#IStandWithNigeria Rally Must Hold On Monday Without Tuface- Group Insists
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Just as at when Nigerians were giving up about the proposed national protest because of Tuface Idibia withdrawal, Group under the aegis of Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy More...
JUST IN: Ibori Arrives in Nigeria, Head to His Hometown, Oghara
Former governor of Delta state, James Onanefe Ibori has returned to Nigeria. He arrived early today in Abuja and is expected to arrive his hometown Oghara later. Several sources said Ibori, fondly called by his More...
Obasanjo: Those Wishing Buhari Dead Are Callous, Wicked and Treacherous
Buhari and Obasanjo LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari had died describing those peddling the rumour as wicked. Since More...
Goodluck Jonathan: True, Fiscal Federalism Is The Only Option To Niger-Delta Crisis
Former President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the only option that will solve the agitation in the Niger Delta is true and fiscal federalism as practiced More...
Ibori Indicates Interest of Political Comeback in Nigerian Politics
Chief James Ibori LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Chief James Ibori, former Delta State governor, who on Tuesday won another victory at a London court, has signaled a possible political comeback in the country. “What More...
Ibori Finally Regains ‘Total Freedom’ as London Court Orders his Return To Nigeria
Chief James Ibori homeward bound LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)– A London court has cleared the path for a former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori to return to Nigeria having served out his jail term More...
Nigerian Islamic Preacher With Eighty Six Wives Dies at 93
Masaba and his wives LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Nigeria’s most famous Muslim polygamist and Islamic preacher, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Masaba, who shot into prominence with his large army of wives numbering More...
Nigerian Ex-Minister, Gbagi Condemns Negative Media Report on Buhari’s Death
This President Muhammadu Buhari enjoying vacation in London….. LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian former Minister for Education and a leading private sector entrepreneur Olorogo Kenneth Gbagi has More...
Jubilation Trail Barrow’s Triumphant Entry Into Gambia
Barrow-man-of-the-people- LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Adama Barrow returned home to Banjul, Gambia on Thursday, to the warm welcome of a jubilant crowd of Gambians and foreign diplomats in the country. Barrow More...
Igbo Group Commends Ohanaeze For the Successful Election of New Executive
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The World Igbo Summit Group has commended OhanaezeNdigbo on the successful conduct of its election that saw the emergence of a former Minister of Information, Chief NniaNwodo as More...
Fighting Nigeria Economy Recession With Borrowing, Budgeting
Director Debt Management Office, Dr Abraham Nwankwo LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has unveiled a three-year Debt Management Strategy (DMS) in a bid to rejuvenate the economy and fund the More...
Jonathan Denies Kickbacks Report, Says He Has No Bank Account, Aircraft, Estate Outside Nigeria
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JANURY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied receiving kickbacks from Italian oil giant ENI. Jonathan who reacted to the trending stories making the More...
Nigeria Custom Records Drop in Revenue in 2016
Hameed Ali LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Despite increased cover age and tariff, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recorded a drop in revenue in its 2016 operations. The revenue was N898.67 billion as against More...
Urhobo Democratic Assembly Demands Final Return of Ibori, Lauds Taiga’s Election
President of Urhobo Democratic Assembly, Olorogun Arthur Akpowowo with Chief James Ibori in London LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Group under the aegis of Urhobo Democratic Assembly (UDA) has demanded for the More...
“Happy New Year, Please Can We Have a Separate Ministry For Youth?”,
By Oghenechovwen Oghenekevwe LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-I am almost at the end of my teenage life and I have never being actively involved in sports, asides from mind sports during free time. When it comes More...
Consumers Groan as FG Hikes Cost of Cooking Gas
LAGOS JABUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Consumers of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) also known as cooking gas in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday decried an abrupt increase in the cost of re-filling the More...
2017: Oil, Stocks, Naira, Tumble on First Trading Day
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The key indexes of crude oil, stocks and naira for brighter economy for Nigeria started the 2017 trading day on a negative note, figures have shown. The much-talked about crude More...
Motorcycle Spare Parts Dealer Arrested with Cocaine Worth £3.5m Hidden in Shoes at Abuja Airport
Shies containing cocaine LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja have discovered parcels of whitish substance More...
Was James Ibori’s Incarceration a Conspiracy?
Chief james Ibori By Ted Ochuko Arayki LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Let me start with this quote from OgheneochukomeLolodi. “We will not throw our own under the bus while you elevate your own thieves More...
Ibori Faces Two Obstacles Before He Can Return to Nigeria
Chief James Ibori just released from UK prison DECEMBER 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-LAGOS DECJames Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor who was released from a UK prison on Wednesday, is still facing two obstacles More...
2019 :Group Backs Abubakar Atiku on Restructuring of Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar By Amos Okioma. LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Contrary to wild fears that have been expressed by Northern elites and their Southern counterparts that the restructuring of Nigeria as been advocated More...
FG To Issue New Oil License to Fund 2017 Budget
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government will issue new oil licences as part of efforts to explore new streams of revenues to fund the 2017 budget, an official has said. The Minister of Budget and More...
NDLEA Intercepts Hard Drugs worth N4bn at Lagos Airport Hidden in Hair Attachment
The bag of ephedrine LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) said that the Agency’s More...
Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill 30 in North East Nigeria
File Photo LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTOAY)-Two women suicide bombers blew themselves up at a bustling market in northeast Nigeria’s Madagali town on Friday morning, killing at least 30 people and wounding More...
FG Appoints Transaction Parties for Execution of Eurobond Programme
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presented a Memorandum seeking More...