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.
BURIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAPT. KARLSON OGIENEWEI OGORYE TEWEI With total submission to the will of the Almighty God, the families of PA. TEIWEI OGORYE from Oporoza Town in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State and Ajakurama Town in Egbema Kingdom, Ovia Local Government Area of Edo State, and Late MRS. DIEFE
DELTA 2023: Omo-Agege floors Oborevwori, Ogboru in online poll The Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege, has floored the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori of the PDP, and the APGA governorship candidate, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, in an online poll conducted by GbaramatuVoice on micro-blogging site, Twitter.
10 Ships arrive Rivers, Warri Ports to discharge cargoes A total of ten ships laden with cargoes will arrive Rivers Port Complex, Port Harcourt, and Warri Port in Delta State today. This was contained in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Weekly Shipping Position Publication, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Port
The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mr Rauf Olaniyan on Sunday, announced his defection from the PDP to the APC. Olaniyan announced his defection while speaking with newsmen in his private office at Ojoo area of Ibadan. He, however, said the defection didn’t affect his position as the deputy governor of the state, saying he
World Environment Day 2022 and Delta state Government By JEROME-MARIO CHIJIOKE UTOMI Going by information in the public domain, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and to encourage people globally to take positive environmental actions, to help
World Environment Day 2022: Chevron Nigeria’s commitment to a sustainable future Every year on June 5, the world commemorates World Environment Day (“WED”) to celebrate and promote environmental awareness and sustainability across the globe. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), and held annually since 1974, each edition focuses on raising awareness and mobilizing
Otuaro distances self from those asking Atiku to nominate him as running mate The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has distanced himself from a group calling on the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to nominate him as his running mate. The Deputy Governor, in a
The flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Warri South West Constituency, Delta state, Deacon Clement Tekedor, has said that he is aspiring because he wants to bring the dividends of democracy to the people from the grassroots. ALSO READ: Deputy senate president, Omo-Agege, emerges APC governorship candidate in Delta Tekedor said this
Some gunmen on Sunday morning attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquaters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, killing over 50 members of the congregation, during the church service. It was gathered that no fewer than 50 corpses have been moved out of the church with many casualties lying at the Federal
Northern governors demand power shift, back Southern presidency Governors from the North have thrown their weight behind Southern Presidency, saying it’s fair for another region to take charge after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years in power. In a statement on Saturday, at least 11 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors said the search for Buhari’s successor
All Progressives Congress Governors (APC) from the Northern part of the country have asked aspirants from the region to resign from the presidential race. ALSO READ: Buhari to meet APC presidential aspirants, reveal preferred candidate Sunday This is as they backed the transfer of power to the South. The decision was taken at a meeting
Buhari to meet APC presidential aspirants, reveal preferred candidate Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to meet ruling All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants latest Sunday. The president was said to be planning a trip to Ghana today (Saturday), without resolving the consensus crisis rocking the party. ALSO READ: What Buhari told APC governors, Adamu in
There is danger ahead of Wike, I see that EFCC will chase him after his tenure – Prophet …Says Wike’s candidate, Fubara, will lose Rivers The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday warned the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on the choice of his successor, Siminialalayi Fubara. Primate Ayodele
Protesters storm APC national secretariat to demand Goodluck Jonathan be consensus candidate Hundreds of protesters, on Friday, stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand that former President Goodluck Jonathan be chosen as its consensus presidential candidate. [ALSO READ] GbaramatuVoice unveils Niger Delta Awards categories for 2022 Jonathan who handed
‘I’m your senior brother, respect my presidential ambition’ – Tinubu tells Cross River governor An All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has urged a fellow aspirant, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to support his ambition. Tinubu said he is Ayade’s “senior brother,” hence the Governor should respect and support his Presidential
TVC makes u-turn, quickly deletes Twitter poll after Osinbajo toppled Tinubu A privately-owned television station, Television Continental (TVC), tried to beat a quick retreat to delete its own polls, when it became obvious that current Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, dusted National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the opinion poll it conducted on
A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu, has claimed that without his support, President Muhammadu Buhari would not have won the 2015 election. ALSO READ: How I made Osinbajo Vice President – Tinubu Speaking in Ogun State, Tinubu said, “If not me that led the war from the front, Buhari
