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.
Nigeria is really 62 years old, but where is the Niger Delta? BY JESSICA EKON-AMIEYEGBA FEKE In Nigeria, crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in the year 1956, at Oloibiri in the present day Bayelsa state. Nigeria on her part gained independence from the British Colonial masters on the 1st of October, 1960.
Pipeline Surveillance: How Tantita, Tompolo’s dedication is improving Nigeria’s economy By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Looking at the volume of intelligence reports dispatched that have led to shocking discoveries, and progress made curbing crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region, the GbaramatuVoice believes that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), took a right decision
BREAKING: Pere of Akugbene, Kalanama VIII, loses wife Wife of the Pere of Akugbene Mein Kingdom in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta state, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Gloria Kuroakegha Luke, has reportedly passed on, GbaramatuVoice reports. His Royal Majesty, Pere S.P. Luke, Kalanama VIII (JP), who is the First Vice Chairman of the Delta
BREAKING: Phyna wins Big Brother Naija Season 7, clinches N100m grand prize Big Brother housemate, Phyna has won season 7 of the popular TV show. The top two finalists from the 10 weeks show were Phyna and Byran. In his last address to the final two contestants, Biggie said, “the world now awaits you. You
Silent questions for members of Obidient Movement By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The GbaramatuVoice Newspaper has watched with keen interest the burniing desire by the Obidient Movement to institute a new political order in the country via the forthcoming 2023 general elections. For the sake of clarity, Obidient Movement is a newly formed political pressure group
LANGUAGE ACTIVISTS AND THE RETIREMENT OF IJAW LANGUAGE “Izontu mi egberi mi mo ami na weri emi? Bele boseria kuro emi!” BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Ijaw is dead! The death occurred yesterday. For decades Ijaw had been depressed caused by afflictions of the disease named ‘IZONFIYEBOWAISM’. She committed suicide out of the depression of being recklessly
Nigeria at 62: A Reflection By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Going by historical events and developments starting from 1914, it is evident that Nigeria is not a natural country, state or nation but an artificial creation via a marriage of two unwilling brides who had no say in their forced and ill-fated union- amalgamation of the
How will pensioners in Delta state celebrate independence day? By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As Deltans join the rest of Nigerians to mark yet another independence day on Saturday, October 1, 2022, the celebration provides GbaramtuVoice a great opportunity to reflect on how off track Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration has taken Delta state. From crushing
BREAKING: Ibrahim Gusau elected new NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected as the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Gusau was voted into the position at the federation’s committee election held in Benin on Friday. He polled 21 votes to defeat his closet challenger, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who got 12. More
EXCLUSIVE: Egbema communities where Okowa is not considered as their governor By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It was meant to be a conventional fact finding mission by the GbaramatuVoice team to Egbema communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, on Sunday, September 25, 2022. But at the end, the visit to the communities
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Idama Ekulama community backs Tompolo, seeks involvement By Fejiro Jimitota The people of Idama (Ekulama) community, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers state, has expressed happiness over the recent surveillance contract awarded to High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, but lamented that as stakeholders, they have neither been consulted nor
New report reveals how Niger Delta communities lived in depressing, deplorable conditions A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how “communities in the Niger Delta continue to live in depressing and deplorable conditions, despite the fact that the wealth derived from these areas is the main economic mainstay for
BREAKING: Court rejects Senate President Lawan, declares Machina’s APC senatorial candidate The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Bashir Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate of the party. The presiding judge, Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, nullified the parallel primary election that
Ebikeme hails Fiyewei of Gbaramatu at 59, salutes his selflessness The Director General, Contact and Mobilization, Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization, Chief Bosin Ebikeme, has joined the list of eminent Niger Deltans to felicitate with the Fiyewei of Gbaramamtu Kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama (JP), as he celebrates his 59th birthday. Gbenekama, today Wednesday, September 28, clocked
BREAKING: Delta police confirm arrest of Presidential Amnesty students’ leader, Patrick Padiayefa The Police Command in Delta state on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of Ovie Patrick Padiayefa, leader of the Presidential Amnesty students, who led other colleagues in a peaceful protest at Novena University, Ogume, over fake admission. ALSO READ: Presidential amnesty student leader, Patrick
BREAKING: Presidential amnesty student leader, Patrick Padiayefa, kidnapped Ovie Patrick Padiayefa, the Presidential Amnesty student leader who coordinated the Gbaramatu amnesty students’ wing during recently held protest at the Novena University, Ogume, Delta state, has been reportedly kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. The 25-years-old student from Oporoza, Gbaramatu kingdom was kidnapped on Tuesday,
Education Sector and Nigeria’s Revolving Underdevelopment Doors By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi One recent occurrence that typifies the nations’ education sector as an area in urgent need of help is the current shoddy state of Ologbo Primary and secondary schools, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, formerly called Rubber Research Institute
