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.
Participants at Prophet Omoto Dance Competition smile home with N15m as church empowers youths …This is my own way of empowering the youth – Prophet Fufeyin The grand finale of the 2022/23 edition of Omoto Dance Competition, annual talent hunt for youth put together by the General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry International, Prophet
Tompolo Foundation donates N30m furniture to Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko Extreme joy, excitement and gratitude best describe the feelings of students and management of the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta state, as they received brand new sets of school desks and chairs worth N30m from Tompolo Foundation as part of the Foundation’s initiative to
BREAKING: Gunmen attack train station, kidnap passengers in Edo state An unspecified number of passengers have been kidnapped by suspected armed gunmen who attacked a train station at Igueben in Edo State. The Edo State Police Command said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area
DELTA: Implement PIA or face our wrath, Polobubo community tells Conoil By Chairman Ojumiri The people of oil-rich Tsekelewu (Polobubo) community in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, has handed down fourteen (14) days ultimatum to Conoil Producing Limited, to come up with visible plan to implement Chapter 3 of 2021 Petroleum Industry
2023 PROPHECY: Former President Goodluck Jonathan will return as Head of Interim Government – Abuja-based pastor A famous Abuja-based pastor, Dr. Prize Felix Aluko, has made a shocking prophetic declaration that would see former President Goodluck Jonathan return to Aso Rock as the Head of an Interim National Government. The return of the former president
Federal Government suspends Presidential Amnesty scholarship programme for ex-agitators The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.), on Thursday, disclosed that the Federal Government suspended the scholarship programme for former Niger Delta ex-agitators. He said the programme was suspended over increasing tuition fees, which he claimed, have reached over N7 billion per
Ogbe-Ijoh Political Rally Declarations: Questions For PDP By GbaramtuVoice Editorial Board During the Delta State People Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally monitored by GbaramatuVoice, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Ogbe-Ijoh, Headquarters of Warri South West Local Government of the state, the Newspaper listened with keen interest to some remarks by the party’s bigwigs. To
NDDC board assumes office, promises better days for Niger Deltans The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, has assured that the new leadership in the Commission will work to impact positively on the lives of the people of the Niger Delta region. Speaking at a meeting
Finally, Federal Government approves concession of NIMASA floating dockyard 4 years after …Says initiative will save Nigeria N300billion, build human capacity Four years after its acquisition, the Federal Government has finally approved the concessioning of the N50 billion floating dockyard owned by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The floating dockyard, which was
DTHA 2023: Supporters take center stage at Ogbe-Ijoh PDP campaign rally as Emomotimi Guwor receives party’s flag …We’ll do everything legitimate, democratic and within the ambit of the law to ensure his victory – Supporters Supporters of Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, Member representing Warri South West Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly on
Massive crowd as Delta PDP campaign train hits Ogbe-Ijoh …As Okowa criticizes FG for abandoning Gas Revolution Industrial Park project …Okowa has done well in infrastructural provision – Otuaro …I’ll do more in the local government area when elected – Oborevwori Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta, Sen Ifeanyi Okowa,
NDDC board takes off, minister harps on forensic audit The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Chief Umana Okon Umana, has charged members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to be faithful in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission’s Forensic Audit. Umana gave the directive while inaugurating
Pere of Gbaramatu’s daughter, Princess Ebifagha, begins NYSC programme (PHOTOS) Princess Glory Ebifagha Seigha Ogoba, the first daughter of the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, has joined other Nigerian graduates for the compulsory National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Edo state. The 23-year-old daughter of the Pere of
How the ongoing campaigns in Delta coastal communities is rapidly exposing politicians empty promises By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoice has in the past three weeks watched with awe how the coastal communities in Burutu, Warri South West and Warri North Local Government Areas of Delta state have suddenly become a Mecca of the sort for
President Buhari to inaugurate NDDC board today President Muhammadu Buhari will, today, inaugurate the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, on Tuesday morning held a valedictory meeting with the management staff to prepare for the handing over to a new management. A letter from
BREAKING: Edwin Clark endorses Peter Obi for President Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader and convener of PANDEF, has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) for president Chief Clark announced his position at a news briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. The elder statesman based his endorsement of Mr Obi, who is the
CRUDE OIL THEFT: Full details of how NNPC, security agencies destroyed barge, filling station in Delta The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday again announced that it had destroyed a barge carrying illegal crude oil as well as a filling station which has been receiving stolen products. In a note last night, the national
