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 MURPHY GANAGANA President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo as Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in March, is perhaps the most cheery news this year for the people of Niger Delta. It demonstrated the President’s commitment to turn around the sad narrative of a long
Hope for peace brightened in Aleto community in Eleme, Rivers state as the indigenes unanimously celebrated the destruction of shrines that were said to behind incessant killings, armed robbery, cultism and other nefarious vices in the area. At a special thanksgiving service held by indigenes, under the auspices of Aleto All Believers, indigenes and residents
Though planned to be a conventional wedding of two illustrious indigenes of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, Mr. Victor Ebiyebo Tonlagha and Miss Esther Ebimoboere Odiki. But looking at the level of preparations, it promises to be an occasion for who-is-who in Warri and the entire Niger Delta. The
…We will support the university according to our capacity-Okowa …Over 300 Students Have Commenced Academic Activities – Timipre Sylva The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described the commencement of academic activities at the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state as
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated the Governing Board of the NDDC Professorial Chair on Malaria Elimination and Phytomedicine Research, at the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT. Speaking at the inauguration of the N50 million endowment fund at the Council Chambers of the university, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, stated that
“Boro died fighting for the freedom of his people” – Eric Omare The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on the Federal Government to create Toru-Ibe and Oil Rivers states for the people of Ijaw ethnic group that will provide a political forum for the expression of their political and tribal aspirations freely without exhibition.
…Extends hands of fellowship to fellow contenders …Promise to build on the legacy of his predecessor Following the demise of Oba Emmanuel Omotumilara Eginkunyomi of Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State in 2016 after his 23years reign, the kingmakers in Igbekebo, has finally elected Prince Dele Dabo as the new Odogun of Igbekebo kingdom with a
…Warri/Effurun remain the tourist destination – Organizers By Loveth Ojogun & Shina Badmus Plans are currently on a top gear for the upcoming celebration of the peaceful coexistence party of Warri and Effrun, the two major cities that formed what is currently known as the oil city. This was made known today via a release dated Tuesday 15th may,
By Julius Enyeh There are politicians and there are politicians. In Delta State, they also abound in different shades and characters, so much so that if awards were to be doled out today, there would be a lot of pretenders amongst them as far as the development of the Big Heart State is concerned. Inversely,
The Delta State Government has directed contractors handling various construction works in the state to give a five-year warranty on every contract executed. Mr Peter Mrakpor, the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, gave the directive at a Ministerial Press Briefing in Asaba on Monday. He said that the move was aimed at checking substandard
Dishing what sounded like the final warning, the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, has urged multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region, which declined to relocate their operational headquarters to the area notwithstanding several directives from the Federal Government, to vacate the oil-rich region. Giving this directive recently in Warri Delta state via
“We will surely miss her”- community In an emotion-laden voice, the Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor on Petroleum Matters, Chief (Barr.) Bosin Ebikeme has called on women in Gbaramatu Kingdom and the world at large to imbibe the sterling virtues of discipline, uprightness, and sacrifice as possessed by his late foster mother, Mrs.
