Bayelsa News

Bayelsa gets new police commissioner

A new police commissioner, Austin Awar, has been sent to the Bayelsa State command by the Force Headquarters. Awar resumed in the state following confusion that marred deployment of police commissioners to Bayelsa. Awar was the fourth police commissioner posted to the state in less than two weeks, a development that raised suspicion among Bayelsa

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Akwa Ibom News Politics

JUST IN: Trouble as EFCC freezes Akwa Ibom government bank accounts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday froze “all bank accounts” owned by Akwa Ibom State, the state information commissioner has told PREMIUM TIMES. Charles Udoh said state authorities only learnt of the development today, and there were no prior indications from the anti-graft agency. A spokesperson for the EFCC did not immediately

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Delta News

Displaced Itsekiri indigenes beg Olu Of Warri for resettlement

Over 200 displaced indigenes of Ugboegungun community (an Itsekiri settlement) in Escravos River, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta state, have pleaded with the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiamme Ikenwoli, to assist in fast-tracking their return to their ancestral home. The community’s indigenes, who presented their case for a peaceful return to their

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National

NASS invasion: Jonathan reminds Nigerians of his democratic achievements

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday reposted one of his quotes from 2015 which described the All Progressives Congress as a party which had no regard for human rights or democracy. The message was posted on Jonathan’s official Facebook page while men of the Department of State Services laid siege to the National Assembly. The

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National News

Seiyefa, acting DG DSS meets Osinbajo 

The most senior Director in the Department of State Service (DSS), Matthew Seiyefa, the Acting Director General on Tuesday met with Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Seiyefa, from Bayelsa State arrived the Presidential Villa in an official SUV at 4pm, clutching a file and was received at the entrance by the ADC to the

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News Politics

Some Bayelsa politicians are criminals, terrorists – Dickson

Hon. Seriake Dickson, the Bayelsa State Governor, has disclosed that there are politicians in his state who are killing people during elections. Dickson made the disclosure in Yenagoa, the state capital while receiving the state’s Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mrs. Christiana Omanu Abiakam. He stated that those politicians killing

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National News

TENSION IN NIGER DELTA OVER OGONI CLEANUP

Tension is beginning to mount in the Niger Delta region over the slow pace of Ogoni cleanup, announced by the Federal Government over two years ago. There are also indications that the continuous delay in the planned cleanup of the oil-producing region may soon degenerate into hostilities against oil infrastructure, a situation that could worsen

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News Politics

Guwor, best choice to represent Warri South West in DTHA – DESOPADEC Commissioner’s Aide

Comrade Jackson Timiyan, the Personal Assistant (PA) to the Commissioner representing the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality on the board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Chief Favour Izoukumor, has endorsed the aspiration of Emomotimi Dennis Guwor to represent Warri South West Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly. According to him, Guwor

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National News

Amnesty: FG, UNITAR Sign MoU to Empower Ex-Niger Delta Agitators

The Federal Government of Nigeria and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to empower and train former Niger Delta agitators. The agreement was signed by Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo and Country Representative, UNITAR Office in

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Delta News

Water Hyacinths Cut Off Delta Communities 

A large number of riverine communities in Burutu, and Warri South West local governments’ areas have been blocked from getting access to Warri by waterweeds popularly known as water hyacinth. This was revealed by Alaowei Cleric, National President, Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusaders (FOHURAC), in a statement.  According to him, “the revolving weeds have completely barricaded River

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News Oil & Gas

Shell Workers Protest Operational Base Relocation to Lagos

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) workers have kicked against the company’s plan to move its operational base from Onne in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Lagos. In a release obtained by newsmen at the weekend, the workers described the planned relocation as “hurried and ill-advised as against the interest of the Niger Delta

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News Oil & Gas

Oil Coys’ Disregard For FG’s Directive Is Sending Wrong Signals – Ijaw Youths

Ijaw Youth Development Association (IYDA) has called on the acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to actualize his earlier call on oil companies in the country to relocate their headquarters to their areas of operation. In a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Nicholas Tamaradenyefa Igarama, the youth body said “the oil companies’ lackadaisical attitude

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Delta News

Dilapidated Bomadi community school where students sit on the floor and windows

Esenaebe Secondary School is one of the two public secondary schools in Bomadi, the Headquarter of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. The school which was founded in 1956 was once a Teachers’ Training College (co-Educational institution) and later downgraded to a secondary school in 2006. The school makes use of the then Teachers’

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News

Julius Pondi to motivate youths in church convention

Hon. Julius Pondi, Member, representing Burutu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives will be one of the guest speakers at this year’s edition of the Ama-Ebimo Zion Excellent Youth Convention which is the third in the series. The interdenominational program, which started on Monday July 30th and ends on Sunday 5th August, is a yearly

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Delta News

Erosion May Wipe-off Gbekebor Community in Delta (See Photos)

Ancient Gbekebor community in the Ogbolubiri-Mein Clan in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State is on the throes of being washed away by erosion as a large portion of the community is already submerged. More details on GbaramatuVoice Newspaper See photos below: Share your story with us: 08030891146 (Whatsapp and SMS only) Email: info@gbaramatuvoicenews.press

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Delta News

God will see me through, says Jones Abiri who has spent two years in DSS custody

Jones Abiri, a journalist who has been in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for two years, believes God will see him through his ordeal. Abiri, publisher of the Weekly Source, a newspaper based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, was arrested in 2016 for allegedly being the leader of the joint revolutionary council of

