Obasanjo, Babangida Talk with Rival PDP factions Ends in Deadlocked
(L-R) Ibrahim Babaginda and Olusegun Obasanjo LAGOS sEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, on Friday, formally stepped into the crisis that has split the More...
Kenyans Role Out the Red Carpet in Honour of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Kenya rolled out the red carpet replete with a 21 gun salute for visiting Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan. President Uhuru Kenyatta displayed his Armed Forces in a Guard More...
ASUU Strike: I Doubt President Jonathan Doctorate Degree
President Goodluck Jonathan By Fejiro Oliver LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY0-“Everyone has a right to a university degree, even if it’s in Hamburger Technology” Clive James “The foundation of every state More...
Why US did not Prosecute Akpabio’s Boy over Money Laundering Offence
Above is the picture of the money seized at BWI Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, USA from Mr Nse Ntuen, Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and executive chairman of More...
U.S. Says Syrian Govt’s Chemical Attack Kill 1,429 Persons, Rallies Support for Strike
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) – As the American Government looks for international support for its planned attacks on the Bashar al-Asad regime in Syria, the White House has restated its conviction that the More...
The Top 7 e-Commerce Firms In Nigeria
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) – Buying is impulsive. And with the advent of ecommerce, you can spend a $1 million with just a click on your smartphone. Whether it’s e-commerce or m-commerce, the industry More...
Will Nigeria Survive 2015?
President Goodluck Jonathan By Sonala Olumhense This question was first provoked by a United States security analysis in 2009 which said, in effect, “No!”. And the Government of Nigeria, bristling with outrage, More...
Corruption: Family Defends Delta-Born Gambian Judge, Says Story is a ‘Bunch of Falsehood’
Former Chief Justice, CJ, of The Gambia, Justice Joseph Wowo LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Family of the Nigerian-born former Chief Justice, CJ, of The Gambia, Justice Joseph Wowo, accused of requesting bribe More...
Delightful, Hospitality Delta State
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu I RETURNED to Abuja on an afternoon flight from Asaba, the Delta State capital, last Sunday. We had been attending the 9th Nigerian Editors’ Conference; an occasion which climaxed with More...
ASUU Strike: Students Give FG, ASUU 7-Day Ultimatum, Threaten to Declare “Operation Occupy Nigeria”
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Peeved by almost two-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum More...
Only Constitution Can Stop Jonathan –Edwin Clark
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, has said that it is only the constitution that can stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting More...
French Club Bastia Offers Warri Wolves €1m for Sunday Mba
Sunday Mba LAGOS AUGUST 27TH *URHOBOTODAY)-The Super Eagles midfielder arrived in Paris on Monday morning ahead of a possible signing for the French second division side French Division Two club CA Bastia is ready More...
Great Ogboru’s Coat of Many Colours
Chief Great Ogboru By Doyin Iyiola No doubt, the instructive biblical story of Joseph’s coat of many colours is known to many people both Christian believers and non-believers. But how many truly know the import More...
Students Condemn Patience Jonathan’s Reckless Spending On Abuja Rally
Abuja lockdown. Insert Patience Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the extravagance exhibited by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s More...
Delta: Two Escapee Ugwashi-Uku Prison Inmates Recaptured
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two inmates who escaped from the Ogwashi-Uku Prison at different dates have been recaptured after massive man haunt and intelligence gathering by officers and men of the Delta State More...
Be careful of Your Sycophant Aides, Obasanjo Warns Jonathan
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of some of his aides who are making more enemies for him under the pretext More...
U.K. Investigates Winners’ Chapel Over Alleged Misappropriation Of N4billion Tithes
David Oyedepo seems to be saying ' My hands are clean" LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-United Kingdom’s Charity Commission is investigating David Oyedepo’s Winner Chapel ove misappropriation of at More...
IAAF: Okagbare Wins 200m Bronze as Nigeria Qualifies for 4x400m Final
Blessing Okagbare LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Blessing Okagbare bounced back from her women’s 100 metres disappointment to win bronze in the women’s 200m event on Friday, making it two medals for Nigeria More...
Police Smashes Nigerian Led Drugs Ring in China City of Guangzhou
LAGOS AUGUST 1TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A total of 168 suspects allegedly involved in drug trafficking were captured in a crackdown launched by the local police in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province Tuesday. Most people detained More...
Mandela Challenge: Super Eagles Retain Supremacy Thrashes Bafana Bafana 2 Nil
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Relatively unknown Uche Nwofor grabbed a brace as the Super Eagles outclassed their South African counterparts, the Bafana Bafana, at the Moses Mabida Stadium, Durban on Wednesday. The More...
R-E-T-A-L-I-A-T-I-O-N: Nigeria plans £5000 visa bond for UK citizens
David Cameron LAGOS AUGUST 1TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Three months to the commencement of the £3000 visa bond regime due to be imposed on Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom, the Federal Government may have perfected More...
Nigerians to Jonathan: Focus on Governance, not Abuse
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Presidency’s reply to the remarks by the Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, broke into trending topics on social More...
Sapele Born Okagbare Clinches Nigeria’s First Medal in Moscow
Blessing Okagbare LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Blessing Okagbare has won Nigeria’s first medal in Moscow as she leaped 6.99 metres to clinch the silver medal in the long jump event final. The Sapele-born athlete More...
Edwin Clark Calls For Unity Among Nigerians
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has lamented that national unity was more emphasized during the military era than under the present day civilian rule. The elder state man made More...
Jonathan’s Visit to China Jolts Obama to Seek Reconciliation with Nigeria
(L-R) President Goodluck Jonathan and President Barak Obama The White House has opened fresh talks on the possibility of a presidential-level contact between Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Barack Obama later this More...