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.
Seven persons lost their lives while several others were injured following clashes between two cults in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that trouble started on Saturday when members of the Deywell group attacked a member of the rival Deygbam in the Igbodo community, which led to the death of the
By Ebi Perekeme Gesiere Ebizimor Nicholas, was born on July 26, 1987, into the family of Ijaw music legend, late King Robert Ebizimor in Angalabiri, Sagbama LGA, Bayelsa state. She attended Community Primary School, Toru-Orua and later to Comprehensive High Secondary school, Alesa Eleme, Port-Harcourt where she obtained her secondary school certificate. Gesiere has a
Over five years after its botched attempt to create additional 30, 027 Polling Units, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has hinted of plans to create more units across the country before the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the hint yesterday in Abuja when he received Geographic Information System
There was palpable excitement in Aruakpor-Umah in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, on Friday, Jan. 31, as the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture, in collaboration with the Delta State Government, commissioned a six-classroom block for the use of pupils of Abe 1 Primary School in the community. The six-classroom block, with eight (8) toilets and
Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the failed litigation seeking to disqualify him on account of allegedly being an ex-convict in the United States as a mere distraction. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the All Progressives Congress (APC) Leader for the South-South geo-political zone,
— Grills other MDAs The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee on Monday ordered the Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, to appear before it within 48hours over the inability of his Agency to tender its audited accounts to the Auditor General of Federation in the last four years.
By Our Reporter Former Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu’s name will not be submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari when he sends the list of Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) Board Members to the Senate any moment from now. Sources close to Odubu disclosed that someone from Delta was likely going to occupy the commission.
A coalition of Ijaw concerned groups in collaboration with the Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Lagos State chapter, has condemned the recent military attack on the Bilabiri community in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, describing the destruction of lives and property of innocent citizens as barbaric and unnecessary. In a statement jointly signed
By Ebi Perekeme Wizkid has been booked for the maiden edition of the Pinaza Music Festival to be held at the Warri City Stadium in Delta state, on Friday May 29, 2020. This was coming after two years analysts said he performed excellently at the Warri Mega Fiesta, where he shared the stage with Davido,
By Jerome-Mario Utomi For the well foresighted Nigerians and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), that are conversant with the excruciating environmental pains and socioeconomic deprivations the coastal dwellers in the Niger Delta region, South-South, Nigeria, daily contend with, it will not be an exaggeration to characterize as historic and the greatest victory of this period,
A national industrial court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, has ordered the reinstatement of eight permanent secretaries sacked by Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, in 2015. Wike had forcefully retired the permanent secretaries, the state’s head of service, the accountant-general and some other officials in 2015. The permanent secretaries are Samuel Woka, Kadilo Brown, Augustine Orlu-Orlu,
By Ebi Perekeme Niger Delta Civil Rights Movement (NDCRM) has kicked against the proposed amendment of the Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the National Assembly to include Lagos State among member states of the commission. The proposed amendment if passed, according to the group, will negate the reasons for the establishment
A professor of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Emmanuel Oladipo, has cautioned that if proper measures are not taken to harness the effects of climate change, the Niger Delta region could be submerged in flood. Oladipo, who is an expert in climate change, stated this at a two-day North Central regional sensitisation workshop
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has extended the period for the verification of documents for contractors and consultants of the Commission to Friday, February 7, 2020. The extension was announced yesterday during a press briefing by the alternate Chairman of the Contract Verification Committee and Director of Project Monitoring and Supervision, Engr. Dr
Three classroom blocks and a borehole at Ofunne Primary School, Obomkpa, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, have been destroyed by inferno. According to checks, the fire lasted for 3hours on Sunday Jan. 26, beginning from about 11am till 2pm. Nothing was done from the expected authorities if not for the efforts of
His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) King Joseph I. Timiyan JP, received the Pere of Gbaramatu, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, at his private residence in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday. The monarch was accompanied by other respected Ijaw traditional rulers that included His Majesties, Pere of Tubutoru (Ondo State); Agadagba of Gbaraun (Bayelsa
By Asiayei Enaibo The Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. William Angadi has called on security agencies in the state recently to assist the residents in securing the LGA as security in the area. He said that security has degenerated in the past one year in Bomadi due to increase in rate
