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.
Reactions have continued to trail the sixth year anniversary of Chief Seriake Dickson-led government of Bayelsa state, with the latest being an appeal by a group, Better Bayelsa Mandate (BBM) to the Bayelsa state government to clear the backlog of salaries owed civil servants in the state. This was contained in a press statement signed
An activist, Comr. Sheriff Mulade has assured the people of the Warri South West constituency of quality representation in the state House of Assembly, if elected in 2019. The hitherto chairman of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom made the promise shortly, after the inauguration of the Mulade Consultation Campaign Committee (MCCC), a platform created for
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), in a statement signed and released by its Publicity Secretary, Fegalo Insuke, on Tuesday claimed that an indigenous oil company, Belema Oil Producing Limited has been involved in a plan to sustain tension in Ogoniland, by encouraging violent conflicts, while pushing an Ijaw expansionist agenda. The group said the
…express concerns on contentious civil society bill in senate The Founder and Coordinator of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has praised the media and the civil societies for their roles, in the sustenance of democracy in the country. Speaking in his welcome address, at the annual conference of the
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has set machinery in motion to fast-track the completion of its 13-floor permanent headquarters building at the Eastern By-Pass, Port Harcourt. The Managing Director of the Commission, Mr Nsima Ekere, gave impetus to the process on Wednesday when he handed over the project to a new contractor at the site of
…”we support location of Maritime University, Okerenkoko” The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, have told President Muhammadu Buhari that the recent visit of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja was nothing but a sham just as they reinstated their
A former Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Calistus Obi, yesterday admitted that part of the N331million belonging to the agency which he was alleged to have diverted was used in building a hotel. He made the revelation under cross-examination at his on-going trial over the alleged offence before
“The founder of Amadino (meaning Fish community) is an Ijaw man” Niger Delta Advocate and Media consultant, Comr. Paul Bebenimibo, has said that the recurrent dispute between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic group in the state is caused by the Itsekiri’s aversion for trespassing in Ijaw land and other contiguous ethnic groups. Mr. Bebenimibo, an
…endorses deputy for Imo East Senatorial seat Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday declared his intention to contest for the Imo West Senatorial seat in 2019. The Imo governor said his participation in the senatorial race will brighten the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta state, says Nigerians should be more concerned with whether the youth are ready to lead, rather than a mere generational shift at the nation’s helm of affairs. According to him, what the nation needs is courage and vision as “age has nothing to do with good leadership”.
…shell is a killer; it shall be made to pay for its crimes in Ogoniland A socio-political group, Movement for the Emancipation of Ogoniland, MOSOP, has claimed that it has discovered a toxic dump site belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited , in K-Dere community of Ogoniland. Speaking over the weekend in Bori,
Delta Sate Deputy Governor, Barr. (Deacon) Kingsley Otuaro has pronounced the Kwale Industrial Park (KIP) project as a model for aggressive industrialization of Delta State by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who has created an enabling environment in Delta State for investors to leverage on. Otuaro, who represented Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and led a Delta State delegates to the
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has agreed on a deal to play for an unnamed football club. Bolt revealed this on Sunday. “I’ve just signed for a football team,” he said in a video he posted on Twitter. “Find out who it is on Tuesday, 27th February,” he added. The world and Olympic champion is
Tunde Odesola Written in 1953, “The things men do” is the title of one of the 90 thrillers by English novelist, James Hadley Chase. His novels were very popular in European markets with France leading the pack just as far-flung Russia was not left out. Chase was a renowned name in Africa and Asia, too.
