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 Enaibo Asiayei The Deputy Governor of Delta state, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, yesterday paid a condolence visit to Niger Delta award winning poet, Ekanpou Enewaridideke over the demise of his mother, Mrs Timiebi Maika Ekanpou, who died on Sunday August 30, after a brief illness at the age of 78. According to report by
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday emerged the GbaramatuVoice ‘Niger Delta Man of the Year’ for 2020 through an independent poll. Details shortly…
Chevron Nigeria Limited has sent in its Goodwill Message for the 5th Anniversary Lecture and Award Ceremonies of the GbaramatuVoice Media, holding in Port Harcourt on September 29-30, 2020. A press release personally signed by the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs of the Chevron, Esimaje Brikinn said on Sep. 7 in Warri that
Ahead of GbaramatuVoice 5th Anniversary Lecture and Award Ceremonies scheduled to take place on the 30th of September 2020, Chevron Nigeria Limited has congratulated the company on its stride and relentless effort in reaching out to the Niger Delta region with qualitative and educative information. Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), is the operator of the joint
Ijaw leaders have decried hard times and worsening conditions despite various interventions and existence of key associations claiming to champion their agitations. The leaders, who met in Port Harcourt under the auspices of Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), said they were worse of, because major pressure groups
Long before the present crop of African models began to gain prominence and recognition in the global stage, Agbani Darego had walked the walk. The highly decorated model and beauty queen gained global acclaim after winning the Miss World in 2001. She was the first indigenous African to wear the crown. Born in Lagos on
The Clever Minds Educational Foundation has facilitated the allocation of customized clothes, shoes and toys to children in the most rural areas of Warri, Delta state for the Boxes of Hope Project 2020 as a way of inspiring hope in them for a better tomorrow and also in a bid to prevent sicknesses of any
Ahead of the Niger Delta leading and most trusted Newspapers, GbaramatuVoice’s 5th Anniversary, Lectures/Awards, the media outfit Publisher/CEO, Jacob Abai and his team paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri. The meeting which took place at the State House, Yenagoa, was inline with preparation for the
By Loveth Ojogun The Delta State Executive Council (Exco) has approved the sum of N4 billion for the construction of Ogheye Ultra Modern Concrete Floating Market project. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu made the disclosure in a post-Exco press briefing in Asaba on Wednesday. According to him, the market is huge
“As it is now, if all the oil wells in the Niger Delta region were to dry up permanently, would the nation or the rest of the states that benefit from its bowels really miss the black gold?” By Matthew Agboma Ozah It is now clear that our policymakers will never be short of curious
Nigeria has continued to lag in human capital and infrastructural development despite being the world’s tenth-largest producer of crude oil and Africa’s largest exporter of petroleum. The Niger Delta region which harbours these natural resources, like other regions of the country, is marred by youth unemployment, environmental degradation and other forms of socio-economic and political
By Ebi Perekeme Construction work has commenced on the $50m (N18.95bn) Transportation University being constructed by the Chinese government for Nigeria in Daura, Katsina State. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who inspected the project on Saturday, said the target was to complete the university in September 2021. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation is
By Loveth Ojogun The remains of Madam Comfort Titi Eyengho nee Okotie-Eboh, mother of the Tieyemiewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Samuel Eyengho, who passed away at the age of 103 years, will be interred on Saturday, Sep. 12, in Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri), Delta State. A statement signed today by the son, on behalf of the
By Loveth Ojogun Chief Joseph Uduboh, the elder brother of the CEO of KFT Conglomerate, Chief Komieyefa Uduboh, has tied the knot with his woman at a talk of the town marriage ceremony in Warri, Delta State, GbaramatuVoice reports. The groom is a chief of Tubutoru kingdom, who married his inestimable partner, Peace Torke from
Four of the five senatorial aspirants from the Bayelsa Central have been disqualified by the National Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 31 bye-elections in the state. The affected aspirants are a former Speaker and current Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Monday-Bubou Obolo; former Secretary to the
NIGERIA MARITIME UNIVERSITY OKERENKOKO, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT OF ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC STAFF VACANCIES Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment into various Academic and Non-Academic positions. The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko was established by Federal Government in 2015. The University is, among other objectives,
…Says its Delta’s turn to produce coordinator By Joshua Williams Egbema Peace and Security Group, EPSG, has rejected the appointment of Milland Dikio as the interim coordinator of amnesty programme by President Muhammadu Buhari. The EPSG while noting that are not against the President removal of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Charles Quaker
The President Muhammadu Buhari, has sacked Prof Charles Dokubo as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme. He has also approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), as the interim administrator of the programme. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. The
