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.
By Ebi Perekeme No fewer than 15 people, including some Ad-hoc Staff and official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were rescued to safety in Ilaje, Ondo when Boats conveying them and election materials in Ese Odo local Government of Ondo State capsized. The boat was said to be conveying election materials and ad
By Joshua Williams Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has voiced deep concern at the low-cut appropriations by President Muhammadu Buhari to projects in the Niger-Delta region in the 2021 Appropriation Bill forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. The group in a
By Cleric Alaowei Deacon (Barr) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro is an accomplished gentleman. He is a devotee in the house of God, a philanthropist, a servant leader who can better be described as a man before God’s heart. These astounding qualities are traceable to his humble background, an attribute inherent in the entire Otuaro family. He
By Ebi Perekeme The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at
By Joshua Williams The deplorable state of the Warri-Benin highway is making life unbearable for the people of Oghara, Mosogar, Sapele and others in Delta Central Senatorial District. Residents, who depend mainly on the highway for transportation, are lamenting over the terrible shape of the road, which has cut them from the rest of the
By Ebi Perekeme The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to shut down oil and gas operations should the Federal Government fail to pay their salaries by Friday. The senior oil workers, who gathered at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun in Delta, had begun a peaceful protest on
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked the police to release the videographer behind the Delta viral Special Anti-Robbery Squad video that alleged the killing of one person by SARS operatives in Ughelli, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the Delta State. The video
By Ebi Perekeme Youths of Ikot Oku Ikono, Ediene, Afia Nsit and Ikot Ntuen villages in Akwa Ibom State yesterday staged a peaceful protest over the construction of a flyover which they claimed blocked access routes to their communities. The youths took over Ikot Oku Ikono Junction, urging construction giant, Julius Berger, to fix alternative
By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has postponed the common entrance examination into the state Model Secondary Schools and Delta State Secondary School, Warri. A statement by the Director/Registrar, Examinations and Standards Department in the ministry, Mrs. Oderhohwo Kehinde, said the examination earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 10,
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail line valued at $3 billion. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, disclosed this to state house correspondents after the council’s weekly meeting on Wednesday. The minister said the rail line will have new branches — from Port Harcourt
By Joshua Williams Lecturers have resumed at Rivers State-owned universities, despite the current strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union had vowed to stay away from classrooms until the government addressed the challenges of infrastructural decay and funding in public universities. ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, had threatened that
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), on Wednesday reiterated that the Ministry is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Committee towards alleviating the flooding disaster in the Niger Delta Region (NDR). The Minister stated this at the official presentation of the Inter-Agency Committee’s report on the assessment of
By Loveth Ojogun Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Timipre Sylva has been awarded Niger Delta Most Outstanding Minister of the Year by the Board of Directors of the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper. While presenting the award on behalf of Gbaramatu Voice board of Governors, Deputy governor of Delta
By Joshua Williams The people of Bobougbene community in Burutu Local Government Area, have called on the federal and state governments to intervene in the current flooding ravaging their communities in Delta state. The Chairman of the community, Matthew Agbada made this known at a press conference with GbaramatuVoice in warri on the 6th of
Five foreigners comprising three Russians, one Ukranian and one Equatorial Guinean, who were abducted on May 9, 2020 by pirates in Yellow Island have been rescued by troops. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, in a statement, disclosed that the victims who were freed after troops raided the hideouts of the pirates in the
BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE…(final) His Excellency Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro the carrier of a nectar-garnished fatal weakness hidden from the world but known only to the eagle-eyed, the formidable professor of humility and loyalty, is the Deputy Governor of Delta State. Implacably, he remains a hunter of young talents in every space, particularly talents buried in
By Joshua Williams Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, GbaramatuVoice held its 5th Anniversary, Lectures and Awards, on Wednesday September 30 at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt. The occasion had in attendance the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, represented by the Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro; Honorable Minister of State for