Celebration as deposed monarch of Agbarho kingdom returns to palace …war, power tussle are no longer fashionable – Ogugu 1 By Fejiro Jimitota To the good people of ancient Agbarho community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, Monday, September 26, 2022, will remain a day to remember. It was a day that
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Edwin Clark backs Tompolo …warns interlopers, fifth columnists trying to cause confusion in the region The leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has defended the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to the former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemepulo, popularly known as Tompolo,
Decay at DESOPADEC: A prophesy foretold by GbaramatuVoice By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It is no longer in doubt that the Delta state Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) is presently in shambles ‘courtesy of illicit interference by Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State. What is however newsy is that the current state
Buhari, Osinbajo, Jonathan, Okowa to grace Niger Delta Youth Summit in Uyo The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to declare open the forthcoming 2022 Niger Delta Youth Peace Summit scheduled for Friday, September 30 by 10:00am at Eemjm Hotel and Suites in Uyo, the capital of Akwa
How customers died on top of prostitutes during Lagos building collapse Fresh facts have emerged on the most recent incident of collapsed building in Lagos State. According to reports that the house located at 2/4 Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin, caved in on Friday, killing four persons. Emergency officials who spoke off the record
GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Asiayei Enaibo, sets to marry …releases captivating pre-traditional marriage pictures All is now set for the traditional marriage ceremony of the highly cerebral creative writer and GbaramatuVoice Managing Editor, Asiayei Enaibo with his pretty heartthrob and longtime fiancee, Emily Ekanpou. The traditional marriage arrangement released by the family shows that the all
OML 42 workers in a showdown with management over poor working condition …Vow to continue with protest until their requests are met In what could be described as a renewed hostility and unrelenting quest to press home their demand, the entire workforce of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 42 in Warri South West Local Government Area
DESOPADEC donates grass cutting machines to Okerenkoko Community The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), on Friday, September 23, 2022, donated fifty (50) grass cutting machines, to the good people of Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South Local Government of Delta state. DESOPADEC is an agency created by enabling Act in the
THE ILL THOUGHTS OF ASUPA AND PONDI FOR EACH OTHER BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Expectations have a life-span tied to humans. Expectations only die when humans die and migrate to another space for existential life-continuation though existentially banned on planet earth. Expectations always stage multiple dances as are humans who vary in their numbers and kinds
GbaramatuVoice Exclusive: Chevron boss speaks on PIA, GMoU, others In this Exclusive Interview with GbaramatuVoice, Richard Kennedy, Chairman and Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited speaks on how the recently passed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) as a regulatory framework will assist expand the fortunes of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. He equally used the opportunity provided
PDP Crisis: Atiku to Wike, I can’t force Ayu to resign The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu won’t resign as being demanded by the Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike and other PDP Governors in his camp. Atiku, in a reaction
Shadrack Agediga Foundation celebrates World Peace Day [Photos] A humanitarian-driven non-governmental organisation, Shadrack Agediga Foundation, SAF, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, joined the rest of the world to mark the ‘International Day of Peace’. The theme for this year’s celebration is “End racism, build peace.” The celebration took place at Canewood Hotel, Effurun, Delta state
Excitement as Foundation distributes educational materials to school children in Bayelsa, Edo By Samuel Abai & Faith Madogwe Thousands of students from three schools in Odi, Opokuma/Kolokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, and Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Primary and Secondary Schools, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, benefitted
Sorry state of Ologbo primary/secondary schools signpost Obaseki failure as Edo governor The ugly commentary of bad leadership in Niger Delta continues Reports coming in from Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Primary and Secondary school, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, again dispatches yet another gory tale of poor leadership,
Matters Arising from the 13% derivation fund to Delta state By GbaramatuVoice Newspaper According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Delta, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Imo, Ondo, and the Rivers States received N377.93billion in the first half (H1) of 2022. This amount is 46.9 percent higher than what was received in
BREAKING: PDP crisis worsens as Wike’s camp pulls out of Atiku’s campaign council The camp of Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has officially announced its withdrawal from participating in the presidential campaign of the party for the 2023 elections. The group made its position known after a long meeting
Fear grips residents as Agip gas pipeline leaks in Bayelsa Palpable fear, on Tuesday, gripped the residents of Bayelsa Palm road, Yenagoa, following a massive gas leakage from a suspected pipeline belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company. Sources disclosed that a loud explosion from suspected dynamite was heard on Monday night at about 11pm and,
Mulade rolls out plan for 2022 Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament …inaugurates 15-man planning committee By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe Niger Delta-born environmental activist and Founder, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, rolled out plan for this year’s Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament
