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.
Former Akwa-Ibom northwest senator, Emmanuel Ibok Essien has been appointed to succeed Idongesit Nkanga, as chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum. In a statement issued shortly after a meeting of the Board of Trustees of PANDEF on Wednesday, the forum expressed concern over the situation of insecurity and breakdown of law and order in
By Faith Madogwe & Bella Moses In a keenly contested competition, Miss Success Joel, a sixteen year old student of Gbaraun Grammar School, Oporoza, has emerged the overall winner of the 2021 edition of the Chief Sheriff Mulade Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in rural/riverine communities in Delta State. She clinched the first position
By Ruth Oromoni The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO and a not-for-profit organization, is set to host the 5th edition of its Annual Peace and Unity Quiz and Essay Competitions also known as Sheriff Mulade Peace and Unity Quiz and Essay Competitions for Rural and Riverine Communities in Delta State. The
By Enaibo Asiayei In its determination to take justice to the grassroots and deepen peaceful co-existence, the Delta State Government has appointed 47 prominent Deltans including the Amatukpa of Ogulagha kingdom, Chief Emaye Benidiwei, Chief Linus Yeinanagbegha, Chief (Mrs.) Karawei Dora, were on Monday March 1, 2021 appointed as Justice of Peace (JP) at the
By Ebi Perekeme All is now set for the final journey of the deceased mother of Barr. George Turnah, Executive Assistant to the Governor of Bayelsa State on Public Affairs and Social Orientation, Deaconess Elizabeth Titi Charles, on Sunday February 28, 2021. Turnah, who made this known to GbaramatuVoice said that all necessary arrangements had
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it has completed the looping of the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System with a capacity to add 2.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas into the market. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Thursday at the virtual international conference of the Nigerian Gas Association. Kyari, who
By Our Correspondent Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has described as untrue, claims of oil spill in its Abiteye and Utonana fields around Benikrukru communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Chevron is the operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) (NNPC/CNL JV). GbaramatuVoice investigations
By Ebi Perekeme Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American oil giant facility – Chevron Nigeria Limited have hit more than 15 communities situated on the Benikrukru river in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. Benikrukru Community is host to Chevron Abiteye Flowstation in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the
By Our Correspondent Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters have threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos State and Abuja. In a video posted on Tuesday by AIT, members of the group were seen wearing masks and putting on a military uniform. One of them, who read a statement on behalf
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the Benikrukru United Community have disclosed that what looks like an extensive oil spill occurred in the late hours of Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Benikrukru communities, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The spill, according to them, came off a yet-to-be-properly-identified facility belonging to an oil
By Our Correspondent The Presidential Amnesty Programme has begun investigation of fraud perpetrated by some vendors and contractors to determine its spread and extent of involvement or connivance with staff. The organisation said while the investigation remained ongoing, it would not stop the payment of those whose contracts and documents had been verified and reconciled
By Ebi Perekeme The lawmaker representing Ese-Odo Constituency in Ondo State House of Assembly, Barr. Success Torhukerhijo, has condemned the recent approval of the adoption of an indigenous anthem projecting only the culture and tradition of the Yoruba tribe by the State Executive Council. The lawmaker representing the Ijaw-speaking communities in the state described the
By Ebi Perekeme Gbaramatu students under the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) sponsored scholarship scheme to study at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, College of Marine Transportation in Egypt, had send a cry of help to the Delta state deputy governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro and other indigenes of the Kingdom, on the
By Our Correspondent The Rivers State Executive Council has approved two contracts for construction of two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt City at the cost of N12.4 bn. It was gathered one of the flyovers would be sited at the intersection of Olu-Obasanjo road and Port Harcourt Aba Expressway popularly called Waterlines Junction at 800
By Ebi Perekeme Repentant militants in Akwa Ibom State have threatened to resume hostilities over the poor funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by the Federal Government. The former agitators, under the aegis of the Akwa Ibom Ex-Militants Forum, said the Federal Government had not provided sufficient funds to the Presidential Amnesty Office to
Every year, Valentine’s Day comes as a reminder for us to celebrate our loved ones. The special occasion, celebrated annually and worldwide on February 14, is a commemoration of love, friendship and togetherness. But, while so much about the day is known, the reason why it is called what it is called, is still a
By Ebi Perekeme Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, this morning, deflated rumor flying around on its National Leader and Chairman, Board of Board of Trustees, Chief Edwin Clark, who recently recovered from Covid-19 attack, saying he is alive, hale and hearty. National Publicity Secretary of the South-South regional body, Hon. Ken Robinson, in a statement,
Like many other children born in the Niger Delta creeks, his environment provided him with no opportunity. The government at both state and federal levels made no attempt to provide him access to good education. His parents, who could have, had no stable means of livelihood as their lands and sea have been polluted by
By Femi Salako Great impacts of Dr. Kingsley Valentine Kuku in restoring lasting peace to the Niger Delta region will continue to make the Arogbo Ijaw born environmentalist and humanist a reference point in Nigeria’s history. Several thousands of hitherto hopeless agitators whose lives became transformed will also continue to owe K3 a debt of
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta polluted land, wells and groundwater. The court ruled on Fridany that two Nigerian communities, of more than 50,000 people combined, can bring their legal claims for clean-up and compensation against
By Our Correspondent Mercury Maritime Concession Company Limited (MMCC) and Port of Antwerp are collaborating to build the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC), to boost economic and national development of the nation, particularly, Delta State. Speaking at a briefing in Lagos at the Sailing Club exhibition race 2021, the Chairman of MMCC,
By Ebi Perekeme The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has ordered contractors handling its projects to return to site immediately and complete the work for which they were engaged. Speaking during the inspection the Niger Delta Region Specialist Hospital, at Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa
By Our Correspondent Delta State Government on Thursday announced the approval of the construction and rehabilitation of no fewer than 15 roads across the state at a cost of about N16 billion. This was part of the decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa. Briefing
By Ebi Oboko To Engineer Fetimi Bebetebe Balogun, making money at a tender age was not his headache, in fact he never believed in going to school, not until the propelling came from his brother and one of his female teachers he came across in the course of his educational pursuit. Today, Fetimi is a
By Our Correspondent Traditional ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Pere Charles Ayemi Botu, has said the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has been hijacked by cabals. He alleged corruption in the interventionist agency, and called on well meaning Deltans, particularly those in
“Unemployment in South-South is nearly 65%. It is visibly the poorest area of Nigeria. There is no agriculture, less fishing, greater expectation, more drugs, and greater unhappiness: a powder keg waiting to explode.” By Patrick Dele Cole The plight of the Niger Delta has never been worse than it is now. They are a lot poorer
-Oleke Iyenkedi Stanley, a recipient of the federal government’s 2010 amnesty programme, is crying out over the non-payment of his arrears – The complainant claims that he is being owed over N7m, which is an amount that accumulated about 10-years period beginning from the onset of the programme By Ebi Perekeme A recipient of the
The families of Late Pa. Dr. Alfred Ise Ogegbene of Perebiri Quarters of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom and Late Amabenimo Yokiri of Kenibra Quarters of Oporoza town in Gbaramatu kingdom, both of Delta State, regret to announce the passing away of Comrade Andrew Diowei Ogegbene from Delta State. Comrade Andrew Ogegbene died on Saturday November 14,
Rituals for different purposes walk on the surface of this earth like the void upon the earth before the world was born. Rituals vary as are the people that perform them. The ritual of wrong-admission is a good one. I know when somebody is wronged. I know somebody had been wronged for years. I have
By Ebi Perekeme Warring factions of the host communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM and HOSCON) have agreed to sheath their sword and present a harmonized position of the entire host communities at the new public hearing of the Petroleum Industrial Bill (PIB). According to the press release signed by the media adviser
Trobule is brewing in the Niger Delta over the decision of the Federal Government to seize N26b belonging to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) under the guise of unspent budgetary provision. Investigation showed that the Amnesty Office was at the verge of concluding a process to withdraw the money and pay humugous debt owed by
Reggae-blues singer, Harry Tare Okiri, popularly known as Mr. Harrysong is set to wed his fiancée, Alexer Peres Gopa on the 27th of March, 2021. The singer made this announcement on Thursday, February 4 2021 in a post he shared on his Instagram handle. The wedding is scheduled to take place on the 27th of
By Ebi Perekeme Oil-rich Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, has sworn-in a 9-man executive council, headed by Comrade Pedro Bekenawei, to run the affairs of the community for the next tenure, just as they were sworn in and the out-gone chairman, Hon. Uyadonghan Powede and his immediate past executive handed over leadership of
Oil producing communities in Gbaramatu and Egbema Kingdoms, Delta State, have rejected the recommended governance model under the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020 for host communities’ development where oil companies would become overlords over oil producing communities, warning it would generate unnecessary anxieties in Niger Delta. It would be recalled that Host Communities of Nigeria
By Our Correspondent A Delta State High Court judge, Justice Anthony Ezonfade Okorodas has narrated how he discovered that his first three children, born to him by his first wife, Barrister Celia Juliet Otobo, were not his biological children. Justice Okorodas and Mrs Otobo were married for nine years and had the three children, that
