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.
Senate Ad hoc committee arrives Niger Delta, begins probe of oil theft Worried by the dwindling oil revenue occasioned by crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism, the Senate Adhoc Committee on Oil Theft has arrived in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to unravel the true state of things at oil facilities across the Niger
In Praise of Governor Wike’s Bridge Networks By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As a media organization that operates within the South-South region of the country, the GbaramatuVoice have watched with awe, Governor Nyesom Wike’s led administration huge investment in education, health, human capital development and infrastructure in the past seven years in the state. Take as
INEC delists 1.1m newly registered voters over double registration Just five months to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday disclosed that it has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022. The electoral umpire who made this disclosure in
The executive of the Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC) led by Comrade Isaac Oritseweyinmi Agbateyiniro had on Saturday briefed members on the outcome of a parley earlier held with High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo on their slot that covers Itsekiriland from the pipeline surveillance contract. The Saturday meeting at Ikengbuwa Primary School Field, had
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: We’re ready to assist Tompolo shut down illegal refineries in Ukwuani – Akoku-uno indigenes The level of support being received by the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, over the crude oil pipelines surveillance contract recently awarded him by
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, was a “total failure” as Minister of Transportation, who no longer has access to Aso Villa in Abuja. “This should be the last time that you (Amaechi) will talk about this state because you are a total failure as far as this state is
INVESTIGATION! Oil Pipelines Surveillance Contracts: Fresh Facts Emerge in Niger Delta …How Tompolo was awarded N48bn, Olu of Warri’s company N138b To further clear the air of controversy and accusation that surrounds the recent crude Oil pipelines surveillance contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, to the former leader of the defunct
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it loses $700 million every month as a result of oil theft and vandalism at terminals. Bala Wunti, group general manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), made this known during a tour of NNPCL facilities on Sunday. ALSO READ: NNPC launches app to monitor crude oil
Encomium as family, friends, others extol Mamamu at his one year remembrance anniversary By Solomon Yeigagha & Samuel Abai Saturday September 10, 2022, was a moment of solemn celebration for the good people of Salvation City, New Ogbe-Ijoh community in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state as children,
Fix Effurun Roundabout Campaign: How Okowa, Omo -Agege, Fashola, Others Failed Niger Deltans By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It is now a well known fact among Deltans and visitors to the state that there exists infrastructural collapse in Delta state. Across the sphere, from Delta Central to Delta South-even the Delta North senatorial district where the
Crude oil theft is a big business in Niger Delta, all stakeholders are involved – PENGASSAN The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has accused stakeholders in the oil and gas sector of complicity in oil theft. On Thursday, PENGASSAN embarked on a nationwide protest, threatening to shut
INVESTIGATION! How crude oil pipelines surveillance contract was awarded to Tompolo, Olu of Warri, others Controversy, accusation and innuendo has undoubtedly trail the recent crude Oil pipelines Surveillance Contract awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government
The sad state of Sapele/Benin Expressway in Delta Photos below is the failed portion of Mosogar Junction by the popular palm wine joint along Sapele/Benin Expressway, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta state.
Daniel Igali elected into United World Wrestling Bureau President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Daniel Igali has been elected into the highest ruling body of the United World Wrestling (UWW) known as the Bureau. Igali, who is one of the three new members elected into the seven-member Bureau was yesterday, elected at the ordinary Congress
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Ijaw oil producing communities back Tompolo …Thanks PMB for 3% PIA allocation to crude oil producing host communities By Faith Madogwe IZON-EBE Oil and Gas Producing Communities Association, has joined the league of communities, groups and associations that have backed and congratulated the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of
X-Raying Dikio’s Two Years Administration As Presidential Amnesty Programme Boss By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi About two years ago, when President Muhammadu Buhari removed Professor Charles Dokubo (now late), as the interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and his place, appointed Mbiama, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State born Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio
GESI’S HANDSHAKE WITH TOMPOLO BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The world is the designated place of peaceful cohabitation where people do travel from one place to another from time to time in goal-pursuit and goal-actualisation but not without some financial constraints, preparation and capability. Yet there are people who are at liberty to travel without a single
Shell to complete repairs on Forcados terminal this month – Report Nigeria’s revenue is expected to increase over the restoration of the Forcados oil export terminal in late September, Bloomberg reports. A spokesperson for Shell Plc, which operates Forcados, told Bloomberg that repairs were ongoing at the terminal but declined to comment on the time
PDP Crisis: Somebody in the presidency backing Atiku – Wike reveals Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said an individual within the presidency is backing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate and Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of a campus of the Rivers
Navy destroys 347 illegal refineries in five months As crude oil theft and illegal refining continue in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Navy says it has destroyed no fewer than 347 illegal refineries in the last five months. It stated that the proliferation of illegal refineries had been an enabler of crude oil theft
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Queen Elizabeth II is dead, Buckingham Palace announces Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.
