President Muhammadu Buhari, a Sole Administrator on the Loose
Muhammadu Bbuhari By Ogbuefi Ndigbo LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari [pictured] on Thursday and with immediate affect dissolved the governing boards of all federal parastatals, agencies and More...
UNICEF’s U-Report Social Platform Hits 1m Active Users in Developing Countries
U-Reporters who just signed up to the platform at a National Youth Service Corps camp in Abuja. Credit: © UNICEF/Nigeria/2015/Barebwoha LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY) – U-Report, United Children Education Fund’s More...
Oliseh Bars Non-Division One Players from Super Eagles
Sunday Oliseh LAGOS JULY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Coach Sunday Oliseh has fired a warning he will only consider players who feature in the top leagues overseas and at home. Oliseh’s predecessor Stephen Keshi was known More...
Nigeria Leads Africa’s Smart Phone Market with Samsung,Tecno, Apple Lead as Vendors
LAGOS JULY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria was in the lead of Africa smart phone in the first quarter of 2015, latest figure released by Global Technology Consulting Firm, International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed. Nigeria More...
Muhammadu Buhari Sacks Military Chiefs
LAGOS JULY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the army, navy and air force chiefs, his spokesman has told the BBC. Mr Buhari is expected to announce their replacements soon. This More...
SERAP Urges Buhari to Probe Niger Delta Amnesty Programme
President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices and leadership to instruct appropriate More...
50% Presidential Pay Cut is illegal, Stop Security Votes – HURIWA Tells Buhari
Buhrari By Emmanuel Onwubiko LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Even as it conceded that the recent voluntary slash by 50 percent in the salaries of President and Vice President as announced by the Presidency was well More...
Amaechi, Pastor Bakare, Farouk Adamu, Five Governors on Buhari’s 18-Man Delegation to the US
Buhari LAGOS JULY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Five State Governors including those of Oyo State, Imo State, Edo State and two others will accompany President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States when he meets President More...
Buhari, Osinbajo Cut Salaries By Half, Silent On Fat Allowances
Buhari and Osibanjo LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY) –President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, have cut their salaries by 50%, a Presidency statement said Friday. The current annual remuneration More...
Buhari’s Campaign Promises and Urgent Need of the Nigerian State
President Muhammadu Buhari By Debo Adeniyi LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It is a historic experience for the first time since 1999 to have a change in government where the opposition party is taking over the affairs More...
Waiting for Buhari’s Government to Transform Nigeria Into Digital Economy
President Muhammadu Buhari By Guy Zibi LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On May 29, Muhammadu Buhari formally took over as Nigeria’s new president, following his election in early May in what was the West African More...
All Africa Games Football Draws Completed with Nigeria, Ghana in Same Group
LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The draws for the men’s and women’s football tournaments at the 2015 All Africa Games in Brazzaville have been completed. Group B of the men’s event, which is for More...
Boko Haram Offers to Swap Chibok Girls for Detained Members
LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram is ready to free the more than 200 Chibok young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in 2014, the Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday quoted an unnamed negotiator More...
Nigeria’s President , Buhari Opens the Door to Talks With Boko Whom?
Muhammadu Buhariari, By By Philip Obaji Jr LAGOS JULY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Buhari’s expressed openness to talk with the terrorists could be a sign of weakness, a prelude to intensified war, or both. ABUJA— More...
Nigerian Billionaires Yet To Fulfill Pledges to Terrorist Victims
LAGOS JULY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A large number of Nigeria’s wealthiest business leaders who pledged more than $400 million last year to support victims of terrorist attacks in Nigeria are yet to redeem their pledges. Last More...
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 at Redeemed Church as Gunmen Kill 30 in Zamfara Communities
LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A bomb explosion suspected to be from a male suicide bomber has killed six persons including the bomber. The blast occurred at a local branch of Redeemed Christian Church of God along More...
Phone Companies Groan Under Nigeria’s Electricity Problem, Spend $100m Annually on Energy
LAGOS JULY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s biggest telecommunications companies are spending close to $100 million a year on diesel fuel to keep their networks running due to the country’s poor electricity supply. MTN, More...
Ogogoro Ban: An Indirect Way to Sabotage N’Delta Economy
Ogogoro brewers in Niger Delta region By Mozimo Beke LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-While the person or group of persons that are unqualified brewers of the ogogoro locally made gin that could have ventured into the More...
Buhari Goes From Nigeria’s Change Champion to ‘Baba Go Slow’
Buhari LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office a month ago on a wave of hope that he would quickly deal with a deepening economic crisis and an Islamist insurgency in the north. More...
Delta:Concept Nova to Launch Fuel Management, Vehicle Monitoring Solutions in Warri
LAGOS JUY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-As part of its strategic effort to expand the scope of its services and IT solutions beyond Lagos to customers in different parts of Nigeria, Concept Nova – A Bespoke Enterprise More...
Obama May Shelve Buhari’s Visit to White House Over NASS ‘Show Of Shame’
Obama LAGOS JUNE 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The indecorous and shambolic display of federal lawmakers at the lower chamber of Nigeria’s legislature is said to have attracted global attention to Nigeria once again, and More...
Despite Protest, FG Moves 47 Boko Haram Suspects to Anambra Prisons
Boko Haram suspects LAGOS JUNE 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has lied to Nigerians over transfer of Boko Haram suspects to Anambra state Prisons as 47 Boko Haram suspects about 8 pm yesterday arrived More...
Jonathan Exist: Gains and Pains
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan By Muhammad Ajah The immediate past President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan was a human being with all the components of human mind. Since he eventually handed over the nation power More...
Sacking NNPC Board Is Just The Beginning For Buhari And The Oil Sector-Femi Adesina
Buhari LAGOS JUNE 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser for Media and Publicity to President Buhari, spoke with SaharaTV about the first thirty days of Buhari’s administration and the future of More...
President Buhari Dissolves Board of NNPC
Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate dissolution of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The decision was conveyed in a letter, dated June 26, 2015, signed by the More...