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.
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he needs a longer time to rest, thus putting paid to speculations and claims by top government officials that he is actually fit and healthy. The president said this on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 saying the rest is deserved following the results from the series of medical tests he
“If we want to have peace as Ijaw people, all the traditional rulers should go back to their villages and interact with their people and the Niger Delta region will grow” Chief Combolous Ikisa, is a politician with a lot of difference. The former Special Adviser on Security and Youths Development, Burutu Local Government Area
As the federal government intensifies effort to appease the restive Niger Delta region to stabilize oil production, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate return of the golden sword seized by the Nigerian Army last year to the Gbaramatu Kingdom. The golden sword described as the symbol of authority of the Gbaramatu in Warri South
*Visits 22 communities in 9 days *Hailed with deluge of complaints, demands by host
With the Senate’s positive moves initiated by Senator James E. Manager, it is shocking that those who wanted the university to ‘die’ are laying another landmine on its path by resolving ahead to deprive it of needed funds
*State Government to meet with leaders tomorrow in Asaba "No light for kokodiagbene community, no crude oil for Chevron"
Gbaramatu kingdom was thrown into a celebratory frenzy following the much anticipated arrival of the Pere of Gbaramatu, His Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe, Agadagba. The monarch made a grand entrance into oil-rich Benikrukru and Kenyagbene communities, Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state today Friday 17th February, 2017. He
The Chairman of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has called on all sons and daughters of the community to troop out tomorrow Wednesday, February 15, 2017 to give a rousing welcome to the Pere of Gbaramatu, His Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe Agadagba.
THE PERE OF GBARAMATU, HIS MAJESTY, OBORO-GBARAUN 11, AKETEKPE, AGADAGBA, ARRIVED IN KANTU COMMUNITY, GBARAMATU KINGDOM, WARRI SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE TODAY TO MUCH FUNFARE.
The Niger Delta University, NDU in Bayelsa State, Amassoma Wilberforce Island will today experience a mighty seasonal drama, allegedly the first ever Ijaw feminist stage play titled “Andakazi, the Warrior Goddess” at the department of Theatre Arts. This was disclosed to Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper by the director of the stage drama, Romana Ajuju who assures
The traditional ruler of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba have vowed not to relent in his efforts of lending his voice for the actualization of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko. His Majesty made the vow at Kurutie community, a town hosting the take-off campus of the Maritime University yesterday during
•Says Peace is a panacea for sustainable development •As Okerenkoko raises issue of Nigerian Maritime University
The paramount ruler of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe Agadagba, 26th monarch of the ancient Kingdom have stated that Ijaghala community his under his overlordship. The revered monarch made the call yesterday during his visit to the said Ijaghala community as part of events marking his 9 days tour around communities
•Visit's Sarabubowei, Ikpokpo and Okpele-Ama/Tebujor Communities •As Communities cries out for age long neglect •Calls for immediate commencement of the EPZ/Deep Seaport project in Gbaramatu
The people of Kokodiagbene Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have given Chevron Nigeria Limited 14 days ultimatum to supply electricity to the community. The oil producing community gave the ultimatum yesterday while threatening to shut down the company’s operations failure to comply with its demand at the
The Senate on Tuesday said the establishment of a Maritime University of Nigeria in Niger Delta region to provide manpower needed for the maritime industry was not negotiable. The position of the Senate was made known by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday during a one-day public hearing on two bills meant to provide
OPOROZA, the traditional headquarter of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State was earlier today basking in the euphoria of jubilation as envoy of the United States of America, USA led by its Consul general, Mr. F. John Bray visited the Kingdom on a fact finding mission. Speaking during the
The Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun 11, Aketekpe, Agadagba, on Tuesday, received the Consular General of the United State Embassy, Mr. F. John Bray and his team at his palace in Oporoza, Delta state. Photos by: Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper
•As IYC Chieftains insist convention must hold
For the first time in the history of the commission that budget no longer makes meaningful to its runnings, the 2016 budget was not implemented while it bleeds in silence yet the government still shameless go about preaching about prosperity. What is the true meaning of prosperity when Deltans are suffering?
By Gbaramatu Voice Editorial Board At a time when there where so much noise and chanting about prosperity for all Deltans slogan was preached to all nook and cranny of the State, many thought the Messiah that the people have been waiting for has arrived earlier than they had imagined. The reign of His Excellency,
Toru-Orua, the hometown of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, was agog with activities marking the presentation of staff of office and certificate of recognition to the Pere of Tarakiri Kingdom, King Richardford Orukarebai Koroye, following his coronation in 2012. The ceremony attracted eminent personalities from within and outside the state including, the state Deputy
What message was the His Excellency sending just breezing in and out of our region? Are we lepers that our own Vice President cannot spend two or three days with us? Is the problem of the Niger Delta not enough for a Vice President or indeed a President, for that matter, to spend a full
•Says Itsekiris should allow the sleeping dog lie THE people of Okerenkoko Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State have called on the Itsekiri monarch, Ogiame Ikenwoli to immediately tender apology for members of Gbaramatu kingdom particularly Okerenkoko community for calling them impostors for being host to the Nigerian Maritime University sited at the Community. This
"The Itsekiris has no land in Delta State as attested to by an Itsekiri son in early 20th century as contained in a certified true copy of intelligent report of Warri obtained at the National archives (Chief Dore Numa reply to the Warri Province Resident, upon a petition written by the Ogbe-Ijoh People, pages 1-4).
•As community demands compensation •BegS Navy, Army to call their personnel to order
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has called on the Governor of Delta state, Sen. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa to halt all forms of killings and evil ongoing between Aladja and Ogbe Ijoh communities in Udu and Warri South West local governments of the state. The new President General of the umbrella union of all Urhobos, Chief
Commence academic activities on the Nigerian Maritime University, EPZ projects says Gbaramatu Traditional Council
It is a fact that Okerenkoko, is completely an Ijaw-owned community, where the Nigerian Maritime University is presently situated, and the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa are fully convinced on that.
BURUTU-The Umbrella body covering all Youths in Ogulagha Kingdom, under the aegis of Ogulagha Kingdom Youth Council in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have alleged that Beniboye and Isiayegbene communities all in Delta belongs to them. The youths convey their plights in a press statement jointly signed yesterday by its leadership, Comr. John
The very idea that the Itsekiri cannot articulate its view within the context of development and imperative of trans cultural influence that will enhance its sphere of influence and the stool of the Ogiame except to publicly attack the cognomen of the Nigerian Maritime University is frankly worrisome.
WARRI ~ Despite the warnings and peaceful measures of the Delta State Government, the people of Aladja in Udu Local Government Area and Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South West Local Government Area of the State have once again engaged in a fierce gun battle. A source who craved anonymity hinted Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper that the people
GBARAMATU VOICE observed that the buildings in the expansive yard at the Kurutie temporary site include a storey building that houses the VC’s office and its supporting staff. Others include offices for the Registrar, Bursar, HoDs, Deans, Accounts department, Boardroom, Conference room, general offices and other ancillary offices that are all furnished. Other structures include a
In a recent straw poll conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Studies in concert with elements of ECOWAS Early warning Department in the predominantly Northern dominated Bureau De Change area of Wuse Zone 4 Abuja cutting across 514 persons sampled, It was discovered that a great many Nigerians are already making up their minds
It has been alleged that Matthew Obobo Solomon, has duped the Nigerian government into offering him a top job at the Ministry of Niger Delta after posing as a son of retired Army General and former Minister of Defence, TY Danjuma. Mr. Danjuma, a billionaire philanthropist and chairman of Intervention Programmes for the North East,
