ECOWAS Threatens To Suspend Nigeria Over Dasuki’s Continuous Detention
Dasuki LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Economic Community of West African States has threatened heavy sanctions against Nigeria if it fails to obey the ECOWAS Court order that granted bail to the country’s More...
Abuja Court Rejects EFCC Witness In Dasuki’s Trial
Dasuki LAGOS MARCH 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Abuja High Court has knocked off an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Adariku who was billed to testify against the former National More...
Dozens of Nigerian Army Officers Fired over Corruption
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (URHOBOTODAY) — Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency, the army and More...
Court Shuns EFCC’s Evidence Against Metuh
Olise Metuh LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An FCT High Court has refused the evidence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic More...
Dasuki Drags FG to ECOWAS Court, Demands N500m Damages
Dasuki LAGOS 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Arising from his continued detention by the Department of State Security, DSS, erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd), has dragged the Federal More...
$2bn Arms Procurement Scandal: My Hands are Clean-Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan at a forum in Washington DC, Thursday, waded into the arms procurement scandal surrounding the former National Security Adviser, More...
Buhari Puts Anti-Corruption Drive into High Gear
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The new president took office six months ago, promising to put an end to impunity in the business and political elite. Last week, he started to deliver. The penalties handed More...
Preposterous: Buhari Locks Osibanjo Out of Security Meeting
Buhari and Osibanjo LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was ‘locked out’ of President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the National Security Adviser on the orders of the President. Trent More...
Nigerian Army Re-Captures More Communities from Boko Haram
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military on Friday said it has recaptured two more communities from Boko Haram militants in the North Eastern part of Nigeria after intense fighting. The Defence Headquarters More...
Brains Behind Nigerian Poll Shift
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Pressure mounted by President Goodluck Jonathan’s loyalists and service chiefs on the Independent National Electoral Commission led to the postponement of the 2015 general elections, More...
Protesters Storm INEC Office, Demand Postponement of February Election
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Protesters numbering about 100 stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Monday, demanding the postponement of this month’s general election. The More...
Rift Amongst Security Chiefs Raises Fears of Minister`s Resignation
Aliyu Gusau LAGOS MARCH 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The battle for supremacy between National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki and newly sworn-in Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gasau may have led to the More...
Oduahgate: Jonathan Arrives Abuja, Confirms receipt of N255m Armoured Cars Report
President Goodluck Jonthan LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said he has received the report of the three-member administrative panel of enquiry set up to probe the Aviation More...
PDP Crisis: Jonathan Orders Reinstatement Oyinlola
Olagunsoye Oyinlola LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-To avert a likely breakdown of order at the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan may have ordered the National Security More...
Fresh Trouble for Stella Oduah as N255m Armoured Cars are Missing in NSA’s Security List
Stella Oduah and the controversial armoured cars LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Suspicion that Aviation Minister Stella Oduah might not have actually procured the controversial N255million armoured cars is gaining More...