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.
Nigeria has continued to lag in human capital and infrastructural development despite being the world’s tenth-largest producer of crude oil and Africa’s largest exporter of petroleum. The Niger Delta region which harbours these natural resources, like other regions of the country, is marred by youth unemployment, environmental degradation and other forms of socio-economic and political
By Ebi Perekeme Construction work has commenced on the $50m (N18.95bn) Transportation University being constructed by the Chinese government for Nigeria in Daura, Katsina State. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who inspected the project on Saturday, said the target was to complete the university in September 2021. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation is
By Loveth Ojogun The remains of Madam Comfort Titi Eyengho nee Okotie-Eboh, mother of the Tieyemiewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Samuel Eyengho, who passed away at the age of 103 years, will be interred on Saturday, Sep. 12, in Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri), Delta State. A statement signed today by the son, on behalf of the
By Loveth Ojogun Chief Joseph Uduboh, the elder brother of the CEO of KFT Conglomerate, Chief Komieyefa Uduboh, has tied the knot with his woman at a talk of the town marriage ceremony in Warri, Delta State, GbaramatuVoice reports. The groom is a chief of Tubutoru kingdom, who married his inestimable partner, Peace Torke from
Four of the five senatorial aspirants from the Bayelsa Central have been disqualified by the National Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 31 bye-elections in the state. The affected aspirants are a former Speaker and current Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Monday-Bubou Obolo; former Secretary to the
NIGERIA MARITIME UNIVERSITY OKERENKOKO, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT OF ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC STAFF VACANCIES Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment into various Academic and Non-Academic positions. The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko was established by Federal Government in 2015. The University is, among other objectives,
…Says its Delta’s turn to produce coordinator By Joshua Williams Egbema Peace and Security Group, EPSG, has rejected the appointment of Milland Dikio as the interim coordinator of amnesty programme by President Muhammadu Buhari. The EPSG while noting that are not against the President removal of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Charles Quaker
The President Muhammadu Buhari, has sacked Prof Charles Dokubo as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme. He has also approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), as the interim administrator of the programme. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. The
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has asked states to prepare for flood in communities bordering the River Niger to prevent loss of lives and property. This is contained in a statement signed by Clement Nze, NIHSA director-general, on Tuesday. Nze identified states likely to be affected as Kebbi, Kogi, Rivers, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi,
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is the most expensive amnesty programme in the world, gulping N243 billion ($1.68 billion) in five years. A report on the Assessment of the PAP by the Nextier Security, Peace and Development (SPD), unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday, revealed that funds were used
By Ebi Perekeme A Niger Delta group, Ndoshimili indigenous People of Ndokwa East (NIPONE), has given the Federal Government up to October 30,2020 to address the alleged perennial neglect of its area. During a press brief yesterday at Aboh, headquarters of NdokwaNdokwa East council area of Delta State, the group threatened self-determination and control of
By Joshua Williams The reconciliatory efforts of the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CENCPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) on Monday saw Minister of Transport, Rotimi Ameachi and his counterpart Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipre Sylva agreeing to work together to reposition the party in the South-South
By Enaibo Asiayei Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed all civil servants from grade levels 1-12 to resume work from Tuesday, September 1. Senator Diri gave the directive on Monday during a meeting with the state’s COVID-19 Taskforce in Yenagoa. The state government had on March 26 asked those categories of workers to
By Blessing Johnson Delta State Traditional Rulers Council has disclosed plans to sanction self-imposed traditional rulers in the state. They also suggested to the Delta State Government and security agencies to fashion out penalties for the infraction to check the menace for security reasons. The Traditional Rulers fear that the actions of these self-imposed kings
By Loveth Ojogun The National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) is set to hold its 5th national election cum convention. In a statement jointly signed by the Convention Planning Committee Chairman, Barr. Friday Emotimide and President of NAGS, Comrade Freeborn Abraye, the convention was billed to hold at the Okerenkoko Community Townhall, Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom,
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of all the 18 chairmanship position in the Saturday’s local government election in the state The commission’s chairman, Yomi Dinakin, made the announcement o Sunday evening. According to him, the party also won 194 councilorship seats out of 198, while the
By Loveth Ojogun As the date of Delta State Local Government election draws near, youths from Egbema Kingdom in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened to resist any further socio-political and economic marginalisation in their community. The youths also petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over what they tagged “the endless marginalisation