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has asked states to prepare for flood in communities bordering the River Niger to prevent loss of lives and property. This is contained in a statement signed by Clement Nze, NIHSA director-general, on Tuesday. Nze identified states likely to be affected as Kebbi, Kogi, Rivers, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi,
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is the most expensive amnesty programme in the world, gulping N243 billion ($1.68 billion) in five years. A report on the Assessment of the PAP by the Nextier Security, Peace and Development (SPD), unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday, revealed that funds were used
By Ebi Perekeme A Niger Delta group, Ndoshimili indigenous People of Ndokwa East (NIPONE), has given the Federal Government up to October 30,2020 to address the alleged perennial neglect of its area. During a press brief yesterday at Aboh, headquarters of NdokwaNdokwa East council area of Delta State, the group threatened self-determination and control of
By Joshua Williams The reconciliatory efforts of the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CENCPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) on Monday saw Minister of Transport, Rotimi Ameachi and his counterpart Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipre Sylva agreeing to work together to reposition the party in the South-South
By Enaibo Asiayei Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed all civil servants from grade levels 1-12 to resume work from Tuesday, September 1. Senator Diri gave the directive on Monday during a meeting with the state’s COVID-19 Taskforce in Yenagoa. The state government had on March 26 asked those categories of workers to
By Blessing Johnson Delta State Traditional Rulers Council has disclosed plans to sanction self-imposed traditional rulers in the state. They also suggested to the Delta State Government and security agencies to fashion out penalties for the infraction to check the menace for security reasons. The Traditional Rulers fear that the actions of these self-imposed kings
By Loveth Ojogun The National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) is set to hold its 5th national election cum convention. In a statement jointly signed by the Convention Planning Committee Chairman, Barr. Friday Emotimide and President of NAGS, Comrade Freeborn Abraye, the convention was billed to hold at the Okerenkoko Community Townhall, Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom,
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of all the 18 chairmanship position in the Saturday’s local government election in the state The commission’s chairman, Yomi Dinakin, made the announcement o Sunday evening. According to him, the party also won 194 councilorship seats out of 198, while the
By Loveth Ojogun As the date of Delta State Local Government election draws near, youths from Egbema Kingdom in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened to resist any further socio-political and economic marginalisation in their community. The youths also petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over what they tagged “the endless marginalisation
…Demand completion of East-West Road Niger Delta militants, under the auspices of Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, a merger of militant groups, Monday morning, threw their weight behind Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying findings by them showed the National Assembly was after him because he refused lawmakers from continuing their plundering of
By Joshua Williams Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has called on the Federal Government to put aside the alleged plans to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme for ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region. This came even as he charged the people of the region to come up with a new narrative about holding
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the Niger Delta region remains a safe haven for companies to conduct their businesses. This is coming even as he fingers multinational companies for using insecurity to justify their refusal to relocate their operational headquarters to the region. Wike made this known during a
By Ebi Perekeme The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited has insisted that it did not lay off 175 of its employees, rather one of our independent contractors did. The company also stated that it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on a possible resolution with the
…We need $4bn to ameliorate destructions on Ijaw land By Ebi Perekeme Even as Nigerians celebrate the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari led government on the commencement of the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Pipeline Project, the Ijaw National Congress and Bayelsa Center in United States, has kicked against the project. This is coming even as the group
BY JONAS ODOCHA The glaring need to develop the Niger Delta region was earlier recognized by the colonial government in Nigeria in 1957, and this translates to over six decades ago. The colonial office in London had then set up the Sir Henry Willinks intervention commission, to study the concerns and fears expressed by the
BY DAKUKU PETERSIDE Some years ago, I was among those invited by the US Consul General to his residence in Lagos for a cocktail party as part of the celebrations of the American Independence Day. I stood at the back of the open arena next to one of the officials of the US Consulate. I
By Tiko Okoye Civic Hive, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), recently opened a can of worms by accusing the Federal Ministry of Health of engaging in hanky-panky business with regards to recent purchases of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A spokesman of the NGO disclosed that going by the information it obtained as at August 1, 2020,
