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.
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,
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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:
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
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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[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
FLOOD: Prophet Jeremiah Omoto-Fufeyin, Founder of Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, speaks passionately to Ijaw nation in Izon language with GbaramatuVoice. Watch video below:
PICTORIAL: Ovie of Idjerhe, Oni of Ife, other Nigerian kings attend RCCG’s royal fathers’ convention The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Monday Whiskey, Udurhie I; HIM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Oni of Ife, and other traditional rulers across Nigeria, on Saturday, attended the royal fathers’ convention organised by the
FLOOD: SANIYO, A NIGERIAN SERVING IN US ARMY DONATES TO GBARAMATUVOICE FOOD BANK Sele-ebika Saniyo, a Nigerian serving in the United States of America (USA) Army on Friday, October 28, 2022, joined the list of eminent Nigerians that have donated relief materials to the GbaramatuVoice Food Bank Initiative for the flood victims in the coastal
President Buhari sends nominees for NDDC board to Senate – Niger Delta Minister The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted names of members of the new substantive Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for screening. Umana expressed delight that some
Governor Okowa presents N561.8bn 2023 budget to Delta Assembly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Thursday, presented a budget of N561.8 billion for 2023 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Okowa, while presenting the budget christened ‘Budget of seamless and stable transition’, in Asaba, the state capital, said the figure showed an
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is on the verge of winding down – Ndiomu …Says PAP scholarship slots sold for N750,000, N1milion Watch video below:
How Okowa squandered N2.8 trillion federal allocation, 13% derivation – Omo-Agege By Emmanuel Adigwe The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has accused the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of squandering N2.8 trillion in Federal Allocation and 13% Derivation in the last seven years, with nothing to show
2023: Alpha May Club endorses Nesiama for Delta South senatorial district A group made up of Itsekiri Elite Professionals, Alpha May Club, have endorsed the candidate for the Delta South Senatorial District under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (retd). The group of Iteskiri professionals gave their endorsement on
Ndiomu, Amnesty boss meets Tompolo, says PAP has lost focus, failed many Niger Deltans ..Bring back PAP to its initial aim and objective – Pere of Gbaramatu urges The newly appointed Interim administrator of the presidential amnesty programme (PAP), Major-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has stated that the agency has lost its focus and veered off
WOLE SOYINKA AND MY DISGRUNTLEMENT BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Dear Soyinka, I am disgruntled. Because I am disgruntled, I have decided to communicate with you. I have decided to communicate with you because I am disgruntled. And this is even the first I have chosen this epistolary path to reach you and the propellant of this
How lack of master plan, absence of political will, and others derailed Okowa’s administration (Part II) By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Aside from the Governor’s lack of political will to develop master plan for the state development which was well deliberated on the first part of this commentary, another major factor that fueled Governor Okowa’s failure in
BREAKING: CBN to redesign N200, N500 and N1,000 notes The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes respectively. ALSO READ: CBN to phase out N5, N10, N20 notes soon CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a special press briefing in Abuja. Details later…
Court nullifies all APC primaries in Rivers State A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has nullified all the primaries conducted by the ruling All Progressive Congress in the state. The primaries were nullified over the unlawful exclusion of some members of the party as delegates to the primaries. ALSO READ: INEC
INEC to conduct Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections November 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced November 11, 2023, for the conduct of governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. The Commission approved the timetable at its weekly meeting on Tuesday, held on Tuesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: INEC delists 1.1m newly
BREAKING: WhatsApp is down worldwide, users unable to send, receive messages WhatsApp, the instant communication app owned by Meta, is reportedly down. WhatsApp users in Nigeria are currently unable to send or receive messages on the app. WhatsApp outage was noted few minutes past 8:00 Tuesday morning (WAT). The outage has prevented sending messages to
A note for Audu-Ohwavborua, the new NDDC boss By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board History was made on Thursday, October 20, 2022, when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Engr Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua as the new acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). By this latest appointment, you (Audu-Ohwavborua), has shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be
