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.
The Supreme Court has fixed January 17, 2022 to hear the application challenging the jurisdiction of the court and the main suit, in the case instituted by the Rivers State Government, seeking to stop the Federal Government from ceding 17 oil wells in the state, to Imo State. The seven-man panel led by Justice Kudirat
By Enaibo Asiayei A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $1.638 billion to the Delta State Government being 13 percent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue payable to the oil-rich state. Justice Donatus Okorowo, while delivering the judgment, held that being a suit instituted to recover revenue accruing
By Our Correspondent Elders and leaders of Owahwa community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have condemned the incessant and unprovoked attacks on their community by the neighbouring Okwagbe community, resulting in the loss of lives and displacement of some Owahwa indigenes particularly those of them that reside inside Okwagbe community. They
By Ebi Perekeme The House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development has commenced investigation into the alleged fraudulent sale of the Delta Steel Company. To this end, it invited the Managing Director of the new owner – Premium Steel – to appear before it Wednesday and explain the company’s role in the alleged mismanagement of the assets worth
By Gbenga Nicholas Gunmen Suspected to be bandits have Kidnapped some staff of the University of Abuja on Tuesday. It was learnt that sporadic gunshots started at 12:14am before some members staff were whisked away. However the number of officials abducted from the university cannot be acertained yet The university has confirmed the development but
The President of Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), Comrade Shadrach Onitsha Ebikeme has released the pre-wedding photos of himself and his longtime girlfriend, Mary Governor. The couple have been in a relationship for a while but kept it private. Ebikeme and his wife-to-be are set to have their traditional marriage on Saturday, November 13, in Effurun,
Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations against the socialite
The Itsekiri Liberation Group, ILG, has issued strongly worded warnings over alleged plans by 59 northern legislators to amend the 1999 Constitution and remove the 13% derivation fund to the Niger Delta. Arising from an emergency meeting of the group, the ILG said through its chairman, Comrade Mone Oris, and the secretary – Comrade Ajofotan
The Special Adviser on Youth to the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has condemned in strong terms the kidnapping of an expatriate in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The expatriate simply known as Mr Rony is an engineer with PAACHE Construction Limited, the contractor handling the 4.5-kilometer Igbedi Road
The leadership tussle of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation, the umbrella body of eight host communities of Chevron Nigeria Limited Exploration activities in Southern Ijaw and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State has assumed a new dimension with the suspension of six persons for forming a parallel executive council. KEFESS is a foundation representing the
There is palpable tension between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities in Warri Southwest and Udu council areas of Delta State following the death of a pastor, Sylvester Yerinbide on Saturday. Yerinbide, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who hailed from Ogbe-Ijoh, was reportedly attacked on Friday night by yet-to-be identified persons while
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has declared Tuesday November 2, 2021 as work-free day. This is to enable workers in the public and private sectors actively take part in the state’s Annual Thanksgiving service. Diri announced the decision through a ‘Government Special Announcement’ issued on Monday in Yenagoa by
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has unveiled his next plan for ex-agitators, saying he will focus on wealth creation, leveraging on partnerships that will have positive effects on the economy of the Niger Delta and the country at large. He said having laid the foundation in his first
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to resign over his embarrassment and selective targeting of judicial officers from the South. He condemned in strong terms the illegal invasion of the house of the
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday released a detailed breakdown of how it planned to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on federal roads in the country. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday gave the corporation the go-ahead to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the
Dissatisfied with the ruling of the Court of Appeal, the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has vowed to head to the Supreme Court. He said no abuse of the constitution of PDP should be allowed to stand. ALSO READ: Court strikes out Secondus suit to stop PDP convention
Governor of Rivers state, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has arrived at the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. The governor arrived minutes after army and police operatives stormed the home of the supreme court justice. ALSO READ: Security operatives invade Justice Odili’s residence in Abuja The security operatives, who came with a
