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.
By Samuel Abai President General, Dr. Bright Abulu; General Secretary, Rev. Clement Doyah-Tiemo and 17 other executives have been sworn in to take over the mantle of leadership of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) community, Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state. The Polobubo National Executive Council (NEC) is responsible for the realization and achievement
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome murder of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, of Dowen College, in Lagos, saying that those involved in the dastardly act must not go unpunished. President Buhari, who described Sylvester as one of the nation’s bright youngsters doing excellently in school, bringing joy to the family, assured that the unfortunate incident
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC/Aìteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has successfully shut down the spill on its Santa Barbara wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa state. The company had in a statement issued on November 9, 2021, reported an oil spill from a non-producing well head in its Santa Barbara
By Loveth Ojogun & Samuel Abai Ijaw youths, under the auspices of the Egbema Youth Council, (EYC) along Benin river in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have shut down operations at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40 in Ogbeti-okun Oil Field operated by NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture over non-recognition and marginalisation of their
Ijaw youths, under the umbrella of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Abuja chapter, on Tuesday night, held a candlelight procession for late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the Dowen College student who died under controversial circumstances. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that the 12-year-old JS2 student was bullied and beaten for refusing to join a cult. Those in attendance
By Ebi Perekeme The family of the late 12-year-old, Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, has hired the firm of human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute the case against the institution over the unfortunate death of their son. In the letter dated December 6, 2021, and signed by Taiwo Olawale, the
By Loveth Ojogun The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday, at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, “The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question”
Mr George Akaghoro, who has been a gate man for over 60 years at the Urhobo Cultural Centre, Okere road in Warri, Delta State, has been honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). Mr Akaghoro was honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) with a plaque on Friday as part of activities to mark the
Nine persons lost their lives including parents of a groom and his sibling in an accident that occurred in the evening of Saturday, in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state. The unfortunate incident which threw the state into mourning, was said to have occurred at the Gloryland drive at Igbogene area – a suburb of
Reading one Mallam Kabiru Yusuf’s diatribe against the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the current spillage in Nembe community (also in Bayelsa State) leaves you with a feeling of shock, nausea, outright revulsion or all of these. Since November 5, 2021 when it was first reported, hydrocarbon resources of gas and crude oil
By Martha Appeal & Rosemary Umeoha The governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has advised Urhobo people to prune down the number of gubernatorial candidates they are presenting by 2023 in order to brighten their chances. He said this on Friday, December 3, 2021, at the 90th anniversary of Urhobo Progressive Union, UPU, held
The Deputy governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has condoled the family of the Dowen College victim – Sylvester Oromon Jnr. In a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, 4th December, 2021, he said: “It is with a sense of deep shock that I received the news of the unexpected death of my
The family of late Sylvester Oromoni Jr, a student of Dowen College, Lagos marked his 12th birthday with a cake and picture. See photos below posted by his Cousin perrisonoromoni on Twitter.
By Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha A story was brought to you by GbaramatuVoice last week about an Urhobo man, named John Erere Nana, who was getting married to two pregnant women at the same day in Delta State. The traditional marriage was held at Ishere Primary School in Oviri-Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area
Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has vowed to ensure justice was served in the case of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), who was allegedly tortured to death by his colleagues. In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday, Okowa explained that the Delta State Government will work in partnership
Two students of Bashorun High School, Ibadan, have reportedly turned into tubers of yam. The news which spanned through the social media yesterday got many Nigerians worried on the happenings in secondary schools. Just recently, the story of the death of one Sylvester Oromoni Jnr of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos circulated, causing panic everywhere. Now
Prominent sons and daughters of the Ijaw ethnic nationality will today, Saturday 4th December, 2021, converge in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital for a one-day All Ijaw Summit. The summit which will hold at the Ijaw House is organized by the Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide. Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is expected to grace
By Funsele Tusemone, Martha Appeal, Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha His Excellency, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Executive Governor of Delta State, acting as the Special Guest of Honour, on Friday, December 3rd, joined other eminent personalities within and outside the state to attend the 90th anniversary celebration of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) at the
The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, located in the Lekki area of the state. This follows the controversy of accounts that led to the death of the 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. [Watch Video] SYLVESTER OROMONI: Father of late Dowen college student narrates how son was killed Lagos announced
Contrary to Dowen College’s claim that Sylvester Oromoni died from football sustained injuries, the father of the late 12-year- has spoken out and alleged that his son’s assailants beat him up for refusing to join their cult. Watch video below https://youtu.be/zwVyHYXr9dY
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN, will on Sunday, December 5, 2021 begin live services at its Ikotun-Egbe headquarters 21 months after it was closed. The church made this disclosure in Friday, stating that life will begin to beam again at the Synagogue from Sunday as its gate will be open for its global
…School Management Claims He Died From Football Injuries …Family releases final hour video of 12-year-old boy A 12-year-old boy, Sylvester Oromoni Junior, was allegedly beaten to death for refusing to join a cult group in Dowen College, Lekki Phase One, Lagos, GbaramatuVoice has learnt. A relative of the deceased, identified as @Perrisonoromoni on Twitter, posted
No fewer than 12 women from Agobiri community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have been arraigned by the Police for allegedly plotting to scuttle the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The accused women are Nerisa John, 43; Christiana Famous, 36; Dolphina Ochai,
Traders and passengers travelling from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Aba, Abia State by train may experience difficulties as suspected hoodlums have stolen and destroyed some railway facilities around the Elelenwo axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. There have been complaints of theft of rail tracks and other facilities at the rail
A former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has berated Governor Nyesom Wike for the decay of Rivers-owned agencies and parastatals he inherited from his predecessors, an action which he said, has rendered thousands of youths in the state jobless. Dr. Peterside, who was the 2015 governorship candidate of the
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said it has arrested 35 suspected vandals of petroleum pipelines. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Mohammed Abu, told reporters in Ibaka on Wednesday that the base also impounded 408 drums of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) from the
The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of fourteen new commissioners. Recall that Governor Akeredolu had, in March this year, appointed four commissioners including that of Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, Finance, Wale Akinterinwa, Justice and Attorney General, Titiloye Charles and Works and infrastructure, Aminu Raimi. The number of commissioners in the
Nembe, an otherwise quiet, beautiful kingdom in Bayelsa State, populated by a peaceful, enterprising people, has been in the news these past weeks, for the wrong reason. Dozens of already neglected communities and the people are soaked in crude oil—the same oil that has made such communities in Europe and America economic hotspots and development
A man identified as John Erere Nana is set to marry two pregnant women on the same day in Delta state. According to the wedding invite, Nana from Orhokpokpo, Agbarho, Ughelli Local Government Area of Delta State will be getting married to Patience and Elohor, both from Udu Local Government Area of Delta on
…Says things are getting better in the Niger Delta region In its effort at repositioning the Niger Delta Region to meet the needs of the people as directed by President Mohammadu Buhari, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on Thursday, presented and launched the Strategic Implementation Work Plan( SIWP), in Abuja. In his speech at
The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state, describing it as worse than what happened in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration
About 130,000 children are living with HIV in Nigeria, just as one Nigerian child died every five minutes from Aids-related reasons in 2020, the United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) said in a report released ahead of today’s World AIDS Day, December 1. Announcing this in a statement signed by Safiya Akau, UNICEF Nigeria, Tuesday, the
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 edition of the Calabar Carnival. The Governor explained that the health concerns arising from the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the prevailing security situation, are his reasons for the suspension. He made the announcement on Monday at the State Executive
The Nigerian oil and gas industry is strategic to the overall socio-economic development of the country. Nigerian Content (“NC”) development is critical for the nation as it progresses in its quest to acquire oil and gas technology and build indigenous capacity in the oil and gas industry. As an industry that thrives on partnership with
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, on Sunday, November 28, 2021 attended the Annual Special Thanksgiving Service of Divinely Successful Christian Global Ministry in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state in grand style. He was accompanied by the Honourable Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Chief Emmanuel Amgbaduba, alongside other top
