Robbers, Kidnappers Besiege Warri-Sapele-Benin Express Way
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A four-man gang kidnapped a PUNCH correspondent, Nosa Akenzua, and raped four ladies on Saturday in Asaba. The incident happened about More...
High Cost Of Transportation, Food Items Mar Christmas Celebrations In Delta
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-High cost of transportation, and that of food items marred Christmas celebrations across Delta State Investigation revealed that there were few commercial vehicles and private More...
Ex-Militants Protest in Warri, Threaten to Set Nigeria in Flames if Amnesty Budget is Slashed
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY0-Former Niger Delta militants under the umbrella of Presidential Amnesty Phase II, yesterday warned against an alleged plan by the Federal Government to slash the 2016 budget of More...
Why Ex-N’Delta Warlord, Tompolo Rejects EFCC Invitation
Tompolo LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Niger-Delta militant commander, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has debunked media reports that he failed to respond to an invitation More...
Police Uncovers 23 Illegal Orphanage Homes, Recovers 46 Babies in Delta
Solomon Arase LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Celestina Kalu, has confirmed the discovery of about 23 illegal orphanages where babies are allegedly sold within More...
Delta: Police, Vigilante Alliance Takes Off in Udu LGA
By Akporhobo Tatauna LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The cloudy cat and mouse relationship existing between the Nigeria Police and members of community watch also refer to as vigilante, becomes a thing of the More...
Warri Police Shield Mobile Policemen Who Killed Truck Assistant from Journalists
IGP Solomon Arase LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two yet-to-be-identified police corporals have snuffed life out of a truck assistant in Warri, Delta State over an alleged attempt by the deceased to steal their More...
Shooting Erupts in Warri over killing of Labour Party House of Assembly Candidate
IGP Arase LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Report monitored in Fresh Angle International an online medium has revealed that there was sporadic gunshots in the Igbudu area of Warri, Delta State following the alleged 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...
NIMASA Probes Warri Ships Collision
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it has launched a probe into the accident involving two vessels in Delta state. Two ships – MT Elixir and 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...
Okowa’s Government is Outstanding-Ochor
Hon Ochor Christopher Ochor LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Hon Ochor Christopher Ochor, the immediate Transition Chairman of Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, a onetime Legislature representing Ukwuani 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...
Call for Support for Establishment of Medical Diabetes Centre in Nigeria
(R-L) Delta State Commissioner for Works, Chief James Agoye, Reprensentative of HRM Orhue 1, Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, Gen Mujakperue, The Osimo of Okpe, Chief Omo-Omizu and Chief Robert Onome LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH More...
Unlawful Detention: Okumagba Sues Warri Divisional Police Officer for N5m
LAGOS OCTOBER 11YH (URHOBOTODAY)-Olorogun Victor Okumagba has sued the CSP Aniette Eyoh, Divisional Police Officer, B-Division, Warri N5Million over unlawful detention, before a Federal High Court in Warri. In More...
Delta State hoteliers Raise Alarm over Illegal Levies, Incessant Power Outage
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Hotel owners in Warri and environ, under the aegis of the Hoteliers Association of Delta State, have expressed worries over the high electricity tariff from the Benin Electricity More...
Majek Fashek Back from Rehab Home, Set to Hit Studio
Majek Fashek new look LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Urhobotoday can reliably confirmed that Reggae Super Star, Majek who was checked into the Abuja rehabilitation centre a few weeks ago by South-South billionaire, More...
Warri Cleric Expresses Dismay over Continuous Consumption of ‘Ogogoro’ in Delta State
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Despite the known harms of ogogoro and the Federal Government’s ban on its public sales and consumption, the locally made alcoholic drink is still flourishing as a favourite in More...
Warri Residents Lament Worrisome Condition of Roads, Appeal to Okowa for Help (PHOTOS)
A bad portion of NPA road Wwarri By Ebenezer Adurokiya LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The agony is uncalled for. Being a stinking oil-rich city of no mean repute, residents of Warri and environs in Delta State More...
NAFDAC Confiscates N25m Worth of Fake Drugs, Seals Shops in Warri
NAFDAC Officials searching for fake drugs in a phamceutical shop in Warri,Delta State recenntly….. LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) More...
Delta: Scores of Christ Mercy Land Worshipers Escape Death in Collapsed Hotel (PHOTOS)
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than seven persons, including a female police officer and ADC to the First Lady of a northern state (names withheld), were injured in the wee hours of Wednesday, when More...
Kachikwu Issues 90 Days Fast-Track Ultimatum For Warri Refinery to Commence Full Production
Emmanuel Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC], Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has given a 90 days ultimatum to the Management of the 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...
Three Months After Uduaghan, Night Life in Warri Perished
Warri at night before the commencement of Okowa’s administration By Ebenezer Adurokiya LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Barely three months after the exit of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan from office, the commercial More...
DPR Shut 31 Petrol Filling Stations in Edo, Delta
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, has sealed 31 filling stations operating in Edo and Delta for for committing various offences. Engr Olumide Adeleke, More...