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.
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has said it will no longer beg the Federal Government to be committed to the growth of the Niger Delta region It however added that it would continue to speak to youths of the area to remain peaceful in the face of the insensitivity of the Federal Government to its
Nigeria’s economy is expected to plunge into severe economic recession, the worst the country has experienced in four decades, the latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU), has posited. According to the report titled ‘Nigeria In Times of COVID-19: Laying Foundations for a Strong Recovery,’ the collapse in oil prices as well as the COVID-19
Ebi Perekeme Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has confirmed that one of his daughters has tested positive to coronavirus. The governor on his verified Twitter handle said he and his wife, Edith, received the news that one of their daughters tested positive for COVID-19. The governor said inline with laid down procedures, he
For the first time since confirming its index case on April 8, 2020, Delta state recorded its highest daily COVID-19 toll on Thursday with 106 new cases. Before Thursday, the state’s highest daily toll was 83 cases recorded on June 20. The new figure was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that 19 pipeline points were vandalised in the month of March representing about 47 per cent decrease from the 32 points recorded in February 2020. The corporation disclosed this on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR)for the month of March released in Abuja, on Wednesday. It
Ogoni women under the aegis of the Federation of Ogoni Women Associations (FOWA) has demanded from the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to implement a 30 per cent affirmative action in the implementation of the clean-up process of Ogoni project as it (HYPREP) begins the process of developing its gender policy. The women demanded that
Delta State students, under the aegis of the National Association of Delta State Students, have called for the reopening of schools nationwide despite the challenges posed by COVID-19. The president of the association, Mr Godwin Saturday, said since markets, churches and mosques have been reopened by the various state governments, there is also the need
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Douye Diri, has faulted the Federal Government for deliberately sidelining the state in the implementation of the multi-billion naira school feeding and conditional cash transfer programmes. Diri spoke when the Federal Commissioner in charge of the South at the Code of Conduct Bureau, Dr Emmanuel Attah,
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Thursday temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government the N250million diverted from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by a contractor. Justice Rilwan Aikawa made the interim order following an ex-parte application filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel Usman Buhari. Buhari told the judge that the
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the new Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), with a charge to the members to support the attainment of the Nigerian Content 10-Year Strategic Roadmap. He stated that accomplishing the lofty goals of the roadmap
By James Nanakumor Over forty representatives, comprising of the various organs administering the Aleibiri Federated Communities have endorsed former Bayelsa state governor, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson for vacant Bayelsa West Senatorial district. In a communique signed by leaders of the various groups in Aleibiri Kingdom, the representatives noted that the former governor, Chief Henry Seriake
By Ebi Perekeme President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Emmanuel Munakurogha Adigio as the new Vice Chancellor of the Nigeria Maritime University, NMU, Okerenkoko, Delta State. Prof. Emmanuel Adigo is the 2nd Vice Chancellor of NMU following his appointment on Wednesday June 24. More details later..
By Ebi Perekeme Egbema Youth Network (EYN), in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, has on Tuesday, threatened to shut down Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS) operations in Egbema kingdom. The group also stated that the company has ignored them in their contract arrangement amongst other development. GbaramatuVoice had reported that the Central Youth
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its Joint Venture (JV) partners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Oando Oil Limited have ramped up efforts meant to recover part of the receding shoreline in the Niger Delta. The oil giant inaugurated a N500 million shore protection project in Ogboinbiri community, Southern Ijaw Local Government
The government of Nigeria, led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of over US$ 50M to boost efforts to complete sections I-IV of the ongoing East-West Road project in Nigeria by 2021, in a bid to address infrastructure deficit in the Niger Delta region and the entire country at large. The East-West Road
— Stop sponsoring illegal campaign – firm warns Otuaro By Ebi Perekeme The Central Youth Body and the leadership of various communities in Warri South-West and Burutu Local Government Areas, in Delta state, have again called on the management of Ocean Marine Solutions, OMS, warning them not to take their peaceful demands for justice, equity,
Akwa Ibom State Government has sealed off a Christ Embassy church in Uyo, the state capital, for allegedly flouting guidelines for reopening of churches amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Secretary to the State Government, Emmanuel Ekuwem, who announced the development in a statement on Sunday, expressed dismay at the action of the pastors and congregants
