Month: January 2018
Just In: PDP wins all 23 LG chairmanship seats in Delta polls
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State yesterday won in 23 Local Government Areas of the State in the just concluded local...
Soldiers bombard Bayelsa Village, Burns 50 Houses …Ex-Militant Leader, General Bonny abducted, several killed
…IYC warns against repeat of Odi, Ajapa military invasions Reports from Bayelsa State has claimed that several houses have been razed in the...
Ijaw Youth Calls For End To Military Bombardment in Bayelsa Communities, Wants Authority To Avert Repeat Of Odi Massacre
Frontline Ijaw Youth group, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for a stop to the overnight military bombardment of some communities in Bayelsa...
Delta poll: Police probe burning of Ughelli North DSIEC office
The Police in Delta say they have begun investigation into circumstances that led to burning of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC)...
#DeltaLGElectionsLiveUpdates: Orgy Of Violence, As Thugs Abduct Poll Supervisor In Delta Ijaw community
The Supervisor for Ayakoromo Ward 7, Burutu Local Governement Area, in today’s LG election has been whisked away by some unknown hoodlums, who stormed...
Delta LG polls: Tragedy, as DSIEC ad hoc staff killed
There was uneasy calm in some parts of the Delta State today as the local government election turned violent, with the latest casualty...
Buhari Should Honour Agreement With PANDEF, Prevent Egbesu Boys From Joining Bombings – Joseph Evah
“If Egbesu joins the Avengers, Nigeria would beg” Comrade Joseph Evah, the National Coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) has urged President...
DELTA LG ELECTION UPDATE! ELECTION MATERIALS YET TO ARRIVE AT RIVERINE AREAS
GbaramatuVoice is Reporting that as of 3:30pm this afternoon, many communities in the riverine areas especially the Burutu Local Government Area are yet...
Delta LG Election Latest: Hoodlums Batter Presiding Officer In Burutu
Some Thugs suspected to be loyal to a certain political party, have attack electoral officials in the Ayakoromo Ward 7 (12), even as PDP and...
Returning officer for Delta LG election missing in Ayakoromo community
Few hours after some gunmen stormed the Ughelli Local Government Secretariat and set the complex ablaze, a Returning Officer has not shown up...
Delta LG Polls: Voters comply with government restriction order in Warri
There was almost full compliance in Warri and environs with the restriction of movement order by the Delta Government as the council polls...
Breaking News! GUN MEN ATTACK UGHELLI DSIEC SECRETARIAT, SET BUILDING ABLAZE, FIRED SHOTS SPORADICALLY
Multi sources report from Ughelli North area of Delta State said that some armed men stormed the Ughelli Local Government Secretariat around 8:30 am...
#DeltaLGElections2018 (LIVE UPDATES): PDP, APC battle for 25 Chairmanship Position
Today’s election in Delta State will go down as one of the most anticipated Local Government elections in the history of the state....
TB Joshua says 2018 will be a year of battles
Temitope Balogun Joshua, founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, says 2018 will be a battle for survival. In a video of the...
MARITIME VARSITY: STUDENT BODY CARPETS JUSTICE MINISTER’S OFFICE OVER MISLEADING MEMO TO SENATE
Students of Gbaramatu kingdom, which hosts the Nigeria Maritime University, under the aegis of the National Association of Gbaramaru Students (NAGS) has flayed...
Gelegele Seaport: Obaseki insists on project
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said there was no going back on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, assuring...
Paris Club Refund: Dickson releases N5.6bn for workers’ salaries
The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Friday ordered the release of N5.6billion out of N14.8billion Paris Club Refund he received in...
No Cause For Alarm, Bayelsa Govt Assures Leaders of Ekeremor community
Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said there is no cause for alarm, calling on fleeing members of Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government...
Edo Governor meets Ijaw leaders, preaches peace
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Friday, said without the rule of law, peace and order, there would be no progress and the...
APC leader, Chief Johnny slams AGF over comment on Maritime University’s location
•Asks Buhari to sack Malami “Ijaws and people of Okerenkoko would never accept any attempt to cede their land to anybody” A statement made...
CRISIS IMMINENT, as Ijaw youths protest Minister’s attempt to relocate Maritime University
…condemn FG’s interference in Institution’s issues Ijaw’s frontline youths group, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the attempt by officials’ illegal attempt to...
Maritime University: Tension Heightens In Delta Over Malami’s Memo Saying University Name Is Okerenghigho, Not Okerenkoko
Fresh tension has started mounting between Ijaw in Delta State and their Itsekiri neighbours over a purported memo from the Attorney-General of the...
Gbaramatu APC Candidate, Ebikeme Withdraws From Delta LG Elections
Saturday’s Local Government election in Delta State has claimed its first victim in Gbaramatu Kingdom, as a Councillorship candidate, Blessing Boi Ebikeme, withdrew his candidacy...
DELTA LG POLLS: Ijaw youths urge Deltans to vote their desired candidates
•DSIEC must conduct credible, free, and fair election – Dekawei, President The Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has called on all Deltans...
IJAW FREEDOM FIGHTERS WITHDRAW 21 DAYS ULTIMATUM TO EDO GOV, BENIN MONARCH
…Gov to meet with Ijaw leaders today in Benin A statement by the leadership of Ijaw Freedom Fighters, IFF, a coalition of all...
FUEL CRISIS HEARING: Drama, As Three IPMAN Presidents Storm Senate
There was near-confusion at Thursday’s hearing into the lingering fuel crisis rocking the nation at the Senate, as the crisis rocking the Independent Marketers Petroleum...
Ijaw Youth Group Tasks Stakeholders On Conduct In Saturday’s Delta LG Election
An Ijaw youth group; ”Delta Ijaw Youth Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has advised all stakeholders involved in Saturday’s Local Government election on conducts expected...
DELTA LG ELECTION: GBARAMATUVOICE launches Digital Election Centre #DeltansDecides #DeltaLGElections2018
GBARAMATUVOICE, South South’s leading newspaper, has launched its digital election reporting centre ahead of the January 6th Delta State Local Government elections. The...
It’s shameful Nigeria can’t refine its oil – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday described as shameful Nigeria’s inability to refine its crude oil. He...
PDP lied on Bayelsa defection – APC
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday described as lies and deceit, claims by the Peoples Democratic Party...
New Year Message: Up your game, Comr. Sheriff charges Federal and State Governments, as Community holds thanksgiving service
The former chairman of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has sent...
I Must Continue To Empower My People, Despite My 14 Months Unjust Incarceration – General Adowei, Ex-Militant Leader
•FG Should Dialogue With Tompolo – Frank Ekpemupolo A renowned Niger Delta freedom fighter, General Freedom Adowei Binaebi have declared that his unjust victimization and...
Delta LGA Election: Delta Online Publishers tasks stakeholders on Peaceful Conduct during exercise
All stakeholders in the forthcoming Delta State Local Government Election coming up on January 6, 2018 have been advised to play according to the electoral...
THE IMPERATIVES OF DEVELOPING NIGER DELTA FOR A PEACEFUL 2018 AND BEYOND
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board For a greater part of 2017, Niger Delta had enjoyed mixed media reportage; the good, the bad and at...
