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.
Security has been strengthened for the Acting Chairman of the EFCC Mr. Ibrahim Magu and his family, including his aged mother. It was learnt that some strangers have been prowling Magu’s residence in Maiduguri. Some policemen have been deployed in Magu’s uncompleted bungalow in Karshi, Abuja. According to a source who who pleaded not to
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government has drawn the line on hate speech. He described hate speech as a species of terrorism. Osinbajo disclosed this while speaking at an ongoing security summit organised by the National Economic Council holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the Terrorism Prevention Act
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has accused Shell Petroleum Development Development Company (SPDC) of refusing to pay its share of the counterpart funding for the clean-up. MOSOP President Legbosi Piagbara told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Shell had not shown enough willingness to be part of the exercise. According
Some gunmen attacked the head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja on Wednesday. Wilson Uwajaren, spokesman of the commission, who disclosed this in a statement hours after the incident, said the gunmen left a death note for one of the anti-graft agency’s detectives. He disclosed that the intruders could not
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it remitted $29.8 billion to the federation account and $1.2 billion to Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2002 and 2016. Igo Weli, the company’s general manager, external relations, said this on Monday while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt. He was reacting to the shut down of SPDC
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Monday urged the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, to urgently stop the incessant killings, unlawful eviction and continuous displacement of Ijaw communities in Eastern Obolo local government area of the state. IYC factional President, Mr. Eric Omare, described the alleged attacks on the Ijaw people of Amazaba
The Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Wilberforce Island, was, Monday, shut down by students following what they described as outrageous increase in all categories of fees in the school. The aggrieved students were said to have shut the gate to the main entrance of the school in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw, stopping vehicular movement into
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide on Monday, condemned the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, for attacking the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF. The Eric Omare-led Ijaw Youth Council, in a statement, said: “MEND is only playing the script of its pay master whose sole intention is to ensure
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Sunday condemned the quit notice issued to the Hausa and Yoruba in the Niger Delta by militants, saying it should be ignored. PANDEF appealed to the people of the two regions to ignore the ultimatum, saying that a faceless group cannot speak for the people of the region and
Gunmen on Sunday struck at the Assemblies of God Church on the Oguta road Onitsha, Anambra State killing one policeman and a civilian. This is coming seven days after gunmen attacked St Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu and killed no fewer than 13 persons and injured 27. An eyewitness account told our correspondent that the gunmen
The National Union of Local Government Employees, Bayelsa State, has asked Governor Seriake Dickson to jettison any plan to reappoint local government caretaker chairmen in the state. The state Chairman, NULGE, Mr. Akpos Ekiegha, gave the advice during a news conference in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday. He said the cost of running the
In Soyinka, the man has died. Soyinka is 'dead'! And I mourn him.
Tubutoru – The crisis rocking Okomu Kingdom, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State has been put to rest after six years of unsettlement. The internal crisis which led to killings and destructions of properties worth millions of naira in the Ijaw speaking kingdom it was learnt was put to rest after some Ijaw
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has commended the work, dedication to God and humanity, the Pastor and Prophet of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, Temitope Balogun Joshua which recently earned him the highest award in far away Paraguay. The Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay granted the National
The crisis rocking the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress is still far from being over, as the state government has asked the party to vacate its secretariat located along Melford Okilo Expressway, Kpansia, Yenaoga. The order to vacate the secretariat came barely a few days after the National Executive Committee of the
Ogoni ex-artisanal refiners popularly called “kpo-fire” have openly informed the Federal government that they will not leave local refining except they see commitment on the side of the government to empower them through any means that could enhance their living standard. They disclosed that after some of them were delisted from pipelines surveillance by government
Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori was listed as member of the national convention planning committee for tomorrow’s special convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibori, who was recently released after serving a four-year jail term in a British prison was listed as No 41 in the main organizing committee of the party.
The Federal Government has been enjoined not to rejig the status of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Warri South West Local Council of Delta State to avert a crisis in the oil-rich region. There are rumours that the institution is about to be reset to only award National and Higher National Diplomas (ND) and HND).