Latest report by experts reveal that women residing in areas with high exposure to oil pollution in the Niger Delta are more prone to premature rupture of membranes and severe vaginal bleeding after childbirth as compared to women residing in areas with low exposure, making pollution prevention pivotal to achieving maternal death reduction in the
Delta PDP crisis worsens as former commissioner resigns from party The woes suffered in recent times by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state has continued unabated with the latest resignation by CHIEF BOSIN EBIKEME, a former Commissioner in the state and strong stalwart of the Party. EBIKEME latest resignation was contained in a
How Presidential Amnesty student bagged first class from Michael and Cecilia Ibru University ...my major support was from my mum – Ubebe Thirty-one-year-old Rapheal Ubebe, a beneficiary of the Federal Government Presidential Amnesty Programme scholarship, who bagged first class honours with 4.76 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in Computer Science from the Michael and Cecilia
Presidential Amnesty: South South ex-agitators to President Buhari, Sack Dikio now The National Coordinator, South South Wing Of Ex-Agitators (SSWA), General Paul Agge, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to renew the tenure of the current Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikkio rtd. General Agge in a statement issued to newsmen
Oil Pipeline Contract: Leave Tompolo alone, Izon elders tell critics …say Tompolo deserves praise, not criticism Izon Okosu-Otu, a prominent Izon Council of Elders concerned with the affairs of the Niger Delta has warned traducers of the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), and Popular Niger Delta freedom fighter,
WIKE VS DOKPESI: Rivers Assembly revokes 868 plots of land owned by DAAR Communications in Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly has revoked ownership of the 868 plots of land occupied in Rivers State by Daar Communications, founded by Raymond Dokpesi. Dokpesi is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened a portal for the recruitment of adh oc Staff for the 2023 general elections. It urged eligible Nigerians to apply for the different positions that were stipulated. The announcement was posted on the verified Tweeter handle of the Commission, @inecnigeria. NOTICE OF PORTAL LAUNCH AND OTHER KEY
Addressing Warri poor sanitation and deplorable state of Effurun roundabout By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Going by recent commentaries about the oil rich city of Warri, the economic life wire of Delta state, it is evident that a once organized town has finally lost its battle to poor sanitation, environmental pollution and deplorable road network. Out
Popular Effurun Roundabout in Pictures By Daniel Jejelaye Tuesday morning on the ever busy Effurun Roundabout, Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state See photos below:
Oil Pipeline Contract: Enough of your ignorance, Eradiri tells Niger Delta agitators By Emmanuel Adigwe A former leader of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has cautioned the Arewa and other sons and daughters of the Niger Delta region protesting against the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, said he would not leave his political opponents for God, but he would deal with them himself. Wike said he would flog “the small boys.” Governor Wike spoke on Monday when he inaugurated the Okezuo Abia Flyover along the Aba -Enugu Expressway in Osisioma Ngwa Local
Tuwasco thanks FG, congratulates Tompolo for pipeline surveillance contract The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tuwasco Marine Services Limited, Engr. Warefa Arthur, have congratulated the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), and Popular Niger Delta freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo on the pipeline surveillance
Liz Truss becomes new UK Prime Minister Britain’s Conservative party Monday announced Liz Truss as its new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and confront Britain’s deepest economic crisis in decades. The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by about 57 to 43 percent after a gruelling summer-long contest
GbaramatuVoice has done well in telling the Niger Delta Story – Prof. Harriman By Emmanuel Adigwe Professor of Comparative Dialectics and Pro-Consul, Centre for the Advancement of Democratic and People’s Right, Bayero University, Kano, Tosan Blessing Harriman, has heaped praises on the Niger Delta leading newspaper, the GbaramatuVoice, for telling the Niger-Delta story from an
