SON Moves To Eliminate 80% Water-Borne Diseases In Northern Nigeria
Representative of SON DG, Mr. Dauda Yakubu (Regional Coordinator SON) fielding questions from newsmen at the training LAGOS APRIL 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In its bid at eliminating 85 per cent of water borne diseases More...
29 Suspected Nigerian Yahoo Boys Arrested in Ghana, Link To Murder
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Ghanaian police has arrested no fewer than twenty nine Nigeris and one Ghanian on allegation of of being internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo-Yahoo. They were apprehended More...
BBNaija: Efe Speaks, Thanks Africans, Nigerians For Lighting Up His Life
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Big Brother Naija reality show winner, Efe has spoken for the first time after he was handed the N25 million and an SUV Jeep prize. Efe took to his Instagram page, @efemoney to thank More...
Nigeria Among Five African Nations To Join List Of Countries For ‘Global Critical Thinking Project’
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)- South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and Tunisia has been identified as world’s potential ‘Critical Thinking Hub’ and will join the league of a global list of countries drawn More...
Man Born In Germany Deported To Nigeria Over Alleged Islamic Extremist
German Chancellor, Angela Markel LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Germany has deported an alleged Islamic extremist deemed dangerous by authorities to Nigeria. The dpa news agency reports that the 22-year-old man, More...
#BBNaija: Nigerian Celebrities Drum Supports For Efe – 32052
Efe- 32052 LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-With few days to the grand finale of the ongoing reality TV show, Big Brother Naija,(#BBNaija), notable Nigerian comedians, rap artists, actors and actress celebrities have More...
Buhari Condemns Spate of Killings, Orders Investigation Into Market Killings
President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS MARCH 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)– Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemned a spate of killings in different parts of the country and ordered an investigation into a raid More...
‘Nigeria Has The Highest Rate of Sickle Cell Anemia In The World’
Bujjy LAGOS MARCH 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-“Nigeria has the highest rate of sickle cell in the world,” Bujola Bolarinwa, President of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation in Abuja, told Al Jazeera last week. “You have More...
ECOWAS Threatens To Suspend Nigeria Over Dasuki’s Continuous Detention
Dasuki LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic Community of West African States has threatened heavy sanctions against Nigeria if it fails to obey the ECOWAS Court order that granted bail to the country’s More...
Boko Haram Raid Nigeria Town, Loot Food Supplies, Set Houses Ablaze
Boko Haram’s insurgency has triggered a major food emergency in northeastern Nigeria (AFP Photo/STEFAN HEUNIS) LAGOS MARCH 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)– Boko Haram Islamists have raided a town in restive northeast More...
President Buhari Arrives in Kaduna Airport This Morning
WELCOME BACK PMB: The President is back. He has landed safely in Kaduna and received by Acting Governor Barnabas Yusuf Bala and senior KDSG officials. The government and people of Kaduna State are proud to receive More...
INEC Announces Date For 2019 Presidential, Guber, Other Elections
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that the 2019 Presidential election will hold on February 16. Also, the governorship, State Assembly and FCT elections More...
Buhari Expected Back on Friday, Expresses Appreciation to Nigerians
Buhari LAGOS MARCH 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2017. The President left the country on January 19, 2017 for a vacation, during which More...
Nigeria Govt Advises Citizens Against Traveling to U.S. ‘Until Immigration Policy is Clear’
President Buhari LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian government has advised its citizens to suspend any non-urgent travel to the USA until “there is clarity on the new immigration policy,” according to More...
PAN Hails Ban of Land Importation Of Vehicles as Reps Adopt Peugeot as Official Car
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The move by the Federal Government to seal the land borders and prevent the importation of cars is one that would lead to several gains in Nigerian economy, stimulate local assemblage More...
Nigerian Female Journalist Narates Her ‘Bitter Ordeal’ at South African High Commission
Funke Osae-Brown By Funke Osae-Brown LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Towards the end of January this year, I got an invitation to be in South Africa on the 1st of March, 2017 to experience the new BMW 5 Series. It More...
Nigerian Kidnappers Demand $200,000 for Release of Abducted German Scientists
LAGOS FENRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about $200,000) for a German archaeologist and his associate abducted this week from a northern Nigerian village, a worker More...
Xenophobia: Protesters Vandalise, Shut Down MTN Head Office in Abuja
A general view of the headquarters of South Africa’s MTN Group in Johannesburg LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigerian protesters vandalised the head office of South African mobile phone giant MTN More...
Xenophobia: Nigeria Urges Africa Union To Intervene Over ‘South Africa Killings’
File Photo LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigeria on Monday urged the African Union to step in to stop what it said were “xenophobic attacks” on its citizens and other Africans in South Africa. The More...
Naira In Coma, Crashes To N510 To 1 Dollar
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The free fall of Naira at the foreign exchange market entered another fresh climax in the afternoon of Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Business Post reports that the local currency More...
Onuesoke Backs Junaid Mohammed’s Calls On Presidency to Open Up On Buhari’s Health
PDP Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and Delta State PDP Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has supported More...
Nigeria Military Save Young Female Suicide Bomber, Kill Another
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigerian troops on Tuesday saved the life of a young woman strapped with explosives and killed another suicide bomber, apparently primed by Boko Haram Islamic extremists to attack More...
#IStandWithNigeria Protest Ongoing In Lagos Without 2face
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Despite the withdrawal of 2face Idibia from the proposed protest against the Buhari-led government which has implemented series of economic policies that have not yet given a headway More...
Ibori Travails Linger On as UK Insists On Confiscation of Assets Despite Release
Chief James Ibori LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The British Government has made it clear, that they intend to continue with the legal process to confiscate James Ibori’s assets, despite his return to Nigeria. Hide More...
DSS Reveals Why It Met With James Ibori
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta State waving to friends, kinsmen and political associates on arrival at hos country home, Oghara, Delta State on Saturday, February 4, 2017 LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH More...