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.
Mr Kazeem Afegbua, spokesman to the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, declared wanted by the Police, on Wednesday, stormed the Force Headquarters in Abuja, in a style with a team of lawyers and some of his family members. Afegbua, who arrived the Lious Edet Force Headquarters’ House around 10:32 a.m. in the company of a team
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said, it would begin a major deployment of troops to the troubled states of Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kogi and Niger to restore peace and orderliness. The exercise is tagged: Ayem Akpatuma (Tiv Language) meaning ‘Cat Race’. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the exercise which runs from
The chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brittania-U Nigeria Limited, Mrs Catherine Uju Ifejika has said that no amount of ‘blackmail’ or campaign of calumny can discourage the company from carrying out its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in the Niger Delta region, particularly in its host communities of Ogulagha Kingdom, Delta state. Mrs Ifejika, a
…Decries FG inability to disarm herdsmen Delta State, Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has declared that the state does not have land for cattle colonies. The Governor made this declaration on Tuesday in Asaba while addressing stakeholders at a meeting involving herdsmen, farmers, community leaders and heads of security agencies. He decried what he described as
Suspected Gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two contractors working on one of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects in Otuogiri Community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Confirming the incident, Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, DSP Asinim Butswat, said in Yenagoa that police had arrested the accomplice and that he was undergoing interrogation. Lucky Moses, one
…Amnesty boss, aides has siphoned billions of Naira-NDAGG …Protest organized by failed politicians-DJF Hundreds of youths from Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, blocked the major roads in Kolokuma-Opokuma and Yenagoa areas seeking the removal of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd). The protesters, who disrupted commercial activities and free-flow of traffic,
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Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to ex-Nigerian leader, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement. Mr. Afegbua is also requesting N1 billion in damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses, according to court filings seen by newsmen. Mr. Afegbua’s legal representative, Kayode
The Industrial Gas Park component of the $16billion Export Processing Zone (EPZ) project to be sited in Delta State by the Federal Government would soon take off as a Steering Committee on the project visits Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Monday. The leader of delegation led by Sheikh Mohamed Bayorh, Executive General Manager, Alpha Grip Management
…On CSR, we’ve done our best for them- CEO, Brittania-U Brittania-U Nigeria Limited, an oil prospecting company in the Niger Delta has been accused by the Ogulagha youths of malicious neglect of the indigenes of its operational base, the Ogulagha Kingdom, an Ijaw community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The youth body stated this in
As preparations for the 2019 general election heats-up, Team Ibori for Okowa, a political pressure group championing the second term bid of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, has inaugurated its Executives in Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. Performing the inauguration ceremony of the new excos at
•Open up to Ogoriba-led PANDEF delegation •Plead with FG to rescind SPDC’s operational licence •We’re unwavering in devt of Kula, Belema host communities – SPDC Offoin-Ama inhabitants and other communities in oil-rich Kula Kingdom, Akuru-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, have accused the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, of destroying their lands, causing
There was pandemonium at Third junction in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State as angry youths staged a protest over the alleged killing of a bus driver by a policeman. The protest on Tuesday later turned violent and resulted in a clash between youths and some mobile policemen deployed in the scene. As the policemen fired
•Warned Federal Government over planned termination of programme “The people would fight against plan to end it” A group that describes itself as the mouth piece of the people of Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Integrity Watch (NDIW) has lauded the Buhari government for appointing one Major H. K. Mowarin as the Head of Education/Logistics and
…Demands for removal of Paul Both Some ex-militants are at moment blocking the Kaiama, end of the East/West road. They are calling for the removal of Paul Both, the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty program. Numbering about one thousand, the unruly ex-agitators displayed various placards that ventilate their grievances and the call for the immediate
DON Waney’s empire of crime keeps collapsing after his bloody end, which was ignited by the New Year’s Day killings in Omoku, Rivers State. Emenike Agamu (aka General Red Scorpion), who is said to be the fourth in-command in the Don Waney cult gang, yesterday surrendered his arms to security operatives in Owerri, the Imo
At least one person was killed when youth who support different political parties clashed in Bayelsa State on Sunday. The violent clash was between two factions of youth of Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. One faction was said to be loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the other
The Bonga deep offshore oil field, one of Nigeria’s highest volume producers and top revenue earners, was shut down for days in January, disrupting crude exports and cutting the country’s projected oil revenues for the month, GbaramatuVoice has learnt. The closure of the Bonga field, with output capacity of 225,000bpd shut in owing to leakages
