Suspected Armed Robber Meets Waterloo During Gun Battle With Police
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, on Monday confirmed the death of a suspected armed robber following a gun duel between some criminals and More...
Delta: Gas Explosion Razes 1,200 Wooden Stores In Okpanam-Asaba
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-More than 1,200 stalls have been gutted by fire at Hausa market along Asaba-Benin Expressway in Okpanam, the Delta State capital following a gas explosion. PUNCH Online gathered More...
Case Of Two-Years-Old Boy Killed By NDLEA Operatives In Asaba Transferred To Force Hqtrs
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Police Command on Tuesday said the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja has taken over investigations into the alleged killing of a two-year-old boy, Ivan Omorhiakogbe More...
Delta: Yawning Gully Erosion Threatens To Wipe Out Oshimili Community
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Igwogwor community in Amachai/Ogbozoma quarters of Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, have appealed to the state government to urgently save More...
NDLEA Operative In Police Net Over Alleged Killing Of Two-Years-Old Boy In Delta
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The police in Delta State have arrested an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) whose stray bullet killed a two-year-old boy, Ivan Omorhiakogbe, on July 13, More...
NDLEA Dedicates N1bn Drug Set Ablaze At Ogwashi-Uku To Minor Killed By Stray Bullet
LAGOS JULY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed seized illicit drugs estimated at over N1 billion in Delta State. Daily Trust reports that the drugs, weighing 5,723.310kg, More...
Anioma Youths Demand Justice Over NDLEA Operatives Killing Of Two-Year-Old Boy
LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has come under severe attack following the killing of a two-year-old boy, Ivan Omhonria, during a raid on an illicit drug joint in More...
Youths Protest Death Of Four In Auto Crash Near Asaba, Set Vehicle Ablaze As Occupants Flee
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Angry youths, yesterday, took to street and set ablaze a vehicle for killing four people along Asaba-Onitsha expressway by Okpanam junction, near Asaba, the Delta State capital. The More...
Delta Police Debunk Rumour Of Declaration Of 6-6 Curfew In Okpanam
LAGOS JULY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Police Command has debunked rumour making the round that a 6-6 curfew has been declared in Okpanam with effect from 26/7/22 to enable security agencies carry More...
Delta: Gunmen Kill Three Policemen While Responding To Distress Call
LAGOS JULY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There was tension on Sunday in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State where unknown gunmen allegedly attacked a police station, killing three officers. Community More...
Police Rescue Three Pregnant Women From Baby Factory In Delta, Arrest Two Suspects
LAGOS JULY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Operatives of the Delta Police Command have rescued three pregnant women from the den of a suspected baby factory in Okpanam community, Oshimili North local government area of More...
Panic As Pver 300 Herdsmen Take Over Part Of Delta State
LAGOS JULY 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 300 Fulani indigenes, mostly herders, have taken over a section of Okpanam community, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, and slowly turning the occupied More...
Worshipers Weep As 10 Died, Scores Trapped In Collapsed Asaba Church Building
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The building housing Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, has collapsed, trapping unspecified number of worshippers with over 10 deaths More...
‘Agbo’ Sellers Protest Against Alleged Harassment By Delta State Traditional Medicine Board
‘Agbo’ Sellers in Delta State on Tuesday troop to the street of Asaba, Delta state protesting against what they described as harassment by The Delta State Traditional Medicine Board. The group of women More...
Delta: Female Traditional Rulers Converge In Okpanam Over Anioma Culture
From left— Omu of Ugbolu, HRM Omu Esther Obiogwa; Omu of Ukala, HRM Omu Lobe Nokwaba; Omu of Okpanam/Anioma, HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu; Omu of Obior, HRM Omu Onyebuchibe Okonkwo, amd others at the meeting. LAGOS AUGUST More...
Delta Tenants Lament High Cost Of House Rent, Call For Govt. Intervention
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Government has been called upon to look into the constant and indiscriminate house rent increment by landlords, especially in the state capital territory areas of Asaba More...
Odita Sunday Foundation Urges Okowa To List Omu Anioma Palace Among Delta Tourism Destinations
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Odita Sunday Charity Foundation (TOSCF) has appealed to Delta State Government to list the Omu Anioma Palace Okpanam among the Delta State Tourism Destinations, describing the More...
Flood Sweeps Away 12-Year-Old swept As Heavy Rains Hit Asaba, Environs
File Photo LAGOS JUNE 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A twelve year old girl was swept off by flood waters in Okpanam community on Thursday after heavy rains which lasted several hours. Parts of Asaba the Delta State capital More...
Police Arrest Suspected Yahoo Ritualists With 200 Female Pants In Delta
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Detectives attached to Okpanam police division in Okpanam community, Delta State Wednesday morning arrested six suspected ritualists with 200 female pants in the area. It was gathered More...
Delta: Jealous Wife Dumps Day-Old Baby In Sock-Away
Delta CP Muhammed Mustapha LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 33-year-old woman, Dumebi Okolie in Okpanam community, near Asaba, Delta State was in the early hours of Friday arrested by police detectives attached More...
Cult Group Leader Beats Colleague To Death In Delta
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A leader of a notorious cult group in Okpanam community, near Asaba Delta State, identified as Frank Okie has allegedly killed a member of his group in error. It was gathered that More...
Muslims In Delta Celebrate Low-key Eid-el-Kabir
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A seemingly desolate environments and high cost of food items, yesterday, greeted Eid-el-Kabir Muslims’ celebration across Delta state. With few tricycle riders in Asaba, it More...
Delta Police Storm Child Traffickers Den, Rescue Twelve Kidnapped Children
Rescued children LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested one Abigail Nwakama also known as Madam Cash and nine other suspected child traffickers in connection with More...
Delta: Fulani Herdsmen Plan Surprise Attack On Asaba
LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The traditional ruler of Okpanam, a suburb of Asaba, the Delta State capital, HRM Mbanefo Michael Ogbolu, on Thursday, May 5, 2016, raised alarm over secret plans by suspected Fulani More...
Delta: Unknown Gunmen Kill SSS Personnel in Asaba
Delta CP, Usman Dada LAGOS MAY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A yet to be identified armed men suspected to be hired assassins have killed an officer of the Delta state Command of the Department for State Security Service (DSSS) More...