Queen of Izon-Ibe, Elizabeth Tonghan, 25, has won Queen Africa World at the 2018 Africa International Beauty Pageant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The pageant which featured other beauty queens from other African countries has Nigeria representative, Elizabeth Tonghan, winning Queen Africa World 2018. Elizabeth emerged the 2018 Queen Africa World at the keenly contested event
Residents of Ofunama community in Egbema Kingdom, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, has started suffering the perennial flood that has annually thrown them into deep despair, sorrow, anguish and sadness, as already bad roads become almost impassable, as in the past years. A resident of the area, who witnessed the heavy
INNOSON Kiara Academy has commenced training of 200 Niger Delta youths in automobile fitting to meet the needs of the country’s labour market. The exercise was flagged off at the factory auditorium Nnewi, Anambra State with an induction programme for the participants drawn from different states. Endi Ezengwa, the chief executive officer of Innoson Kiara
…demand restitution for refugees, rebuilding of Property destroyed by Military, wants relocation of HYPREP Hqrs to community Communities in Ogoni land, working under the umbrella body of the Ogoni General Assembly has given strict conditions for the resumption of oil exploration in their communities. The assembly had a meeting comprising of all the stakeholders in the
…warns kinsmen over warring against fellow Ijaws The people of Ogulagha Kingdom, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has regretted the death of one, Reuben Ololo, who was killed in the latest violent clash between the Oge-Ijoh and Aladja communities in Udu and Warri South Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement
For the second year running, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was honoured as the Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year. He emerged as the Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year 2017 on Saturday at an award ceremony held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Presenting the Sun Newspaper Governor of the
The Warri South West Political Alliance (WSWPA), a socio-political group, has endorsed the Commissioner representing the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, on the Board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Favour Izoukumor, as the representative of the Warri South West Constituency, in the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), for the 2019 general elections. The group disclosed
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has awarded scholarships to university level to all seven children of Sergeant Chukwudi Iboko, the policeman who lost his life while courageously aborting an armed robbery attack on a bank in Owerri, Imo State, last year. The Managing Director of the Commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere, announced this on Saturday
It was a gathering of who is who, at the venue of the Uvwie Kingdom 10th Coronation Anniversary of HRM, Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso, JP, OON, Abe 1, the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, on Saturday February 24, 2018 at the monarch’s palace located at the Government Reservation Area of Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state. Those in attendance
The Warri office of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper has relocated to 1st Floor (Flat 2) PS Plaza, Giwa-Amu Road by Idiaregbe Junction, Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta State. GbaramatuVoice was hitherto located at No. 91 Effurun-Sapele Road, Opposite Skye Bank, Effurun, Delta State. Our new and larger office space location allows us to add more functions in order
…as Governor Okowa, congratulates Uvwie monarch As part of his resolve to build peace across the length and breadth of the Niger Delta, the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) will on Saturday February 24, 2018, visit Uvwie Kingdom in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, ahead of the Ovie of
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has hailed Amnesty International for exposing human rights violations in Nigeria in its 2017/2018 annual report which was released on Thursday February 22, 2018. According to a release signed by the IYC President, Eric Omare, on Friday, the AI report was a true reflection of the so many human rights abuses committed under the Buhari administration.
Many a woman go into wedlock goaded by unrealistic fantasies of bliss. In marriage, they are constantly hatching an enormous number of false ideas, conceits, Utopias, mystical explanations, suspicions, and megalomaniacal fantasies, which disappear when brought into contact with the brutal reality of matrimony and their better half. It took Orode Uduaghan one crashed marriage
BENIN— Angered by the non-payment of rented apartment by a tenant, a man that inherited his late father’s house, Idemudia Obamwonyi, has allegedly set the building ablaze. Also affected in the inferno were 20 shops in the building located at Iwebo lane behind Oba Market in Benin City, Edo State were razed. Idemudia was said
The Olu of Warri Kingdom, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwole, leading members of his cabinet to the Presidential Villa for a meeting with President Muhammadu on Friday.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside has said that talks between the agency and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) are in advanced stage over a provision of 100 brand new cabotage vessels for indigenous operators in the oil and gas sector. Speaking in Warri at
The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released Wednesday by Transparency International has revealed that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the new CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank 148 out of 180 countries surveyed — a significant 12 places below where it
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and former military President Ibrahim Babangida are not at the ongoing council of state meeting in the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. Also absent are former President Shehu Shagari and Ernset Shonekan, ex-interim president. The council of state is the highest constitutional advisory body in Nigeria. This is the third council of
Top American oil giants, Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), operator of the Joint Venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – NNPC/CNL JV – received a resounding ovation at the oil/gas industry award presentation ceremony organized by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources as part of the programmes to mark the official opening ceremony of the
