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.
Alleged Admission Fraud: Novena University tells students to vacate campus, ends session By Emmanuel Adigwe The management of Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, has closed down academic session for 2021/2022 on Sunday. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that some students under the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) had protested in the school concerning fake admissions in the
Benikrukru community inaugurates 9-man electoral committee By Samuel Ebikeme Abai The people of oil-rich Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, have inaugurated a nine-man electoral committee as part of preparations for the coming 2022 election in the community. This was done on Friday, August 26, 2022 as the community executives led by Boan. Solomon
TOMPOLO AND PENAWOU’S DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE BY EKANPOU EENEWARIDIDEKE Three times the cock has just crowed signalling a stainless dawn. In this stainless dawn that is not befogged or fogbound, two great personalities can be seen without being silhouetted. They are High Chief Ekpemupolo Oweizide Government (Tompolo) recently awarded the pipeline surveillance contract based on
FAKE ADMISSION: How Presidential Amnesty students paid N900,000 to gain admission in Novena University Some students of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) are protesting at Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, after they paid N150,000, N300,000, and even N900,000 to secure admission. ALSO READ: Niger Delta Students’ Protest: Questions for Amnesty office and Novena University authority
Alleged Fraud: Presidential Amnesty students protest at Novena University over fake admission By Emmanuel Adigwe Hundreds of students of the Presidential Amnesty Programme studying at the Novena University, Ogume in Delta State, Friday, protested against the school authorities for alleged fraud and other related issues. According to a GbararmatuVoice correspondent who was on ground to
Niger Delta Students’ Protest: Questions for Amnesty office and Novena University authority There is an ongoing wild protest embarked on by over 1,000 Niger Delta students undergoing different programmes at the privately owned Novena University, Ogume, Kwale in Delta state, they are protesting an alleged consideration of their admission by the school management as unrecognized.
Atiku meets Wike, Ortom, Fayose, others in London Former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, met with the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, in London, United Kingdom. The meeting, which had been long expected since after the duo fell out aftermath of the
Warri NPA Waterside: Where Poverty and Pollution Reigns Supreme …Residents call for state government intervention By Fejiro Jimitota || Photographs by Daniel Jejelaye It is pedestrian information that the Oil communities in Delta state are richly blessed with natural resources. What is however newsy is that the people are blessed with abundant resources, yet, they
Obasanjo, Wike, Peter Obi, three other Govs meet in London Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. ALSO READ: 2023: We’ll use our votes against those who say Rivers don’ matter – Wike Although details of the
Ijaw woman, Kimberly Ebiwoni, clinches Democratic ticket for Florida House of Reps in US Kimberly Daniels has won the Democratic primary ticket for Florida House of Representatives, Jacksonville, District 14 in the United States of America (USA). Kimberly Daniels – Ebiwoni, a minister who is married to Reuben Obawei-Ebiwoni, an Ijaw man from Gbaramatu kingdom,
Ex-Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty boss, Charles Dokubo, is dead The Former Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo is dead. Though details of the incident is still sketchy, GbaramatuVoice learned that Dokubo died on Wednesday evening after a brief illness. ALSO READ: Buhari finally sacks Dokubo as amnesty programme
GbaramatuVoice 7 years of robust journalism and lessons to draw By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, precisely on Monday August 23, 2022, the GbaramatuVoice newspaper, in what has become an annual ritual of the sort, announced for the awareness of the general public, details of programmes lined up to mark its forthcoming 7th Anniversary Lecture/Awards, Scheduled
Isoko youths congratulate Tompolo over pipeline surveillance contract …Says only Isoko indigenes will benefit from contract in Isoko areas The president of the Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA), Comrade Amos Ogbokor-Etaluku, has stated that only persons from Isoko nation will be beneficiaries of the Federal Government oil pipeline contract awarded to popular freedom fighter, High
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Don’t cause crisis in Niger Delta, PANDEF tells Northern Youths Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has cautioned Northern youths not to cause tension in the Niger Delta region, with agitations that are “unnecessary and misguided”. PANDEF stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued to the press and signed by its National
Adventure, thrill on the water to Gbaramatu By Fejiro Jimitota It was yet another busy morning and day in the oil rich city of Warri, Delta state. Precisely on Monday, August 23, 2022, people scrambled to open their shops and resume the day’s business. The streets were not left out; they were as a matter
Arewa groups urge Federal Government to award railway security contract to Tompolo Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Groups (CACSG) has commended the award of crude oil surveillance contract in the Niger Delta to Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, urging Federal Government to award security of other critical infrastructure like railway to him. ALSO
Omadino Youth PRO hails Tompolo over surveillance contract The Public Relations Officer of Omadino Community Youth, an Itsekiri community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Joshua Ghereje, has applauded High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo for the contract awarded him by the Federal Government to provide security for oil pipelines in
