Kachikwu Removed as OPEC President after Two Days in Office
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has removed Ibe Kachikwu as its conference president. Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, became OPEC More...
Nigeria Reserves Dip Below $30bn for First Time Since July
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s foreign reserves dropped below $30 billion for the first time in more than four months, putting more pressure on the central bank’s bid to defend the naira and avoid More...
Nigeria slashes MTN N1.4Trillion Fine as Nigeria’s CEO, Michael Ikpoki, Resigns
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The MTN Group has released the statement below announcing the resignation of its Nigerian CEO just as the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on the company was slashed by the Nigerian Communications More...
Alison Madueke’s Condition Worsens, to be Flown Back to Nigeria this Friday
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The immediate family of former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison Madueke seems to have given up hope on the ailing health condition of their daughter. This is just as the embattled More...
Kogi Polls: The Legal And Constitutional Issues Arising From Abubakar Audu’s Death
Audu Abubakar By John Nwobodo LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The death of Prince Abubakar Audu after the election has commenced, results collated and announced save that there was no return due to the fact that More...
The Economist Rates Buhari’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun as ‘Poorly Qualified’
Kemi Adeosun LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-English newspaper, The Economist, has undertaken a review of the newly constituted cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, with a verdict that the Minister of Finance, More...
Boko Haram Over Takes ISIS as World’s Deadliest Terror Organisation
Abubakar Shekau, Leader of Boko Haram LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram has overtaken Isis as the world’s most deadly terrorist organisation, according to a new report. The Nigerian-based terror group, More...
Ford Motor Produces First Vehicle in Nigeria
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Ford Motor Co’s new Nigerian assembly plant has built its first model and will produce an initial 10 vehicles a day for the domestic market, the U.S.-based carmaker More...
PDP Raises Alarm, Accuses APC of Plotting to Kill Ekweremadu, Akpabio, Secondus, Others
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the governing All Progressives Congress of trying to assassinate the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. Mr. More...
Nigeria Extends Deadline for MTN to Pay $5.2bn Fine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)) — African telecommunications giant MTN says Nigeria is extending Monday’s deadline for it to pay a $5.2 billion fine. A statement from the South African-based company More...
Nigeria Under 23 Football Team Escape Death as Plane Develops Fault Mid Air
Dream team LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The country’s Olympic team cheated death on their way to Gambia for final preparation ahead African U23 Championship Nigeria U23 team escaped plane crash on their way More...
Lord’s Chosen Pastor Jailed 30 Years in Tanzania for Allegedly Smuggling Cocaine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Nigerian pastor, one Mr Chukwudi Okechukwu, who preaches in Tanzania, under the umbrella of the Lord Chosen Church of Nigeria, has reportedly bagged a 30-year jail term after More...
Gabonese President, Ali Bongo is an Igbo Man?
President of Gabon, Omar Bona LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Indications have emerged that the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba is a Nigerian of the ethnic Igbo stock. It is said that he was adopted during More...
MIA in Partnership with Jumia Launch Xiaomi Smartphones in Nigeria
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY) – MIA Group today announced that it is launching two of Xiaomi’s iconic smartphones in Nigeria, which will be made available on e-commerce website Jumia, its exclusive More...
Expose: How Orientation Agency Blows N123m on Jonathan’s Campaign Website
Director-General of National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY) – If you are one of those who felt outraged at the N78million of public funds spent by ex-governor Babatunde Fashola More...
Buhari Sacks 17 Permanent Secretaries
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered mass retirement of permanent secretaries. A presidential source confirmed this to TheCable but refused to go into the details. The More...
We are Still Waiting for the Change Buhari Promises Nigeria-Trade Union Congress
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The national President of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Bobboi Kaigama, has stated that Nigerians are still waiting for the change President Muhammadu Buhari promised More...
African Telecom Giant, MTN Battles Nigeria over $5.2bn Fine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY) — Africa’s biggest telecommunications company is locked in a nasty battle in powerful Nigeria, with billions of dollars at stake. MTN Nigeria, MTN Group’s subsidiary More...
Fines: Respect NCC Laws, South Africa Vice-President Charges MTN
Vice President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Vice President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, who is a former chairman of MTN Group, has called on MTN Nigeria to respect More...
Buhari Puts Anti-Corruption Drive into High Gear
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The new president took office six months ago, promising to put an end to impunity in the business and political elite. Last week, he started to deliver. The penalties handed More...
Anti-Graft: Nigeria to Sell, Buy Oil Directly, Cut Out Middlemen
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY) — Nigeria will start selling and buying oil and gasoline directly to cut out middlemen and curb graft, the new managers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. announced More...
Amnesty Int’l Blasts Shell over False Claim of Cleaning Oil Polluted N’Delta
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Multi-national oil company, Shell, lied when it claimed it had cleaned up heavily polluted areas of the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human More...
Orubebe Raises Alarm, “I’m Being Witch Hunt for Supporting Jonathan”
Orubebe LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Niger Delta Minister, Elder Godsday Orubebe, raised the alarm Sunday that he was being persecuted for his support and closeness to former President Goodluck Jonathan. More...
MTN Bows to Pressure, Agrees to Pay N1.04trn Fine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-While pleading for staggered payment model, MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory More...
Buhari is Helpless, We are Tired of His Complains – Ben-Bruce
Ben Bruce LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Ben Murray Bruce, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language shows that he’s helpless. The More...