Official INEC Result: PDP Takes Early Lead in Nine States
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the 2015 Presidential Election, incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has taken an early lead in released results from eight state More...
APC Fingers NDDC Chief, Rivers REC over Attempt to Rig Election for Jonathan, Wike
Goodluck Jonathan and Nyesom Wike LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the public on efforts being made by President Goodluck Jonathan to use More...
Peterside Calls Off Rally in Honour of Okrika Gun Attack Victims
Dakuku Peterside LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has called off his planned campaign tour of Ogu/Bolo local government More...
Bombs Rock Three Rivers Courts as Judiciary Workers Suspends Strike
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely 48 hours after the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria declared the suspension of the eight-month-old strike in Rivers State, unknown persons have bombed three separate High More...
Rivers Wear New Look as Buhari Flags Off Presidential Campaign in Port Harcourt
(L-R) Gen Mohammadu Buhari and Hon Rotimi Amaechi LAGOS 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is wearing a new look for today’s commencement of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential More...
Ebola: Don’t Panic, Amaechi Assures Rivers Residents of Safety
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, Governor Rotimi Amaechi has told residents More...
Panic in Port Harcourt over Confirmation of Two Ebola Cases
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s Health Minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has announced two new cases of the deadly Ebola disease in Port Harcourt, River State. He named a physician, Dr. Ikechukwu More...
Muslims and the Sting of Boko Haram
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau By John Dania LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (URHOBOTODAY0-So much ado about the violent sect in Nigeria, Boko haram, I would rather say is overrated. No doubt, they have caused havoc in Nigeria and More...
Niger Delta Region ‘Epicentre of Electoral Fraud’-Investigators
LAGOS JULY 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reportedly claimed that the country’s Niger Delta – also referred to as the “South South” region – More...
Omo-Agege: The Prologue of an Achiever
Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege, a lawyer, politician, administrator and business mogul, is the Chairman/CEO of Techsprings Limited, a dredging and Oil Services Corporation More...
Power Tussles Within PDP May Consume Wike
Wike LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The inside power game within the Power Tussle in Rivers PDP May Consume Wike Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has taken a new dimension as the National Headquarters More...
Chamber of Commerce, Rivers Govt to Launch Graduate Work Placement Scheme
PHCCIMA President, Engr. Emeka Unachukwu in a warm handshake with the DG RSSDA, Mr. Noble Pepple during PHCCIMA Council Meeting. LAGOS JUNE 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce in collaboration More...
Amaechi Abolishes Concept of Non Indigene in Rivers State
Crowd of non-indigenes in Rivers State cheering Rotimi Amaechi after the abolition of the concept of non-indegene in Rivers State LAGOS APRIL 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi More...
AWARD: Rivers APC Commends Amaechi’s Achievements in Healthcare Delivery
Rivers State Governor, Hon Chibuike Amaechi immunising a baby during immunisation campaign programme LAGOS AMRCH 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Rivers State Government has been commended for winning the 2014 edition of More...
Court Acquits Rivers’ Majority Leader Chidi Lloyd of Attempted Murder
Chidi Llyod LAGOS MARCH 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Mr. Chidi Lloyd, Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted by a High Court in Port Harcourt over a charge of attempted murder. Justice More...
Belgium,France Business Delegates Woo Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce
Members of the Belgium/France delegation posing for photograph with PHCCIMA member, Florence Emereole, DG, Erasmus Chukunda among others during the visit By Anderson Hart LAGOS MARCH 10TH (URHOBOTODAY0-A three man More...
German Businessmen Partner Port-Harcourt Chamber of Commerce
By Anderson Hart In an attempt to create a virile and value laden relationship that will bolster business ties between German businessmen and Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA), a very resourceful More...
Ex-N’Delta Warlord, Soboma Slams Wike, Says He is a Dictator
Hin Nyesom Wike By Anderson Hart Freedom Fighter and Director General of Network for the Defense of Democracy and Good Governance, (NDDGG) Amb. Soboma Jackrich (a.k.a Egberipapa), has lashed out at Supervising More...
Boko Haram: N4GG Condemns Killing of 155 Persons in Borno, Adamawa
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A non-governmental organization under the aegis of Network for Good Governance (N4GG) has condemned the recent killing of no fewer than 155 persons in Borno and Adamawa States More...
Uduaghan Slams Kokori Indigenes for Shielding Remnants of Kevin’s Gang
Suspected kidnap kingpi Kevin Ibruche in front LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has condemned the attitude of elders and people of Kokori community in Ethiope East Local More...
Isoko Community, Umeh Celebrates Golden Jubilee, Honours Uduaghan, Others
By Palmer Ogheneyole Nathaniel LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An umbrella body of all indigenes of Umeh Community in Isoko South, Delta State, Umeh Improvement Union, celebrated its fifty years its existence. More...
The ‘Jangalization’ of Ijaw Youth Council
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriaki Dickson LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On the 24th of May 2013, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) conducted an election and the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi More...
Ex-Niger Delta Warlords May Lose Pipelines Surveillance Contract as FG Plans to Monitor Pipelines Electronically
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said the Federal Government was exploring the possibility of using an electronic pipeline surveillance to track oil theft in the country. The More...
NDDC Boss Fumes over Contractors Non-Performance, Threatens Sanction
Dr Christy AtakoOkirka-Borikiri, LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has threatened to sanction contractors handling the Abam-Abibo-Oba-Link Road, project in Rivers State More...
Delta: Detained Alleged Kidnappers, Kevin, Frank Seek Freedom at Abuja High Court
Kevin (Centre) and his gang before arrest LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It was in the early hours of September 25, when stern-faced operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, closed in on two alleged notorious More...