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited has said it will slash its workforce by 25 percent as it is reviewing its manpower requirements in the light of the changing business environment. CNL disclosed this on Friday in a statement entitled ‘Chevron Nigeria Limited reviews workforce in accordance with business exigencies’. The oil major said it
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upturned the August 17, 2020 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which had sacked Governor Duoye Diri from office and ordered fresh poll to be conducted within 90 days. A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Adezila Mshelia set aside
The John Dekawei Foundation has awarded Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) university scholarship to the new Face of Gbaramatu International 2020, Her Majesty, Queen Alice Emmanuel. The founder of the foundation, Comrade John Dekawei made this known to GbaramatuVoice in Warri on Tuesday September 29, when it presented letter of the scholarship to the beauty
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Hon. Timipre Sylva has said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will not be scrapped but commercialised if the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed into law. Sylva, who spoke with newsmen on Monday evening after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the National
The Rivers State Executive Council has reviewed some COVID-19 protocols with particular emphasis on burials and weddings, imposing a fine of N100m to violators of the directives during such ceremonies. This is even as it approved reopening of schools in the state with effect from October 5, 2020. A statement, signed by the Commissioner for
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said a country whose leaders do not practise justice, fairness and equity is at risk of the very slow pace of development. Senator Diri made the assertion on Sunday at a special church service in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th and Bayelsa’s 24th anniversary at the King of Glory
By Ebi Perekeme His Excellency, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the Immediate Past Governor of Delta State has officially returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, mammoth supporters and PDP Exco stormed his native Abigborodo, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State where he officially picked up his party card at Unit
By Ebi Perekeme Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC), returning to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Details shortly
Big brother Naija housemate and top finalist, Laycon has emerged the winner of the Lockdown edition 2020. Laycon was declared the winner of the 2020 lockdown edition of the show on Sunday after he beat other housemates with the highest number of votes from viewers.
Big Brother Naija housemate, Nengi has emerged the 2nd runner up in the lockdown edition of the show 2020. Nengi was the third housemate to be evicted among the 5 finalists
By Ebi Perekeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says that the ministry is committed to harmonizing the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan with the Niger Delta Action Plan to produce one regional road map for development in Nigeria’s oil-rich region. Akpabio, who spoke at the new Niger Delta Development Commission,
Govovernor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said that the 258-bed capacity Mother and Child Hospital in Port Harcourt would be completed in record time. Wike gave the assurance when he led the State Executive Council members to inspect the facility and other ongoing projects in the city. The governor stated in a statement issued
The newly appointed Interim Administrator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio Dixon (rtd), has promised to live to expectation. He also said he will clear the cobwebs in the programme and work with the stakeholders in the Niger Delta. He said the narrative about the Amnesty Programme must change. Dixon, who spoke while
September 26, 2020, witnessed the historic induction and conferment of the prestigious United Nation Award of Eminent Peace Ambassador to the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama and other eminent Niger Deltans. At a well-attended ceremony in Warri on Saturday, September 26, 2020 the president of the International Association of World Peace Advocates, Per
Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has denied media reports that he assaulted and stripped naked four staff of Signatious Hotel describing the reports as political arrangements ahead of the Delta State 2023 governorship election. Gbagi during a media briefing at his Oginibo country home in Ughelli South local government area of
Rivers State Government has expressed unhappiness over the pace of work by the contractor, Raffoul Nigeria Limited handling the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road. The state Governor, Nyesom Wike, who inspected the road at the weekend in the company of some of his appointees, decried the work rate despite paying 80 per cent of the contract sum.
By Ebi Perekeme The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) has suspended a lecturer, Dr. Rowland Igwe for allegedly impregnating a student of the institution. It was learnt that the university indicted the lecturer for allegedly intimidating and assaulting the lady before impregnating her. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele confirmed the development
By Uche Ugboajah I first heard of the name Ezenwo Nyesom Wike sometime in 1999. Then, he was the dashing chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. He had contested the local government election as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and had to reclaim his mandate through the court. A
