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.
WARRI -It has been gathered that suspected unknown militants have blown up a major crude Oil Exporting facility , Trans Ramos trunk line close to Odimodi Community in Iduwini Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State last night. It was gathered at the time of filing this report that no militant group in the
WARRI -President of the Foundation for Human Rights and Anti Corruption Crusade (FHRACC) , Barr. Alaowei Cleric have narrated his three days ordeal after regaining freedom from the hands of his abductors, the dreaded Fulani Herdsmen at Lokoja. It would be recalled that Alaowei in the company of others mostly from the Ijaws extraction where
•Says his nomination is a rape on the NDDC Act AKURE -A sociocultural group, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) Akure Chapter, Ondo State have moved to stop Mr. Olatokumbo Ajasin from emerging as the member to represent the state in the board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was contained in a Press Release
• Says alienation of Ijaws responsible for renewed militancy • Says true federalism is the way out •Calls for the immediate withdrawal of troops in Niger Delta Communities. WAARI -Ijaw elders drawn from the seven Niger Delta States have today flooded Warri in Delta State to proffer solutions on the lingering insecurity challenges that have
WARRI -Edwin Clark, prominent Ijaw leader, says any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in the Niger Delta region would not yield result without the involvement of Ijaw elders. Clark said this in Warri on Saturday during a consultative council meeting, which had in attendance Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa governor, and Kingsley Otuaro, Delta deputy
PHOTOS FROM THE IJAW LEADERS MEETING CONVENED BY CHIEF E. K. CLARK IN WARRI, DELTA STATE From Left: Chief E. K. Clark, Ijaw National leader; His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa and His Excellency, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, the Deputy Governor of Delta State during Ijaw leaders meeting in Warri,
• Says he was not informed on ongoing remembrance of late. King Ebizimor. WARRI -Popular Ijaw musical gazelle, Chief Barrister Sojawei Smooth have warned his traducers not to tarnish his God given image. Barrister, gave the warning while reacting to reports that he was not present at the anniversary of the late. Ijaw musical King,
BY KESTIN PONDI The intensified terrorism perpetrated in parts of Nigeria by the savage sect now popularly referred to as Boko Haram started like a child’s play with so much hearsay: it will fizzle out soon, it’s politically motivated, it’s a northern agenda, and it’s a gang of renegades and criminals. Amidst all of these
WARRI – There have been jubilation as Hon Simeone Bebenimibo, a member in the Delta State Waterways / Land Security and Mr. Bomby Oluba both from Okerenkoko Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have reportedly regained freedom from the Joint Task Force (JTF) today. It will be recalled
By Fred Brisibe The Niger Delta Question has never lost its footing anytime in the several years of the struggle by way of changing its course of agitation for equal rights and justice. Each agitator, in his own turn, endeavoured to sustain this primordial question with great verve and gusto. The variegated shades of activist
• Wishes him long life, wisdom and good health. •Pledges to partner with the Kingdom WARRI~ The generalissimo of Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper Mr. Jacob Abai, Publisher /Editor in-Chief of the tabloid have congratulated His Royal Majesty, Couple Mackson Oroumoni, Monbene III, the Amakosu of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom on his presentation of staff of Office. The
•Says drones won’t stop them The economic warriors, operating under the auspices of Niger Delta Avengers have yesterday renewed their vow to crumble the Nigerian economy. The threat was issued yesterday in the group’s website signed by self styled Brig. Gen. Mudoch Agbinibo over what he described as the federal government insincerity of the proposed
•Calls on State Government for its revival •Says Tompolo was a God sent to them RESIDENTS of Okerenkoko Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed dismay over the abysmal abandonment of the Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital. The residents who disclosed this to Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper during a visit
•Task Buhari on a genuine dialogue. WARRI -Non Governmental organisations within the Niger Delta region, Foundation for Human Rights and Anti Corruption Crusade (FHRACC) and Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) have condemned calls from Adaka Boro Avengers not to declare the Niger Delta Republic while calling on all militants to embrace the dialogue
•Blast Governor Dickson, Aginighan & others •Says his resignation is long overdue •Highlights achievments YENAGOA – The acting President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), umbrella body covering all Ijaws Worldwide, Engr. Ebieridei Charles Ambaiowei MNSE ,have resigned over what he described as “what cannot be held together.” Engr. Ambaiowei disclose this in a letter sent
•State Government promises not to meddle in the selection process of any Monarch. Ogbe-Ijoh, the headquarters of Warri South West Local Government Area and the traditional headquarters of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom was agog yesterday as the Deputy Governor of Delta State Barr. Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro on behalf of Governor Okowa present staff of office
•Questions the integrity of the fight against corruption WARRI ~ The embattled leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo have in a strong worded letter revealed that President Mohammadu Buhari needs him to drive the change mantra in the Niger Delta region. Chief Tompolo in
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said that his administration is talking to Niger Delta militants through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies to find a lasting solution to insecurity in the region. Speaking at a farewell audience with Mr. Michael Zinner, the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria at the State House, President Buhari
