Court Halts Urhobo Progress Union General Election, Bars Omene from Parading as President General
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Few days to the election that will usher in new Executive to the run its affair for the three years, a High Court sitting in Effurun, Delta State, has granted an interim injunction More...
UPU Election: Cast Your Votes for Taiga, Urhobo Leader, Barovbe Appeals to Delegates
Urhobo leader and the Okunna of Agbon Kingdom, Chief Johnson Modika Barovbe raised up Olorogun Moses Taiga in recorgnition of his leadership qualities LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Urhobo leader and the Okunna More...
UPU ELECTION: Why You Must Not Vote For Omene
Chief Joe Omene By Dr Latimore Fred Oghenesivbe Dear UPU delegates, Remember that Urhobo Nation’s interest is uppermost, not the individual interests. N100,000 plus two bags of rice from CHIEF JOE OMENE as More...
Ijaw/Urhobo Crisis: Ijaw Youth Council Sue for Peace
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Foremost sociocultural group in the Niger Delta, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Worldwide have appealed to the Urhobo youth leadership over a 14 days ultimatum handed out for Ijaws More...
Restoring Urhobo Progress Union to Its Old Virtue and Need to Draft a Capable President-General
By Prof Peter Ekeh LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Urhobo Progress Union has an historic aura of endearment to the Urhobo people. This is so because it came into Urhobo’s social and political life when things More...
Delta: Seven Missing, Houses Set Ablaze as Ijaw, Urhobo Communities Clash Escalates
Delta CP Zanna Ibrahim LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Seven residents were reportedly abducted and houses torched in Ayama, Udu council area, Delta state as the community’s clash with neighboring Isaba, Warri More...
Urhobo Social Club, Urhobo Historical Society Adopt Taiga as UPU President-General
Professor Peter Ekeh of Urhobo Historical society (l) and a member of Urhobo Lagos Social club Chief Simeon Owofa lifting Olorogun Taiga’s hands as sign of adoption, while a prominent Urhobo Pa Ogbetuo look More...
Delta: Panic in Urhobo Community as Bride Storms Out of Wedding Ceremony (PHOTOS)
The bride storming out of the reception venue with the bridegroom running after her LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-There was confusion at Urhunwhorhun town in Udu local government area of Delta as a bride stormed More...
Urhobo Youths Summit and Matters Arising in Niger Delta
By Sunny Awhefeada LAGOS OCTOBER 26TTH (URHOBOTODAY)-Come Saturday 29 October 2016, Urhobo youths will gather in Warri for the Urhobo youth summit organized by the youth wing of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). More...
Top Commander of N’Delta Greenland Justice Mandate Nab With His Four Foot Soldiers
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A top commander of the Urhobo/Isoko militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has been nabbed by the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the oil-rich More...
Delta Police Avert Crisis Between Urhobo, Ijaw Youths in Warri
IGP Idris LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Just few weeks after peace was brokered between warring Urhobo and Ijaw youths in Warri, Delta State, another bloody ethnic crisis was averted in Warri between youths of More...
Ijaw, Urhobo Communities Sign Peace Pact over Ownership of Dsiputed Ogbe-Ijoh Market
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Agbassa and Ogbe-Ijoh Communities in Warri South Local Government Area, Tuesday signed a peace pact pending the determination of the Delta State Government on the ownership of the More...
Delta: Again, Militants Destroy Pipeline In Urhobo Community
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Again, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) says it has attacked and destroyed the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation (NPDC) Unenurhie-Evwreni delivery line. In More...
Millionaire Lawyer, Prince Christmas Akpodiete Expresses His Love for Olorogun Michael Ibru
Olorogun (Dr) Michael Ibru LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Human right and Millionaire Lawyer, (Prince) Christmas Akpodiete,Esq. has expressed his love and likeness for industrial icon Late Olorogun (Dr.) Michael More...
Okowa, Edwin Clark, Omene, Others Mourn Michael Ibru
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The patriarch of the Ibru family in Delta State, Olorogun Michael Ibru, is dead. The deceased was the husband of the former managing director of the defunct Oceanic Bank, Cecilia More...
Operation Crocodile Smile: Food, Transportation Crises Hit Delta, Bayelsa
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)—Several riverine communities, including Oporoza and Ogulagha in Delta State, and Ezetu, Aggeh and others in Bayelsa State, have been struck by food and transportation crises More...
Celebration of Delta @ 25 And Ifeanyi Okowa’s Blunder
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa (Centre) during the celebration of Delta @ 25 recently at Asaba, Delta State By Fejiro Oliver LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The celebration of Delta at 25 may have come and More...
Itsekiri Urge FG to Deal with Those Fronting For Militants as Dialogue Group
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has been advised to be cautious of those parading themselves as Niger Delta stakeholders pressuring it to dialogue with them and those stoking the insurgency More...
Ex- DESOPADEC Commissioner Hails Leaders’ Decision to Back Clark in Resolving N’Delta Crisis
Sir Keny Okolugbo LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A public affairs analyst and former Commissioner with the Delta State Oil Producing Communities Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Ken Okolugbo, has praised the More...
Militancy: Community Leaders Urge N’Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to Cease Fire
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Community leaders in upland oil producing area of Delta State have appealed to militant group under the aegis of Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to dialogue with the Federal More...
Oil Producing Communities Raise Alarm, Says Okowa is Killing DESOPADEC
Delta State Governor, Ddr Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Oil producing communities in Delta State on Sunday raised an alarm that the state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is working underground to ground More...
One Year Assessment: Urhobo Groups Score Buhari Low, Rate Okowa High
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As both the federal and state government marked one year in office, Urhobo groups who came together under the aegis of The Convocation of Urhobo Advocacy Organisations have released More...
Urhobo Musical Superstar, Okpan Arhibo Sets to Tour America
King of Urhobo music, Okpan Arhibo LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The United States based Nigerian music promoter-Dr. Jude Onakpoma (Popularly known as Away-Away) has put all necessary plans on ground for an Urhobo More...
Delta: Starving Villagers Cry Out for Help as Oil Spill Ravage Urhobo Community of Otor-Edo (PHOTOS)
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The people of Urhobo community of Otor-Edo, Ughelli South local government area OF Delta State has appealed to Delta State government, private organizations, religious organizations More...
Delta: Gunmen Kidnap President of Urhobo Progress Union Youth Wing, Anthony Igho
Kidnap UPU Youth Wing President, Ovie Anthony Igho LAGOS MAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The president of the Urhobo Progress Union Youth Wing world wide also known as Ighele Re Urhobo, Comrade Ovie Anthony Igho has been More...