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National News

DSS ‘bows to pressure’, arraigns Bayelsa journalist detained since 2016

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday arraigned Jones Abiri, a journalist who has been in its custody since 2016, at a magistrate court in Abuja. Abiri, publisher of the Weekly Source, a newspaper based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, was picked up by agents of the DSS on the allegation that he is the leader of

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Oil & Gas

Nigeria’s Gas Development: The Chevron Nigeria Limited’s Success Story

The development of Nigeria’s vast gas resources has been one of the major policy thrusts of successive governments in Nigeria.  It is worthy of note that Nigeria is blessed with resources for growth and global competition in gas. The country ranks 9th in World’s gas proven reserves. The National Gas Master Plan focuses on reducing

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National News

Oil will soon become history – Governor Badaru

Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru has said that, with the development of renewable energy, oil will soon become history. He however said that, the only alternative that can lead to the sustainable prosperity of Nigeria is agriculture. Speaking on Wednesday in Kaduna on the occasion of, “Validation Workshop on Capacity Gaps for Implementing Holistic

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WATCH HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY AT OKERENKOKO COMMUNITY

THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF FOUR (4) UNITS OF TWO (2) BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOWS AT OKERENKOKO COMMUNITY IN GBARAMATU KINGDOM BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BARR. KINGSLEY BURUTU OTUARO, DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE ON WEDNESDAY 25TH, 2018.

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Edo Politics

Edo emerges 3rd, beats 33 others in Africa Report ‘State of States’ Ranking

In what experts describe as another validation of the reforms and progress being made by the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Africa Report in its July/August 2018 edition, has ranked Edo third among states in Nigeria that recorded impressive progress in recent times. The report ranked the states along the lines of multidimensional poverty index,

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News

GBARAMATU VOICE MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY WITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE

Come Wednesday, August 8th, 2018, the acclaimed Most Influential Newspaper in the Niger Delta, GbaramatuVoice, would be clocking three years on the newsstand. To commemorate the epoch occasion, the management of Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, the publishers of the soar-away paper, will be holding a Corporate Thanksgiving Service at its Warri head office situated at Idiaregbe

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National Politics

INEC: No voter registration beyond Aug 17

The Independent National Electoral Commission says the August 17 deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration will not be extended. The commission said the exercise would resume after the 2019 General Elections scheduled from Feb. 26 and March 2. Mr Mohorret Bigun, Public Affairs Officer of INEC in Gombe told the News Agency of Nigeria on

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National News

Hostilities Back In Niger Delta As Agitators Call Off Ceasefire

Niger Delta agitators signaled a return to hostilities in the oil-rich region, yesterday, when they called off the subsisting seven-month ceasefire with the Federal Government brokered, November last year, by Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, declaring Operation No Mercy and Destiny Takeover of God-given Resources. The campaigners, under the auspices of 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta

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News Rivers

Acquire skills and stop vandalism – Don admonish Niger Delta youths

Vice-Chancellor of Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Prof. Blessing Didia, has asked Niger Delta youths to stop breaking pipelines of oil companies, and acquire skills to become entrepreneurs. He spoke yesterday at the skills’ acquisition sensitisation workshop for youths from Rivers State host communities of Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG). The workshop was

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News Rivers

How man died after rescuing 13 persons in Rivers boat accident

The residents of Bakana in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have hailed the heroic effort of a young contractor, Joseph Blackson, who saved 13 passengers, but lost his life during the boat accident that claimed the lives of six persons on Saturday. It was gathered that apart from those who were saved by the

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National News

HOSTCOM counsels FG on how to achieve peace in Niger Delta region

Niger Delta indigenes, under the auspices of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), have proffered a solution to the incessant crises prevalent in the region. They called for direct integration of oil-bearing communities at every stage of policy formulation and implementation in the oil sector, to avoid frequent tension in the region.

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Delta News

RECOGNISE US OR LEAVE – Host Communities Give Oil Coys Five Days Ultimatum

Some oil producing communities in Oil Mining and License, OML 40 in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have given five days ultimatum to Etland Oil and Gas Plc, Elcrest Exploration and Production Limited and the operators of Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NDPC, to recognise them as host communities or vacate their land. 

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News Oil & Gas

Itsekiri Community, Catering Company Tango Over Chevron N2b Contract

Despite its moves to pacify the people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State by paying N368million out of the about N2billion it owed the community, JAD Catering Services has been told by the Ugborodo Community Trust(UCT) to quit the locality. Laying emphasis on the order was the former

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Bayelsa News

We will give priority to workers’ salaries -BYSG

Bayelsa State Government has said that it would give priority to the payment of workers’ salaries in consonance with the emphasis placed on workers by the Restoration Administration. This disclosure was made by the state Commissioner for Finance, Maxwell Ebibai, in a statement recently He disclosed that the state government received the sum of N10.8 billion as

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News

Okowa, Uduaghan’s daughter partner on youth development

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and the daughter of his predecessor, Ms Orode Uduaghan, yesterday harped on the need for consistent mentoring of budding entrepreneurs in order to change the narrative of youths in the state. This was as the governor reinstated the commitment of his administration’s youth empowerment programmes initiated to empower the youths

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News

WIKE, DICKSON, OKOWA GET SET FOR GBARAMATUVOICE GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018, the KFT Place located at the NNPC Housing Complex, off Airport Road, Ekpan, Delta State, would play host to the grand finale of the third anniversary of the GbaramatuVoice newspaper.  Shortlisted to mount the podium that day to receive Niger Delta Governor of the Year award 2017 are; their Excellencies, Barr.

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United Talent Agency acquires two esports agencies

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Explaining Boston Uprising’s fall from grace

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Rise Nation intent to ‘stay humble, stay hungry’

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