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 Joshua Williams The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room, on Tuesday, kicked against the nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie, as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, representing the South-South. The Situation Room which is a coalition of 70 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in
By Ebi Perekeme President Muhammadu Buhari has extended deepest condolence on behalf of the Federal Government to the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family on the passing of the renowned writer and Emeritus Professor of Literature, Prof. John Pepper Clark. President Buhari in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Chief Femi Adesina paid tribute to one of Nigeria’s
By Ebi Perekeme Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark is dead. The poet is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and
By Ebi Perekeme President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of one of his media aides, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission representing Delta State. Others are Prof. Mohammed Sani Katsina), Prof. Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa). The letter was read by the
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike says his administration would unveil more legacy projects to Rivers people in the next few months. Amongst the projects set for inauguration are the Mother and Child Ultramodern Hospital, the Real Madrid Academy and the Rebisi Flyover Bridge. Governor Wike, who disclosed this last week to
By Joshua Williams The Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. The governor noted in a statement personally signed by him in Asaba, that the disbandment of SARS was a decisive and prompt
By Loveth Ojogun A student of Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin City, has received the “Most Outstanding Intern of the Year” award from GbaramatuVoice, the Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper. Student of Business Studies, Department of Mass Communication, BIU, Mr Joshua Williams received the award as a reporter while on three months placement
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has achieved eighty percent preparations for the upcoming Bayelsa Central and West senatorial bye-election slated for October 31, 2020 in the state. Briefing press men at the commission’s state secretariat in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, the state’ Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Cyril Omorogbe noted that
By Joshua Williams The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has described the first civilian governor of the state, the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as a selfless leader who always placed the interest of the Ijaw nation above other considerations. Diri, who spoke in Amassoma during the fifth annual memorial anniversary programme in
By Ebi Perekeme Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has restated the need for Ijaw people to embrace unity and speak with one voice to actualise their dreams and developmental aspirations. The governor spoke at the weekend during a funeral service in honour of Nigeria’s pioneer Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Dr. Mofia Tonjo-Akobo, at Tombia
By Joshua Williams National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.) has incurred the wrath of Niger Delta groups for his comment that over N712 billion had been “wasted” on the region’s Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), the Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta
Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu, says the controversial Water Resources Bill 2020 clearly guarantees the right of every citizen to water. At a media session at the weekend, Adamu said contrary to uninformed commentaries, “the Bill clearly declares that every citizen has a right to water. “If you have your traditional pond, you
By Enaibo Asiayei An Ijaw Rights advocates group drawn from the nine States of the Niger Delta region under the Movement For The Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), on Sunday sent a warning letter to the Federal Government and Governors from the region to renegotiate the agreement reached on
By Ebi Perekeme Candidate of the Zenith Labour Party and the deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi in his reaction to victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, said his position would be made known later. A statement by the Director General of his campaign Organisation, Dr Kola Ademujimi said Ajayi would take “an official
By Joshua Williams There is pandemonium in Evwreni Community, Ughelli North council area of Delta, following the alleged death of the former community vigilante chairman, Tuesday Okuah. Unconfirmed reports say Okuah died in the custody of the monitoring team of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja. At least three houses and two cars were
By Eric Omare The provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 submitted to the National Assembly by President Buhari relating to the development of oil producing communities of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria are at best an attempt at internal colonialism of the host communities. The bill not only failed in addressing the aged-longed
By Ebi Perekeme IJAW Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has mourned Prof. Kimse Okoko, a two-time president of Ijaw National Congress (INC). Sources said Okoko (80) died Sunday in Port Harcourt. His son, Keniebi, died earlier this year. A statement by its President, Peter Igbifa, described Okoko’s death as a double jeopardy. He said the deceased
