Month: February 2018

176 Articles
NationalNews

Ugborodo Community to Buhari: Don’t be fooled by Olu of Warri’s visit, his chiefs are killers, saboteurs of peace in communities

…”we support location of Maritime University, Okerenkoko” The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, have...

NationalNews

I used NIMASA money to build hotel, former DG tells court

A former Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Calistus Obi, yesterday admitted that part of the N331million...

INTERVIEWS

Updated: Itsekiri Are Covetous, Have Penchant For Grabbing Other People’s Land – Paul Bebenimibo

“The founder of Amadino (meaning Fish community) is an Ijaw man” Niger Delta Advocate and Media consultant, Comr. Paul Bebenimibo, has said that...

NationalPolitics

Okorocha joins Imo West Senatorial race

…endorses deputy for Imo East Senatorial seat Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday declared his intention to contest for  the Imo West Senatorial...

NationalPolitics

It’s not about Buhari’s age… are the youth ready to lead?-Ibori

Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta state, says Nigerians should be more concerned with whether the youth are ready to lead,...

NewsRivers

MOSOP CLAIMS DISCOVERY OF SHELL TOXIC SITE

…shell is a killer; it shall be made to pay for its crimes in Ogoniland A socio-political group, Movement for the Emancipation of...

NationalPolitics

Kwale Park, Model For Aggressive Industrialization — Delta Dep Gov

Delta Sate Deputy Governor, Barr. (Deacon) Kingsley Otuaro has pronounced the Kwale Industrial Park (KIP) project as a model for aggressive industrialization of Delta State...

NewsSport

Usain Bolt signs for a football club

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has agreed on a deal to play for an unnamed football club. Bolt revealed this on Sunday. “I’ve...

View Point

When Obasanjo and Jonathan farted in Otuoke church

Tunde Odesola Written in 1953, “The things men do” is the title of one of the 90 thrillers by English novelist, James Hadley...

Entertainment & EventsNews

BREAKING: IJAW QUEEN, ELIZABETH WINS BIG AT AFRICA INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT 2018

Queen of Izon-Ibe, Elizabeth Tonghan, 25, has won Queen Africa World at the 2018 Africa International Beauty Pageant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The...

EdoNews

Must see: Ijaws in Edo Groan, As Ofunama Road Deteriorate (Photos)

Residents of Ofunama community in Egbema Kingdom, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, has started suffering the perennial flood that...

BusinessNews

Innoson commences training for N’ Delta youths in automobile fitting

INNOSON Kiara Academy has commenced training of 200 Niger Delta youths in automobile fitting to meet the needs of the country’s labour market....

NewsOil & Gas

Ogoni lists strict conditions for resumption of oil exploration

…demand restitution for refugees, rebuilding of Property destroyed by   Military, wants relocation of HYPREP Hqrs to community Communities in Ogoni land, working under the...

DeltaNews

Ogbe-Ijoh/Aladja Crisis: Ogulagha kingdom rues loss of Ijawman who fought against them

…warns kinsmen over warring against fellow Ijaws The people of Ogulagha Kingdom, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has regretted the death...

NewsPolitics

Governor Wike grabs Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year, second time  

For the second year running, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was honoured as the Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year. He emerged...

DeltaPolitics

Delta 2019: Warri South West Political Group Endorses Chief Izoukumor For House Of Assembly

The Warri South West Political Alliance (WSWPA), a socio-political group, has endorsed the Commissioner representing the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, on the Board of Delta...

News

NDDC Awards Scholarships to Kids of Slain Policeman

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has awarded scholarships to university level to all seven children of Sergeant Chukwudi Iboko, the policeman who...

News

BUHARI, OKOWA, IBORI, PERE OF GBARAMATU, OTHERS STORM UVWIE FOR OVIE’S CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

It was a gathering of who is who, at the venue of the Uvwie Kingdom 10th Coronation Anniversary of HRM, Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso, JP,...

News

GbaramatuVoice relocates Warri office

The Warri office of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper has relocated to 1st Floor (Flat 2) PS Plaza, Giwa-Amu Road by Idiaregbe Junction, Okumagba Layout, Warri,...

DeltaNews

10th Coronation Anniversary: Pere of Gbaramatu Takes Royal Peace Train To Uvwie Kingdom

…as Governor Okowa, congratulates Uvwie monarch As part of his resolve to build peace across the length and breadth of the Niger Delta,...

NationalNews

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT: IYC hails exposure of violations, calls for release of 49 in DSS detention

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has hailed Amnesty International for exposing human rights violations in Nigeria in its 2017/2018 annual report which...

Entertainment & EventsLife & Living

I will remarry soon… Emmanuel Uduaghan’s daughter, Orode, opens up on her marriage

Many a woman go into wedlock goaded by unrealistic fantasies of bliss. In marriage, they are constantly hatching an enormous number of false...

EdoNews

Landlord Set Own House Ablaze Over Tenants’ Refusal To Pay

BENIN— Angered by the non-payment of rented apartment by a tenant, a man that inherited his late father’s house, Idemudia Obamwonyi, has allegedly...

News

Olu of Warri visits Buhari (Photos) 

The Olu of Warri Kingdom, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwole, leading members of his cabinet to the Presidential Villa for a meeting with President...

Maritime

NIMASA partners NCDMB to provide 100 cabotage vessels

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside has said that talks between the agency and the Nigerian...

NationalPolitics

Corruption Getting Worse in Nigeria, New Corruption Perception Index Reveals

The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released Wednesday by Transparency International has revealed that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria. While the country...

NationalPolitics

Jonathan, Babangida absent but Obasanjo attends council of state meeting

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and former military President Ibrahim Babangida are not at the ongoing council of state meeting in the presidential villa in Abuja...

Oil & Gas

Chevron tops at petroleum summit, bags two oil/gas industry awards

Top American oil giants, Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), operator of the Joint Venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – NNPC/CNL JV...

NationalNews

Independence Day Bombing: Okah, Nwabueze Know Fate March 7

A Federal High Court in Abuja will on March 7 decide the fate of Charles Okah and his alleged accomplices in the 2010...

Sport

Warri/Effurun Peace Marathon gears up

The marathon train in Nigeria moves to Warri, Delta State, March 3, as thousands who have registered for the 2018 edition of the Warri/Effurun...

NationalNews

FG Mobilises CBN, IFC, Others to Finance Modular Refineries

The federal government on Wednesday said it was talking with potential financiers, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), International Finance Corporation (IFC)...

DeltaInside Niger DeltaNews

Delta 2018 Budget: Isoko group protests, berates lawmakers

A group, Isoko Brains Initiative, has frowned at the alleged gross marginalisation and deliberate shortchange of the oil-producing ethnic nationality in the Delta...

DeltaNews

NUC approves undergraduate degree programmes for Maritime varsity

National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted approval to the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, to commence undergraduate degree programmes effective from 2017/2018 academic...