WARRI- A foremost leader in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State Mr. Freeborn Igere have stated that he have no ties with the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers while alleging that his traducers are overstepping their bounds. This was contained in a Press Statement sent to Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper today
The diaspora coordinator of the Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (FHRACC), Otuaro Jerry Esq., have stated that the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers is nowhere close to occupy any territory within Gbaramatu Kingdom as against the misleading take of the Honourable Minister, unless he personally brought them to Oporoza. Jerry in a statement also
PHOTO: Nigerian Minister for Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, during his visit to Oporoza as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working for development in the Niger Delta with children playing football PHOTO: Nigerian Minister for Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, during his visit to Oporoza as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working for development in
Days after his acclaimed meeting with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), Sports and Youth Development Minister, Mr. Solomon Dalung, appears to have run into trouble as President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the probe of circumstances surrounding the parley. “Mr. President has ordered that the minister provides an answer as to whether or not
ASABA -The Acting Governor of Delta State, Barr. (Deacon) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has reaffirm the prosperity for all Deltans agenda during their electioneering campaigns while stressing that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa will not deprive any part of Delta State from the spread of developmental projects as the present economic recession will not derail the “prosperity for
GBARAMATU- The leadership of Oporoza Community, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have lambasted the visit of the Minister of Youth and Sports Hon. Solomon Dalung who claims he had an interactive session with members of Niger Delta Avengers and people of the Community. This was
•Beneficiaries to choose any country of their choice There have been wild jubilation in Ijaw land particularly Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State as the Tompolo Foundation gives scholarships to five students of the Kingdom that graduated with a First Class Honours degree at the 12th convocation ceremony during
• Welemu, Potoki & Elizabeth emerges winners. The Godfrey Pondi book club that was founded in 2015 with the core aim of inculcating reading habit among Ijaws with the intent of developing the human mind through books that will ultimately revamp the Ijaw Nation and reposition it academically through the reviews of high powered books
•Demands release of Muturu. WARRI ~ The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide have accused the military of not having the power to arrest any Nigerian without trial including the fight against insurgency in the Niger Delta Region while alerting that the renewed insurgency should not be used as a yardstick to punish innocent people in
•Attributes success to Tompolo BENIN~ It was a celebration galore as Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have yesterday during the Benson Idaghosa University 12th Convocation Ceremony in Benin, Edo State capital recorded over 200 graduates and 4 students graduating with first class out of the total 902 convocating
Activities of the faceless and economically dangerous group operating under the auspices of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) seems to be taking a different dimension as they have warned EXXONMOBIL not to carry out any repair works on the blown pipeline or else they will extend their hostilities to its personnel. The group also threatened that
WARRI ~ The National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to have a rethink and free the innocent youths arrested during the May 28th military siege of the Kingdom. This was contained in a Press Statement signed and sent to
Leader of the defunct Niger Delta peoples Salvation Front Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo have accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of what he described as the greatest fraud of all time following the purported discovery of oil in Lagos State. The former Ijaw Youth Council President made the observation while reacting to the said discovery
•Gives Government a week or else… WARRI~ Sorrow, tears and disillusionment engulfed the People of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday as they took to the streets to protest over the continued detention of their children allegedly arrested during the May 28th military siege of the Kingdom. The
.•Diary of attacks. In what appears to be the return of militancy in the volatile Niger Delta region by the resurgence of a group known as Niger Delta Avengers that have vowed to cripple the Nigerian economy since January 2016. The group have in their various claims and threats warned that their operation is codenamed
*Calls for a referendum to be supervised by the UN *Backs Biafran agitation. The former leader of defunct Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front and Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force , Alhaji Mujahid Asari -Dokubo has said he would not condemned the activities of members of the Niger Delta Avengers as he said the Federal Government
The President of Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) Worldwide Comr. Rosemary Graham have thrown her weight behind calls to restructure and renegotiate the basis of Nigeria’s existence and survival. Comr. Graham disclosed this to Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper today while reacting to the Sallah day message of President Buhari for allegedly saying Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