The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme Life Circle By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi On 25 June 2009, President Umoru Yar’Adua (now late) granted presidential amnesty to Niger Delta militants who had directly or indirectly participated in the commission of offences associated with militant activities in the Niger Delta, and who were willing to surrender their weapons
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Why Tompolo Is Suitable By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi It is common knowledge that the Nigerian economy has recently been badly hit by the inability of the government to generate dollar revenue from its main source, which is the export of crude oil- a challenge traceable to Sabotage and crude oil siphoning rackets
Oil Pipeline Contract: Tompolo remains best man for the job, says Egbema youth leader Former President General of Egbema Youths Council (EYC), Comrade Bright Maya has stated that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo AKA Tompolo, remains the best man to effectively perform pipeline security and surveillance job in the Niger-Delta. Maya, in a statement on Saturday
Equatorial Guinea has arrested a supertanker with a capacity for three million barrels of oil, about three times the one million barrels per day (bpd) currently being produced by Nigeria. GbaramatuVoice recalls that on Wednesday, the Nigerian Navy confirmed that the ship in question had been apprehended in Equatorial Guinea after the 300,000 metric tonnes
OIL CONTRACT: IYC sends strong warning to Arewa youths over attack on Tompolo The leadership of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has tasked the Northern Youths under the Arewa Youths Assembly concerning the use of derogatory comments against the capacity of popular Niger Delta Freedom Fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo concerning his handling
Anthony Joshua suffers back-to-back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk through split decision By Emmanuel Adigwe Oleksandr Usyk has defeated Anthony Joshua again to retain his heavyweight world titles. Anthony Joshua’s bid to recapture the unified heavyweight titles ended in disappointment as Oleksandr Usyk produced a terrific performance to win by split decision in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Wike orders arrest of House of Representatives member over alleged illegal oil bunkering Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike has asked security agencies in the state to identify and arrest the owner of a filling station that was recently sealed in Port Harcourt for allegedly trading in illegally refined petroleum products. Governor Wike gave the
Niger Delta: Tompolo warns against environmental pollution, reads riot act to oil thieves in Nigeria …Says No more illegal bunkering Popular Niger Delta freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo has announced mass recruitment of people from the region to check crude oil activities against theft, vandalism, and to prevent environmental pollution. GbaramatuVoice recalls
We’ll soon reveal big men behind crude oil theft in Nigeria – Presidency The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of important personalities behind oil theft in the country. Shehu said that as part of efforts to
WATCH: Tompolo gives first public speech 13 years after …Declares war on oil theft …launches new operation to curb bunkering in Niger Delta Watch full video below:
SDP presidential candidate, Prince Adebayo, to chair GbaramatuVoice 7th Anniversary Lectures The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, would, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, chair the 2022 GbaramatuVoice 7th Anniversary Lectures/Awards ceremony scheduled to take place at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The Publisher/CEO of the company,
Oyoko Primary School Saga: Matters Arising By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The barrage of reactions and commentaries that trailed the recently published disturbing pictures that drew the attention of the Delta state government to the visibly distressed structures, dilapidated classrooms with fallen ceilings, windows and doors at Oyoko Primary School, Abavo, Ika South Local Government Area
EYESORE: Deplorable state of St Charles College in Abavo, hometown of Governor Okowa’s mother in Delta This is the sorrowful state of St Charles College in Abavo, hometown of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s mother in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. See photos below…
Western Delta University appoints Professor Osaghae as new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Professor Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae has been appointed has the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Western Delta University in Delta State. Eghosa is a distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University Ibadan and current Director-General of Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA),
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged off the construction of a model student’s hostel at the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, just as it donated a 1,000KVA generator and a brand-new Coaster bus to the university. Performing the sod-turning ceremony at the university premises, the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,
CURBING OIL THEFT: Tompolo meets stakeholders, Niger Delta ex-agitators …To assist FG curb crude oil theft in the region No fewer than five thousand ex-agitators and stakeholders from the oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region are currently in a meeting with the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta,
NiMet raises alarm over imminent flood in Delta, Bayelsa, Sokoto, others The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has raised alarm over a high level of flood threat in six states across the country. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director General of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu said “we are present in every part of Nigeria
AGAIN! Shell confirms 5 barrels of oil spill in Ogoni community The Shell Petroleum Development Company has discharged five barrels of crude oil from its Trans Niger Pipeline into Bodo community in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, following an operational failure. This was contained in a report of a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV)
