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.
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has approved the dissolution of the State Taskforce on Illegal Street Trading and Motor Parks with immediate effect. Consequently, the Special Assistant to the Governor in charge of the Task Force, Mr. Bright Amaewhule has been relieved of his appointment. This was contained in a statement signed by
By Ebi Perekeme Sequel to the federal government mandate on strategic industrial development and economic diversification agenda in Nigeria, stakeholders in the nation economy have demanded that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project must be completed in 18 month. The stakeholders also called on the federal government to expedite the realization of the full AKK project
By Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts and Imo North Senatorial District bye-elections for 31 October. Other bye-elections scheduled to hold in the same date include Nganzai State Constituency Borno; Bayo State Constituency Borno; Cross River North Senatorial District; Obudu State Constituency; Cross River
By Ebi Perekeme The Management of GbaramatuVoice newspapers has rolled out its plan for the paper’s 5th Anniversary Lectures/Awards. Announcing the anniversary’s carte du jour on August 10 2020 at its corporate office in Warri, Delta state, Mr. Jacob Abai, the Publisher of the “most trusted and leading newspaper in the Niger Delta” said that the
PRESS RELEASE GOV. WIKE, JEGA TO SPEAK AT GBARAMATUVOICE 5TH ANNIVERSARY, LECTURES/AWARDS 1. The Management of GbaramatuVoice Newspapers has announced the Governor of Rivers state, Barr. Nyesom Wike and Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega as Keynote Speaker/Chief Host and speaker respectively at its forthcoming 5th Anniversary Lecture/Award slated for September
By Ebi Perekeme A drilling rig belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has been shutdown by the people of Letugbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State The community alleged that the company’s failure to accord them recognition as the rightful owners of the land where Tunu flow station is located was responsible for their
By Our Correspondent Following a warning from the United State on the imminent invasion of terrorist groups (ISIS and al-Qaeda) in the southern part of Nigeria, the Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has called on the Niger Delta (South-South) governors to set up its own security outfit. The NDC call was contained in a statement signed
The former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has warned politicians against politics of bitterness and violence and charged them to forge a common agenda that would promote peace and sustainable development in the nation. The former president further urged them to put the interest of the nation first, adding that politics was not about dividing the people
Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Saturday returned Chief Kingsley Esiso for another four years term as its State Chairman. Esiso who emerged through consensus arrangement was returned with majority of his 39 members exco unopposed, following the consensus arrangement. The list is as follows: STATE CHAIRMAN – OLOROGUN BARR. KINGSLEY ESISO
By Loveth Ojogun In recognition of his contribution toward academic excellence in the Niger Delta region, the National Association of Delta Ijaw Students (NADIS), have hounored the Executive Chairman, Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), Jude Ebitimi Ukori. The association commended his relentless efforts towards ensuring that students in the community are given opportunities to further
…Meets with Egbema leaders in Asaba By Ebi Perekeme In a bid to quell the incessant agitation in the Niger Delta region, the state government has reinstated that it would continue robust engagement with various communities in the state to build a ‘Stronger Delta’. Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, disclosed this while fielding
Joshua Williams, Warri The Covid 19 pandemic wave has been the most felt since the Influenza pandemic in 2010. Due to the emergence of this deadly virus in the early months of this year, many changes have been made in economic and social structures in virtually all nations of the world. In a bid to
CLARK CAUTIONS VICE PRESIDENT, PROF YEMI OSINBAJO, TO TREAD CAREFULLY ON NIGER DELTA REGION AND NOT ANTAGONIZE LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF THE REGION I have read with very serious concern reports of the meeting of Mr. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, SAN, with the Minister of State Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, and the Deputy Governor
By Joshua Williams Francis Waive, lawmaker representing Ughelli north/Ughelli south and Udu federal constituency in the house of representatives, has called for unity among different ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region. Addressing reporters at his constituency office, Waive said coming together will help the people of the region to forge a common front at
Dara Akala, executive director of Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), has attributed the restiveness and conflict in the Niger Delta to youth unemployment. The Niger Delta has a history of unrest and militancy; attacking oil infrastructure and kidnapping employees of oil companies for ransom. To restore calm in the region, the
…Okowa’s 7pm-6am curfew a defiant of Buhari’s directives …Police now exploit Deltans massively — Report By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, has called on the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa to lift the 7pm to 6am curfew in the state, stressing that the Police force now uses it as an avenue to
By Joshua Williams The Akwa Ibom state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ini Okopido is dead. A top member of the party in the state, who confirmed the sad incident, disclosed that Okopido died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Ibom Multispecialty Hospital (IBH), Uyo. According to the source, Okopido died
By Ebi Perekeme Ogoni oil producing communities in Rivers state on Wednesday declared that any oil firm desirous of resuming exploration in the area must come to terms with the people before enjoying freedom to operate whatever license secured from federal government. Barituka Loanyie, President, Ogoni Oil Producing Community Youth Forum (OOPCYF) said in Port