NNPC, Security Agencies destroy petrol station discovered by Tantita Security used in storing stolen crude oil in Delta A petrol station used in storing illegal crude has been discovered by Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, the private security contractor engaged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. The discovery was made in Opete in Udu
GbaramatuVoice: Our Appreciation and Resolve for 2023 By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As the world knocks at the entrance of 2023, the management and staff of Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, owners of the GbaramatuVoice Newspapers and Television, appreciates our teaming stakeholders for the unflinching support demonstrated in the year 2022 and by extension, in the past
BREAKING: Nigerian Military Sets Ablaze Another Barge Caught With Illegal Crude Oil Arrested By Tompolo’s Men Details later… See photos below…
BREAKING: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is dead Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, died on Saturday aged 95, the Vatican announced. ALSO READ: Catholic Church returns to CAN “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict
BREAKING: Brazilian football legend Pele is dead Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, famously called Pelé, has passed away aged 82. The soccer icon passed away on Thursday evening. The Brazilian football legend, who is reputed for being one of the greatest to ever play the game, died at the Albert Einstein hospital in
(PHOTOS) Billionaire businessman, Brown Tesigimoje, marks mother’s 65th birthday in grand style It was pomp and celebration, as billionaire businessman and CEO/MD, GMB Marine Group, Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, on Friday December 23, 2022, celebrated 65th birthday anniversary of his mother, Madam Helen Utieyinretsola Oluwatsere. The high octane event held at his private residence in
DUBAI IN GBARAMATU KINGDOM: Checkout Beautiful Aerial View Pictures of Benikrukru community These amazing drone images captured the sights and sounds of
Niger Delta: Timeline of oil spills in Ogoni, from 1958 to date Below is a timeline of oil spills and related activity in Ogoniland, Nigeria, from 1958 to date. 1958 Oil is discovered in commercial quantity in Ogoniland. Shell commences operations. 1970 An oil spill, possibly the first documented one, occurs in the Boobanabe community
APC Warri Boat Mishap – An Avoidable Human Carnage By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board GbaramatuVoice expresses its deepest condolence to the families of the victims, of the human carnage which occurred in the night of Tuesday, December 20, 2022, involving one of the boats conveying members of Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization from Okerenkoko/Ugborodo back to Warri
Chief Asonja Congratulates Ogunmola, Edema, others on their confirmation as NDDC board member …Charges them to change NDDC poor performance narrative Following the successful confirmation by the Nigeria’s Senate, of Engr Charles Ogunmola and Hon. Gbenga Edema, as members of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a frontline youth Ambassador in Ilaje Local Government Area of
GBARAMATU: Denkeden takes over Kunukunuma community leadership, as Bebenimibo bows out …I will be accessible and play inclusive politics – Captain Denkeden After seven years of service to the community, the Chief Moses Bebenimibo led executive of Kunukunuma Federated Community, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West of Delta state, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, handed over
BREAKING: Tragedy befalls Omo-Agege campaign train as boat conveying members capsizes in Delta, about 9 missing …Party suspends campaign activities The Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization on Tuesday night, witnessed a very serious human carnage as one of the boats conveying members of his campaign team reportedly capsized along the Gbaramatu-Warri river, leaving no fewer than
Buhari will soon sign maritime university bill into law – Omo-Agege assures ….Says EPZ project to be completed while floating dockyard shall return …As Pere of Gbaramatu cautions politicians to avoid hate speech By Enaibo Asiayei & Solomon Yeigagha The Deputy President of the Senate and Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in
MONEY LAUNDERING: Labour Party Presidential Campaign DG, Doyin Okupe, resigns The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe has resigned. His decision is to enable him pursue his corruption case in Court. ALSO READ: PETER OBI: Prospects and Challenges He conveyed his decision in a letter to his principal, the Presidential Candidate
A critical analysis of Great Ogboru’s undying resolve to govern Delta state By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Recently, precisely on the 18th of December, 2022, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Great Ogboru, while unveiling his manifesto tagged “Jubilee Agenda” in Asaba, vowed to defeat the candidates of Peoples Democratic Party
BREAKING: Senate confirms Lauretta Onochie, Ogbokwu, other NDDC board members The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the president’s Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board. The Senate Tuesday at the plenary also confirmed 12 others except two who didn’t attend the screening conducted
Ancient Ogulagha town wears new look, as Amanimi Warenimi Social Club plans Christmas Festival The ancient Ogulagha town in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, has wears new look, as Amanimi Warenimi Social Club of Ogulagha finalizes preparation for its first Christmas Festival and end of year event. GbaramatuVoice reports. The epoch-making three day
Ijaw nation will host tertiary institution in Delta state – Omo-Agege …Promises to link Ogbe-Ijoh to Warri town By Faith Modogwe, Chairman Ojumiri & Bella Moses Senator Ovie-Omo Agege, the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Delta state, has said that he will build a tertiary institution in Ijaw land if elected governor in
