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.
Nigeria’s crude oil production to hit 2.2million barrels per day soon – Mele Kyari Nigeria’s oil production could hit 2.2 million barrels per day in 2023, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has said. The company’s chief executive officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this while speaking at the 13th global UAE virtual energy forum on
NIGER DELTA: Another illegal crude oil tapping point operated for 7 years uncovered in Rivers state An illegal tapping point on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) has been uncovered in the Nonwa Uedume community of Tai local government area, Rivers state. Mbakpone Okpe, executive chairman of Tai LGA, Rivers, led the discovery team to the
Chevron dismisses rumours of planned exit from Nigeria Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has dismissed rumours of its planned exit from the country. In a statement issued on Thursday by its General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, the oil firm restated its commitment to the country. The statement read: “Please note that the
BREAKING: INEC extends deadline for PVC collection till Jan 29 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) until Sunday 29th January, 2023. The electoral umpire earlier fixed the collection deadline as Sunday, 22nd January, 2023. But following a meeting on Thursday, INEC said it
“If I see anything less than 50% of votes, you’ll be into trouble” – Wike threatens council chairman Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has warned the Executive Chairman of Ahoada East Local government Area of the state, Hope Ikiriko to ensure he delivers at least 50% of the total votes of the LGA to the
TOP 10 | GbaramatuVoice Top News Headlines from 12 January, 2023 – AFTERNOON GbaramatuVoice News bring you the top 10 headlines at 3:00pm. Stay on top of the most important news updates from Nigeria and around the World. DSS arrests Doyin Okupe at Lagos airport The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Doyin Okupe,
BREAKING: GbaramatuVoice CEO wins again, named Niger Delta Most Outstanding Publisher of the Year The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper, Jacob Abai, has been named the Most Outstanding Publisher in the Niger Delta, by the Independent Newspaper Publishers Association of Nigeria (INPAN). INPAN, a conglomerate of newspaper houses across the country made
Lagos leads with 7,060,195 voters, followed by Kano with 5,921,370, and Kaduna with 4,335,208.
DON JAZZY: I can’t be faithful to one woman Famous Nigerian singer and record producer Michael Collins Ajereh, professionally known as Don Jazzy, has admitted that he is not the type of man that is committed to one woman. The singer who made this disclosure in a recent interview with media personality, Nedu’s popular podcast,
PASTOR SIMEON ANDAFA: Family, friends, worshippers of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry celebrate founder’s first memorial, legacies It was a mixture of praise to God, excitement with sprinkles of nostalgic feeling on Monday, January 9, 2023, at Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International in Warri, Delta state, as family, friends, religious faithful and members from all works
Meet Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director of NDDC Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is a passionate, focused, self-motivated political scientist and administrator knowledgeable in conflict resolution, youth leadership development, personnel management, entrepreneurship, and investment. With over twenty years of crisis management and capacity-building experience gained across
The epistle to Tompolo and Otuaro By Ekanpou Enewaredideke Telepathically these encryptions,20-1-21-2-1-TPQKBO-23, which bear resemblance to Jacques Sauniere’s ‘final communication’ in Dan Brown’s THE DA VINCI CODE came recently from Timiebi the revered philosopher.These are encryptions that demand cryptological exposure for interpretative enlargement, elasticity and exactitude, and these encryptions voyage around Tompolo and Otuaro. It
INSECURITY: 2023 elections may be cancelled or postponed, INEC warns The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that the 2023 general election, which is just over a month away, faces serious threat of cancellation if the waves of insecurity in parts of the country fail to improve. The nation’s electoral body also stressed that
2023: Joel-Onowakpo, APC Delta South Senatorial Candidate, receives royal blessings from Ijaw traditional rulers …I stand better than other candidates vying for the position – Onowakpo Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Delta South Senatorial District in 2023, has received the blessings from Delta State Ijaw Traditional Rulers, as he pushes
Open letter to the newly constituted board of Niger Delta Development Commision (NDDC) By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The management of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper writes to congratulate the members of the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the well deserved appointment. Going by their profiles at the public domain, it is obvious
Gbaramatu Kingdom Special Announcement (A MUST READ FOR ALL INDIGENES) ATTENTION: To All Sons and Daughters of Gbaramatu Kingdom REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED PERSONS INTO THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTE OF GBARAMATU CHEVRON HOST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (GCHCDT) I have been directed by HRM OBORO GBARAUN 11 AKETEKPE, AGADAGBA, (JP), the Pere of ancient
Participants at Prophet Omoto Dance Competition smile home with N15m as church empowers youths …This is my own way of empowering the youth – Prophet Fufeyin The grand finale of the 2022/23 edition of Omoto Dance Competition, annual talent hunt for youth put together by the General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry International, Prophet
Tompolo Foundation donates N30m furniture to Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko Extreme joy, excitement and gratitude best describe the feelings of students and management of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta state, as they received brand new sets of school desks and chairs worth N30m from Tompolo Foundation as part of the Foundation’s initiative to