Finally, Youths from Odidi/Kantu and Diebiri- Batan communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, have shut down the Odidi and Batan oil flow stations. The flow stations shut down last Saturday evening had remained so as at yesterday with the youths insisting that they will only resume operations after the operator
By Ebi Perekeme Chiedu Ebie, secretary to the state government (SSG) of Delta, and Charles Aniagwu, commissioner for information, have tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement was made on Sunday morning via the Twitter handle of the state government. Both officials were said to have exhibited mild symptoms, and decided to have their samples tested
By Our Correspondent Stakeholders and leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have kicked against the constitution of a five-man probe panel into alleged fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme. They urged President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the panel with a substantive coordinator for continued peace in the region. The spokesperson of
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State. The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 riffle, one pump action gun and three matchetes. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement
By Ebi Perekeme The family of Wilson Okotie, Senior Pastor of High Impact Christian Centre, Sapele, Delta state, has refuted a trending story of June 10, where many news platforms published that the pastor died of COVID-19. In a press release by Oti Okotie, for the family, dated 18 June, 2020, the following was stated:
The Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19, says the State has recorded 42 new cases of Covid-19 in three days, another 6 deaths and 1 discharged within the same period. The Deputy-Chairman of the Covid-19 Task Force, Dr. Inodu Akpoku, who disclosed this in a statement in Yenagoa, weekend, said the new cases brings to
By Ebi Perekeme More than 40,000 Nigerians from the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta will take their legal fight against Shell to the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The case will be heard via video link and will be live-streamed online. The hearing is listed for one day. The
Worried by the continued delay in the Ogoni clean-up exercise, right groups, Amnesty International Nigeria, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), and Friends of the Earth Europe said there will be no justice from Shell’s pollution in the Niger Delta unless clean-up is carried out. The groups raised the alarm that so far,
By Ebi Perekeme The headquarters of Cherubim and Seraphim Church was thrown into shock culminating into protest as its leader worldwide, King of Zion, Rev. Dr. Princewill Epistle Jemine JP, the Spiritual Leader and Supreme Head of Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Zion Worldwide, was taken away by men suspected to be military men on
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Thursday in Lagos said the agency’s floating dock would generate N1 billion monthly for the country. Its Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known while presenting his achievements in his first 100 days in office. According to him, the agency is also expecting huge influx of
By Ebi Perekeme Barely 24 hours after Odidi community gave Neconde Energy Limited 48 hours to vacate OML 42, another community has again decried negligence, insisting that the company should leave the facility. Kantu community is one of the chief hosts of the OML 42 oil facilities, Odidi flow stations, in particular, Warri South-West Local
By Ebi Perekeme Odidi federated community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has on Wednesday, issued a 48 hours ultimatum to Neconde Energy Limited to vacate OML 42, over failure to pay indigenous contractors on executed projects. The community also accused the company over its failure to remit dues on the
By Prof. Idemudia Oviosun He roams the land, seeking a party, seeking a mandate, seeking support, and aware that his support base tricked him into thinking he was invisible. He is going the way of many legacy-lacking ex-governors before him. He is outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and here is an account of
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will re-open its head office on Thursday, June 18, after a two week lockdown to allow for the fumigation of the premises. A press statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, June 17, 2020, said the lockdown was in obedience to public health directives from
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says nine vessels laden with fuel and other items are expected at the Delta ports. NPA made this known in its daily publication, ‘Shipping Position’ a copy of which was made available to Newsmen on Monday in Warri. The port authority listed some of the expected vessels to include: MT
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress and former chairman of the APC in Ondo State, Mr Isaac Kekemeke, has declared that no other aspirant in the party has the statewide popularity that he has. He expressed confidence in grabbing the ticket of the party at the forthcoming primary of the party based on
By Jerome-Mario Utomi Nigerians and particularly the people of Niger Delta-a region with increasing social difficulties and laced with no good survival record in 2015, thrusted upon President Muhammadu Buhari an important destiny. First, to complete the process of democratization of the nation which has taken over 16 years, as at the time he assumed
By Ebi Perekeme Stakeholders from the nine States of the Niger Delta region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately replace the five-man probe panel into the alleged fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme with a substantive coordinator for the programme. The stakeholders made up of groups under the aegis of the Niger Delta Restoration
