National News

Zarah, NPDC boss visits Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom [PHOTOS]

Zarah, NPDC boss visits Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom [PHOTOS] Mr. Ali Muhammad Zarah, Managing Director, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on Sunday, November 13, 2022, paid a courtesy visit to the great Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, at his palace in Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom. Speaking

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Church

Worship For Sale: Rescuing Nigerian church from hands of praise, worship dealers, by Ayo Akerele

Worship For Sale: Rescuing Nigerian church from hands of praise, worship dealers, by Ayo Akerele The practices of giving honorarium have historically existed as an alternative support system for music ministers. Further, the tithes and offerings collected by churches should actually be used in manners that don’t just help the church to flourish and advance

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Sports

Ovie Omo-Agege Progressive Cup 2022: Pictures from the opening ceremony in Ogulagha 

Ovie Omo-Agege Progressive Cup 2022: Pictures from the opening ceremony in Ogulagha  The opening ceremony of the maiden edition of Ovie Omo-Agege Progressive Cup took place at the Ogulagha Football Field in Ogulagha, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state on Friday, November 11, 2022. The event was organized by Prince Marvel Ebikeme, a youth

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National News

NEW NAIRA NOTES: 3 governors planning to pay workers’ salaries in cash, EFCC reveals

NEW NAIRA NOTES: 3 governors planning to pay workers’ salaries in cash, EFCC reveals The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is monitoring at least three state governors who hoarded billions of naira in their houses. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this followed the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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Business News

NEW NAIRA NOTES: Access Bank provides alternative channels for cash deposits, introduces Saturday banking

NEW NAIRA NOTES: Access Bank provides alternative channels for cash deposits, introduces Saturday banking ….Says there is no need to panic In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) announcement that it will redesign and issue new Naira notes beginning on December 15, 2022, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Access Bank, has urged its customers

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Entertainment & Events News

Mixture of joy and grief as Ijaw nation, others bid final farewell to Mama Amoguye Angelina Timiyan

Mixture of joy and grief as Ijaw nation, others bid final farewell to Mama Amoguye Angelina Timiyan OGULAGHA – When the family of Late Chief (Mrs) Mama Princess Amoguye Angelina Timiyan, mother of the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom, rolled out the burial plan of their mother who departed this world on Tuesday, August 30, 2022,

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Editorial

GbaramatuVoice frowns at Delta State Government’s description of 21 Deltans killed by the flood as “not many”

GbaramatuVoice condemns Delta State Government’s callous description of 21 Deltans killed by the flood as “not many” By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The GbaramatuVoice Newspaper views as inhuman, thoughtless, callous and frowns at the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Patrick Ukah’s practical demonstration of flagrant disregard for human life by his latest description of twenty

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News

PICTORIAL: Egbema Traditional Council announces new Agadagba of the Kingdom

PICTORIAL: Egbema Traditional Council unveils new Agadagba-designate After about two months of tussle over who becomes the new Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom, Egbema Traditional Council has finally unveiled Prince Meshack Eseighotigha Ubabiri from Ogbudugbudu ruling house, as the new Agadagba of the kingdom. The announcement was made today at Ajakurama Town in Ovia South-West Local

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News

[VIDEO] A family devastated by flood that you must not ignore in Delta

[VIDEO] A family devastated by flood that you must not ignore in Delta  The attached is a documented account of a family the GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank team encountered during our visit and distribution of food items and other relief materials to flood devastated victims in Bomadi and Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state.

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News

Kingship Tussle: Egbema Traditional Council says meeting to hold as planned, calls on all to disregard counter directive from suspended chiefs

Kingship Tussle: Egbema Traditional Council says meeting to hold as planned, calls on all to disregard counter directive from suspended chiefs …warns Joseph Owilly group to desist from sacrilegious, fraudulent activities or face the wrath of the supreme Egbesu deity Egbema Traditional Council has for the information of the general public affirmed that its meeting

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Editorial

Diesel Crisis: Urgent imperative of revitalizing proposed modular refineries project in the Niger Delta

Diesel Crisis: Urgent imperative of revitalizing proposed modular refineries project in the Niger Delta By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoive views as irony the fact that Niger Delta region is the crude oil and gas mainstay of the country and partly that of the global community, yet, there exists energy crisis in the country resulting from

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Life & Living

Obituary announcement of late Nene Azuku Isanren Yawiri (Nee Otuaro) of Okerenkoko