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that a new Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be composed at the completion of the ongoing Forensic Audit of the Commission. President Buhari stated this in a letter to the Senate read on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary. The President said that
GbaramatuVoice engaged its audience recently on its different social media platforms on a heartfelt issue concerning the Presidential Amnesty Programme, implemented by the Federal Government in 2009 to tame uprising among youths in the Niger Delta, who were given for Resource Control. The thrust of the discourse was ’11 YEARS AFTER, HAS THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME
The presidency has said that its efforts in repositioning the Niger-Delta region for accelerated development was on course. In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday by the spokesman to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, significant progress has been made in the Ogoni Clean-Up project. He said progress made had been variously commended locally
The military thwarted 419 attempt to attack pipelines in the Niger Delta last year alone. The pipelines are operated by Shell and other oil multinationals. Commander of the Joint Military Task Force operating in the Niger Delta, ‘Operation Delta Safe’ Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, while speaking as the Special Guest during the West Africa Social
By Ebi Perekeme Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has said he is delighted for the buildings donated by Delta state Government through its agency, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), to the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, for use as lecturers accommodation. In a press statement by Bulou Kosin, Senior
By Tare Popo A midnight fire outbreak has destroyed buildings and shops worth millions of naira early hours on Sunday in Oporoza, Headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, which sources claimed began at about 12midnight on Sunday, lasted till about 1:10am, leaving some shops and buildings
Pursuant to Section 175 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria acknowledges that the challenges of the Niger Delta arose mainly from the inadequacies of previous attempts at meeting the yearnings and aspiration of the people, and have set in motion machinery for the
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs says it will start a sports festival in the region this year, in its bid to discover youth potential and foster peace among the people. A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations at the ministry, Patricia Deworitshe, on Thursday said this was disclosed by the Permanent
By Ebi Perekeme Ex-Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan of Delta State and Chieftain of the APC, has condoled with the Edon family of Ifiekporo town over the passing away of their patriarch, Mr. Lucky Mogboruko Edon JP, one of the first Insurance Brokers, Life and Pension consultants in Warri. In a press release by Monoyo Edon,
A bill seeking to establish Coastal Areas Development Agency has been sent to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. The Bill was initiated by a community leader and an environmental rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, who hails from the Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta Government Executive Council, today approved 11 new roads in the state for construction. Commissioner for Works, Chief James Auguye, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Asaba. Auguye disclosed that the approved roads needed urgent attention and that the state government
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Gbene Dr. Joi Nunieh, has warned that contractors and consultants of the Commission that fail to present themselves for verification and documentation will forfeit their payments. Nunieh gave the warning yesterday, Jan. 21, when she visited the NDDC Rivers State Office, where the Contracts’
The Delta Government Executive Council, today approved 11 new roads in the state for construction. Commissioner for Works, Chief James Auguye, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Asaba. Auguye disclosed that the approved roads needed urgent attention and that the state government was desirous of
Indications have emerged that the Directorate of State Services (DSS) will soon initiate investigation into the allegation of perjury and felony against the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. Yesterday, a coalition of civil societies groups under the aegis of the Guardians of Democracy and Development, and Partners for Legislative Agenda for Nigeria (PLAN) submitted a
By Our Correspondent Some indigenes of the Bilabiri I and II communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State who took refuge in the forest in the wake of Friday’s military invasion of the community have still not returned. Meanwhile, the chairman of Alabini Rural Development Area, (RDA) Hon Frank Seide, whose house was
By Ebi Perekeme Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Seriake Dickson Saturday, explained his decision to convert his official residence to a five-star hotel, noting that it was designed to make the state first investment destination across Africa. He, thus, warned against truncating his legacies, saying those without vision would not easily grasp how he managed to
Nigerian singer, Harrison Tare Okiri, better known by his stage name Harrysong, has taken to social media to reveal the things he would do if he becomes president and they are pretty interesting. With many Nigerian entertainers delving into politics, it comes as no surprise that Harrysong taking to social media to seek the opinion
By Ebi Perekeme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnC6xdrvW4Y Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state has been deserted following an alleged military invasion. According to investigations, the people of the community fled on Friday after troops allegedly invaded the community in search of some suspects. Sources said the suspects were fingered in the killing of some