BREAKING: Gunmen attack train station, kidnap passengers in Edo state An unspecified number of passengers have been kidnapped by suspected armed gunmen who attacked a train station at Igueben in Edo State. The Edo State Police Command said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area
DELTA: Implement PIA or face our wrath, Polobubo community tells Conoil By Chairman Ojumiri The people of oil-rich Tsekelewu (Polobubo) community in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, has handed down fourteen (14) days ultimatum to Conoil Producing Limited, to come up with visible plan to implement Chapter 3 of 2021 Petroleum Industry
2023 PROPHECY: Former President Goodluck Jonathan will return as Head of Interim Government – Abuja-based pastor A famous Abuja-based pastor, Dr. Prize Felix Aluko, has made a shocking prophetic declaration that would see former President Goodluck Jonathan return to Aso Rock as the Head of an Interim National Government. The return of the former president
Federal Government suspends Presidential Amnesty scholarship programme for ex-agitators The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.), on Thursday, disclosed that the Federal Government suspended the scholarship programme for former Niger Delta ex-agitators. He said the programme was suspended over increasing tuition fees, which he claimed, have reached over N7 billion per
Ogbe-Ijoh Political Rally Declarations: Questions For PDP By GbaramtuVoice Editorial Board During the Delta State People Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally monitored by GbaramatuVoice, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Ogbe-Ijoh, Headquarters of Warri South West Local Government of the state, the Newspaper listened with keen interest to some remarks by the party’s bigwigs. To
NDDC board assumes office, promises better days for Niger Deltans The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, has assured that the new leadership in the Commission will work to impact positively on the lives of the people of the Niger Delta region. Speaking at a meeting
Finally, Federal Government approves concession of NIMASA floating dockyard 4 years after …Says initiative will save Nigeria N300billion, build human capacity Four years after its acquisition, the Federal Government has finally approved the concessioning of the N50 billion floating dockyard owned by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The floating dockyard, which was
DTHA 2023: Supporters take center stage at Ogbe-Ijoh PDP campaign rally as Emomotimi Guwor receives party’s flag …We’ll do everything legitimate, democratic and within the ambit of the law to ensure his victory – Supporters Supporters of Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, Member representing Warri South West Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly on
Massive crowd as Delta PDP campaign train hits Ogbe-Ijoh …As Okowa criticizes FG for abandoning Gas Revolution Industrial Park project …Okowa has done well in infrastructural provision – Otuaro …I’ll do more in the local government area when elected – Oborevwori Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta, Sen Ifeanyi Okowa,
NDDC board takes off, minister harps on forensic audit The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Chief Umana Okon Umana, has charged members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to be faithful in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission’s Forensic Audit. Umana gave the directive while inaugurating
Pere of Gbaramatu’s daughter, Princess Ebifagha, begins NYSC programme (PHOTOS) Princess Glory Ebifagha Seigha Ogoba, the first daughter of the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, has joined other Nigerian graduates for the compulsory National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Edo state. The 23-year-old daughter of the Pere of
How the ongoing campaigns in Delta coastal communities is rapidly exposing politicians empty promises By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoice has in the past three weeks watched with awe how the coastal communities in Burutu, Warri South West and Warri North Local Government Areas of Delta state have suddenly become a Mecca of the sort for
President Buhari to inaugurate NDDC board today President Muhammadu Buhari will, today, inaugurate the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, on Tuesday morning held a valedictory meeting with the management staff to prepare for the handing over to a new management. A letter from
BREAKING: Edwin Clark endorses Peter Obi for President Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader and convener of PANDEF, has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) for president Chief Clark announced his position at a news briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. The elder statesman based his endorsement of Mr Obi, who is the
CRUDE OIL THEFT: Full details of how NNPC, security agencies destroyed barge, filling station in Delta The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday again announced that it had destroyed a barge carrying illegal crude oil as well as a filling station which has been receiving stolen products. In a note last night, the national
NNPC, Security Agencies destroy petrol station discovered by Tantita Security used in storing stolen crude oil in Delta A petrol station used in storing illegal crude has been discovered by Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, the private security contractor engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. The discovery was made in Opete in Udu
GbaramatuVoice: Our Appreciation and Resolve for 2023 By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As the world knocks at the entrance of 2023, the management and staff of Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, owners of the GbaramatuVoice Newspapers and Television, appreciates our teaming stakeholders for the unflinching support demonstrated in the year 2022 and by extension, in the past
