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.
A Niger Delta based peace and environmental rights advocate and the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that practical peace is experienced across Nigeria before, during and after the 2019 general elections calling on the Federal Government to ensure that arrangements are
By Owei Lakemfa THE Nigerian Army on November 1, flagged off “Operation Crocodile Smile Three 2018’’ in Bayelsa State while that of Delta State was launched the next day. The ‘Operation’ is in the Niger Delta which has experienced decades of repression, abandonment, neglect, pollution and deepening poverty despite producing oil, the country’s mono-culture. The
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is collaborating with the European Union, EU, through Niger Delta Support Programme, NDSP, to resuscitate dysfunctional and abandoned water infrastructure across the nine Niger Delta states. This was stated by the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), at a two-day
By Abai Francis Guest speaker at the 2018 Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) Annual Convention and Institution of the Niger Delta Media Hall of Fame/Awards with the theme; ‘Managing Fake News’ which held recently at the David’s Event Centre in Asaba, Delta state, Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, a professor and Chevening Scholar in the Department of Mass
By Chukwudi Nsofor The Niger Delta region, also known as the South-south would easily pass as the most violence-ridden part of the country some few years ago. It has been so for more than four decades. Characteristically, the conflicts are rooted in protests against injustice, which metamorphosed into the quest for resource control. Previous governments
By David Owei Bayelsa State militant leader and kidnap kingpin, late Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo (aka Kareowei) who was killed, early this year by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Niger Delta after he beheaded a security operative in the creeks, have resurrected. The militant leader reportedly resurrected through the regrouping of remnants of his group in
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of ignoring the Niger Delta Region in the schedule of visits by the Prince of Wales and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall. According to him, the visit of the royal couple to Nigeria could have been another opportunity to bring the devastation in
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) said its five-year collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave rise to a framework for reform that promotes inclusive economic growth in the Niger Delta. At the winding down programme in Abuja yesterday, Charles Abani, Chief of Party of Strengthening Advocacy and
By Shina Badmus Emomotimi Guwor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the 2019 House of Assembly seat in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, has said he will unite the Ijaws and Itsekiris if he emerges victorious at the 2019 general elections He said this during his appreciation visit to Warri
By Shina Badmus Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof. Al-Hassan Conteh has called for peaceful co-existence in Africa in order to bring the desired rapid development. He made the call at the just concluded 9th annual conference organized by a Non-Governmental Organization, the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice – (CEPEJ), held at Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference
A multi-ethnic group, Warri Progressive Initiative, has called on the lawmaker representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, to contest the 2019 election on the platform of any political party. A statement by the chairman of the group Mr. Samson Amorighoye, said: “We have assumed the responsibilities associated with a rescue
The presidency has described as erroneous the claim that the amnesty programme for ex-militants is a process to buy peace to sustain increase in crude oil production in the Niger Delta. Coordinator of the amnesty programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, told participants at an entrepreneurial fair for ex-militants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday that the
A dead man has been elected as a legislature in Nevada’s State Assembly, in the just concluded U.S. mid-term elections. According to the Huffington Post, Mr Dennis Hof died unexpectedly in mid-October, but his name wasn’t scratched off the ballot under Nevada law. The pro-Trump candidate still found favour with the voters and patrons of Hof’s Nevada
The Police in Delta State have confirmed the kidnap of four Catholic Reverend Fathers by unknown gunmen around Umutu/Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Though sources claimed that the four priests were abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Police said the identity of those behind the abduction were unknown. The priests,
Hundreds of youths in the Igbokoda area of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, on Tuesday took to the streets of the town to protest against the alleged abandonment of various projects in the local government by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youth, under the auspices of the Ilaje Advancement Forum, alleged that
In a bid to get rich, a 21-year-old boy has reportedly killed his mother and had multiple sex with her corpse in Edo State. The bizarre incident occurred in their rented apartment at 8B Market road, Ologbo in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday, October 29, this year. The suspect, Samuel Emobor
By Damian U. Opata “There comes a time in the life of a man when major decisions are made. When there is a seamless plot to beggar you into retirement from planet earth, taking major decisions becomes righteously unavoidable. President Waibode has a grand plot to beggar the southern Oporozans into retirement from this earth
