Why Urhobos Must Vote for Jonathan, Okowa?- Onuesoke
President Goodluck Jonathan and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As the date of the 2015 general election come closer, Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 20071 More...
Nigeria’s Woes Deepen as Central Bank Missteps on Currency
EMEFIELE LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY) — As if the collapse in crude prices, forthcoming elections and an Islamist insurgency weren’t enough, investors in Nigeria have another matter to worry about: More...
‘109 Boko Haram Fighters Dead’ After First Attack on Niger
Carou LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)Boko Haram launched its first major attack in Niger on Friday, triggering a forceful response from regional troops who claimed to have killed more than a hundred of the Islamists. The More...
$16b EPZ Project: Jonathan Bows to Pressure, Reaches Understanding with Delta Royal Fathers
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to complete the $16 billion Gas City project before the end of his second tenure in office. According to the President, More...
N6.87trillion Stolen from Nigeria Yearly — AU Report
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria, the world’s seventh largest producer of hydrocarbon, accounts for about 68.1 per cent of the total revenue Africa is losing annually as a result of illegal transfer of More...
2015: Uduaghan, INEC, Traditional Rulers Preach Free, Peaceful Delta Polls
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State (middle), Prof Amos Utuama SAN Deputy (left) and Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay Secretary to State Government during Stake holders and voter’s education meeting held in government More...
Anti-Corruption: ICPC Set to Expose Defaulting Public Institutions
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As part of efforts towards ensuring compliance with ethical conducts in public institutions, there are strong indications that Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and other More...
US Sec, John Kerry heads to Nigeria Amid Tensions over Polls, Boko Haram
US Secretary, John Kerry LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (URHOBORODAY)-US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Nigeria Sunday, just weeks away from closely fought elections overshadowed by fears about mounting Boko Haram More...
Ex-Jonathan’s Media Aide, Ima Niboro Decries ‘do-or-die’ Politics
Ima Noboro LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Ima Niboro, on Thursday in Abuja decried the way some politicians had taken politics as do-or-die business. Niboro More...
The Big Question Marks on Buhari’s Qualifications
Mohammadu Buhari By Rotimi Coker Lagos January 23rd (urhobotoday)-I have been following the drama and suspense Nigerians have been subjected to by General Muhammadu Buhari, a man who wants to be the president of More...
Jonathan Security Adviser, Sambo Wants Elections Postponed
Sambo LAGOS JANUARY22ND (URHOBOTODAY) – National Security Adviser (NSA) to President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), Thursday during a talk at London think-tank Chatham House, said he wants February’s More...
Dokubo Dares North, says N’Delta Militants’ll Match Them Violence for Violence
Asari Dokubo LAGOS JANUARY 21TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former militant leader,Asari Dokubo says he and other Niger Delta militants will match the North violence for violence before,during and after the 2015 general election. Asari More...
Group Scores Jonathan Far Higher than Buhari in Economic Development
President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen Mohammadu Buhari Group under the umbrella of Alliance for Nigeria Peace and Progress has rated President Goodluck Jonathan administration far higher in economic development More...
Tragedies of Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration
President Goodluck Jonathan By Festus Keyamo This is a season of hire-wired deceits, misinformation, campaign of calumny and spewing of outright falsehood and lies – all to hoodwink and deceive ordinary and gullible More...
2015: Buhari is Not Qualified To Contest-Ozekhome
APC Presidential Candidate, Gen Mohammadu Buhari LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Foremost Nigerian Constitutional lawyer and Human Rights advocate, Chief Mike Ozekhome, (SAN) Friday said the APC presidential candidate, More...
Against All Odds, Jonathan Storms Borno, Hails Army Patriotism
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday undertook a surprise visit to Maiduguri on the occasion of Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day to meet with More...
Aggrieved Crowd Boo Vice- President Sambo in his Home Town
Vice President Namadi Sambo LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Vice President Namadi Sambo was booed during the 40th Anniversary of Emir Of Zazzau in his hometown of Zaria, Kaduna state. The incident occurred during More...
Investors Panic as Oil Prices Drop to $46.69
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Prices of many crude oil grades have crashed from over $55 to below $50 per barrel in the global market. Price of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, basket More...
NFF: Amaju Pinnick Escapes another Impeachment Plot
Amaju Pinnick LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has again escaped another impeachment plot, The Eagle Online has gathered. Impeccable sources hinted More...
Peter Obi Solicits Support for Jonathan, Says Buhari is too Old to Rule Nigeria
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahead of the 2015 presidential election, Nigerians have been admonished to emulate progressive countries like the United States and United Kingdom which have never elected a president More...
Boko Haram: President Jonathan Relocates Family to United Kingdom?
President Goodluck Jonathan and his family LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is not winning the war against Boko Haram. An indication of his fears were confirmed with his recent More...
2015: INEC Redeploys Mike Igini, Other 36 Resident Electoral Commissioners
INEC Chairman, Prof Atahiru Jega LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) More...
Dozens Killed as Explosion Rocks Gombe Motor Park on Monday Morning
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)- – Dozens of people were reportedly killed in the latest Gombe Motor Park explosion which went off at about 9 am, Monday. The Dukku motor park in Gombe town, is usually a busy More...
‘You are Already a Dead Man’, Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Tells Emir Sanusi of Kano
Emir of Kano, Sanusi LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to attack the Emir of Kano, Muhummadu Sanusi II, in retaliation for the Emir’s call on Kano residents and More...
Ex-Militant, Tompolo Denies Purchase of Warships
Tompolo LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Leader of the now rested Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, otherwise know as Tompolo has warned those who go about More...