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 Godknows Igali One name that will continue to reverberate in our memories is that of one of Nigeria’s most outstanding social critics, essayist, thinker and scientist, Professor Tamuemi Sokari David-West, who passed on 11th November, 2019. Born on 26th August, 1936, he was 83 years when he passed on at the University College Hospital
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths have called for calm following Saturday’s clashes involving two sister communities in Ogbia, Bayelsa State. During the violent confrontation between Otuasega and Oruma, at least one person was shot dead while others who sustained injuries were reportedly battling for their lives at some undisclosed hospitals in the state. However, as
A 75–year old, Mrs Fehintola Wewe of Sabomi in Ese-Odo local government area of Ondo state has been reportedly kidnapped by some suspected armed men. The development came barely three weeks after some gunmen reportedly kidnapped the wife, children and driver of the traditional ruler of Odigbo town, Oba Rufus Akinrinmade. The victims were kidnapped
The governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade has warned his newly appointed commissioners and other political appointees to desist from making public and policy statements on social media. The directive was given on Sunday, Jan. 4, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita, who stated it in a statement.
By Ebi Perekeme The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Legborsi Pyagbara has called on Ogoni people not to allow division by government, oil companies and politicians. He also noted that like every human entity, MOSOP was not immune to challenges and conflicts, but what stood the movement out
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would commence the sales of its registration forms for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from January 13, to February 17. Fabian Benjamin, the head, media and information of the board, disclosed this to NAN on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, arrangements for the commencement
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said Saturday, Jan. 4, that it has temporarily closed the runway of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, to operations as part of safety precautions. General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu announced the measure in a statement informing airlines, passengers and the general public that a bush fire
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Ondo State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, and 18 other police officers in the Command were at the weekend promoted by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Undie Adie. Joseph was promoted to the rank of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) from Superintendent of Police (SP). Two CSPs
Flight activities were on Saturday, Jan. 4, evening disrupted by fire out break which occurred on the runway of Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers state, reports The Nation. The source added that the fire prevented a Max Air flight from taking off and Arik flight had to return to base. A Dana flight from Abuja
By Babatope Babalobi The Niger Delta is ingloriously described as the oil pollution capital of the world. The region produces Nigeria’s crude oil, about teo million barrels per day in 2019, supplies 95% of Nigeria’s export earnings and 80% of federal government revenue, ironically more than 50% of its youths are believed to be unemployed
By Our Reporter The Niger Delta Self Determination Movement (NDSDM) has said the South-South zone should insist on restructuring of Nigeria as against agitating to produce the nation’s president in 2023. Convener of NDSDM, Annkio Briggs, said South-South Elders Forum (SSEF) clamour that political parties should zone their presidential tickets to aspirants from the zone
By Ebi Perekeme An angry husband has reportedly butchered his mother-in-law, both yet-to-be identified, to death in Arubayi Street, Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta state. The incident was said to have occurred few hours after the shout of the New Year. It was gathered that the assailant later drank poison after committing the act and died
National Chairman Host communities of Nigeria, HOSCON, Dr Mike Emuh has inaugurated the Delta Ijaw working committee of the body with an appeal to the Federal Government (FG) to pay 13% derivation fund to host communities. Speaking at the ceremony in Warri, Delta state, Dr Emuh said the FG had approved some money from gas
Nomalcy has returned to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Beniseide Flow station as Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has waded into the crisis between the company and Ojobo community in Burutu Local Government Area. The governor met representatives of Shell and the community at Government House Annex, Warri, on Friday, Dec. 27 and appealed
Some of those indebted to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are already making moves to redeem their obligations. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in an exclusive chat with The Nation in Abuja, also said millions of funds, in naira and hard currencies, had been disclosed by some banks
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. Prior to May 1999, when civil rule returned to Nigeria after decades of successive military dictatorships, fierce wars raged between ethnic and social forces in Nigeria over the ownership and control of oil resources in the Niger Delta. Then, such state of affairs was blamed by political on the military as they
By Ebi Perekeme The recent Escravos Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) Project Settlement Agreements entered into by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture is expected to boost Nigeria’s domestic gas utilization. The Settlement agreements were signed at the NNPC Headquarters in Abuja on December 24, 2019 on
By Ebi Perekeme The least might not have been heard of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as he had alleged his Bayelsa counterpart Seriake Dickson colluded with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to lose the just concluded Bayelsa governorship election. Dickson, he alleged, struck a deal with the APC to lose in state
