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.
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, said on Thursday that recent reports of a rift between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsan State Governor, Seriake Dickson, are mischievous. Clark, who is the National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), stated this in a statement in Abuja. He said reports making the rounds on the rift
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says it is not true that five delegates to the second meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta died in an auto accident on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses had told journalists that five persons lost their lives in the accident on the Okitipupa-Ore Road. In a statement on Wednesday, the
Before we allow the dredging work to commence on the Beniikrukru and Abiteye projects respectively, we must see not just a mere report but a very comprehensive detailed report of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The above demand was handed down to Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, recently by the Benikrukru Federated Environmental and Ecological Watch Organization on behalf
Our woes caused by oil exploration activities Ask Chevron Nigeria Limited to do the needful Calls on NDDC to re-award the sand filling contract The indigenes of Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, has called on the Delta State Governor, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, other oil companies operating within the community
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says the state government will conduct local government elections in 2018. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Markson-Iworiso, in Yenagoa on Tuesday, said the governor blamed financial constraints for the delay in conducting the elections. He said that the delay was not deliberate, but due to
Ijaw Youths from the Nine States of the Niger Delta region, yesterday, described as condemnable” and sad the attack on the home of the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Umuohia, Abia State by suspected military officers which led to the loss of lives last Sunday. The Ijaw youths, under
…As we may be forced to put the Government on her toes In order to be seen and taken seriously, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Worldwide, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria not to defer the proposed resumption date of the Nigeria Maritime University located at Okerenkoko, in Delta State. In a statement
A clarion call has gone to the Governor of Delta State, Sen. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa to come to the aid of the people of Igoba Community in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State to revive the only primary school as well as mobilize qualified teachers to help boost quality education in
If Mr. Stanley Iyenkedi Oleke, an indigene of Gbaramatu Kingdom, in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State was told that the Amnesty Programme he gladly embraced in 2010 will bring him more sorrow than joy, he would not have believed. But 93 months after, he has discovered that the orchestrated Amnesty Programme by
The Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusaders, (FHRACC) has called on the Federal Government to address the fundamental issues bedevilling the nation as no amount of force can quell the agitation for secession by the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). The group made this call recently in a release signed by their National President,
The Super Eagles on Sunday night landed in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, ahead of their West Africa Football Union ( WAFU ) Cup of Nations opener against Sierra Leone. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles will take on the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in a Group A clash on
—As this will guarantee peace in the region The Niger Delta Positive Forum (NDPF) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to settle the backlog of the ex-agitators stipends as a way of ensuring peace in the region. The group stated this recently in a release signed by their Chairman, Comr. Denis Binikoribofa Sokoto
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Niger Delta leaders to unite for the rapid development of the geo-political zone. The governor said that unity is needed in the geo-political zone to check the current situation where outsiders take advantage of the disunity of the area to deny the people benefits of their
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Saturday urged the Federal Government to expand the current amnesty programme to accommodate more youths in the Niger Delta region. Akeredolu made the call when the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Maj.-Gen. Paul Boroh (Rtd) visited him in Akure. The governor said the Federal
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that plans to end gas flaring in the country has reached advanced stage through the National Gas Flaring Commercialization Programme. It said 48 sites across the Niger Delta region have been identified in the first phase where the gas would be harnessed for cooking, electricity and other industrial
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Preye Aganaba, has described an unfair remarks attributed to a serving member of the President Muhammadu Buhari cabinet. Minister of Women Affairs Aisha Alhasan, had told a BBC Hausa Radio that she would rather support former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar for the party presidential ticket, if
Kidnappers struck again in Rivers State on Thursday, waylaying an 18-seater bus and abducting the 19 occupants of the vehicle, including the driver. It was gathered that the incident happened on Isiokpo-Elele Road in the Ikwerre Local Government Area, about 30 kilometres from Agip Junction in Port Harcourt, where the bus branded, Rivers Mass Transit
Amnesty International says oil giant Shell has refused to hand over 100,000 documents on the arrest, detention, and execution of nine men by the military regime of late Sani Abacha. Ken Saro-Wiwa, outspoken author and playwright, Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuine and six others were hanged in 1995 by the Abacha regime. They are collectively known as
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has applauded the leadership of the state-owned Niger-Delta University (NDU) for securing full accreditation of 10 courses by the National University Commission (NUC). Dickson made the commendation when the Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Samuel Edoumiekumo, presented to the governor the NUC’s 2017 May/June Accreditation report in Yenagoa.
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently assent to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State Establishment Act which was recently passed into law by the national assembly. The Eric Omare led national executive council of the IYC made the call when it paid a visit
-We are addressing the nagging issues
—I will bring democracy dividends to the doorstep of Uvwie people EFFURUN – As part of his early preparation for the forthcoming Local Governments elections in Delta state, an aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Napoleon Akpomiemie Iffie, on Wednesday 6th September, 2017, at the party’s secretariat in Effurun, declared his ambition to contest
Activities of oil thieves have yet to abate in the creeks of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa stated on Thursday. He bemoaned the activities of oil bunkers despite several sustained destructions of their hardware’s by security operatives. Okowa, however, observed that measures were being put in place to stop the activities of the oil thieves.
we will seek justice to apprehend and hold accountable the very soldiers responsible for his murder so that he can finally rest in peace and we his descendants can be fulfilled.
I, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo – the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, remember my father as always, who was killed by the Nigerian Army as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government of Nigeria, on September 7, 2016. I have been marked as state enemy number one by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta was forced to abort an operational patrol led by the commander, following the collapse of the Ikang River jetty in Calabar on Tuesday, a statement said. The JTF Spokesman, Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi, said in the statement issued in Yenagoa on Wednesday that Rear Admiral Suleman Apochi,
An appeal has gone to the Delta State governor, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, government agencies at both state and federal levels and multi national oil companies to come to the aid of the Kokodiagbene Model Secondary School by providing the needed infrastructures that will boost the academic performance of her students. Chairman of Kokodiagbene Community
In bid to further express their dissatisfaction with the current state of the nation, the Coalition of Niger Delta agitators on Monday said they would stage a mass protest in all Niger Delta States from September 12, warning that markets, schools and all other public institutions would not be opened, while they called on President
In what could be viewed as an early preparation for the 2019 general electioneering campaign, the Okowa Mandate Group (OMG), a political pressure group has called on Deltans to replicate the volume of support given to Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State during the 2015 governorship election. In a recent release signed by
In recognition of their selfless service to the nation and development of mankind, Kanu Agabi, a one-time Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, a security and peace advocate, and Alex Izinyon, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) were recently at the Melanie Hall of the Alexis and Conference Centre, Abuja presented
Oil spewing from equipment belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has ravaged parts of Tein-Biseni environment, Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area. A report compiled by the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoE), showed that while Shell believed the spill was caused by sabotage, other stakeholders including regulators and the community argued it
...Say Northerners own 90% oil wells
There was pandemonium in Amatu II community of Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, weekend, as gunmen attacked the community, shooting sporadically and abducted a local boat owner. It was gathered that the gunmen, who stormed the community’s landing jetty at about 4:30am., began shooting at anyone in sight and looted goods before whisking
The Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROMPCON) has indefinitely suspended the Amayanabo of Twon-Brass, Bayelsa State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff. The body’s national chairman, Owong Effiong Bassey Archianga, at a press briefing yesterday in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, said the embattled monarch was creating confusion by exhibiting an anti-establishment conduct following his remarks
Gunmen suspected to be militants have ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian along the waterways of Letugbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Multiple security sources confirmed that a team of soldiers returning from Letugbene community on Monday became victims of an ambush laid by armed youths believed to be militants. It was gathered