Academic and other activities in all three Delta state government-owned polytechnics were paralyzed on Thursday as academic and non-academic staff unions of the institutions embark on an indefinite strike over disagreement with the government. The joint unions of the three state polytechnics located in Otefe-Oghara, Ogwashi-Uku and Ozoro in the three senatorial districts of the state embarked
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s goodwill message during the staff of office presentation by the Governor of Delta state, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa to the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba on Tuesday 6th, December 2016 at the Pere’s palace, Oporoza Town, Gbaramatu
By Fegalo Nsuke Living in Ogoniland has become a nightmare for those who understand that Ogoni is gasping for survival. This week, the experience from visits to five Ogoni communities – Bori, Yeghe, Kpean, Biara and Boue are excruciating, chilly as the final verdict is that death is on the prowl. in Ogoniland. In Bori,
Ijaw youths on Wednesday rejected the Federal Government’s proposal on the establishment of modular refineries in Niger Delta. The Oweilaemi Pereotubo-led Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said allowing only two refineries in each state would not stop oil theft and pipeline vandalism. Speaking at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Pereotubo appealed to the
Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and CNL, emerged Best Exhibitor at the 2017 Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition, NAICE, of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE. The conference which took place July 31 and August 3, 2017, at the Eko Hotels and Suites,
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Monday the nation’s current crude oil production has risen to 2.35 million barrels per day (bpd). Its Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Baru, disclosed this at the inauguration of the corporation’s reconstituted anti-corruption committee in Abuja. He said: “In the upstream, we have also been making
Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, to hold her General Meeting Thursday, August 17, 2017, by 11:00am. The meeting scheduled to hold at Old Palace Hall, Oporoza, would see delegates taken-off at Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, waterside, Warri, by 9:00am. A statement by GYC Publicity Secretary, Engr. Daniel Bebenimibo indicates that reinstating the youth body would be agenda of the
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday relieved all his Special Advisers of their appointments except one. A statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, said only the Special Adviser on Religious Affairs, Bishop Winston Iwo was retained. No explanation has been given by the governor why he sacked the Special
Ijaw youths, Saturday, faulted their elders and members of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) for their decision to withdraw an ultimatum they earlier have to the Federal Government to resume dialogue with them. The youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide also warned militants groups against resuming hostilities in the
The governor of Galgadud in the central Somalia region, Mr. Mohamed Dahir Elmi, and his sibling have been killed in Yakshid, a northern suburb of the capital. They were reported to have been killed by Al Shabaab militants on Friday night in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Quoting the Africa Review, the News Agency of Nigeria reports that
A group known as National Youth Peace Council, NYPC, has showered encomiums on High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, describing him as Ijaw defender, voice, hope, and a listener. The group President, Comr. Ellington Tam Bakumo while releasing these encomiums said Tompolo made many Ijaw youths gain access to education and other skills, and also
ADDRESS PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, ACTING PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, BY LEADER, PAN NIGER DELTA FORUM, (PANDEF), CHIEF (DR.) EDWIN KIAGBODO CLARK, OFR, CON, AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, ON THURSDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 2017. Protocols On behalf of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), representing all the peoples of the Coastal
As the meeting between the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and leaders from the Niger Delta region under Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, progressed at the presidential villa on Thursday night, the presidency highlighted seven successes of its engagements with the oil rich region. Mr. Osinbajo was, as at press time, presiding over the meeting that
Leaders of the Niger Delta region under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, Thursday night withdrew the ultimatum issued to the Federal Government on some of the contentious issues. Also read: Photos from Osinbajo, PANDEF meeting Briefing journalists after the meeting minister of State for Petroleum Ibe Kachikwu said all the contentious issues
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, are in a crucial meeting at the Conference Room (Vice President wing), Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, and members of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum are currently meeting behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is coming barely four days after the forum gave the Federal Government November 1 ultimatum to implement its 16-point agenda. Niger Delta stakeholders who are attending
*Relative identified body as Solomon Ikoto *We are not at war with Aladja-Gbaramatu community leader
