The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ on Thursday March 22nd, opened its new permanent center, at Ugolo road near Osubi Airport, Ugolo, in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta state. The event which attracted the crème de la crème in the political and business sphere from different parts of the country and in the
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, South-South governors and other Niger Delta leaders will on Saturday lead a mega rally to call for restructuring. The rally organised by Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has been scheduled to hold in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. It was learnt that PANDEF with the rally tagged, “Restructuring the Nigerian
The founder of Mike Loyibo Foundation and a co-founder, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), High Chief Mike Loyibo is a committed philanthropist that have impacted heavily in the lives of many indigent people in the Niger Delta, especially his home state, Delta. In a chat with GbaramatuVoice, he highlighted his desire to continue the good
Concerned about the menace of Tuberculosis (TB) and other communicable diseases in Nigeria, Chevron and its business parties have sustained the private sector support to the fight against TB, through the development of infrastructure and supply of medical equipment, worth over N2.2 billion in different hospitals across the country. Dr. Femi Pitan, the Occupational Health
…says; ”route your grievances through PANDEF” Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, Comr. Joseph Evah on behalf of the group and Ijaw elders, has cautioned Ijaw youths, over the ultimatum given the Federal Government to recall the sacked Co-ordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Major.Gen Paul Boroh (retd). He enjoined the youths to withdraw their threat and
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has asked the Igbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. But he says they should first “go for confession, seek forgiveness” and join the All Progressives Congress (APC) where they will have a chance of producing Buhari’s successor. Amaechi said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture on
Former Education Minister #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) advocacy leader Dr. Oby Ezekwesili yesterday said that the Presidency has a lot to tell Nigerians about the release of the Dapchi girls. Dr. Ezekwesili expressed her joy at the release of the girls by Boko Haram in a number of tweets. She insisted that the 14 questions demanded by
…calls for commission of inquiry The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, in a release on Wednesday, said it received with mixed feelings the release of the Dapchi kidnapped school girls in Yobe State. It questioned the speed with which the girls were released by the Muslim fundamentalists, who have been holding over two hundred Chibok girls
Activist and aspiring House of Assembly candidate, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, in the company of a large number of delegates, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Warri South Local Government Hon. Michael Tidi yesterday. The courtesy visit was to congratulate the new chairman on his newly elected office and to formally inform and invite him to
…says; “we are equal opportunities employers” Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has denied discriminating against its host communities while considering people for employment in its operations. The company in a statement issued by its General Manager, Policy, Government and public Affairs, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, said its employment practices is based on the availability of space and
…warns against mass action by youths The President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Eric Omare, has drawn the attention of the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders to Chevron’s discriminatory policy on employment of Niger Delta host community indigenes, as he called on both the state and federal governments to prevail on Chevron before
Oil producing communities from the Niger Delta on Tuesday protested alleged non-payment of land owners by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The protesters besieged the gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. They decried alleged payment of discriminatory land re-acquisition and rentals for land by the oil company. The oil producing communities, who came
The newly appointed Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo reported for duty today at the Maitama Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. See photos below:
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said four oil and gas wells were being planned for drilling on the Gongola Basin to further test the prospects identified around the Kolmani River-1, Nasara-1 and Kuzari-1 in 2018. The corporation said the drilling of the wells would go on while it awaits the return of normalcy to
Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godsday Orubebe, has said that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has crossed from pride to shame. In an open letter to the national chairman, Uche Secondus, Orubebe said the party is suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder and would need sustainable ideas to bounce back to reckoning. He said
The daily toiling of the Ijaw women that flocks to the ocean front area called Sand Fill Two, popularly called ‘Warri Corner’ in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, where they eke out agonizing living, aptly underscores the over-used cliché, “What a man can do, a woman can do even better”. The
Master Emmanuel Apiakise, a 15-year-old pupil of Community Secondary School, Akenfa-Epie in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has allegedly been arrested in possession of a gun. Apiakise was arrested on Tuesday (today) in the school during classes, allegedly with a locally-made pistol, a development that caused chaos and pandemonium in the school. It