Obituary announcement of late Nene Azuku Isanren Yawiri (Nee Otuaro) of Okerenkoko With total submission to the will of God, the families of Late Nene Azuku Isanren Yawiri Mieyentua (NEE OTUARO) of Ogboluware/Ezuweibodo quarters of Obotebe in Burutu Local Government Area and Ele/Okiri quarters of Okerenkoko Town and Aruku quarter of Azama Town Gbaramatu kingdom,

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Entertainment & Events

GBARAMATUVOICE Managing Editor, Asiayei, completes weeklong traditional marriage in grand style [PHOTOS]

GBARAMATUVOICE Managing Editor, Asiayei, completes weeklong traditional marriage in grand style [PHOTOS] It was a great moment of love as GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Asiayei Enaibo, tied the knot with his pretty bride, Emily Ekanpou, on Sunday, November 6, 2022, in a traditional ceremony in Effurun, Delta state. ALSO READ: Asiayei, GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Makes History,

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Life & Living

[PHOTOS] Asiayei, GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Makes History, Performs Traditional Marriage Rites Inside Canoe

[PHOTOS] Asiayei, GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Makes History, Performs Traditional Marriage Rites Inside Canoe The age long words by Martin Luther King Jr. that “Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.” Came to fulfillment on Thursday, November 3,

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News Oil & Gas

CRUDE OIL THEFT: My life under threat as a result of reforms in NNPCL – Mele Kyari 

CRUDE OIL THEFT: My life under threat as a result of reforms in NNPCL – Mele Kyari  Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), Mr Mele Kyari, has said that he is receiving death threats as a result of the ongoing reformation in the NNPC. Kyari made this know

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Editorial

Beyond the euphoria of FG’s suspension of plan to terminate amnesty programme

Beyond the euphoria of FG’s suspension of plan to terminate amnesty programme By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoice Newspaper considers as responsible, responsive to the wishes of the people and most importantly, a right step taken in the right direction, the recent news report that following opposition from stakeholders in the Niger Delta region, the Federal

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Culture

Requirements/demands for Ijaw (Izon) traditional marriage (bride price and items)

Requirements/demands for Ijaw (Izon) traditional marriage (bride price and items) NOTE: This traditional marriage list is from Akparegbene community, Ayakoromo in Ngbelebiri kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state. Is it similar to that of your kingdom or community? Kindly drop yours here.   For publication of your news content, articles, live event coverage,

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News Oil & Gas

OIL THEFT: Pipeline surveillance contracts yielding result – NLNG

OIL THEFT: Pipeline surveillance contracts yielding result – NLNG …confirms improvement in key crude oil transportation  The effort of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to combat crude oil theft is yielding results as the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has confirmed improvement in key crude oil transportation. The NLNG spokesperson, Andy Odeh confirmed that

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Politics

Wike should be booted out of PDP – Ned Nwoko

Wike should be booted out of PDP – Ned Nwoko Prince Ned Nwoko has lambasted Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a nuisance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nwoko, PDP Delta North senatorial candidate for the 2023 elections, made the remark on Monday at the Asaba airport on his way from Abuja.

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National News

FLOOD: Niger Delta Reps call for resignation of humanitarian minister

FLOOD: Niger Delta Reps call for resignation of humanitarian minister Niger Delta Caucus of the House of Representatives, on Monday, called for the immediate resignation or sack of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, over her recent comments on the 2022 flood situation in the country. Recall that

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Politics

RIVERS: NRM guber candidate, Jackrich, slams Wike over donation of 25 buses to Benue PDP campaign team

RIVERS: NRM guber candidate, Jackrich, slams Wike over donation of 25 buses to Benue PDP campaign team The gubernatorial candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Rivers State, High Chief Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich, has reacted to the news that the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, donated 25 buses to the campaign team of the

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Editorial

A note to General Lucky Irabor, Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff on the threat to lives of innocent Niger Deltans by military personnel posted to secure crude oil facilities in the region

A note to General Lucky Irabor, Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff on the threat to lives of innocent Niger Deltans by military personnel posted to secure crude oil facilities in the region. By GbaramatVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoice is in agreement with the generality of Nigerians that General Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor CFR psc NAM GSS

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News

Ogida, Niger Delta billionaire businessman, plans carnival-like burial for mother

Ogida, Niger Delta billionaire businessman, plans carnival-like burial for mother Niger Delta billionaire businessman, Mr Jimmy Ogida, has announced the burial arrangement of his late mother, Mrs Yellow Asekuku Ogida, who died on Saturday, August 6, 2021 at the age of 75 years. The oil and gas magnate, who is the CEO/Chairman, Jimco Global Concepts