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared Kazeem Afegbua wanted over the statement he issued on behalf of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday. He ordered the arrest of Afegbua for “making false statements, defamation of character, and for an act capable of instigating public disturbance,” the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said
The management of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has refuted a story circulated by an online portal, which suggests that the Spokesperson of the commission has confirmed the expiration of the tenure of the present management of the commission In a statement signed by the Deputy Director of the commission, Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, aptly titled; “REFUTAL
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has so far trained and built the capacity of 22,612 youths including the 100 that just graduated in Home Finishing Skills. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, stated this at the 6th Graduation of Empowerment Support Initiative, ESI, and NDDC Entrepreneurial and Skill Acquisition Training for Niger
In his effort to promoting peaceful co-existence between the Ijaws and the Binis in Edo state, as well as to discuss issues of mutual benefit to both state, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state on Saturday 3rd February, 2018 led a high-powered delegation on an official visit to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state at the
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Very remarkably, the Niger Delta region, south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, has the highest volume of crude oil deposits in sub-Saharan Africa and doubles as the most neglected part of Nigeria in terms of infrastructural development, a scenario that has since set the stage for various forms of hostilities, youth restiveness, and
A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by eight men including an Imam, is said to be five months pregnant with twins in Kubau Local Government, Kaduna State. Head of Arridah Foundation, Hajiya Rabi Salisu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna that the case was brought to the organisation to assist the
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State leads high-powered delegation on an official visit to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State at the Government House in Yenagoa to discuss issues of mutual benefit to both state and the need for peaceful co-existence between the Ijaws and their Bini neighbours. See photos below: https://www.facebook.com/100006260804358/videos/2061748554043818/
Akwa Ibom State being the highest oil-producing state in the Niger Delta region has benefited from the Niger Delta Commission (NDDC) with 1063 documented projects with additional 298 new projects approved; the Managing Director of the Commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere has insisted. Ekere who said Akwa Ibom had benefited substantially from the commission since 2002
Chief Edwin Clark has lashed out at former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for the formation of a Movement for the Coalition of Nigeria, describing the move as deceitful. The former president in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, had criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. He also urged President Buhari
Adewale Akanbi, oluwo of Iwo, has alleged that Adeyeye Ogunwusi, ooni of Ife, ordered his bodyguard to push him out of the way during a meeting of traditional rulers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. According to Akanbi, the incident happened at Hotel Presidential in the oil-rich city. He said it happened just as the
The History of Nigeria since 1969 is about three men: Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. I will aptly describe them as President General, President and President at large. The trio constitute the Presidium, even if we are not Communists. The recent letter to President Buhari could only have come from
…vow to resist imposition of arbitrary levies Boats and Jetty owners operating at the popular Ogbe-Ijoh market in Warri waterfront, have cried out to the Delta State Government to come to their rescue from the continuous harassment and intimidation of its members by officials of the Delta State Ministry of Transport, who they claim use security operatives
…as organizers hold press conference on ‘Face of Gbaramatu International Pageant 2018’ For a hitch-free maiden edition of a beauty pageant being organized by the publishers of GbaramatuVoice Newspapers, tagged ”Face of Gbaramatu International”, the organizers of the unique event have addressed a one-hour, pre-event press conference, at its Warri corporate office. At the press conference,
The Commissioner of Education, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite has urged Bayelsans to take advantage of the existing revolution in the state educational sector. Hon. Obuebite threw the challenge on Friday,at the ongoing Inter-Ministerial briefing/Score Card presentation at the Gabriel Okara Cultural centre, Yenagoa, He added that the state government’s efforts in paying the over four hundred
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Friday assured that the first airplane would land at the state’s international airport in June. Dickson said funds had been set aside already for the completion of the airport with a 3.5 kilometre runway. He also said government was expecting the Chinese $6bn investment in the Brass
Some Television viewers of the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) “Double Wahala’ reality show, have taken to twitter to register their displeasure over the `change’ of Big Brother’s a.k.a `Biggie’ voice. They stated that the change from a deep baritone voice used in last season to this season’s calmer voice is disrupting the fun of
The Nigerian Navy said it had seized a large vessel, MT Breakthrough, for allegedly transporting 4,574 metric tons (5.790 million litres) of crude oil. Capt. Victor Choji, the Executive Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, told newsmen on Friday that the product was suspected to have been stolen from pipelines in