The GbaramatuVoice Newspaper is pleased to announce the lineup of categories for the 2022 Niger Delta Awards. The nominee should be Niger Deltans and friends of Niger Delta who have made extraordinary contributions to humanity in any field from any part of the continent. The award covers the work done between June 1, 2021
Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has recounted how he nominated Professor Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2015. Tinubu, while speaking with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Thursday, said Buhari had before the election approached him to be his running mate,
A Court of Appeal in Abuja, has on Thursday, affirmed Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress. The court held that a 2019 judgement by the High Court which sacked Sowore as the party’s chairman was out of the court’s jurisdiction, adding that it was an internal affairs. In 2019, the
A prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has urged the federal government to treat Fulani herders and other aggrieved groups as Niger Delta militants. Gumi made the observation on Wednesday at the ‘Pastoralists and Fulbe Security Conference’ held in Abuja. ALSO READ: How I spent 11 harrowing days in the custody of blood sucking Fulani
South African club permanently banned from football after scoring 59 goals in one match Two Southern Africa football teams with one based in Limpopo banned for life for scoring 59:1 and another scoring 31:1 in a lower division league in what seems to be the battle to gain promotion according to soccer24. Matiyasi FC, who
How delegates across states voted in PDP presidential primary Governor Nyesom Wike, who picked reasonable votes from Lagos, won Oyo and Ekiti, where he got the backing of Governor Seyi Makinde and former Governor Ayodele Fayose respectively. But Atiku won overall. Premium Times obtained details of how the various state delegates voted at Saturday’s Special
PDP national delegate empowers people in his community with proceeds from primaries Mr. Tanko Rossi Sabo, a PDP delegate who came back with the money he got, has shared it all with his community in Sanga LGA of Kaduna State. According to a former SA Media to late Governor Yakowa of Kaduna State, Reuben Buhari,
Menace of erosion on Niger Delta people On a sweltering Friday afternoon last April, Kenneth Omokahire sat close to four neighbours outside his house in the Anibeze community in the southernmost Nigerian state of Bayelsa, lamenting to the men about coastal erosion in the town. “What else can we do?” asked 65-year-old Omokahire, whose former
Police raid shrine in Delta, recover two assault rifles Police in Delta State have raided a community shrine where they recovered two FNC assault rifles and arrested two suspects. The raid was occasioned by restiveness in Ugboren, an oil bearing community in Sapele local government area of the state, over leadership tussle. ALSO READ: Police
WhatsApp, a social media messaging platform, has increased the number of participants that can be accommodated in a group to 512, from 5 May 2022. In 2017, WhatsApp increased the number of participants to 256, which remained constant till the recent update. The messaging platform in an earlier tweet on 5, May 2022, stated that
Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a non-governmental organisation, was joined by other NGOs on Wednesday, to clean up Warri and the surroundings as part of the activities to commemorate the 2022 World Environment Day. The participants picked refuse from Enerhen Junction through Hausa Quarter to Igbudu market under a carnival-like atmosphere. The World
Ahead of the Presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), an Abuja-based cleric, Pastor Prize Aluko, has declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan is already the party’s Presidential candidate by the authoritative will of God. The senior pastor of The Resurrected Assembly (GROM) and convener of Abuja Ministers Prayer Outreach (AMPO) disclosed that whatever
Zimbabweans selling toes $20,000 amid high cost of living Zimbabweans are reportedly cutting their toes in exchange for dollars to survive the cost of living in their country, following the nation’s economic downturn, a video seen by Ripples Nigeria, on Tuesday, disclosed. The video posted on social media platform, Twitter, showed a man limping, with
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick a presidential candidate that reflects all the values and virtues of the party. He stated this at a meeting with 22 Governors elected on the platform of the APC and the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, at the
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday reflected on his outing at Sunday’s presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and blamed his loss to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on his Southern counterparts. Wike said the Southern governors betrayed him by working against their earlier agreement that the Presidency should return to the South. According
Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, the skit maker fondly called ‘Oga Sabinus,’ has threatened to sue the beverage company Peak Milk over what he has described as unauthorised usage of his trademark. The comedian also sued UAC Foods, the makers of the sausage roll Gala, for using his photos in an ad campaign. ALSO WATCH: #AMVCA8: The moment
UK to grant visas to graduates from world’s best universities Britain on Monday said it would offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the “best and brightest” workers. Since leaving the European Union, Britain has ended the priority given
DAKUKU: Wike spent not less than N30 billion on his botched presidential ambition …describes him as a local champion Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State is said to have spent not less than N30 bn to prosecute his Presidential ambition that crashed in Abuja Saturday night, May 28, 2022. A stalwart of the All Progressives
