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Edo, Delta task Boundary Commission on disputed land

The governments of Edo and Delta States on Tuesday called on the National Boundary Commission to urgently demarcate the disputed land between both states. The call was made in a communiqué issued after a meeting between the two states’ boundary committees led by their deputy governors at the Edo Government House in Benin. The meeting

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News Oil & Gas

Workers shut ExxonMobil Hq for sacking 860 Nigerian staffers

The Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil has been shut down by the company’s workers over the sacking of 860 spy police without entitlement. NAN reports that the workers alleged that the workers were sacked after being with the company for 22 years without regard for the rule of law. Rasak Obe, the chairman of ExxonMobil branch

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Life & Living

Save The Date! Ekpemupolo And Ofiyai Set For The Altar

WARRI – Come Saturday, July 21st, 2018, the crème de la crème of the Niger Delta will converge in Warri at the Almighty Word Ministry International Citadel of Praise and at the KFT Event Centre, as Ekpemupolo Seiyefa and his heartthrob, Ofiyai Laura Tarebi, will bade bye to single life. The couple, Ekpemupolo Seiyefa and

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INTERVIEWS

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Uduaghan Speaks with GbaramatuVoice

Why I am running for Senate Ex-Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has called for the empowerment of the youths of the Niger Delta region as one of the panacea for peace and development in the region. In this interview chat with GbaramatuVoice, His Excellency, Dr. Uduaghan also talked about some other

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Entertainment & Events

Kefee, Beyonce inspired me – Beetasha

Blessing Erhuvwu Enyamuke aka Beetasha is a talented Singer, Songwriter, and Entertainer with expertise in RnB and Afro-pop. She is a graduate of Delta State University with a BA in Linguistics. She started singing at the age of six and began her musical career at the age of 18. In this exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice, the

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Delta News

Proposed Visit to Pere of Gbaramatu Palace: Keep off – Triple Chief Tangbowei Warns Michael Johnny

The National woman leader and Ibe-Benemo-ere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Triple Chief Vero Tangbowei, has warned Chief Michael Johnny who is planning to take his campaign train to the Palace of the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, tomorrow to steer clear or face dire consequences. In an exclusive chat with

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Education News

BUDGET 2018: Maritime university goes through hard times 

…We are lacking learning facilities …Government should provide needed equipment to facilitate learning process Having overcome various controversy and commenced resumption on April, 2018 the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) which is located at Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State is faced yet with other challenges which have

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Delta News

Egbema wants Delta Govt to address marginalisation

WARRI – Inhabitants of Egbema, an oil producing community in Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have decried alleged marginalisation of the area, saying the people have been shut out of civilisation over the years, by successive governments in the state. The community rejected a renovated health centre over shoddy job.  Chief Godfrey Ukulor,

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Bayelsa News

Bayelsans react to Security Architecture Bills

Reactions have continued to trail the security architecture bill in Bayelsa State following the public hearing on “Community Safety Corps Bill 2018 and the Registration of Neighborhood Watch Bill 2018”. One of those who made their voices heard was the Chief of Staff to the Chairman Bayelsa State Vigilante Group, Mr. Hilary Ajap, who noted

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Delta News

Uvwie kingdom gives kudos to Buhari for pronouncement on Army land acquisition

The entire people of Uvwie Kingdom at home and in diaspora under the aegis of Uvwie General Improvement Union (UGIU) led by Chief A.T. Ukuvwrere yesterday thanked President Muhammed Buhari for his firm pronouncement and outright condemnation of the Nigeria Army for its encroachment into Uvwie land with impunity for many years.  In his thank-you

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News Oil & Gas

Ramos River Oil Spill: Communities spoil for fight with Shell

The people of Agge, Kandaghan and Ekogbene communities in Bayelsa state are spoiling for a fight with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over issues arising from the May 17 crude oil spill from the company’s Trans-Ramos Pipeline. The communities expressed displeasure at SPDC’s response and management of the spill, and threatening to stop the ongoing repair work

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News

Federal High Court commences annual vacation

The Federal High Court commenced its annual vacation on July 9, while the vacation would end on September 14. Mr Emmanuel Gakko, the Chief Registrar of the Court, in a circular issued in Abuja, said that the court would resume sitting in all judicial divisions on September 17. Gakko said that the general public, lawyers

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Politics

Ekiti Guber Poll: CEPEJ calls for caution

The National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Sheriff Mulade, speaking in the organisation’s office in Abuja on the security situation in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election coming up on Saturday has stated that the security challenges could negatively affect the polls. Mulade said: “The fear again is that these security

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Breaking News National

Fayose ‘collapses’ as police fire teargas into govt house (Photos)

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, lost consciousness momentarily on Wednesday after policemen reportedly fired teargas into the government house in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. He was taken to the state house clinic where doctors attended to him. A combined team of security operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigeria Police Force,

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News Oil & Gas

Niger Delta: Shell moves to tackle food and other challenges

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has moved to tackle the problems of potable water, energy and food scarcity in the Niger Delta region and the nation, through engagement of secondary school students in science and innovation. Speaking, on Monday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the General Manager, External Relations of Shell, Igo Weli, said

