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.
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
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[PHOTOS] Delta government begins massive rehabilitation work on Effurun Roundabout The Delta State Government has on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 commenced rehabilitation work on the popular Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. GbaramatuVoice had recently reported, and launched the #FixEffurunRoundAbout campaign. The campaign was geared towards drawing the government attention to the deplorable
2023: APC leadership in Gbaramatu kingdom visits Oboro-Gbaraun II, Tompolo As preparation for 2023 electioneering hits top gear, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta state, on Saturday, September 17, 2022, visited the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, and the former leader of the defunct Movement
Queen Elizabeth II finally buried beside her husband Prince Phillip, royal family announces A recap of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has been buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel in St George’s chapel, Windsor Castle, in a small private ceremony attended by family. Earlier
Touching Moments From The State Funeral of QUEEN ELIZABETH II The world joined Britain to honor the life of Queen Elizabeth II with a state funeral steeped in tradition on Monday. The Queen, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, died September 8 after a rule spanning seven decades. She was 96. The funeral service took place at
How Okowa received largest share of 13% derivation fund in six months, got N114.75billion The eight oil-producing states in Nigeria received a sum of N377.93 billion as 13% oil derivation fund in the first half of 2022. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Delta, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Imo, Ondo,
Drama as masquerades invade church, flog pastor, worshipers in Plateau There was pandemonium in the Shikal community of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday, when masquerades disrupted a church service, flogged the pastor and worshipers alike. According to Tribune, the incident happened at about 10:45 am when the masquerades and some
Ilaje communities meet over pipeline surveillance contract, highlight benefits to FG, Niger Deltans Well meaning indigenes of Ilaje communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state have said that the Pipeline Surveillance Contract recently awarded to High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has all it
Warri stood still as NNPP presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso, commissions Omatseye campaign office …I am in the senatorial race to restore people’s hope – Omatseye By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe The oil rich city of Warri, the economic nerve of Delta state, South-South region, was on Saturday, September 17, 2022, locked down to both human
Delta Ijaw community sues Shell over ownership of oil wells in Burutu Okpokunou Urban Community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state has sued Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), which operates in the area. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Warri over ownership of oil wells. In the writ
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Addressing Chief Ogbebor’s Case of Double Standard By Jacob Abai Chief Rita-Lori Ogbebor recent opposition to the award of a N48 billion surveillance contract to former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has again confirmed as true the time honoured belief that
TRUE LIFE STORY! How I lost my father, husband, children and my home True life account that every girl must not Fail to read In this account, a young female Nigerian from the South South region of the country gives a graphic description of how temporal predicaments and wrong choices derailed her life journey and
BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Interim Administrator for Presidential Amnesty Programme President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Ndiomu is replacing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio as the Amnesty Office Boss. The appointment was disclosed via a statement by the Special Adviser
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate. The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023. In a
Niger Delta region and report on Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi I remember now with nostalgia how about a year ago, precisely on Tuesday August 10, 2021, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper’s 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, held at Victoria Island, Lagos, among other remarks, told
NDDC resumes scholarship programme, restates importance of manpower development The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has reviewed its foreign post-graduate scholarship programme, to include Masters Degree courses in Nigerian universities as part of its efforts to boost manpower development for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr
NLNG invites bids for security escort vessels for tankers in Gulf of Guinea The Nigeria LNG is seeking the services of security escort vessels for tankers calling at its Bonny Terminal, in renewed efforts to wade off attacks from pirates in the notorious gulf of Guinea. The company is inviting bids for Long-Range Security Escort
Bebenimibo, EBF boss speaks on GbaramatuVoice Programme ‘Focus on Niger Delta’ My plan for Niger Delta out of school children- Bebenimibo, EBF Boss Dcn Ernest Bebenimibo, the Founder of Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) and his Executive Director, Amb Ossai Darlington Ogaga, were today Wednesday September 14, 2022, hosted on the GbaramatuVoice, weekly programme – Focus
My administration has done extremely well – Buhari …Says those who should be marketing his administration are not doing so President Muhammadu Buhari says those who should be speaking about the achievements of his administration are not doing so. Buhari said this on Tuesday during a visit to Imo to inaugurate some projects in the
