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.
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
By Joshua Williams Angry Ijaw youths in the oil communities of Akwa Ibom state, on Thursday, protested over what they called ‘high underdevelopment and infrastructural decay’ in their areas. They stressing that the situation may degenerate into crisis if relevant government authorities failed to intervene. They decried the abandoned projects in their communities by the
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State will on Monday, August 3, 2020, swear-in eight new members of the State Executive Council recently cleared by the State assembly for Commissioner and Special Adviser posts. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has begun discussions with 12 host communities in Bayelsa which demanded upward review of development obligations. SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, gave the assurance in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday in Yenagoa. SPDC has since 2006 been administering community development initiatives driven by
Unknown gunmen who abducted Nyieda Kpeenu in Nweol community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, have demanded N16m ransom for her ransom. Kpeenu, a 60-year-old woman, was on Wednesday, abducted from her residence in the Ogoni community at about 8pm. The gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare residents in the area and took
Lagos-based Nigerian female artiste Blessing Enyamuke popularly known as Beetasha, and founder of Delta Pikin Initiative and the BeeInspired Foundation, is one artiste to watch out for. In this interview with GbamramatuVoice, she speaks on her journey into the music industry. She also talked about her formative age, albums, along with challenges she witnessed on
By AIG Mbu J. Mbu The unfolding leadership crisis as a result of maladministration in Cross River has taken a dangerous dimension as cannons of threats to life have been unleashed to the critics of the government. One wonders if the saying that facts are threatening to those invested in mischief, afterwards they become afraid
The leaders of Ogulagha Kingdom, in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, have protested against the alleged marginalisation of the oil-rich kingdom by the Federal Government and threatened to cripple oil production in the area. In an open protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, dated 24th July, 2020, and signed by Chief Igere Williams and
By Ebi Perekeme Erastus Awortu, Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Niger Delta Development Commission Matters, has dismissed insinuations that his principal has plans to control the NDDC. Awortu was reacting to claims in the social media that Wike asked a court of law to order the commission to seek the
Ahead of resumption of schools for exit classes, the Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyeson Wike, has distributed COVID-19 protective kits to 257 public schools in the state. Wike, who distributed the items acquired by his government, said the move was in line with the guidelines for resumption of schools. The governor, who was represented by
By Loveth Ojogun Makaraba Community, host to Chevron Nigeria Limited in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State has on Saturday, sworn in new executive members to pilot the community affairs. A total of nine persons were sworn in to move the community affairs to another height. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the members
“They are everywhere: in heaps on the roadside, in your neighbourhood, in wedges balanced on trays.” But those big green things, sweet reddish on the inside, pack a whole lot more punch for your average fruit. Here’s how watermelon helps you. Sight. Just a medium slice gives you more than 10% of the vitamin you
The Rivers State Government said on Friday that seven girls had been rescued from a bar in Rumuokwurusi, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area where they were used as sex workers. The state Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Mrs. Inime Aguma, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt, on the occasion of International
Royal Dutch Shell has reported a deep financial loss after a record writedown on the value of its oil and gas assets due to the collapse in global market prices triggered by coronavirus. The Anglo-Dutch oil giant revealed a net loss of $18.3bn (£14.1bn) for the second quarter of 2020, down sharply from a net
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has charged heads of security agencies in the state to re-double their effort in tackling the rising incidence of kidnapping and other forms of insecurity. Giving the charge during his maiden security council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Diri urged the security chiefs to maintain a high level of
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to always seek the consent of the Rivers State Government before executing any project in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice had dragged NDDC, its former Managing Director, Mr. Nsema
By Joshua Williams Rivers State Government has called on people of Omoku, in Ogba/Egbema/Local Government Area of the State, to remain calm, following an oil spill from Oil Mining Lease (OML-11) that occurred in the place. The OML-11 is operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC). The State Commissioner for Environment, Igbiks Tamuno, made
By Joshua Williams A young Hausa man simply identified as Mohammed, residing in Port Harcourt, has drowned in a burrow pit behind Timber Market, Rumuosi, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Elder brother of the deceased whose name is Hassan Mohammed has confirmed the incident, saying he got the sad news around 2:30
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has warned the Peoples’ Democratic Party not to focus on things he said in the past about the present governorship candidate of Edo 2020 elections, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Oshiomhole spoke while addressing some youths who paid Ize-Iyamu a visit, on Tuesday, July 28. He also
By Ebi Perekeme The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Olumide Akpata on his victory. Olumide Akpata, a senior lawyer , emerged in Abuja as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association in the just
By Ebi Perekeme The current state of Serikoromo Primary School, Oyangbene in Burutu Local Government of Delta State, is an eyesore given the bereft of human-oriented development in the area, GbaramatuVoice reports. The dilapidated state of the only primary school in Oyangbene in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has become object of mockery
By Enaibo Asiayei With the Delta State Government yet to fix a date for the forthcoming local government elections in the state, aspirants vying for chairmanship and councillorship in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have indicated their interest to contest under the platforms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the
By Udeh Daniella Suspense still pervades the Niger Delta region amid a clash of interests as the battle to succeed suspended coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, intensifies. The office of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme initiated by the late president Umaru Yar’Adua in 2009, is perceived to be a
Aggrieved oil-producing communities in Bayelsa State under the auspices of the Iduwini, Mein, Kou, and Bassan Cluster Development Board have asked the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to review annual development funding from $1million to $10million to their areas. The also demanded the payment of outstanding $14million for sea anchorage for vessels
By Ebi Perekeme Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has “no opponent” in the forthcoming Edo governorship election. In a statement by Paul Nsirim, commissioner for information and communications, Wike said the sudden U-turn of Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress,
By Ebi Perekeme Following the expiration of ultimatums issued by Oil Producing Host communities in the Niger Delta region, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, met with Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum and Barr. Kinsley Otuaro, Delta State Deputy Governor. Recall that several communities including the
As the ease of lock-down across the nation continues and Nigerians are returning to their businesses, abandoned for the better part of the last five months, the Management and Board of the GbaramatuVoice, Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, have found it necessary to release a set of guidelines that individuals must observe as
