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 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
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairmen of Gbaramatu-Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd communities have called on the Federal Government to investigate the activities of a self-styled group, Warri Escravos and Forcados Central Youths to unravel their mission. The call was contained in a press statement yesterday signed on behalf of the Chairmen by their leader, Chief Moses
By Loveth Ojogun The 21st Century Youth of the Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review the 16-point demand tabled before him, 2016, by the people of Niger Delta through Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF. Leader of the group, self-professed “General” Izon Ebe, in a statement, Sunday,
By Ebi Perekeme A rights group, Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG), has threatened to sue the Rivers State Government if it failed to provide detailed explanations on the deployment of N117bn its officials allegedly withdrawn from the state’s accounts between 2015 and 2017. EFCC has been at loggerheads with the state
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have listed fresh conditions for Ondo State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi before he will be allowed to run for governorship on the party’s platform. Part of the conditions is for Ajayi to agree to serve one term and hand over to a core PDP loyalist. This is just
By Ebi Perekeme The Paddle of Niger Delta, Chief Barrister Smooth’s super pack album launch party was electrifying as family, friends and fans gathered in Warri to celebrate the successful release of the super pack four albums titled; “The Creek Message, Coronavirus, Mie easy mo opiri and Ebiyosua”. It was an intense atmosphere at his
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke Dance is an artistic form of expression rhythmically built into man from the womb before expulsion, or after expulsion when man is carried pickaback by nursing mothers. It derives the mainspring of performance from the type of choreographic excellence or ingenuity that underpins the dancing fame of Amgbare Embeleakpo,Augustine Ferebo and Tosi
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline surveillance and security contractors have cried out over the nonpayment of their salaries for 10 by UTM Offshore Limited. Some of the workers, who spoke exclusively to our reporter but pleaded anonymity, said that as a result of the situation, life had become very difficult for them. “Life
By Ebi Perekeme A group, Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Lagos State Chapter, has urged the Federal Government to stop the reckless destruction, auctioning and exploitation of resources of Niger Delta region and its environment. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Barrister Efiye Bribena and Engr Ben Okoro, IEF said the ecosystem
Mele Kyari, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the country is working on building a condensate refinery towards the goal of self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products. Speaking on Friday at a virtual conference organised by Atlantic Council, Kyari said the corporation aims to have a total refinery capacity of
By Ebi Perekeme The management of Global West Vessels Specialists Ltd has said its attention has been drawn to a publication by a group known as Central Youths of Escravos and Forcados, that GWVSL had once handled pipeline surveillance activities in the area. The insinuation which was contained in a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI) has called for the termination of the pipeline surveillance contract of Warri-Escravos, Trans-Focados and Egbema awarded to Ocean Marine Solution Limited. IPDI, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mayor Timi Ogobiri, on Friday, maintained that the company had been meting out poor treatments to the
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, revealed that his administration has restored peace in the Niger Delta region. The President said the maintenance of oil production levels and engagement of youths by his government had restored peace in the region. Buhari said this during his nationwide broadcast on Friday in celebration of Democracy Day. “With sustained
The Oil and Gas Producing Communities in Nigeria (HOSCON) has said a total of N44 trillion had in the last 20 years accrued to states in the Niger Delta region through the 13% Derivation Fund. HOSCON, in a statement issued by its National Director of Media and Publicity, HOSCON, Chief Okakuro Monday Whiskey, said paying
All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee for Edo State Governorship election has declared Governor Godwin Obaseki unqualified due to some discrepancies in his educational certificates and NYSC. ALSO READ: Obaseki expresses fears over reelection Others also disqualified are Hon. Matthew Iduoroyekemwen and Egnr. Chris Ogiemwonyi. The committee cleared Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, Dr. Pius Odubu
By Loveth Ojogun Chairmen of Gbaramatu OMS-Communities in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, and other organisations to ignore the Central Youth Body of Warri Escravos and Forcados. The Chairmen also passes a vote of confidence to Ocean Marine Solutions Limited. Ocean Marine Solutions Limited is
By Ebi Perekeme Renowned Niger Delta poet and playwright, Ekanpou Enewaridideke, on Friday, called on the police authorities in Zone 5 to investigate a petition against him by some persons from Ayakoromo and Akparemogbene in Burutu LGA of Delta State thoroughly. This came even as he urged the police authorities to expose the frivolous ‘petition-writers’.
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said his re-election bid under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) is narrowed because of the interest of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in the state. Obaseki expressed his fears at a news conference shortly after he was screened by the seven-member screening committee headed
Ex-Niger Delta militants are threatening to shut down oil pipelines, government houses, and the National Assembly, over plans by National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, to end the Amnesty Programme. The ex-militants claimed that the NSA was planning to shut down the Presidential Amnesty Program in a bid to cover his tracks after allegedly looting the