An appeal court in Abuja has reversed the judgment of a Federal Hight Court disqualifying Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa State governorship election. Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, November 12 disqualified Degi-Eremienyo for allegedly supplying false
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has accused his Rivers State Counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, of inciting ethnic disharmony in Ijaw land in pursuit a wicked clandestine ethnic supremacist agenda in the politics of Rivers State. The governor said during a live media chat in Yenagoa on Saturday,
By Wilfred Frank Ogbotobo As the All Progressive Congress (APC) prepares to take over the helms in Bayelsa State, all eyes are on the oil-rich enclave to see how the promised change shall begin to manifest. For a state that has had its own fair share of socio-political decadence and infrastructural decay orchestrated by bad
Residents of Ndokwa in Delta State have registered their displeasure over the delay in the passage of the Bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Kwale, in the area. In a letter forwarded to the leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly, the residents complained that while their wait to host a
By Shina Badmus The Honorable Member representing Warri South West Local Government Area in the Delta State House of Assembly has acted on his promise to ensure people of his area are given opportunity to education. Guwor on Thursday, December 19, 2019 flagged-off the distribution of free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), JAMB, forms to over 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvC32O3o5gE&t=20s By Our reporter The People of oil-rich Ojobo community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday, December 18, stormed the Beneside Flow station operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, leading to a forceful shutdown of the facility. The protest was coming two days after the community issued a 48hours ultimatum
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) might shutdown crude oil production following an industrial action embarked upon by its workers in protest against non-payment of their entitlements. Chevron Nigeria produces over 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day from around 30 oilfields. The company has interests ranging from 20 to 100 per cent, in three operated and
… Says Interim Management team to oversee commission’s audit President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday December 19, approved the recomposition of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board after a forensic audit of the organization. The President also validated the existence of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission led by Dr Joi Nunieh. The
By Shina Badmus Members of the House of Representatives in the committee of Maritime Administration, Education and Safety paid an oversight visit to the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, on Tuesday, December 3. The visit was to evaluate the structures of the University in its permanent sight in Okerenkoko, and also the current state of the temporary
The monarch of Tarakiri clan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, HRM King George Week, has passed on. His death occurred just weeks after regaining freedom from kidnappers’ den. It was gathered that the 81-year-old traditional ruler and father to the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Doodei Week, died of the torture and psychological
There is an urgent need for private businessmen and governments at all levels to develop the Gbaramatu and Ogulagha’s huge tourism potentials. This gesture is for economic development in the two kingdoms that are in Burutu and Warri South West LGAs of Delta state, respectively. For example, there is the Oburu-kiran, Olukperebu (Opposite Oporoza) and
The altercation between the Ijaw ethnic nationality and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, continued at the weekend following the attack on the governor by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide. The IYC in a statement signed by the IYC Secretary-General, Mr. Alfred Kemepado, reminded Wike that 42 of its kinsmen in Rivers State died in
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, Dec.12, accused his Bayelsa State counterpart Governor Seriake Dickson, of “sneaking” into the state to cause disaffection under the pretence of visiting the Amanyanabo of Kalabari, King Theophilus J.T. Princewill. But Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, a blue-blood and descendant of Amachree, has slammed Gov. Wike warning him to desist
By Ebi Perekeme The prospect of situating a Federal Polytechnic in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State might have been boosted after the community donated 100 hectares of land for the take-off of the polytechnic. A media report said Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege at a public hearing on a Bill
By Our Reporter Experts and discussants in the just concluded Correspondents’ Chapel Week of Rivers State Union of Journalists have warned that the rate of pollution in the oil producing communities in Ogoniland in particular and Niger Delta in general, is a potential time bomb and threat to national security. This warning is sequel to
By Badmus Shina Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has congratulated Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on his Tribune Platinum Award as Nigeria’s Torchbearer in Infrastructure and Environmental Development. Aniagwu told journalists at the sidelines of the event organised by African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, publishers of Tribune titles, to mark the 70th anniversary of
By Our Reporter Following the protracted family crisis that has delayed the burial of Prominent Kalabari Son and Philanthropist, High Chief O.B Lulu Briggs for close to one year, the Rivers State Government has offered to bury the late Rivers son. Addressing leaders and People of Kalabari Ethnic Nationality on Wednesday at the Government House Port Harcourt,
