Nigeria Election: Christians Flee Kano over Fear of Violence
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An exodus from the mainly Christian quarter of Kano, the commercial centre of northern Nigeria, is taking place ahead of elections this weekend, because of fears of violence. The More...
Obasanjo Denies Tearing PDP Membership Card, Evasive on Endorsement of Presidential Candidate
Olusegun Obasanjo By M.D. Lawal LAGOS MARCH 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo hs denied tearing his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership. He was also evasive he was ‘slippery’ More...
Five Key Figures to Watch in Nigeria’s Election
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS MARCH 23RD (URHOBOTODAY0- – Africa’s most populous country and top economy, Nigeria, holds general elections this Saturday — the fifth since civilian rule was restored in More...
Ohanaeze Youths Endorse United Progress Party Candidate, Chekwas Okorie for President
UPP Presidential Candidate Chekwas Okorie LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Executive Committee of Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC) have endorsed Chief Chekwas Okorie, who is running under the flagship of the More...
Nigeria Military Begin ‘Final Onslaught’ against Boko Haram
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Nigeria has begun the “final onslaught” against Boko Haram, the country’s national security spokesman said on Tuesday, after the militants were ousted from More...
T.B.Joshua Predicts Imminent Plane Crash, Says Dark Cloud is Hanging Over Nigeria
T.B.Joshua LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On Sunday 15th March 2015, during a live telecast via Emmanuel TV, ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua gave a warning to Nigerians over the upcoming elections, further adding that More...
Policeman Killed as Gunmen Abduct Three Chinese in Nigeria
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Gunmen abducted three Chinese workers after a shootout that left a police officer dead in central Nigeria, police said Saturday. “Three Chinese nationals were abducted More...
Nigeria Drafts in Foreign Mercenaries to Take on Boko Haram
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give its offensive against Boko Haram a shot in the arm before a March 28 election, More...
2015: Agbakoba, Nwabueze, Civil Society Set Up ‘Third Force’ Commission
Agbakoba LAGOS MARCH 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Icon of the Civil Society Movement and Former President of Nigerian Bar Association, Barr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has been chosen to lead civil society intervention group More...
Dangote Loses $10.3 Billion to Naira Depreciation
Dangote By Sounak Mukhopadhyay LAGOS MARCH11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Aliko Dangote calls his homeland Nigeria as “one of the best-kept secrets.” The 57-year-old billionaire, who reportedly lost $10.3 billion in the More...
Why Great Ogboru Can Never be Declared Winner in Any Election – Investigation
Ogboru LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Facts have emerged on why the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections, Chief Great Ogboru, persistently lose his bid to rule the oil-rich More...
Buhari May Return to Nigeria on Friday
Buhari in London LAGOS MARCH 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Unconfirmed reports indicates that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari is set to return to the country almost More...
Doubts, Fury Trail N4.4b Spent on Ibori’s Prosecution
James Ibori LAGOS MARCH 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)Doubts and anger among Nigerians have trailed the disclosure that the Federal Government spent a whopping 14 million pounds (N4.4 billion) to secure the conviction of former More...
Canaan House Shines at MD School Inter-house Sports in Lagos
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Canaan House has emerged the winner of the 11th biennial inter-house sports of MD Nursery and Primary School. Canaan House, also known as Blue House, achieved the feat winning nine More...
U.S. Military Trains African Armies Ahead of Boko Haram Campaign
Members of Chadian special forces form a line during Flintlock 2015, an American-led military exerci … LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Under the glare of the Saharan sun, a U.S. special forces trainer More...
Buhari’s London Visit Shrouded in Mystery as Nigerian Professionals are Barred from Chatam Lecture
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian Professionals in the United Kingdom are being denied en masse from attending the lecture at the Chatam house, London, to be delivered by the All Progressives Congress More...
Is Boko Haram Invoking Kanem Bornu Legacy?
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Lagos (AFP) – Long before Boko Haram’s uprising plunged the region into crisis, the area below Lake Chad was part of a powerful Islamic empire, known for religious More...
Fear Grips Ghananian over Nigerian Election
LAGOS 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)–In our series of columns from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene, a member of the main opposition NPP, raises concerns about Nigeria’s future as it battles an Islamist-led More...
Stop Abusing Jonathan, Onuesoke Warns Critics
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in 2011 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has warned critics to desist from abusing President More...
Peterside Calls Off Rally in Honour of Okrika Gun Attack Victims
Dakuku Peterside LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has called off his planned campaign tour of Ogu/Bolo local government More...
Jonathan Raises Alarm, Says Obasanjo Wants to Hijack His Government
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)– President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s attacks on him as the consequence of his failure to surrender his administration to More...
Scores Dead as Bomb Rocks Damaturu Bus Station
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY) – A bomb exploded in a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, causing casualties in a region that has been frequently attacked by Islamist More...
PRONACO Tasks Nigerian Leaders to Rise above Political Partisanship
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Amidst growing political tension occasioned by the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the Pro National Conference Organisation, PRONACO on Wednesday in Lagos tasked leaders of More...
Boko Haram Fighters in Disarray as Coalition Forces Bombard Sambisa Forest
Coalition troops storming Sambisa forest LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram fighters are disorganized as soldiers from Nigeria, Chad, Niger Republic and Camer¬oon the West African coalition forces More...
INEC Announces Extension For PVC Collection
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced further extension for registered voters who have yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). A statement More...