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission says all results in the Ondo State governorship election, will be in “hopefully” by Sunday afternoon. INEC National Commissioner, Prof Anthonia Simbine, made this known during a television programme in Akure, the state capital, on Saturday evening. Simbine said about 70 per cent of the results from
By Joshua Williams Journalists, party agents and observers fled in different directions after the police and suspected thugs exchanged gunfire outside St Peter’s Primary School, Akure, on Saturday. The primary school is being used as the collation centre of Akure south local government area of Ondo. Electoral officials were getting set for collation of the
By Ebi Perekeme The member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State State, Hon. Preye Influence Oseke, had on Saturday, flagged off his Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) 2020 multi-million Naira empowerment scheme in Yenagoa, the State Capital. The empowerment items distributed include; conditonal cash transfers, cars, fishing nets, canoes, sewing mechines, business center/cyber cafe
By Joshua Williams Ogbinbiri Federated Comminities in Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have issued a seven days ultimatum to the management of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to vacate their land or face mass protest. The communities on behalf of the National Youth President, Ogbinbiri Federated Communities, Chief Ebipade Kari
The videographer behind last Saturday’s viral video alleging the killing of a young man by a team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been reportedly released from Police custody. The videographer, identified as Makalomi Nicholas, was released on Friday after several Nigerians, including Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), called
By Ebi Perekeme No fewer than 15 people, including some Ad-hoc Staff and official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were rescued to safety in Ilaje, Ondo when Boats conveying them and election materials in Ese Odo local Government of Ondo State capsized. The boat was said to be conveying election materials and ad
By Joshua Williams Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has voiced deep concern at the low-cut appropriations by President Muhammadu Buhari to projects in the Niger-Delta region in the 2021 Appropriation Bill forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. The group in a
By Cleric Alaowei Deacon (Barr) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro is an accomplished gentleman. He is a devotee in the house of God, a philanthropist, a servant leader who can better be described as a man before God’s heart. These astounding qualities are traceable to his humble background, an attribute inherent in the entire Otuaro family. He
By Ebi Perekeme The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at
By Joshua Williams The deplorable state of the Warri-Benin highway is making life unbearable for the people of Oghara, Mosogar, Sapele and others in Delta Central Senatorial District. Residents, who depend mainly on the highway for transportation, are lamenting over the terrible shape of the road, which has cut them from the rest of the
By Ebi Perekeme The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to shut down oil and gas operations should the Federal Government fail to pay their salaries by Friday. The senior oil workers, who gathered at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun in Delta, had begun a peaceful protest on
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked the police to release the videographer behind the Delta viral Special Anti-Robbery Squad video that alleged the killing of one person by SARS operatives in Ughelli, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the Delta State. The video
By Ebi Perekeme Youths of Ikot Oku Ikono, Ediene, Afia Nsit and Ikot Ntuen villages in Akwa Ibom State yesterday staged a peaceful protest over the construction of a flyover which they claimed blocked access routes to their communities. The youths took over Ikot Oku Ikono Junction, urging construction giant, Julius Berger, to fix alternative
By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has postponed the common entrance examination into the state Model Secondary Schools and Delta State Secondary School, Warri. A statement by the Director/Registrar, Examinations and Standards Department in the ministry, Mrs. Oderhohwo Kehinde, said the examination earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 10,
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail line valued at $3 billion. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, disclosed this to state house correspondents after the council’s weekly meeting on Wednesday. The minister said the rail line will have new branches — from Port Harcourt
By Joshua Williams Lecturers have resumed at Rivers State-owned universities, despite the current strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union had vowed to stay away from classrooms until the government addressed the challenges of infrastructural decay and funding in public universities. ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, had threatened that
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), on Wednesday reiterated that the Ministry is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Committee towards alleviating the flooding disaster in the Niger Delta Region (NDR). The Minister stated this at the official presentation of the Inter-Agency Committee’s report on the assessment of
By Loveth Ojogun Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Timipre Sylva has been awarded Niger Delta Most Outstanding Minister of the Year by the Board of Directors of the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper. While presenting the award on behalf of Gbaramatu Voice board of Governors, Deputy governor of Delta
