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.
Some ex-Niger Delta militant leaders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider giving pipeline surveillance contracts to youths rather than giving them to people who will not advance the peace and development of the region. The ex-miliant leaders, under the auspices of Leadership Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, made the appeal during their meeting with
There was protest in Bayelsa State, Friday, after a policeman, Corporal David Napoleon, shot and killed a 13-year-old Senior Secondary School Student identified as Joseph Tomizibe. Residents of Kpansia where the incident happened protested the killing, blocked the road and caused traffic gridlock along the busy Yenagoa-Mbiama road. The policeman attached to the Department of
The immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan has described as “absurd” attempt by the current administration to link him with the scandalous return of Abdulrasheed Maina to the country and also his reinstatement into a senior position in the public service. The former president, who spoke though his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, said the claim by
The Bayelsa Government has recorded N1.3 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in September, the Deputy Governor, retired Rear Adm. John Jonah, said on Friday. Breaking the financial statement for September in Yenagoa, Jonah said the state had realised about N1.3 as IGR in August. It can be recalled that Bayelsa had collected N868.58 million in
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-stated its resolve to always intervene in the critical sectors of health and education in line with its mandate for the development of the Niger Delta region. The Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, stated this during a courtesy visit by a delegation from
•It’s a disturbing precedent in our democratic evolution, says Clark There was outrage at the police stopping of a meeting of the general assembly of Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. As early as 7:00 a.m. police operatives from the Rivers State Command barricaded Birabi Street leading to Hotel
The Rivers State Police Command and its Bayelsa State counterpart have disagreed over which command should be held responsible for the theft of four bags of garri (cassava flakes) by policemen attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The operatives were said to have snatched the goods from two traders in Mbiama Market on Tuesday, and
•Gbenekama Calls on JTF to provide security along that axis Daredevil armed men suspected to be pirates attacked a speedboat belonging to Gbaramatu Traditional Council of Chiefs which was on official assignment, dispossessing them of their money and other personal effects. Narrating the incident to our correspondent in Oporoza, Mr. Ebi Friday who witnessed the incident explained
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and some principal officers of the National Assembly were on Thursday turned back from Aso Rock. It was gathered that, the lawmakers who met at the Senate President‘s house, departed for the villa in a white coaster bus, intending to meet
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 4TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PAN NIGER DELTA FORUM (PANDEF) HELD AT HOTEL PRESIDENTIAL PORT-HARCOURT, 25 -26TH OCT 2017 Leaders of the Niger Delta under the auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), held its 4th General Assembly in Port Harcourt Rivers State 25th to 26th of October,
•We Have Notified The Military Authority – NWA As part of the effort to press their demands home, the Nigerian Welders Association (NWA) Gbaramatu Unit, an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set aside Monday, October 30, 2017 as a day for peaceful protest against Chevron Nigeria Limited’s obnoxious policies of exclusion. This was
Deputy Governor too civil to be involved in such shenanigan – Aide They are the handwork of mischief makers The Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has called on the Executive Governor Delta State, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa to call his deputy to order over his high handedness in hand picking and the imposition of candidates
Fully armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services ( DSS ), early morning today, sealed off Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s venue of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum’s ( PANDEF ) General Assembly, allegedly because of security threat. Also sealed were all the roads leading to the five-star hotel, owned by the
The 16 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Yenagoa, on Wednesday said it had renovated and opened to tourists, the Oloibiri Oil Well No. 1, where commercial oil production commenced in 1958. Captain Jonah Danjuma, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations and Spokesman of the Brigade, told the newsmen that the Army would provide free bus rides for
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday gave the court bailiff five days to serve former President Goodluck Jonathan with the subpoena compelling him to appear in court with respect to the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. The court also ordered the counsel prosecuting Metuh, Mr. Sylvanus
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to appear as a witness in a money laundering case between the federal government and Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Okon Abang, the presiding judge of the federal high court in Abuja, had on Tuesday insisted that Jonathan must appear before the
•We appreciate your conduct — EGCDF •We are ready to collaborate with you —Ukori In an effort to foster peace as well as achieve a uniform and accelerated development in their kingdom, the executives of Gbaramatu Youths Council (GYC) Worldwide, led by their President, Comr. Christopher E. Wuruyai yesterday visited the Chevron-sponsored Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development
…You must work to sustain peace – Otuaro …We are aware of the enormous task – Erebulu, Aduo III The people of Patani community were thrown into joyous celebration on Monday, following the successful presentation of Staff of Office to the new Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Barr. Peremobowei Shadrack Erebulu, Aduo III.
THE Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has said that it is engaging the Federal Government on the development of the region and called on the youths in the oil-rich region to be patient with the forum. One of the leaders of the forum, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas on Monday at a press briefing on Monday on PANDEF’s conference slated for Thursday in Port
Six crew members from a German-owned container ship, including the captain, have been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, maritime security analysts said. The Sea Guardian consultancy said the Demeter “was attacked by pirates” at about 7:00 am (0600 GMT) on Saturday. “Pirates boarded the ship, kidnapped six crew, including (the) master, chief
Natives of Iba Oku, Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom state are yet to come to terms with how a vulture allegedly delivered a letter to their village head, Eteidung Gabriel Mbeka asking him to quite his throne. Following the strange incident, palpable tension has enveloped the sleepy community even as the embattled monarch
Peace has finally returned to Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, as residents who fled from their ancestral community after the 2015 governorship election violence in the state returned home. Some 900 people displaced during the violence who were taking refuge at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa returned to Peremabiri
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board On that day, in that place, at that time, while giving his acceptance speech shortly after receiving his Staff of Office in the month of December 2016, he left no one in doubt that he is a man with a conceptualised vision and unstoppable dreams. He also, through his actions and inactions proved
Gov. Seriake Dickson urged the people of the state to discountenance the rumour that the exercise, christened ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’, which includes free medical care, would endanger the health and safety of the people. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Francis Agbo in Yenagoa, Dickson made the call while receiving a
The National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) has inaugurated its first parliament. The ceremony which held at the EGCDF Hall in Warri, Delta State, was graced by the Pioneer President, Egnr. Kestin Pondi among other past leaders. Addressing the Parliamentarians and those present, the chairman of the occasion, Engr. Kestin Pondi who was represented by
SHELL Petroleum Development Company, has said that its economic contribution to the Nigerian government in four years was $29bn. The company’s General Manager, External Relations, Mr. Igo Weli, made this known in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, during the 2017 Swamp West Hub Integrated Stakeholders Engagement Forum for Tarakiri/Egbema/Oporoma Community Leadership. Weli, represented by the Assets
…Niger Delta importance is centered on oil – PIND …N/Delta is crucial to Nigeria’s Devt. – Fidelis Ekom The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Market Development Project in the Niger Delta (MADE), on October 11, 2017, partnered with the Nigerian Economic Summit’s Sustainability Policy Commission to sponsor a breakout session
…We must get to the root of the matter-Omare …Calls for collaboration with traditional leaders, others Reacting to the news of the recent kidnap of the four foreign missionaries at Enekorogha community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has called on the suspected militants or whosoever to
KFT Group has risen to the rescue of users of the NNPC Housing Complex Road, popularly known as Ekpan Link Road in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, as it undertook the repair of the Airport road axis on Thursday. It was observed that some workers of the company were seen repairing bad portions
Barely two years left to the expiration of his second term in office, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state, has said his government would strive to ensure that abandoned projects are not left behind for his successor in 2019/20. The Governor made this statement while speaking with journalists in Yenagoa, the state capital. He noted
The 4 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Benin City, has disclosed that it has arrested seven suspected militants in the state. The Brigade said the suspects were arrested during a joint operation with other security agencies in Ekehuan village. Spokesman for the Brigade Headquarters, Captain Mohammed Maidawa, who disclosed this in a statement,
Aketekpe, Dickson, Otuaro, others to attend ceremony Following the selection and subsequent coronation of His Royal Majesty, Peremobowei Shedrack Erebulu, Aduo III, in August 2017 by the Kabowei Council of Chiefs as the new Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, all is now set for the presentation of his staff of office. The memorable ceremony is to
About nine persons have been allegedly hospitalised as the dreaded monkeypox disease hit Delta State. Sources told our correspondent on Thursday that six of the affected persons were from Agbor, where the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, hails from. A doctor at the Federal Medical Centre Asaba, who confirmed the development to newsmen said the
The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) on Thursday 12th to 13th October, 2017, paid a historic visit to the traditional ruler of Tubutoru Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Pere Gbebokedi Daisi Ajiri-Oba (Oguruyeke, Okirimini 1) in Ondo State, who celebrated his first coronation anniversary. See photos below…
FORMER President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived Minna, Niger State Capital, where he held a closed-door meeting with former military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida at his uphill residence. Jonathan according to a source arrived the Niger state capital at about 10.00am in a GMC bulletproof SUV with registration number ABJ 961ER. He was