…Demand completion of East-West Road Niger Delta militants, under the auspices of Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, a merger of militant groups, Monday morning, threw their weight behind Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying findings by them showed the National Assembly was after him because he refused lawmakers from continuing their plundering of
By Joshua Williams Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has called on the Federal Government to put aside the alleged plans to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme for ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region. This came even as he charged the people of the region to come up with a new narrative about holding
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the Niger Delta region remains a safe haven for companies to conduct their businesses. This is coming even as he fingers multinational companies for using insecurity to justify their refusal to relocate their operational headquarters to the region. Wike made this known during a
By Ebi Perekeme The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited has insisted that it did not lay off 175 of its employees, rather one of our independent contractors did. The company also stated that it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on a possible resolution with the
…We need $4bn to ameliorate destructions on Ijaw land By Ebi Perekeme Even as Nigerians celebrate the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari led government on the commencement of the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Pipeline Project, the Ijaw National Congress and Bayelsa Center in United States, has kicked against the project. This is coming even as the group
BY JONAS ODOCHA The glaring need to develop the Niger Delta region was earlier recognized by the colonial government in Nigeria in 1957, and this translates to over six decades ago. The colonial office in London had then set up the Sir Henry Willinks intervention commission, to study the concerns and fears expressed by the
BY DAKUKU PETERSIDE Some years ago, I was among those invited by the US Consul General to his residence in Lagos for a cocktail party as part of the celebrations of the American Independence Day. I stood at the back of the open arena next to one of the officials of the US Consulate. I
By Tiko Okoye Civic Hive, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), recently opened a can of worms by accusing the Federal Ministry of Health of engaging in hanky-panky business with regards to recent purchases of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A spokesman of the NGO disclosed that going by the information it obtained as at August 1, 2020,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The final list was shared via the official Twitter handle of the commission on Friday. It was also followed with a statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Festus Okoye. In his statement, Mr
By Erere Dara The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has re-introduced the N10 billion rice farming programme supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, into its 2020 budget to boost agriculture and create jobs for the youths in the Niger Delta region. Speaking after inspecting the multi-million-naira NDDC rice mill at Elele-Alimini,
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its continuing efforts to bringing informative and educative news to every community in the Niger Delta region in their respective local languages, GbaramatuVoice has announced the launch of its Izon language services. Izon, also known as Ijo, Ijaw, Izo and Uzo is the dominant Ijaw language, spoken by a
By Ebi Perekeme Samuel Idukedoumene Ekpemupolo, younger brother to a former ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo is set to marry former Queen Africa World 2018, Elizabeth Tonghan. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the wedding will take place in Warri, Delta State on Friday 28th, August 2020. Elizabeth was crowned Queen Africa World 2018
By Paulinus Nsirim Today, the body of late Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, Senior Special Assistant on Electronic Media to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, will be laid to rest. There is no doubt that his kinsmen at Umuanya Ogbodikwu, in Umuahia South LGA of Abia State will be full of grief that such
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, lodged 12 grounds of appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the tribunal judgement that sacked him from office and ordered the Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh election in the state within 90 days. In the Notice
By Ebi Perekeme The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson, has declared that there is no vacancy in the Government House despite the judgment of the election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, which nullified the November 16, 2019 state governorship election. Dickson said in a statement on Monday by his media advisor,
By Joshua Williams & Joel Fesinghan The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), has commissioned three developmental projects for three communities in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government area of Delta State. The three Communities include Igoba, Makaraba and Kenyagbene. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the commissioning which was held in the state weekend, involves the Electrification project
By Ebi Perekeme The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has revealed that he will appeal the ruling by the tribunal nullifying his election as governor of the state. He also said that he has instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. In a statement signed by the Acting Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabarah and
The Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State. The election was nullified based on a petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), which argued that it was unlawfully excluded from participating in the election. The tribunal ruling can, however, still be challenged at the appeal