Security operatives, on Friday, conducted a search on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court, in Abuja. The supreme court justice is the wife of Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers state, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The security operatives, who were made
By Beauty Sobai The Publisher of GbaramatuVoice, a leading newspaper in the Niger Delta, Jacob Abai has been honoured with 2021 Media Personality of the Year Award. The Award was bestowed on him by Arogbo-Ibe Entertainers during a colourful event held at the Arogbo cultural centre in Ondo State. According to the organiser, Abai was
By Asiayei Enaibo Kingdoms exist on the premises of the tradition of the founding fathers, their sacred laws, principles, norms, and ethics sustain their strength, powers beyond conquest. Ogulagha kingdom, one sacred Ijaw kingdom that have existed before the coming of the colonial masters in history, briefly called “Ogula” recorded in the national archives. This
The suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus’ appealed seeking an interim injunction to restrain the PDP from conducting its national convention billed for Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, 2021, in Abuja has been dismissed. An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, three-man panel on Friday dismissed the appeal which
Facebook, a US multinational company, has changed its name to ‘Meta’. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook, announced the name change in a statement issued on Thursday. According to him, the change of name will reflect the company’s efforts on rebranding its future operations. “To reflect who we are and the
The immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, and the governorship candidate of ZLP in the last election and immediate past Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. The running mate of the ZLP’s candidate, Engr. Gboye Adegbenro, also joined the main opposition party. Mimiko, after the stakeholders
The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation. The students had embarked on peaceful protest after
Bitcoin Price Crashes, Billions Bitcoin’s price has crashed yet again, wiping hundreds of millions of pounds from cryptocurrency markets and sending traders into a huge panic. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency plummeted below $59,000 following the “flash crash”. This is a huge drop of more than $5,000 from the levels it was trading at just
Youths from the South-South have notified the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of their intentions to resume their suspended protest to demand a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the auspices of the South-South Youths Initiative (SSYI), in August occupied the headquarters of NDDC in Port
By Ebi Perekeme At least two hundred Ijaw communities in Ikpoba-Okha, Ovia North East and Ovia South West Local Government Areas of Edo State, have said that their means of livelihood is been threatened over their neglect by successive governments of the state. The Secretary of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western zone, Comrade Omaghomi Olu-Derimon disclosed this
A total of 1,444 disengaged workers of ExxonMobil in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, have called on relevant stakeholders to prevail on the oil multinational for the payment of their terminal benefits of N11.4billion, else they will take the laws into their hands. The aggrieved ex-workers particularly called on ex-militants leaders, Government Ekpemupolo, Asari Dokubo and
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned for hearing and possibly ruling on the appeal filed by the suspended national chairman of the PDP till Thursday. At the resumed hearing Tuesday, PDP lawyers asked for time to respond to the appeal, but the Court of Appeal judges refused to grant their request,
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it has been mandated by people of the Niger Delta to request an upward review of the derivation allocation from its present 13 per cent to 50 per cent. The apex South-South socio-cultural group made the disclosure in a communique issued following an emergency general assembly held virtually on
In the early hours of Monday, October 25, 2021, former members of the Bakassi Strike Force, BSF numbering about 150, blocked the entrance to the Cross River State Governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it signed with them since 2018. The agitators who
The Nigerian Navy on Monday launched four new ballistics gunboats to boost its fight against oil theft and sea robbery, which have been commonplace in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, inducted the gunboats on behalf of the Nigerian Navy in Lagos. Irabor said at the induction that the four
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has declared that the party would produce the next Governor of the state which is the person of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing Fred Latimore, the Executive Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communication as a man deserving of mental evaluation and should not be
A group, National Coordinator of Frontier for Peace and Unity (FPU), has canvassed support for the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator, FPU, Mrs Ikalama Owadiktorusinya, said in Buguma, Rivers, on Monday that the group had adopted Amaechi, after consulting widely
Concerned by the security and safety of commuters, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has proposed an extra-budgetary intervention for the inclusion of the East-West road sections I-IV in the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning also the Debt Management Office (DMO). Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio
