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 Ebi Perekeme A major way to build a new face for the Niger Delta is to embark on urgent diversification of the region’s economy, former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said. Dr. Uduaghan canvassed this position on Thursday while delivering a lecture titled: Niger Delta Economy: Building a new face for
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has convoked an emergency “general assembly” for Monday over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Constitution to remove the 13 per cent oil derivation formula being enjoyed by oil-producing states, especially in the South-South geopolitical zone. The bill has generated protests especially from the Niger
By Jerome Mario-Utomi In a piece entitled; Banters in Lagos, Poverty and Disease in the Niger Delta, posted about four years ago, precisely in February 2018. Aside from spreading out the needs, interests, aspirations and even their problems were critically reviewed against solution plans and implementation, it among other concerns posited the following comparative scrutiny/conclusions; namely,
(IN MEMORIAM OF A DEAD POET) BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE A great poet is dead! Seiyei the famous poet, the unbeatable master of imagistic cliche is dead! A poet dies in all who claims mastership without awakening sounds from his readers Alas, to the memory of this acclaimed master poet, this dead master poet, I sail
Bibopere Zion, Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Okerenkoko town in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State has officially announced Senior Boanerge Ebieride Peter Oyibo German (JP) as the new Leader to pilot the affairs of the church. He succeeded Senior Boanerge (Prophet) Haggai Maware JP who died in July, 2020. In a statement released to GbaramatuVoice on Friday
Ijaw National Congress, INC, has said the proposed Bill to delete Section 162, sub section 2 of the 1999 Constitution, which deals with derivation principle by 59 northern Members of House of Representatives, was an invitation to chaos. A statement by its National President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba on Thursday, October 21, 2021, urging the sponsors
As the build to the 2023 general elections continue to gather steam, traditional rulers in Delta State have warned politicians not to take campaigns to the their ultra modern secretariat in Asaba. The monarchs under the aegis of Delta State Traditional Rulers Council further warned that those nursing ambition should not even contemplate coming to
By Uwa John When I first read the catching axiom of “Kite” and “Eagle”in Things Fall Apart, a masterpiece of one of the greatest storytellers in history, Chinua Achebe, I didn’t quite give the proverb any metaphorical interpretation beyond the context of the novel until reactions started trailing the recent call for the renaming of
By Gold Ebimene Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) to urgently dismiss and prosecute the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, for illegally ordering the teargas and arrest of youths who protested peacefully to mark the
A socio-cultural group of the Ijaws in diaspora, Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has disclosed its intention to hold the 2022 IJAW DIASPORA CONVENTION in United States of America (USA). The board has chosen Newark, New Jersey where they would all converge from their various countries of residence across the globe. The event that is scheduled
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has Inaugurates the management team of the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The inauguration of the
…Says power to change Nigeria for better resides in youths Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of gross insensitivity to the plight of victims of the #EndSARS protests and the Lekki Tollgate massacre a year ago. Frank in a statement to
Because we are not known for equivocation, the time has actually come for the Ijaws to awaken Deltans to the validity of the Ijaw governorship agitation. Let the reverberations penetrate every habitable space in Delta State that the Ijaws have valid claims to produce the 2023 governor of Delta State, though not without functional and
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh devastating oil spill has been reported at a facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) around Ogboinbiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The oil leakage, which occurred on October 17 at the NAOC Wellhead 9, was reportedly caused by equipment failure. A field
A report by Channels TV indicates gunmen have opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting at Njaba local government area in Imo state. Details of the attack remain sketchy but at least five traditional rulers are feared to have died during the attack with several others wounded, the news media stated. Also reporting the
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the imposition of night curfew on all waterways in the state as part of measures to curtail sea piracy, kidnappings and other criminal activities along the creeks. Briefing newsmen on resolutions reached after the 22nd State Security Council meeting in Yenagoa, the Special Adviser on
“We have our children with Masters and PhD degrees in management, geology, geosciences and engineering, what other certificates do you need? Our people are suffering, see what you can do to ameliorate the plight of our plight. So you can open a new page in the region, a page of equity, fairness and justice.” Traditional
There was celebration in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State when about 500 gang members who had been terrorising the area renounced cultism, submitted their arms and promised to be of good behaviour. The Chairman of the Andoni Area Traditional Rulers Council, HRM King Job Nabiget JP, who led other traditional rulers to
By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it spent a total of N32.56bn on pipeline security and maintenance from February to July this year. The NNPC spent N5.81bn on pipeline security and management in February; N5.32bn in March; N2.64bn in April; N5.26bn in May; N6.17bn in June, and N7.35bn in July. A
Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to completing all abandoned projects in the nine states of the Niger Delta Region. Senator Akpabio spoke in Uyo, on Sunday, after an inspection tour of the long-abandoned 1000-bed hostel blocks constructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the
The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped and do not exist anymore, the Federal Government said on Monday. It also said while workers of the three agencies would be protected, their chief executives had been relieved of their various appointments. The Minister
[VIDEO] Watch how NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari stormed Oporoza town, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State. Watch video below
The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday hosted the President of Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), Comrade Shadrach Ebikeme and his executives at the government house in Asaba. GbaramatuVoice learnt that the meeting is said to be in line with the forthcoming ground breaking/foundation laying ceremony of the Gbaramatu Youth Development Center
The Ijaw Youth Council Western Zone has asked Commissioner Representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission (DESOPADEC), Dr. Paul Bebenimibo to resign for improper use of office. The group said that the office is supposed to be a connecting point for the grassroots, noting that they can no longer allow
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta Leaders’ Council has charged the party’s faithful across the state to remain focused and steadfast in the face of any provocation. The council in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, also assured members of the APC in Delta that they would be redeemed and rescued from the hands of those who
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have blamed selfish politicians including ministers from the region for the delay in constitution of the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said the delay is caused
The Rivers State Government has said harmful chemicals are emitted when bottled water and its equivalent in sachet are exposed to sunlight. The warning was issued by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja, at the flag-off of the Campaign Against Exposure Of Bottled/Sachet Water To Sunlight. Speaking at the event, the
Chief Dennis Otiotio, a political associate of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged Bayelsa Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC). Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DSP) Yusuf Adejo and Chairman of the state congress planning committee disclosed this when he announced the results of the congress on Saturday in Yenogoa.
The Special Adviser on Legislative, Plenary Matters and Political Affairs to the Deputy President of the Senate, Omeni Sobotie, was on Saturday, elected as the Chairman of the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress in Asaba. Sobotie was elected at the party’s state congress to lead the 35-man executive committee to run the affairs
No fewer than two persons (husband And wife) have been reportedly killed on Friday in a gas explosion at Eboh Street in Warri, Delta State. It was learnt that the explosion occurred when the husband went to the kitchen and picked a phone call near the cooking gas where his wife was cooking. The victim’s
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of appointment of retired Col. M. D. Dikio as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for another one-year tenure. The GbaramatuVoice reports that President Buhari approved the appointment of Dikio as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) with effect from Aug. 21, 2020. This followed the President’s approval of
The Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation, Mele Kyari on Thursday led a delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta to seek support for the protection of oil and gas installations in the country, GbaramatuVoice reports. Kyari who was accompanied by top officials of the NNPC
BEING A SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS ROYAL MAJESTY OBORO GBARAUN II, AKETEKPE AGADAGBA, THE PERE OF GBARAMATU KINGDOM TO THE CEO/GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR (GMD) OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) LIMITED, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS WORKING VISIT TO GBARAMATU KINGDOM, DELTA STATE, AT OPOROZA COMMUNITY, THE TRADITIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF GBARAMATU KINGDOM, ON OCTOBER
A delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta led by the CEO/Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, on Thursday, October 14, 2021 paid a courtesy visit to Gbaramatu Kingdom. The Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II and other respected traditional
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to use the opportunity of the Third Annual Convention/lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, to explain the Commission’s role in building a new face for the Niger Delta Region. According to a Statement by the Chairman of the DOPF 2021Convention Planning Committee, Dcn Chijioke Williams
