Three Suspected Armed Robbers Meet Their Waterloo In Warri
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State police operatives has neutralized three suspected armed robbers operating along Ugborikoko/Giwa-Amu airport road Warri,Delta State. The state police command in a statement More...
Delta: Garage Where Stolen Vehicles Are Butchered, Sold As Spare Parts Uncovered In Ughelli
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Garage where stolen vehicles are butchered and sold as spare parts to unsuspected buyers has been uncovered in Ughelli, Ugheeli-North local local government of Delta State. Vehicles More...
Residence Flee As Suspected Cultists Invade Urhobo Communities
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Residents of Orhuwhorun and neighbouring communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State are now living in fear following incessant attacks by suspected cultist in More...
Fraudster, Meyeoghene Bags 10 Years Imprisonment Without Fine In Warri
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 convicted and sentenced one Otede Pio Meyeoghene to 10 years imprisonment without More...
Students Write WAEC Examination With Candle Light In Delta School Due To Late Arrival Of Materials
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Students writing West Africa Examination Council, WAEC examination in Effurun, Warri, Delta state were made to write the Geography paper with candle light due to late arrival of More...
Court Blocks Rex Anighoro, 13 Others From Parading As Leaders Of Delta Civil Society
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has ordered former Senior Special Assistant to Governor of Delta State, Activist Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro also known as Rexa, Okezi Odugala, More...
Panic As Suspected Cultist Stabs Colleague To Death In Igbudu Market, Warri
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A suspected cultist, Abdurasam, has reportedly stabbed an unidentified fellow cult member to death following a disagreement over unpaid debt in the yam section of Igbudu Market at Hausa More...
Inauguration: Delta Gov. Oborevwori Celebrates Okowa, Pledges Special Attention To Warri
LAGOS MAY 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori yesterday stated that Warri, the commercial nerve centre of the State, will be given special attention under this administration. While More...
Suspected Notorious Cultist, Gun Runner Arrested While On His Way To Supply Arm To Customer
LAGOS MAY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State police operatives has arrested a suspected cultist and gun runner, Bibi Asengbe with a locally made English berretta pistol while on his way to supply a customer arm More...
Delta:34-Years-Old Woman Arrested With 100 Rounds Of AK-47 Live Ammunition In Effurun
LAGOS MAY 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A 34-year-old- woman, Queeen Uwagbogu has been arrested with 100 rounds of live ammunitions in effurun, Warri, Delta State. Urhobotoday gathered from Delta State Police Public relation More...
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...