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-affirmed the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the Commission to step up the completion of quality projects in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Executive Director Projects, Engr Samuel Adjogbe, FNSE, said this in an interview in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after
By Abai Francis As difficult as it may sound, there are still some communities in Nigeria, especially those that are located in the creeks of the Niger Delta region, that are yet to benefit from quality, basic and affordable education. In fact, these sets of Nigerians continually beg to be educated or for educational infrastructures
…CIVIL SERVANTS WHO RESIGNED REINSTATED The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has reinstated the positions of all political appointees who resigned their positions to contest the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party and lost. The Governor also reinstated all civil servants who resigned to contest in the primaries to their former positions
A truck-load of assorted food items and other relief materials were on Saturday donated to the the internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camped at the Ogbe-Ijoh Primary School, Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state by the Nigerian Army. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General
The Office of the Amnesty Programme headed by Professor Charles Dokubo, has disclosed that plans have been concluded to activate new training centres in Ondo, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Edo states. The aim is to provide training for some ex-Niger Delta agitators who are yet to be placed in either vocational training facilities or deployed
By Abai Francis Happy Men’s Club of Nigeria, a humanitarian organisation, has presented a collection of paintings to the people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to help preserve historical facts of the kingdom. The presentation was made on Friday (26/10/2018) by the chairman of the club, Mr.
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Governors of South South geopolitical zones at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Four out of the six governors of the zone came together about 2:50pm and proceeded straight to the President’s office. The Governors are, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Siriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta
By Shina Badmus The 12th edition of “Warri Again” went live last Friday night at the Brown Hills Event Center in Warri, Delta State, and had the best of comedians and musicians presenting their various craft. Warri Again is among one of the most talked about entertainment events in Nigeria, and this year’s edition brought
…asks Okowa to relocate to crises zone By Francis Abai A Warri based peace advocate and environmental rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has said the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is not doing enough to broker peace among the warring communities which has lingered for too long. This was made in a statement he
By Isaac Olamikan Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) and MIXTA Nigeria have assured subscribers for the 1800 housing-unit Emotan Gardens of a new experience as the garden is going to redefine housing landscape in the state. The joint venture project being executed by the EDPA and MIXTA Nigeria on Upper Sokponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has said his administration is not in a hurry to reopen shut schools in the state because of the need to protect children who are vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Dickson had ordered the closure of primary, secondary and tertiary schools in the state on September 29 as a
…Books to recreate attitudinal changes in the management, direction of national affairs – Ekanpou …It is a marvelous feat – Don Renowned Niger Delta poet and playwright, Ekanpou Enewaridideke on Friday presented his new book to the public. The books titled: Spiked Beyond Spikes, which is a novel, and Tapestry of a Dolphin, which is
By Shina Badmus The councilor representing Okerenkoko ward, Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Ebi Adam, has donated drugs, medical equipment amongst other items to Okerenkoko secondary school and health center. Accompanying her on the visit yesterday (October 23, 2018) are Hon. Chris Omula and Hon. Lucky Ari,
The management and board of Shedrack Agediga Foundation (SAF) hereby invite applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the position of PROGRAM COORDINATOR (PC): Interested applicants must possess the following qualifications and requirements: B.sc, M.sc or HND in any discipline. 2. Must have worked as programs coordinator / Manager or Officer in an NGO.
By Brakerebina Birinimighan Immediate-past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has called on government and stakeholders to support the development of grassroots sports in Nigeria and also establish an active National Sports Commission, if the nation must excel in sports. Uduaghan
The Nigerian Army says it has commenced Operation Crocodile Smile III exercise across the states of the Niger Delta to stem the tide of pipeline vandalism in the region. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Tuesday by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will establish an industrial development centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Managing Director of the commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere disclosed this on Tuesday in Ikot Ekpene during the flag-off of the Entrepreneurship/Agricultural Disbursement Grants for Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District. The grant is initiated and sponsored
By David Owei Members of the National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) who hitherto were spoiling for war with the Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa tomorrow morning (Wednesday, October 24th) in his office in Government house, Asaba, with support from other youths and students bodies have called off their plan. Comrade Freeborn Abraye, President of
