Fulani Herdsmen Kill 16, Kidnap 11 Persons in Delta Community
Ndokwa youths protesting the killing and kidnap of their kinsmen by Fulani herdsmen LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Fulani herdsmen has been accused of having killed no fewer than sixteen persons and kidnapped More...
Delta Election Fall Out: Lawyer Accuses PDP Councilor of Thuggery, Ballot Snatching, Attempted Murder
Mr. James Akpomudje being fed through a straw by wife, Doris in his hospital bed after three surgeries following beating by suspected PDP thugs at Ovwor-Olomu on Saturday. LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta More...
Robbers Strike Standard Chartered Bank, Cart Away $100,000
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Dare-devil armed robbers Friday afternoon struck the Asokoro, Abuja branch of Standard Chartered bank, carting away a customers $100,000. The money, Pointblanknews.com gathered, More...
2 Die, Scores Injured in Urhobo Community Leadership Crisis
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two persons, yet unidentified, have been reported dead and a number of others receiving treatment for injuries over conflict between two camps warming up for leadership election More...
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Police Nab Disable Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bomber in Lagos Airport
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Police in Lagos Monday afternoon arrested a disable suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber at the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority More...
Akwa-Ibom: Journalist Missing after Abduction by Alleged Armed Operatives
LAGOS JULY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Armed men, suspected to be government operatives, on Tuesday seized a senior editor of a popular Uyo-based newspaper widely regarded for its critical views of the Akwa Ibom State government. Thomas More...
100 Escaped Death As Police Building Collapses In Lagos
Police collapsed building LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 100 people escaped death on Monday night at a police barrack in Lagos, Nigeria when a dilapidated two-storey building suffers partial collapse. The More...
13-Year-Old Boy Discovers ‘High-Calibre’ Bomb Near Kano Mosque
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 13-year-old boy, Friday, discovered a ‘high-calibre’ bomb placed in a car parked near a Mosque in Kano; and promptly alerted the police. The police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji More...
Prostitute Stabs Soldier to Death in Bayelsa
LAGOS JNE 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Prostitute identified as Bini girlone has allegedly stabbed a soldier attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield to death for refusing to pay for a daybreak sex More...
Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Abduct 20 Women in Community Near Chibok
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspected Islamist gunmen abducted about 20 women from a nomadic settlement, according to Bloomberg News, near the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls More...
Certificate Scandal is the Work of my Distractors –DESOPADEC Commissioner Okolugbo
Hon Ken Okolugbo addressing newsmen at Ughelli recently LAGOS JUNE 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Commissioner representing Ukwuani area, Hon Ken Okolugbo More...
Lagos: Truck Crushes Ex-Gov Ladoja’s Son to Death on Eko Bridge
Late Adebola Ladoja LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, on Thursday lost one of his sons in an auto crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The deceased, identified as Adebola More...
Lagos: Angry Okada Riders Lynched Three Policemen in FESTAC
LAGOS MAY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two policemen were lynched about a week ago, when they attempted to seize some motorcycles at the 7th Avenue area of FESTAC Town, popularly known as Aso Rock. While the angry riders More...
Who Wears IGP Abubakar’s Shoes?
IGP Mohammed Abubakar By Elijah Elaigwu At the peak of speculations last week over the likelihood of Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar proceeding on terminal leave, the Force Public Relations Officer, More...
Certificate Saga: Ambrose Alli University, Police Cleared Okolugbo
DESOPADEC Commissioner representing Ukwuani LGA Sir Kenny Okolugbo cleared at last LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The evidence of clearance presented by the management of Ambrose Alli University and the Nigerian More...
13 Killed, Scores Injured as Explosion Rocks Kano Drinking Joint
LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 13 people and several others injured as an explosion has rocked a beer joint in the Sabon Gari area of Kano, Kano State. The loud explosion was reported to have occurred More...
26 Days to World Cup: Protests, Strikes Rock Brazil
LAGOS MAY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Brazil faced a test of its security preparations for the World Cup on Thursday as demonstrators aghast at the cost of the event joined protests and strikes in several major cities. Ongoing More...
Boko Haram Attack Cameroon Police Post, Kill Two
Leader of Boko Haram, Shekau LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A police officer and a detainee were shot dead overnight in an attack in northern Cameroon blamed on Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, a security More...
Delta: HIV/AIDS Infected Kidnapper Spread Infection by Raping Female Victims
LAGOS MAY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-AN HIV positive suspected kidnapper, Holy Ighoragbor, has confessed to raping female victims held in captivity by his gang. Ighoragbor, a member of a seven-man kidnap gang, was paraded More...
Police Transfer Delta Bursary Fraud Whistle Blower to Asaba
Ambrose in detention at Sabo Police Station, Lagos before transfer to Delta State LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An ex-student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Mr. Ambrose Ezeanwani, who exposed a racket in More...
Egypt Sentences 683 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters To Death
Muslim Brotherhood LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 683 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death over assaulting and murdering police last year, state TV reported. The defendants, More...
Drunk Passenger Triggers Hijack Alert on Australian Flight to Bali
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say. Virgin Australia said a passenger had been handcuffed More...
Delta Police Arrest Suspected Killer of Vigilante Chairman
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba LAGOS APRIL 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Police Command on Wednesday said it has apprehended one of the suspected assailants of slained vigilante Chairman More...
How Bayelsa Governor, Police Frustrate Pro-Jonathan Rally in Yenogoa
President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Bayelsa State government and the state police command may have acted in a way to frustrate the effort of a group under the auspices of The New Dawn More...
Rivers: Internet Love Fraudsters Nabbed for Killing Shell Manager, Businessman
Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar LAGOS APRIL 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A manager in Shell Development Petroleum Company Nigeria and a businessman have been allegedly killed in Rivers State by fraudsters More...