Delta APC Chieftain Slumps, Dies While Watching Nigeria, S/Africa AFCON Semi-Final
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Ika federal constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, is dead. Reliable sources said that the outspoken politician More...
Xenophobia: Omo-Agege Condemns Brutal Attacks On Nigerians, Calls For Decisive Action
LAGOS SEPEMBER LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (URHOBOODAY) It is reported that the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the latest attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa by its citizens More...
Mugidi Hails Buhari Appointment Of Keyamo, Commend Okowa For Appointment Of Mathew Itsekiri
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (UROBOTODAY)-President of South South Consultative Forum (SSCOF), Honourable Moses Mugidi has expressed his appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Barrister Festus More...
AFCON: Okowa Excited At Super Eagles Training, Promises $25, 000 Per Goal
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between Nigerian Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana football club of South Africa, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi More...
AFCON 2019 Qualifiers: Super Eagles Players Train In Asaba
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Stand –in Captain Ahmed Musa and 21 other players trained at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Tuesday evening as the Super Eagles stepped into gear for Saturday’s 2019 Africa More...
Asaba Stadium Puts On New Look For African Athletics Championships
Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Asaba 2018 African Athletics Championships has assured of staging a world-class event in August.Chairman of the LOC, Chief More...
Three Nigerian ‘Yahoo Boys’ To Serve 235 Years In America
Nigeria Yahoo Boys LAGOS MAY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Three Nigerian scammers who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been slammed huge prison sentences by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions More...
Nigeria Among Five African Nations To Join List Of Countries For ‘Global Critical Thinking Project’
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)- South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and Tunisia has been identified as world’s potential ‘Critical Thinking Hub’ and will join the league of a global list of countries drawn More...
Africa Refiners Meet in South Africa, Reaffirm Pledge To Supply Clean Gasoline, Diesel
Africa Refiners LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The 12-year-old African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARA), that held its annual conference in Cape Town this week, has reaffirmed its objective to produce More...
Xenophobia: Protesters Vandalise, Shut Down MTN Head Office in Abuja
A general view of the headquarters of South Africa’s MTN Group in Johannesburg LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigerian protesters vandalised the head office of South African mobile phone giant MTN More...
Xenophobia: Nigeria Urges Africa Union To Intervene Over ‘South Africa Killings’
File Photo LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigeria on Monday urged the African Union to step in to stop what it said were “xenophobic attacks” on its citizens and other Africans in South Africa. The More...
NDLEA Intercepts Hard Drugs worth N4bn at Lagos Airport Hidden in Hair Attachment
The bag of ephedrine LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) said that the Agency’s More...
Spanish Chef Nabbed with N14bn ‘Methamphetamine’ Concealed in Food Luggage
Spanish Chef, Richard Efetobore LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have intercepted methamphetamine More...
Onuesoke Slams Decampee Politicians, Vows to Remain in PDP
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has condemned the way and manner at which politicians defect from one party to the More...
‘Nigeria Entertainment Industry Generates $16bn in Gross Domestic Product’
Mr. Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS By Barth Ndego Mr. Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), who was recently More...
James Ibori May Regain Freedom in December
Chief James Ibori LAGOS OCOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori will become a free man in December, after spending half of his jail term in prisons in the United Kingdom. Ibori More...
South African Anti-Apartheid Icon,Desmond Tutu Begs for Death
South African retired Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu is pictured during a tea party held to mark his 85th birthday on October 7, 2016 in Cape Town. / AFP PHOTO / Rodger Bosch LAGOS OCTOBER More...
Christ Embassy Pastor Commits Suicide After Mistakenly Sending His Manhood Picture to Church WhatsApp Group
Church members in mourning mood LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Limpopo, South Africa pastor, simply identified as Pastor Letsego, has committed suicide. Letsego is of the Christ Embassy, a church founded by More...
How NDLEA Arrests Man with Hard Drug Worth N31m Hidden in Food Ingredients (PHOTOS)
abiodun israel banjo during arrest LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Nigerian living in Pretoria, South Africa has been arrested with parcels of methamphetamine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) More...
Okowa to Partner South Africa on Diversification of Economy, Natural Gas Exploration
Okowa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said his administration will explore avenues to harness the more than 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the state. The governor More...
Oscar Pistorius to Serve 6 Years Imprisonment for Killing Girl Friend
Oscar Pistorius LAGOS JULY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, with the judge who decided the punishment calling the double-amputee More...
Kidnappers Demand $40m for Release of Sierra Leone Diplomat
IGP Ibrahim Idris LAGOS JULY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY) — Kidnappers in northwest Nigeria seized a diplomat from Sierra Leone on Friday and are demanding a $40 million ransom, that country’s information minister and More...
Friends Lured Me into Drug Trafficking, South African Lady Nab with 1.2kg of Cocaine Tuck in Brassiere Laments
Lekganyane Lerato tucked 1.2kg of cocaine in her breziere LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Attempt by a South African lady to smuggle 1.210kg of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine to South Africa More...
How Ayo Oritsejafor Ruins Christian Association of Nigeria- Olubunmi Okojie
Okojie LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In perhaps the most stinging criticism of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by a past leader of the body, the former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, More...
Nigeria slashes MTN N1.4Trillion Fine as Nigeria’s CEO, Michael Ikpoki, Resigns
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The MTN Group has released the statement below announcing the resignation of its Nigerian CEO just as the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on the company was slashed by the Nigerian Communications More...