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.
Mulade rolls out plan for 2022 Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament …inaugurates 15-man planning committee By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe Niger Delta-born environmental activist and Founder, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, rolled out plan for this year’s Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament
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[PHOTOS] Delta government begins massive rehabilitation work on Effurun Roundabout The Delta State Government has on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 commenced rehabilitation work on the popular Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. GbaramatuVoice had recently reported, and launched the #FixEffurunRoundAbout campaign. The campaign was geared towards drawing the government attention to the deplorable
2023: APC leadership in Gbaramatu kingdom visits Oboro-Gbaraun II, Tompolo As preparation for 2023 electioneering hits top gear, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta state, on Saturday, September 17, 2022, visited the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, and the former leader of the defunct Movement
Queen Elizabeth II finally buried beside her husband Prince Phillip, royal family announces A recap of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has been buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s chapel, Windsor Castle, in a small private ceremony attended by family. Earlier
Touching Moments From The State Funeral of QUEEN ELIZABETH II The world joined Britain to honor the life of Queen Elizabeth II with a state funeral steeped in tradition on Monday. The Queen, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, died September 8 after a rule spanning seven decades. She was 96. The funeral service took place at
How Okowa received largest share of 13% derivation fund in six months, got N114.75billion The eight oil-producing states in Nigeria received a sum of N377.93 billion as 13% oil derivation fund in the first half of 2022. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Delta, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Imo, Ondo,
Drama as masquerades invade church, flog pastor, worshipers in Plateau There was pandemonium in the Shikal community of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday, when masquerades disrupted a church service, flogged the pastor and worshipers alike. According to Tribune, the incident happened at about 10:45 am when the masquerades and some
Ilaje communities meet over pipeline surveillance contract, highlight benefits to FG, Niger Deltans Well meaning indigenes of Ilaje communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state have said that the Pipeline Surveillance Contract recently awarded to High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has all it
Warri stood still as NNPP presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso, commissions Omatseye campaign office …I am in the senatorial race to restore people’s hope – Omatseye By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe The oil rich city of Warri, the economic nerve of Delta state, South-South region, was on Saturday, September 17, 2022, locked down to both human
Delta Ijaw community sues Shell over ownership of oil wells in Burutu Okpokunou Urban Community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state has sued Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), which operates in the area. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Warri over ownership of oil wells. In the writ
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Addressing Chief Ogbebor’s Case of Double Standard By Jacob Abai Chief Rita-Lori Ogbebor recent opposition to the award of a N48 billion surveillance contract to former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has again confirmed as true the time honoured belief that
TRUE LIFE STORY! How I lost my father, husband, children and my home True life account that every girl must not Fail to read In this account, a young female Nigerian from the South South region of the country gives a graphic description of how temporal predicaments and wrong choices derailed her life journey and
BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Interim Administrator for Presidential Amnesty Programme President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Ndiomu is replacing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio as the Amnesty Office Boss. The appointment was disclosed via a statement by the Special Adviser
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate. The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023. In a
Niger Delta region and report on Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi I remember now with nostalgia how about a year ago, precisely on Tuesday August 10, 2021, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper’s 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, held at Victoria Island, Lagos, among other remarks, told
NDDC resumes scholarship programme, restates importance of manpower development The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has reviewed its foreign post-graduate scholarship programme, to include Masters Degree courses in Nigerian universities as part of its efforts to boost manpower development for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr
NLNG invites bids for security escort vessels for tankers in Gulf of Guinea The Nigeria LNG is seeking the services of security escort vessels for tankers calling at its Bonny Terminal, in renewed efforts to wade off attacks from pirates in the notorious gulf of Guinea. The company is inviting bids for Long-Range Security Escort
