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.
A 32-year-old physiotherapist, Rachael Godwin, has recounted to the police in Lagos how her boyfriend, whom she described as a “yahoo fraudster”, used her panties for money ritual. Godwin, a worker at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, alleged that the boyfriend, one Olumide, connived with a friend of his to force her to wear
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it is spending $5 million (N1.8 billion) to finance some projects in the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta. Mr Osagie Okunbor, SPDC’s Managing Director, disclosed this on Wednesday in Port Harcourt at the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof.
The Bayelsa State Government yesterday called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce the soldiers who murdered the Government House Photographer, Mr. Reginald Dei, and a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward leader, Mr. Seidougha Taribi. Both men were allegedly shot by men in military uniform during the
Ahead of the March 9 governorship and state Houses of Assembly polls, security will be tightened across the country, with increased deployment of personnel in potentially volatile states. This was part of the decisions taken at a closed-door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Service Chiefs in Abuja on Tuesday. The security chiefs at the
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Bayelsa State, has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers to return them before Saturday’s elections. The News Agency of Nigeria, recalls that INEC on Monday announced that 63 smart card readers used during the February 23 President and National Assembly elections were missing. Mr Wilfred
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has vowed that the Federal Government will unmask and prosecute the perpetrators as well as sponsors of the mindless looting of empowerment starter-packs meant for distribution to impacted communities in the Niger Delta. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at the
By Shina Badmus The general overseer of Zion Land of Canaan Ministry International, aka, Land of milk and Honey, Reverend, Prophet (Dr.) Joseph Irawo, is set to dedicate his multi-million naira ultra-modern International church auditorium to the Almighty God on Sunday, 17th march, 2019 in Otokutu near Warri, Delta state, Nigeria. Arch Bishop Dr. Goddowell
By Odimegwu Onwumere It is on public notice that there are people and groups frightening the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Their tactics is by asking him to sheathe the legal battle he is instituting to reclaim the supposedly mandate given to
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell seems to be in trouble with the law in Holland after Dutch prosecutors said they have uncovered ‘prosecutable offenses’ in their investigation of the company’s acquisition of Nigerian offshore oilfield OPL 245 in 2011. Italy’s Eni and Shell bought the OPL (Oil Prospecting License) 245 offshore field for about $1.3
The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami has raised alarm over pollution of Warri/Escravos River in Delta State, which was purportedly caused by the spill from the Warri Escravos crude oil line. Emami who disclosed that he discovered the environmental pollution weekend when he travelled to his home-town of Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government
By Shina Badmus The State secretary, New Nigeria Democratic Evolution (NNDE), Engr. Olaye Messiah, has expressed joy over the victory at the just concluded general election that took place on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019. He said that the candidates deserve the victory at the polls because the people love them Engr. Olaye, who is also
By Enaibo Asiayei The victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the recent presidential elections is a testimony to the overwhelming confidence of Nigerians in his capacity and commitment to rebuilding Nigeria and taking the country to the next level. The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, made this
By Loveth Ojogun A renowned peace and environmental rights advocate and National Coordinator, Center for peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheirff Mulade, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, for his victory at the just concluded presidential election for second term. Comrade Mulade, who is participating at the African Youth Leadership Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, expressed
By David Owei When Prince Abraham Donokoromo (aka Isaba Abraham), started hobnobbing with musicians at the age of 12 years, his parents were vehemently against the idea. They advice that he should find something more serious doing. He stuck to his dream and today his parents are so proud of him that they have taken
The multi-billion naira Vocational Training Centre in Boro Town, Kaiama, Bayelsa State, built by the Presidential Amnesty Programme, was on February 14, 2019, vandalised and looted by the people it was meant to serve. Built by PAP office to tackle the main challenges in transforming non-skilled ex-militants to a technically skilled workforce, the centre was
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it lost one officer and killed six political thugs when soldiers clashed with the hoodlums in Rivers state. A statement from Army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, said troops of 6 Division on a legitimate duty of protecting lives and properties of law abiding citizens and ensuring a conducive environment
A Government House photographer in Bayelsa State, Reginald Dei, has been killed in Southern Ijaw Local Government of the state. Sources said Dei, who was a popular photographer, was shot by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe. But JTF immediately refuted the allegations saying its troops were not involved in any
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is designing new capacity building programmes that will help youths and women of the Niger Delta region become gainfully employed. Speaking during a leadership dialogue and town hall meeting for women and youths in the region in Port Harcourt, the Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Professor Nelson Brambaifa,
