Stampede Trails BVN Registration in London as Embassy Collects 30 Pounds Fees
Nigerians crowding Nigerian embassy anxious to register for BVN LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There was confusion and stampede at the premises of Nigeria High Commission in London, United Kingdom, when Nigerians More...
Delta: Frustrated Plumber Baths Mother With Acid In Agbor
LAGOS JULY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A plumber in his mid-40s identified as Steve Nwani has allegedly bathed his aged mother with a liquid substance suspected to be concentrated acid. The incident occurred at the weekend, More...
Boko Haram Militants Take Over Damaturu-Maiduguri Road
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports reaching PREMIUM TIMES say Boko Haram militants have taken over the highway linking Maiduguri and Damaturu, capitals of Borno and Yobe states respectively. A police officer More...
Mba, Okoro, RRS Commander Moved as IGP Redeploys 27 ACPs
IGP Solomon Arase LAGOS JULY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has returned to the Lagos State Police Command. This followed the redeployment of 27 Assistant Commissioners of Police More...
Kidnappers Release Wife of Ex- Bayelsa Governor after Paying Ransom of N8.2m
Mrs Martha Ibinabo gained freedom after paying ransom of 8.2m LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Martha Nestor Binabo, wife of a former acting governor of Bayelsa State, was freed by her kidnappers on Sunday after her More...
Presidency Refutes Report of Buhari’s Arrest of Brother-in-Law over Fraud
Musa-Yola-Muhammadu-Buhari-Brother-In-Law LAGOS JUNE 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Department of State Sevice, DSS, to arrest his wife’s younger brother, Musa Yola, More...
Lagos Bank Robberies: Gang Leader Disguises as Female
IGP Solomon Arase LAGOS JUNE 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Fresh facts on Thursday emerged about the attack on four banks by a 19-man gang of robbers at the Ipakodo Ebute-Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, where millions More...
‘Ogogoro’ Killer Gin, Spread to Delta, Kills Two in Kwale
Ogogoro hawkers LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Local gin known as ‘Ogogoro’ has started spreading to other states in Nigeria after killing no fewer than 38 in Rivers states. Report has it that despite government’s More...
Okowa Goes After Uduaghan’s Men in Government, Sacks Main Officials
Okowa LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The seeming political feud between the Delta State Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and his predecessor, Mr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has taken a new dimension. Okowa is said to be after More...
Pirates Raid Police Armoury, Cart Away Two Gun Boats, Other Weapons
IGP Arase LAGOS JUNE 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Armed pirates attacked the Nigerian Marine Police Armoury in Calabar, Cross River State, early Monday, seizing a large cache of weapons, police and sources said. The attackers More...
Delta: Urhobo Youths Clash over Allocation of ‘Menial Jobs’
Chop hand LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Several youths were alleged to have sustained various degree of injuries when Urhobo youths Orhuwhorun community, Delta State clashed over allocation menial jobs. URHOBOTODAY More...
Three Generals Arrested in Connection with Burundi’s Foiled Coup
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Burundi’s authorities have arrested three generals for their role in an attempted coup but the leader of the bid to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza was “still on the More...
Solomon Arase Confirmed As Police IG
IGP Solomon Araseigp s LAGOS MAY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Mr. Solomon Arase, the Acting Inspector General of Police was Tuesday confirmed as the substantive Inspector General of Police by the Police Council presided More...
Two Men Nab for Allegedly Stealing Tubers of Yam in Delta
LAGOS MAY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two Men were arrested recently for stealing tubers of yam in Yanga market, Oleh, Isoko South local government area, Delta State. URHOBOTODAY gathered that the two men, Kingsley More...
Delta PDP Transition Committee Member, Anderson Found Dead in Asaba Hotel
LAGOS MAY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Special Squad from the Homicide Department of the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, has commenced a full-scale investigation into the death of a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, More...
Gunmen Kill Ex-Delta Commissioner’s Brother in Warri
Usman Dada LAGOS MAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected armed robbers have shot dead Mr. Christopher Timinimi, brother to Mr. George Timinimi, former Commissioner for Transport, while reversing his car near Idiaregbe Junction, More...
Kashamu Drags NDLEA, EFCC, Others to Court over Extradition
Kashamu LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In anticipation of a possible extradition to the United States for drug-related offences, controversial senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District and chieftain of the Peoples More...
Ex-Lawmaker Kidnapped by Gunmen in Delta
LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Unknown gunmen in Ogwashi-Uku near Asaba Thursday kidnapped the former Legislative leader of Aniocha in Delta State, Pius Eziashi. The former lawmaker was whisked away about 9:00pm at More...
19-Years-Old SS3 Student Impregnates Mother While Testing Love Potion
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Asaba, Delta State are yet to recover from the shock of how a 19-year-old Godwin (not real name) allegedly impregnated his mother while testing his love charm. According More...
IGP: Muslim Group Protests Sack of Suleima Abba, Urges Buhari to Reject Removal
Suleiman Abba LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Muslim Rights Concern has urged the Transition Committee of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to declare the sack of former Inspector General of Police, Suleiman More...
Delta: Unknown Gunmen Kill UNN Graduate Awaiting NYSC in Ughelli
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 32 year old University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Mechanical Engineering graduate awaiting his posting for youth service, Mr. Eugine Ujayikre Ighoesuvwo was on Tuesday night allegedly More...
Delta: Unknown Gunmen Kill Ughelli NBA Chairman, Austin Icheghe
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Unknown gunmen on Thursday night killed, Mr Austin Icheghe, the Ughelli branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Delta. His niece, Egunor Uviesa, said that the NBA More...
Kidnapping is Our Family Business- Arrested Nanny
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The nanny, who kidnapped three children in the Surulere area of Lagos State, has said her husband, Waheed Kareem, is the mastermind of the kidnap. She added that Kareem was the head More...
How Lagos Police Arrest Nanny Who Kidnapped Orekoya Kids
Nanny who kidnapped Aderanti kids under arrest LAGOS APRIL 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Lagos state commissioner of police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye, the 23-year-old nanny who kidnapped More...
Delta: Woman Bites Lover’s Manhood in Ughelli
LAGOS PARIL 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-A woman simply identified as Ms. Onajite has been apprehended by men of the Ughelli Police ‘A’ Division for allegedly biting her fiancé’s manhood. The woman, who works as a More...