Meet Urhobo Player, Maro Itoje a New England Rugby Super Star
Maro Itoje young Urhobo Rugby super star LAGOS MARCH 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-England have unearthed a potential world-beater in Maro Itoje, the giant was magnificent against Wales. Maro Itoje, still only 21 years old, More...
Buhari Condoles Urhobos, People of Delta State on Death of Felix Ibru
Felix Ibru LAGOS MARCH 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has received with sadness, the news of the passing away of the first civilian governor of Delta, Chief Felix Ibru. In a condolence message on More...
Ex-Delta Governor, Olorogun Felix Ibru Passes On at 80
Olorogun Ffelix Ibru LAGOS MARCH 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-One of the business icons in Nigeria and former Governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru is dead. According to report made available to Urhobotoday, Felix More...
Delta: Youth Leader Blasts Urhobo Lawmakers, Councilors, Political Appointees for Depending on Allocation
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Managing Director of Vinefon Oil and Gas Company, Mr. Frank Efole has lambasted Urhobo indigenes elected as Chairman of Local Government, Councillors, political appointees and More...
RE: ALLEGED DISSOLUTION OF NATIONAL EXECUTIVE OF URHOBO PROGRESS UNION BY A GROUP OF PERSONS NOT RECOGNISED AND/OR PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE UPU CONSTITUTION
LAGOS FEBRARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It is no longer news that a group of persons in Urhobo land are alleging that they gathered at the House of the Owhorode of Olomu at Ogoni where they purportedly passed a vote of More...
Warri Interest Group Blasts Urhobo DESOPADEC Commissioners Over Oil Production Claim
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)—Warri Interest Group, WIG, in Warri, Delta State, weekend, challenged the comment by the commissioners representing oil-bearing communities of Urhobo ethnic nationality in the More...
DESOPADEC Commissioner, Amitaye Working With Others to Stop Marginalisation of Urhobos
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Commissioner representing Sapele Okpe and Ethiope West Local Government Councils in the Delta State Oil producing Areas Commission DESOPADEC, Honorable Jonathan Okpako Amitaye More...
Crisis Looms in DESOPADEC over Issues of Salaries, Marginalisation of Urhobos
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Unless the governor of Delta State Senator Ifeanyi Okowa in conjuction with the Delta State House of Assembly address the twin issues of staff salaries which is being paid on ethnic More...
Omo-Agege Enjoins Urhobos with Positive Ideas to Come Forward, Says His Victory is for All
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has appealed to Urhobos who have positive ideas to come forward for any necessary More...
UPU, Omene and Bane of Urhobo Nation
By Akporhobo Tataunu LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-“My belief is that every being born into the world has a duty to perform to people either in the village he belongs to or to the town or community as a whole. More...
Urhobo Progress Union Denies Ex-Communicating Amori, Igbuyi, Ibori, Oboro, Others
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A Chieftain of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) on Saturday has revealed that there was no time the organization has ex-communication of Senator Representing Delta Central, Chief More...
Drama As Urhobo Monarchs Approve Dissolution Of UPU Executive
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A discordant tone erupted yesterday at the 84th general meeting of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) held at Uvwiamuge, Delta State. While a vote of confidence was passed on the Chief More...
Appeal Court Upholds Victory of Delta Speaker, Monday Igbuya
Delta Speaker, Monday Igbuya LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday labelled his victory at the Court of Appeal as triumph for the common man More...
Delta: PDP Members are Defecting to APC in Droves Because of Bad Governance- Jaro Egbo
Jaro Egbo In Delta State and particularly among the Urhobo ethnic nationality, Chief (Barr) Jaro Movudu Egbo is a house hold name. He is the President of Urhobo Ethnic Nationality Council, pioneer Secretary of Action More...
DESOPADEC: Delta Police Arrest 11 Itsekiri’s Protesters, Coffin in Warri
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than eleven protesters of Itsekiris indigenes were reported to have been arrested by the Delta police for protesting and disrupting activities at the premises of Delta More...
Urhobo Groups Urge Deltans to Shun Itsekiri’s Threat to Shut Down DESOPADEC
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Delta State Government and the good people of the state have been called upon to ignore the 7-days ultimatum and threat to shut down the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development More...
Places Where Dialects of Urhobo Language are Spoken
By Mathias Orhero LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-I remembered at a point in time, there were lots of threads that hit the front-page about Nigeria’s major ethnic groups and their dialects. I remember that More...
The Life and Times of Gamaliel Onosode
Late Chief Gamaliel Onosode Captain of industry, Mr. Gamaliel Onosode, Passed on last week. The eldest son of the deceased, Ese, in this interview, speaks on the life and times of the man fondly called ‘the boardroom More...
Ibori Mourns Onosode, Pours Encomium on Late Urhobo Elder Statesman
Late Chief Gamaliel Onosode LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY) – Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has described the death of Elder Gamaliel Onosode, as an irremediable loss to the Nigerian More...
Urhobo Looses Gamaliel Onosode at 82
Gamaliel Onosode LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Gamaliel Offoritsenere Onosode, a Nigerian technocrat, administrator and a former presidential candidate is dead. Onosode died at the age of 82 years. He was educated More...
Urhobo, Isoko Oil Host Communities Petition Buhari over Alleged Neglect
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil and gas producing host communities in Urhobo and Isoko nations in Delta State, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged neglect and lack of employment More...
Helen Mukoro, an Urhobo Woman Running For Presidential Election In Spain (PHOTOS)
Helen Mukoro Presidential poster as seen on the street of Spain LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-An Urhobo woman from Delta State and Nigerian born Spanish lawyer, Helen Mukoro, has emerged the presidential candidate More...
Warri: Kingship Tussle Tears Okere-Urhobo Kingdom Apart
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)- scramble for the stool of the Orosuen of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom deepened at the weekend with the three ruling houses namely Idama, Sohworuvwe and Ohwotemu warning the two contestants More...
Historical Facts of Urhobo Nationalities and Their Heroes
Urhobo Heroes By Prof. Gabriel Darah. LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Chief Samuel Jereton Mariere was the first Governor of the then newly created Mid Western region in 1964. Again he was the very first Chancellor More...
DESOPADEC MD:Ibori Enforces his Henchman on Okowa to Deprive Ughelli North the Position
James Ibori arm twisting Delta State Governor, Ddr Ifeanyi Okowa from UK prison LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The imprisoned former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, is said to have twisted the arm of current More...