We are Close to the Solution of Fuel Scarcity – Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, describes the challenges in the downstream More...
No Going Back on Subsidy Removal – FG
Fuel pump LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government, Monday, said it is not going back on its decision to remove subsidy from Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. Specifically, the Petroleum Products More...
One Year Ago, Buhari Promises to Change Nigeria
Buhari LAGOS APRIL 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-When Nigerians rouse from sleep on April 1, they will again head for filling stations to join the now de rigueur queues for Premium Motor Spirit. This is no big news; queueing More...
Police Declares Suspected Lesbian Wanted In Niger State
IGP Solomon Arase There are indications that the Niger State Police Command may have declared one Miss Augustina Osawmengie Asemota, a suspected lesbian wanted in connection with an incident. Our correspondent gathered 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...
UN Rates Somalia, Mauritius, Algeria Ahead of Nigeria as Africa’s ‘Happiest’ Countries
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-What makes a country happy? Is it wealth, freedom or a trustworthy government? According to the latest World Happiness Report, compiled by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network More...
Felix Ibru: Urhobo Progress Union Declares Three Days of Mourning, Flag to Fly at Half Mast
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY0-The Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) has declared a three-day mourning in honour of the late Chief Felix Ibru, the first governor of Delta. This is contained in a statement signed by More...
Judge Accuses EFCC, Army of Behaving as If Nigeria is Under Military Rule
Buhari LAGOS MARCH 15TH (URHOBOTODAY) — A High Court judge has accused Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the army of behaving as if the country is still under military dictatorship and More...
Fuel Scarcity Worsens as Oil workers Suspend Strike
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY0-The industrial action embarked upon on Tuesday by oil workers across the country due to the restructuring of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been suspended. As a result, 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...
Switzerland to Return Confiscated Fresh $321m Abacha’s Loot To Nigeria
Abacha LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A coalition of Nigerian and Swiss civil society organizations have called on the governments of both countries to ensure that the returned assets are used to benefit the Nigerian More...
Oil Prices Rebound, Hit 2016 High, Rise Above $40/bl
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The price of Brent crude Monday rose for the sixth consecutive trading day in a row, hitting a 2016 peak of over $40 a barrel, as buyers were encouraged by talk that the Organisation More...
‘Abducted’ 14-Yr-Old Girl, Ese Oruru To Be Taken to TB Joshua for Healing, Says Father
T B Joshua LAGOS MARCH 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The father of a Nigerian teenager allegedly abducted and forced into marriage and conversion to Islam says he will take her to mega-preacher T.B. Joshua for healing. Ese More...
Hullabaloo and Browbeating of Buhar’s ‘Padded’ Budget
Muhammadu Buhari BY AKPORHOBO TATAUNU LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The matrices bound up with the 2016 and maiden budget of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration have not only lead to the hullabaloo More...
Super Eagles Manager, Oliseh Resigns
Sunday Oliseh Sunday Oliseh LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Super Eagles Manager, Sunday Oliseh has resigned from his position. Oliseh announced his resignation early Friday morning (Nigerian time) in a tweet More...
Ecobank Sacks 50 Top Managers over Economic Hardship
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ecobank Nigeria Plc has sacked 50 top managers of the bank as it struggles to stay afloat in the midst of biting economic hardship in Nigeria. It was gathered that the rank of More...
How Nigerian Navy Tracks and Arrest Notorious Pirates With Hijacked Ship at Soa Tome
The arrested sea pirates LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian Navy (NN) yesterday paraded six suspected pirates, who hijacked an oil tanker off the Coast of Cote D’Ivoire on February 11. They are Captain More...
OPEC: Nigeria Greatly Affected by Falling Crude Prices Worldwide
Eric Dooh at home in Goi village showing oil pollution LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced recently that there are five countries that are greatly More...
Ifeanyi Ubah Vows to Restore Naira to N200/ $ Within a Month If…….
Ifeanyi Ubah LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-As the nation’s currency exchanges at N400 to the US dollar on Sunday, Billionaire business mogul has said that if the Buhari-led federal government consults him, More...
Buhari Jets Out to Saudi Arabia, Qatar Tomorrow
Buhari LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar tomorrow, Monday, February 22, 2016. President Buhari, who will be accompanied More...
Buhari Returns To The Skies, Jets Off To Egypt Today
Buhari jetting out LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday for Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the Business for Africa, Egypt and the World Forum. This More...
Onuesoke Foresee Brighter Prospect for Deltans, Nigerians
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has foreseen a brighter prospect for Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general More...
How Custom Officials, Importers Connive to Defraud Govt Billions of Naira
Hameed Ali, Controller General of Customs LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The fear of Hameed Ali, Controller General of Customs may be a non existent illusion going by what goes on in Apapa Port where customs More...
Nigeria Among 10 Most Corrupt Countries, Ranked By Perception
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Corruption lingers at the core of many of the world’s underdeveloped nations. Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, is perceived to be the most corrupt among 60 More...
Buhari, Time We Stopped Lying to Ourselves
Buhari By Abimbola Aadelakun LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari is not in an enviable position right now. Just a year ago, Nigerians were chanting “FeBuhari” and piling their mountains More...