ogbia-Nembe More...
Tompolo: How Delta Govt Splashes N100m to Halt Ijaw Youths Protests During Osinbajo’s Visit
Tompolo LAGOS APRIL 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Fresh facts have emerged why the people of the state especially the Ijaws in the riverine communities of Delta State did not disrupt the reception of Nigeria’s Vice President, More...
Urhobos In Bayelsa Commend Role of Ijaw Youths in Securing Ese Oruru’s Release
Ese Oruru LAGOS APRIL 25Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) on Sunday applauded the commitment of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) in advocating for the freedom of Ese Oruru. Oruru, a minor, was allegedly abducted by Mr Yunusa More...
Tompolo’s Case Postponed as Ex-Militant Avoids Arrest
By Conor Gaffey March 24th (urhobotoday0-A militant of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) poses with a heavy machine-gun in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, September 17, 2008. A former MEND More...
NDDC Director in Trouble over N150,000 Recharge Card Bribery To EFCC Operative
Roberts Obuoha LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Roberts Obuoha, a director in the project management department of the Niger Delta Development Commission, More...
FG to Redeploy Troops to Niger Delta -Presidency
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that the Federal Government has started deploying the military to the Niger Delta. He said the step became imperative in order to end More...