An All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in Delta state, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor has described the outcome of the Local Government Council congress held across Delta state on Saturday 12 May, 2018 as peaceful while adding that the success recorded during the Congress was as a result of the agreed ‘unity list’. Emerhor, who made this
The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has emphasised the need for adequate funding of university education in the country. Senator Ndoma-Egba spoke during the 31st Convocation Ceremony of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, where he was conferred with Doctor of Laws, (Honoris Causa). Other awardees were the Emir of
“Mulade will not be our boss but a friend” – Wellington “We have the qualification and contacts” – Mulade As the jostle to represent the Warri South West Local Government Area in the Delta State House of Assembly come 2019 swells by the day, the Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, High Chief Wellington Bobo has declared
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The chain of electoral activities currently running on our political turfs points to the fact that the build-up to the all-important general election slated for 2019 has commenced. Such has become evidently visible in the Delta South senatorial district with Warri South West and other Ijaw communities as a case in
…Calls on Gov. Okowa to address the perennial political tension A development practitioner turned politician, Mr. Austen Bisina has called on both Itsekiri and Ijaw communities in the Warri North Local Government of Delta state to collectively fight the developmental challenge of the riverine people through quality representation and peaceful elections come 2019. Bisina
The Buhari Support Organization, BSO, yesterday in Katsina urged the senate to respect recent court ruling on suspended Senator Omo-Agege, APC, and Delta North, saying it will promote democracy and rule of law for which the Senate has been known for. The group which made the call at a press briefing addressed by its state
…The retired major must not return to that office- Forum ..We must resist his reinstatement – Ex-agitators An alarm has been raised by the Forum of the Niger Delta ex-agitators, that they have uncovered an underground plot by one retired Major to destabilize the planned programmes of the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme,
The power of the people to choose is supreme — Okowa Drawing from his recent experience at the just concluded governorship primaries in Ekiti state where he functioned as the chairman of the electoral committee, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta state has read a riot act to all the local governments, that
The crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers, judges and litigants were chased out of a high court in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The group headed by Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south east, had gone to the court to seek
…as Committee on PIB meets oil communities The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has decried the poor state of affairs in oil producing communities and has proposed a Livelihood Sustainability Programme to address the developmental gaps in the communities. He made the proposition on Friday, in Benin City, while receiving members of the
The five-year-old marriage between a 35-year-old trader, Bilikisu Azeez and her husband, Olusesi, was on Friday dissolved by an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on grounds of sex-starvation. Bilikisu had told the court that her husband, Olusesi, starved her of sex for more than two years, a development which, she said, had affected her health.
The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. Although details of the death are still sketchy, our correspondent learnt that he died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after an illness. The death of Asake came about two weeks after he led a nationwide protest called by CAN against the killing
…Calls for collaboration between the Itsekiris and the Ijaws …Respect the rotation arrangement, Itsekiris urged After a long period of consultations, Dr. Paul Bebenimibo, media consultant to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo on Wednesday 9th May, 2018 finally declared that he will by the grace of God be contesting for a seat in the Delta State House of
…Niger Delta is work in progress—Ganagana, SA, Media …We have questioned authorities and are now set to work In his resolve to tackle the hydra headed challenge bedeveiling the Niger Delta region, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Charles Dokubo has advised the elders and critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board A peep into the nation’s political horizon, will but reveal that the preparation for the 2019 general election is in a top gear and only the strong hearted will be able to wade through and come successfully. As in war, those who want to emerge as candidates for the various
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said the Petroleum Industry Bill should be taken seriously as it will reduce the level of hostilities and lack of trust between the host communities and oil companies. Speaking when members of the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill led by Senator Omotayo Alasaodura paid him
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have quit the Coalition for Nigeria Movement as the movement has adopted a political party, African Democratic Congress, to realise its dream of a new Nigeria. He gave this hint on Thursday evening when he addressed the press at his presidential library home in Abeokuta. In a speech he titled
For two hours this afternoon (the 10th), Instagram was unavailable to users. The global issue saw the photo-sharing app, news feed and website having a meltdown and leaving disgruntled users. The countries hit the hardest with the outage includes eastern parts of the UK, the United States, mainland Europe and south-eastern regions of Australia. Share
My constituents should brace up for quality representation – Comr. Bebenimibo The race to represent the Warri South West Local Government Area at the Delta State House of Assembly was this afternoon heightened with the declaration by Comr. Paul Bebenimibo of his intention to represent the good people of the local government. The media consultant to High Chief
A Zambian woman, Maria Tembo, has asked a local court for divorce from her husband of 20 years, after he educated her from primary school to the university level. Rather than issue the divorce, the court reprimanded and ordered Maria to pay her husband, Vincent Tembo, K10,000 (N364,626) for abandoning him after she had obtained
Bilabiri II, a sleeping community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state is currently embroiled in a deadly crisis over who becomes the next Board Chairman of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) between Shell and host communities of Mein Cluster Location. Those deeply involved in the power tussle are four children of
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has spent $396.33m on turn around maintenance (TAM) of the nation’s four refineries between 1998 and 2008, it emerged yesterday. This as the oil company denies being responsible for the payment of fuel subsidy, saying the Federal government was responsible. NNPC Documents made available to the Mohammed Datti-led Ad-hoc Committee
The University of Lagos says it is planning to set up a modular refinery and obtain a mining license to operate it. Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, made this disclosure shortly after his investiture as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the institution, on Tuesday in Lagos. In his acceptance speech, Ogundipe promised to take the institution to its