Bebenimibo, EBF boss speaks on GbaramatuVoice Programme ‘Focus on Niger Delta’ My plan for Niger Delta out of school children- Bebenimibo, EBF Boss Dcn Ernest Bebenimibo, the Founder of Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) and his Executive Director, Amb Ossai Darlington Ogaga, were today Wednesday September 14, 2022, hosted on the GbaramatuVoice, weekly programme – Focus
My administration has done extremely well – Buhari …Says those who should be marketing his administration are not doing so President Muhammadu Buhari says those who should be speaking about the achievements of his administration are not doing so. Buhari said this on Tuesday during a visit to Imo to inaugurate some projects in the
Senate Ad hoc committee arrives Niger Delta, begins probe of oil theft Worried by the dwindling oil revenue occasioned by crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism, the Senate Adhoc Committee on Oil Theft has arrived in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to unravel the true state of things at oil facilities across the Niger
In Praise of Governor Wike’s Bridge Networks By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As a media organization that operates within the South-South region of the country, the GbaramatuVoice have watched with awe, Governor Nyesom Wike’s led administration huge investment in education, health, human capital development and infrastructure in the past seven years in the state. Take as
INEC delists 1.1m newly registered voters over double registration Just five months to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday disclosed that it has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022. The electoral umpire who made this disclosure in
The executive of the Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC) led by Comrade Isaac Oritseweyinmi Agbateyiniro had on Saturday briefed members on the outcome of a parley earlier held with High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo on their slot that covers Itsekiriland from the pipeline surveillance contract. The Saturday meeting at Ikengbuwa Primary School Field, had
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: We’re ready to assist Tompolo shut down illegal refineries in Ukwuani – Akoku-uno indigenes The level of support being received by the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, over the crude oil pipelines surveillance contract recently awarded him by
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, was a “total failure” as Minister of Transportation, who no longer has access to Aso Villa in Abuja. “This should be the last time that you (Amaechi) will talk about this state because you are a total failure as far as this state is
INVESTIGATION! Oil Pipelines Surveillance Contracts: Fresh Facts Emerge in Niger Delta …How Tompolo was awarded N48bn, Olu of Warri’s company N138b To further clear the air of controversy and accusation that surrounds the recent crude Oil pipelines surveillance contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, to the former leader of the defunct
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it loses $700 million every month as a result of oil theft and vandalism at terminals. Bala Wunti, group general manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), made this known during a tour of NNPCL facilities on Sunday. ALSO READ: NNPC launches app to monitor crude oil
Encomium as family, friends, others extol Mamamu at his one year remembrance anniversary By Solomon Yeigagha & Samuel Abai Saturday September 10, 2022, was a moment of solemn celebration for the good people of Salvation City, New Ogbe-Ijoh community in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state as children,
Fix Effurun Roundabout Campaign: How Okowa, Omo -Agege, Fashola, Others Failed Niger Deltans By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It is now a well known fact among Deltans and visitors to the state that there exists infrastructural collapse in Delta state. Across the sphere, from Delta Central to Delta South-even the Delta North senatorial district where the
Crude oil theft is a big business in Niger Delta, all stakeholders are involved – PENGASSAN The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has accused stakeholders in the oil and gas sector of complicity in oil theft. On Thursday, PENGASSAN embarked on a nationwide protest, threatening to shut
INVESTIGATION! How crude oil pipelines surveillance contract was awarded to Tompolo, Olu of Warri, others Controversy, accusation and innuendo has undoubtedly trail the recent crude Oil pipelines Surveillance Contract awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government
The sad state of Sapele/Benin Expressway in Delta Photos below is the failed portion of Mosogar Junction by the popular palm wine joint along Sapele/Benin Expressway, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta state.
Daniel Igali elected into United World Wrestling Bureau President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Daniel Igali has been elected into the highest ruling body of the United World Wrestling (UWW) known as the Bureau. Igali, who is one of the three new members elected into the seven-member Bureau was yesterday, elected at the ordinary Congress
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Ijaw oil producing communities back Tompolo …Thanks PMB for 3% PIA allocation to crude oil producing host communities By Faith Madogwe IZON-EBE Oil and Gas Producing Communities Association, has joined the league of communities, groups and associations that have backed and congratulated the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of
X-Raying Dikio’s Two Years Administration As Presidential Amnesty Programme Boss By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi About two years ago, when President Muhammadu Buhari removed Professor Charles Dokubo (now late), as the interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and his place, appointed Mbiama, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State born Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio