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Politics

Warri South West: We Must Unite For Progress – Hon. Akemotubo

WARRI – Hon. Arex Akemotubo, a PDP Chieftain in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has asserted that, now is the time for the people of Warri South West to team up so as to “cement a generational legacy of good governance.” Counselling aspirants for the constituency’s house of assembly seat

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News Politics

Uduaghan congratulates Manager on birthday

Ex-Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has continued to demonstrate that he has a large heart and that politics should be devoid of bitterness. The former governor, who is gunning to upstage his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleague, Senator James Manager to assume office as the representative of Delta South in the

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Maritime News

Stop distracting Charles Dokubo -PANDEF warns petitioners

The Pan Niger Delta Forum(PANDEF) has warned those writing petitions against Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo to desist from such act and thus stop distracting him, saying that the action “are counter-productive to the laudable objectives of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme as they constitute distraction to the efforts of the current Coordinator who has shown

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Bayelsa News

Oil spill destroys over 50 fishing settlements in Bayelsa community

The Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI), an NGO in Bayelsa, says over 50 fishing settlements have been destroyed by the recent oil spill in Aghoro 1 and 2 communities. Aghoro is hosting an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News

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Business Oil & Gas

NOG: Chevron’s boss calls for sustained investment in oil and gas

The Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jeff Ewing has called for collaboration by all stakeholders for the achievement of sustained investment and growth in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Jeff, who made the call while contributing to the panel discussion on “Unlocking Nigeria’s Investment Potential,” at the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference

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National

FG to spend N206billion on 11.9km road

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a sum of N206 billion for an 11.9km link road and associated infrastructure for the Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State and Onitsha in Anambra State. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, told State House reporters that the approval was sequel to a memo presented by

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Education

WAEC releases 2018 May/June WASSCE result, says there’s decline in pass rate

The West African Examinations Council said on Wednesday that only 49.98 per cent of candidates who wrote its 2018 school certificate examination obtained credit passes and above. The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said the credit passes included English Language and Mathematics. Adenipekun gave this information at a news conference to announce

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National News

How Herbalist’s bullet proof charm failed him

A 26-year-old native doctor, Chinaka Adoezuwe, reportedly died as one of his clients, Chukwudi Ijezie, attempted to test the bullet-repelling charms Adoezuwe had allegedly prepared for him. The incident happened in Umuozu Ugiri village, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. A villager, Kingsley Ugochukwu, told our correspondent that Ijezie, who is now being

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News

I once caught my husband sucking the breasts of my niece – wife

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the 10-year marriage between Mrs Florence Anyasi and her husband, Stanley Anyasi, over infidelity. The court president, Mr Akin Akinniyi, while delivering the judgment said that all efforts to reconcile the couple had failed. “Since both parties consented to the dissolution of their marriage, this court

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News

Tension in Delta as housewife dies in Church during prayers

Palpable tension has continued to mount in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State following the death of a 40 year old housewife, Chiekubi Dumebi while praying in one of the Pentecostal churches in the area on Monday. It was gathered the woman slumped and died right inside the church, Mission of God Ministry,

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National Politics

Kwankwaso may dump APC today

Ex- Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State would most likely dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) today. Many of his aides and supporters have taken to the social media this morning proclaiming that Kwankwaso would finally announce his defection this afternoon. They said what the senator would do this afternoon would change the political landscape

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National Politics

APC Crisis: Oshiomhole is coming too late, we are leaving- Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has revealed plans by aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State to leave the party. He told reporters in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the new APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole  assumed office at a time it had become too late to reconcile them with the party. Sani said, “I

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News Oil & Gas

NNPC says Nigeria will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the country will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to meet 40 billion barrels target by 2020. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, who spoke yesterday at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference and exhibition in Abuja, said the

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News

Navy destroys 1500 illegal refineries in Delta

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has destroyed about 1500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta creeks in the last two months. The Commander of the ship, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday. Swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to traverse a swampy terrain. Dewu said the

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Politics

Oba of Benin Congratulates Comrade Adams Oshiomhole

His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has congratulated Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole for his emergence as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded National Congress of the party. Omo N’Oba said he received the good news with great joy, describing Oshiomhole’s victory as well deserved especially when viewed

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Sport

PINNICK DISOBEYS FG SACK (READ FULL STATEMENT)

We are solicitors to Mr. Amaju Pinnick and the present Board of the NFF which he heads. We issue this statement on the instruction and directive of our clients which reflect their official position on the matter. The attention of our clients have been drawn to a statement purportedly issued at the behest of the Minister of

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INTERVIEWS

Insecurity: Nigeria must embrace state police, says Uduaghan

WARRI – Former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has asserted that the only way the Federal Government can curtail criminality is by way of effecting a total change in the security architecture of the country. In an exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice he stated that he started the campaign for the creation of state

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Maritime News

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria Inaugurates Gbaramatu Seafarers Unit

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has inaugurated its Seafarers Unit in Gbaramatu, Warri West Local Government Area of Delta state. The inauguration was done by Comrade Eze Robert, a trustee of the branch, on behalf of the President of the union, Comrade Adewale Adeyuju, who was unavoidably absent. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Comrade

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