Ahead of this Saturday general election, the All Progressive Congress House of Representatives candidate for Ilaje Ese-Odo Federal Constituency, Ondo State, Donald Ojogo, has raised the alarm over the influx of ex- militants from Delta and Edo states into the state to disrupting the elections. Ojogo in a statement in Akure alleged that “these ex
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, in coalition with nine other militant groups, vowed yesterday to lead security agencies to the hideouts of alleged sponsors and leaders of rival Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in the creeks of Niger-Delta, if the latter executes its threat to resume bombing of oil facilities in the region. NDA had, last
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army headquartered in Port Harcourt says it has uncovered a plot by politicians in the Niger Delta region to arm thugs in fake military uniform to cause trouble on the opening day of the general elections on Saturday. The 6 Division, the newest of army formations created in 2016,
The commonness of child brides in Nigeria is becoming astronomical with poverty fingered as a factor leading families to give out their girl children to older men for marriage. ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE writes that 23 million girls are already victims of child marriage in Nigeria and while one in every five girls is married before her 18th birthday, some
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had been blamed over the postponement of the elections as it was initially scheduled to hold from the February 16, 2019, based on the timetable released two years ahead of the date by the commission. Reacting to the postponement, the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, in a statement by
Suspected youths and women from various communities have stolen and vandalised facilities in the multi-billion naira Niger Delta Amnesty Basic Skills Vocational Training Centre in Kaiama, Bayelsa state, GbaramatuVoice reports. The Amnesty vocational training center which was just commissioned on the 14th February, 2019 by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs,
Special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari would not leave the Niger Delta behind in his determination to transform the country. Speaking at a foundation laying ceremony for a vocational training centre of the Amnesty Programme at Gelegele, Edo State, he urged the people of Niger
By Adamu Usman A former militant leader and now paramount ruler of Okochiri Kingdom, Okrika Local Government Area, His Majesty, King Ateke Tom, has denied endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second tenure. In a release made available to newsmen recently, Tom said: “I will not disrespect my throne by endorsing any candidate in the forthcoming
The Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, on Friday, besieged the Warri office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), protesting the inclusion of additional two wards in Warri South Local Government Area. The protesters said, INEC had decided unilaterally to add two Wards to the existing 10 Wards in the area. Legal Adviser to INYC, Mr.
I’ve delivered on another ambitious project, says Dickson https://www.facebook.com/patience.owe.9/videos/2054622267955404/?t=75 It was a day of joy in Bayelsa State Thursday as the first airplane marked 5N-BUV, touched down at the newly-built Bayelsa International airport in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local government Area, the heartland of the Ijaw nation. A second flight operated by Air Peace Airline also
By Shina Badmus The Ijaw Rebirth National Congress, IRNC, an Ijaw group committed to the peace and progress of the Ijaw nation, has urged the Ijaw people to shun violence and sustain the existing peace in the area as elections commence. Speaking through the facilitator of the group, Comrade Luke Owei, they said: “We are calling on the
By Loveth Ojogun The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, has called on all and sundry in Ijaw land to sustain the peace currently being enjoyed in the area as elections commence. Speaking through the spokesman of the kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama (JP), he said: “As we barely have one day left before the Presidential elections,
Militants under the aegis of the Niger Delta Avengers on Thursday threatened to halt crude oil flow from the Niger Delta and cripple the economy if President Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected. The group decried what it described as the “continuous criminal exploitation and exploration of our natural resources that engender the underdevelopment of the Niger
Few days to the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly general elections, Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has entered into an agreement with the Urhobos from the Delta Central Senatorial District of the state to produce the next Governor in 2023 after his eight years tenure. At a meeting of all the traditional rulers of
Niger Delta ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has distanced himself from the reports that he has endorsed the reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. There had been reports that he had endorsed Buhari’s candidature earlier on Wednesday. Tompolo was said to have been part of five ex-militant leaders set to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari
By Shina Badmus The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) a community-based organisation (Regional Development Committee) under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) pioneered by the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture since 2005, is happy to announce the handing over of two cottage hospitals built by the Foundation in Oporoza and Tsekelewu to the Delta State Government to
By Brakere Birinimighan A former militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has denied the news story in an online platform, that he is among five ex-militant leaders who are set to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari as their preferred candidate for the February 16 Presidential election, in Port Harcourt. Speaking through his media adviser
