Warri, Effurun Residents Lament As Crime Rate Rises
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The fear of being kidnapped or robbed in Warri, Warri-South Local Government Area, and the neighbouring Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, both twin cities in the oil-rich Delta More...
Owa Model Primary Sch To Lock Horn With Ogedegbe Primary Sch In Zenith Bank Delta Headmasters Cup Final
LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The representative of Ika North-East Local Government Area in the second edition of the 2023 Zenith Bank Delta Headmasters Cup Football Competition, Owa Model Primary School, Boji-Boji More...
Scores Of Journalists Injured As Okowa Convoy Involved In Auto-Crash
LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa’s convoy reportedly involved in an accident, injuring mostly journalists in bus conveying them from Warri to Asaba. The Guardian learnt that More...
Suspected Robber Confesses How They Use Keke To Rob Their Victims In Lonely Area
LAGOS MAY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A suspected armed robber, 20-year-old Nworie Emmanuel has confessed to the police the ‘modus operandi’ in which they use to rob innocent victim standing or walking along a lonely More...
Warri: Pessu Market Traders Cry Out Over Illegal Collection Of Levies, Say Its Crippling Sales
LAGOS MAY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Traders at Pessu Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have identified illegal collection of levies, otherwise known as “DEVE”, as the major setback More...
Delta Police Arrest Suspected Dreaded Cultist, Kidnapper Terrorizing Warri, Ughelli Axis
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Delta State Police operatives has arrested suspected dreaded cultist and kidnapper, Diarhe Oghenemarho that has been terrorizing residents of Warri and Ughelli axis with his group. 25-years-old More...
Traders Count Loses As Fire Razes Igbudu Market, Warri
LAGOS MMAY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some shops at the popular Igbudu Market along the Bazunu axis in Warri South Local Government Area have been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire could not be verified at the time More...
Police Declare War On Kidnappers Terrorizing Warri, Ughelli Environs, Kill One, Arrest Five
LAGOS MAY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State police command said it has declared war of armed robbers and kidnappers terrorizing Warri, Ughelli and its environs. To achieve the declaration on the criminals, the Deputy More...
Abducted Warri Lawyer, Akpo Mudiaga Odje Released After Ransom Payment
LAGOS MAY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A human rights lawyer based in Warri, Delta State, Dr. Akpo Mudiaga Odje, was abducted in the town on Sunday and released by his abductors on Monday. Some gunmen abducted the legal practitioner More...
Gunmen Abduct Two Catholic Priest In Urhobo Community
LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Two Catholic priests, Reverend Fathers Chochos Kunav and Raphael Ogigba have been kidnapped in Urhobo community of Agbaro-Otor, Ughelli in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State. They More...
Crisis Imminent In Warri Over Alleged Atuwatse lll’s Moves To Abolish Age-Long Itsekiri Traditions
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Tension is brewing in Warri, the commercial hub of Delta State, following reports that two rival youth groups are at each others jugular over alleged moves by the Olu of Warri Kingdom, More...
Rise And Fall Of Warri, The Oil City
By Emeka Obiora LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70s to 90s. Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton, etc were More...
Jilted Husband Allegedly Commits Suicide In Warri
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A middle-aged man, identified as Mr Ogheneovo, has killed himself because his wife and children had deserted him. The deceased reportedly injected a killer insecticide at his residence More...
Delta APC Chieftain Slumps, Dies
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ward 9 Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Vincent Okokoje has slumped and died. He reportedly died on Thursday More...
Chinese Investors Visit Delta Plans To Generate $24m From Cassava Production Annually
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Chinese business delegation from Chadoon Province, yesterday, arrived in Delta State with plans to invest in the agriculture sector and generate a projected sum of $24 million More...
Availabity Of Cash In Banks Forces POS Operators To Slash Commission Charges In Warri
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The relative availability of cash in commercial banks has compelled point of sales (POS) agents in Warri metropolis to reduce their charges considerably. As CBN confirmed More...
Urhobo/lsoko Ex- Agitators Reject Omo Agege, Accused Him Of Embezzling Pipeline Surveillance Contract Fund
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-Agitators, predominantly Youths of Urhobo and Isoko Ethnic Nationalities today took to the streets in Warri Metropolis in Delta State to protest against Senator Ovie Omo Agege, More...
Okowa’s Aide Brutalised, Hospitalised In Warri After Election
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth Development, Comr Festus Otesiri Igherebuo, has been hospitalised after he was brutalised by perceived political opponents More...
Cashless Policy: CBN Embarks On Cash-Out Exercise In Delta State
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have embarked on a cash-out exercise to ameliorate the sufferings of the people in Delta. Mr Sunny Daibo, Leader of the CBN sensitisation More...
Irate Protesting Youths Pull Down Atiku-Okowa Billboard In Delta State
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A video of irate protestors tearing down a billboard for Peoples Democratic Party PDP presidential aspirant Alhaji Waziri Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, More...
Scarce Naira: Delta Police Arrest Nine Suspects Link To Burning Of Banks In Warri (PHOTOS)
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Police operatives have arrested nine suspects linked to protest and burning of some banks property in Udu, Warri, Delta State. Issuing a statement about the development More...
Scarce Naira: Mixed Reactions Trail Protesters Burning Down A Commercial Banks In Warri
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A report on Sahara Reporters News, many residents in Udu area in Warri, Delta state have taken to the street to protest the lingering scarcity of naira notes and fuel across the More...
Protesting Warri Youths On Rampage Over Alleged Killing Of Indigene By Vigilante
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A vehicle and other properties were, on Tuesday, set ablaze by irate youths at the Igbudu community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The violent protest staged More...
Protesters Paralyze Commercial Activities In Warri Over Fuel, Naira Scarcity
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Protesters on Friday caused gridlocks on the popular Warri/Sapele road and other major roads in Warri metropolis, the commercial city of Delta State, to show their grievances over More...
Residents Groan As Fuel Sells For N500 Per Litre In Delta State
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Following the hike of pump price previously to N280 per litre, distributors and marketers in parts of Delta State have suddenly increase the price to N500 per litre on Friday, the More...