Host communities of the Operating Mining License (OML) 79 in Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw local government areas, Bayelsa State, have distanced themselves from persons threatening the operations of the license. They called on the Federal Government, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other stakeholders to ignore a protest and 21-day ultimatum issued by a section
By Our Correspondent Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has directed the removal of Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, from banks that gave unauthorized loans to some local government chairmen in the state. The governor gave the directive while swearing in the substantive Chairman of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area at Government House, Port
By Our Correspondent Osayande Aisagbon, Director of Protocol (DoP) at the Edo government house, has been redeployed to the ministry of culture and diaspora affairs following alleged “embarrassment suffered” by Godwin Obaseki, the governor, during a visit to the palace of oba of Benin. In a memo, Obaseki directed that Aisagbon be redeployed over the
By Joshua Williams Indigenes and residents of Udu community in Udu local government area of Delta State have had cause to rejoice greatly as a notorious and highly wanted criminal was arrested by the community’s vigilante. The Udu central Vigilante team known as “Team A” arrested the alleged criminal who was identified as Oke Olodi
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh petition has been issued to the National Assembly to raise another panel to investigate alleged misappropriation of N6.2 billion palliatives for residents of the Niger Delta during the coronavirus pandemic. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the palliative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari to cushioned the effect of the pandemic on residents
…Visits Ogulagha, Ughievwen kingdoms By Ebi Perekeme As a move geared towards addressing the threats by oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region, Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, embarked on a courtesy visit to the Traditional Rulers of Ughievwen and Ogulagha Kingdoms in Ughelli South and Burutu Local Government Areas, respectively. The
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has identified the ongoing delay in the payment of students under the scholarship scheme of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a fresh threat to the fragile peace in the Niger Delta region. The new President of IYC, Peter Igbifa, who spoke in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on
’50 years counting, we’ve been denied opportunity to control our resources, environments’ A former presidential aspirant of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide, Mayor Ala Hart, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the ongoing agitations by the Niger Delta people to control their resource and protect their environment, stressing that, for over five decades
Indications emerged, yesterday, that the angry people of Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have concluded plans to shutdown oil and gas facilities, Forcados Export Terminal operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in the kingdom, which will cut the country’s crude oil production by one million barrels daily. The leadership
By Ebi Perekem The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa state. The road, built in conjunction with the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, creates a land link to the ancient city of Nembe for the first time. The Commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs,
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has signed into law the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. This followed the presentation of the budget by the Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to him at the government House, Port Harcourt. Total figure of the revised budget for 2020 fiscal
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has gifted judges in the state High Court 41 new sports utility vehicles (SUV). Presenting the vehicles in a brief ceremony at the High court premises Monday, Governor Wike said the gesture was meant to improve service delivery in the judiciary. He equally announced to them that
By Joshua Williams About 29,525 students have resumed for academic activities across various public secondary schools in the 25 local government areas of Delta State. The returning students will participate in this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) organised by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). Addressing newsmen in Asaba, yesterday, on the preparedness of
South Africa’s grocery retailer ShopRite is leaving Africa’s biggest market, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened shop in the West African country. The announcement by ShopRite came months after another South African brand, Mr Price, exited the market. International supermarkets (excluding Nigeria) contributed 11.6% to group sales and reported 1.4% decline in sales from 2018.
By Ebi Perekeme The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described the naming of what is in effect, a railway sub-station, after the Country’s immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as ridiculous, and demeaning to the personality and status of the former president. PANDEF reaction was contained in a statement signed by Hon. Ken Robinson,
By Joshua Williams The Federal Government has cancelled the maritime security contract handled by Capt. Hosa Okunbo’s Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd (OMSL), alleging that the deal was laced in fraud. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this during an interview on African Independent Television (AIT). The Minister also accused the company of incompetence. According
The Senate has revealed that the new head of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei and other members of the Committee now collect 20 per cent to 30 per cent of contract sums before Contractors are paid. This is contained in the report of the Senator