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Editorial

Re: Tinubu’s aborted visit and Omo-Agege’s phantom N150m donation to Delta flood victims: Another version of APC lies

Re: Tinubu’s aborted visit and Omo-Agege’s phantom N150m donation to Delta flood victims: Another version of APC lies Our Understanding of Journalism By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board  Despite GbaramatuVoice consistent adherence to the time-honoured journalistic dictum of condemning sparingly, commending sparingly and criticizing charitably when writing our editorial comment, our most recent intervention titled ‘’Tinubu’s aborted

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Personality Profiles

As Mama Amoguye Timiyan, mother of the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha goes home in a blaze of glory

As Mama Amoguye Timiyan, mother of the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha goes home in a blaze of glory As the entire Ijaw nation stands still for the departing Late Chief Mrs (Mama) Princess Amoguye Angelina Timiyan (Nee Diegbegha) Alias AMEN, mother of His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) Dr. Joseph I. Timiyan (JP), Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom

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News

Deborah Abbey emerges president of Ijaw Women of America

Deborah Abbey emerges president of Ijaw Women of America Ijaw Women of America (IWA) on Saturday, October 29, 2022 elected Deborah Dein Abbey aka IZONTUBO, as their new President that will assist the organization pilot its affairs. She takes over from the outgoing president of the group, Lady Eunice Bratua Apreala, who is the founder

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Editorial

Tinubu’s aborted visit and Omo-Agege’s phantom N150m donation to Delta flood victims: Another version of APC lies

Tinubu’s aborted visit and Omo-Agege’s phantom N150m donation to Delta flood victims: Another version of APC lies By GbramatuVoice Editorial Board  On Tuesday, November 2, 2022, at Osubi Airport, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Delta state and current Deputy President of the Senate, said that he has donated N150

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News

Shell donates $1m to flood victims in Niger Delta

Shell donates $1m to flood victims in Niger Delta The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has committed One million dollars to provide relief materials to people impacted by the current flood disaster in the Niger Delta. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson, SPDC’s Media Relations Manager. ALSO

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Special Report

Bulou-ama, local commercial community in Warri where residents search for survival

Bulou-ama, local commercial community in Warri where residents search for survival By Tamar Soroghaye  The residents of Bulou-ama community in NPA, Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state, is presumably a small community known undoubtedly for a specific lifestyle. Over decades, a vast population has lived there for nothing but mere survival. The

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Special Report

Prophet Omoto Fufeyin’s kindness to flood victims, sign of practical christianity

Prophet Omoto Fufeyin’s kindness to flood victims, sign of practical christianity By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board  Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, Delta born televangelist and billionaire Prophet/President, Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, CMDM, Effurun- Warri, Delta state has recently demonstrated that he is not just a Pastor, Prophet but a practical Christian that lives according to the

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Health News

NDDC Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness

NDDC Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has stressed the need to create awareness to help in the prevention and early detection of breast cancer in the country, especially for men and women in the workplace. Speaking during a one-day Breast Cancer sensization programme, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt,

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News

Lagos Police confirm Davido’s son Ifeanyi dead, detain domestic aides

Lagos Police confirm Davido’s son Ifeanyi dead, detain domestic aides The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the first son of singer David ‘Davido‘ Adeleke and Chioma Rowland. The Command also confirmed that all members of Davido’s domestic staff are in police custody following the death of Ifeanyi. ALSO READ:

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Opinion

Niger Delta Region: Still a Body without Soul

Niger Delta Region: Still a body without Soul By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing into law, of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on Monday August 16, 2021, after years of back and forth movement,- an Act which provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and development

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Editorial

Memo to the incoming Governor of Delta state 

Memo to the incoming Governor of Delta state  By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board  With few months to the all important 2023 general elections in the country, GbaramatuVoice owes it as a duty to spread out expectations of Deltans before all the governorship aspirants in the state irrespective of party divides/inclinations. To further highlight the wisdom behind

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News

[PHOTOS] Prophet Jeremiah visits communities ravaged by flood …Offers cash, food, medicals to victims

[PHOTOS] Prophet Jeremiah visits communities ravaged by flood …Offers cash, food, medicals to victims …Opens IDPs camp in his church for over 5000 affected victims Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, Delta born televangelist and billionaire Prophet/President of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, CMDM, Effurun, Delta state, recently paid unscheduled visits to flood affected communities in Delta

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