At least four farmers who were on fishing expedition have been reportedly shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Their bodies were found in a bush in Uwheru community, in the Ughelli North Council Area of Delta State. The incident, which was said to have occurred over the weekend, has resulted in palpable tension in the area,
At least six people including a pregnant woman were reportedly killed in Igbabo town, Arogbo-Ijaw, in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State when a church building under construction collapsed on them. Eyewitnesses said the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church under construction was besieged by the victims in an attempt to gather firewood used
Different strokes for different folks, like they say. A pathetic situation that would have knocked out the winds out of many people’s sails, especially women, was surprisingly, the impetus that propelled a successful, hardworking Ijaw professional photo whizkid towards the rocky terrain of photography. Meet an unusual lady, Miss Douye Mercy, the CEO/Founder of Librafotography
As the race for 2019 is drawing closer, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has enjoined the Ijaws, resident in the three Warri LGAs to vie for elective offices. The call according to a release signed and released on Monday, by the President of the socio-political youth organisation, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, predicated in the fact that no
…bags Honorary PhD from University of Ghana To mark his 49th birthday, Niger Delta leader and philanthropist, High Chief Mike Loyibo, will on Friday, support a group of youths and elders with a princely sum of N25 million naira, through his Foundation. The founder of Mike Loyibo Foundation and a co-founder, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),
The former regent of Ijaw-Apoiland, Princess Joyce Ibimidun Adesola Oladiran-Ebiseni, on Sunday 12 March 2018 at Igbekebo in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo state, has appealed to the Ijaw nation not to neglect the Apois but to see Apoiland as a clan. She made this statement in a chat with GbaramatuVoice correspondent at the
Youth activists under the aegis of Niger Delta Gbaramatu Youth Activists has cried out over the continued marginalisation of riverine communities by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over series of abandoned projects and non-mobilisation of contractors, while appealing to NDDC for the execution of such projects. In a chat with GbaramatuVoice recently, the youth
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) wishes to call on world leaders and all men of conscience to intervene in the situation in Ogoniland and to put pressure on Nigeria and Shell Petroleum to immediately commence the implementation of the United Nations report on the Ogoni environment and avert an impending
According to the history of the Ijaws in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area, what is today known as the Amaseikumor Festival has so many intriguing and sentimental features attached to it by its adherents. Regarded as one of the few enduring ancient traditional events in Ijaw land, the festival is celebrated every
According to reports emanating from the Office of the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the two federal agencies have swung into action and are both set to begin the probe of the embattled ex-coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier-General Boroh, who is to face probes by both agencies, on
The Ibe-Benemowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, High Chief Godspower T.D. Gbenekama, has felicitated with the 26th Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) on the 2nd anniversary of his ascension to the ancient throne. Gbenekama said Gbaramatu Kingdom has remained peaceful since His Royal Majesty ascended the ancient throne of his forefathers. The
…as Federal Govt increases grant to N6bn, Delta donates two 500KVA generators to varsity …2 modular refineries arrive, ready for installation in Delta, Rivers states …Federal govt. insists that communities must benefit directly from oil refineries ….NDDC claims completion of 372 projects in 2017, sets up Job Placement Centres to engage 200,000 youths in Niger Delta
A Benin-based optometrist, Dr. Ozor Ibhade, has warned that excessive smoking and drinking are likely to cause visual impairment in humans. Ibhade told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Benin that about 253 people in the world had visual impairment out of which 36 million of them were actually blind. She said, “Many people suffer from
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), said the Federal Government has so far offered employment to 350 Niger Delta ex-agitators who graduated from various tertiary institutions across the world. He said the 350 graduates were among the about 30,000 ex-agitators sponsored
Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Vincent Uduaghan has declared that the Itsekiri and other tribes in Delta South Senatorial District would no longer play second fiddle to the Ijaw in the distribution of power. Uduaghan, who was reacting to a report that plans have been concluded by an Ijaw group to purchase a nomination
The proud and ancient kingdom and people of Ijaw-Apoiland will be making history on Sunday March 11th, 2018, with the crowning of the 15th Pere of the kingdom and the 2nd ruler in the Lawe dynasty. Little wonder the mood across the Ijaw-Apoiland and among Apois in particular was one of great excitement, as Igbekebor
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday said following the commitment and disposition of the National Assembly, it has become obvious that the harmonized Petroleum Industry Governance Bill will be ready by next month. The Consultant to the National Assembly Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Dr. Francis Adigwe had revealed
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, said no fewer than 28, 590 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected by their owners in Bayelsa. Clement Oha, INEC Administrative Secretary in the state, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Yenagoa. Mr. Oha, however, said that the commission in the state
