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.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he would soon officially declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential race. Atiku stated this on Saturday, after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his (Obasanjo) residence, in Abeokuta, Ogun. Recall that Atiku was Obasanjo’s vice between 1999 and 2007, and also a
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the presidential election will hold on February 25, 2023. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, disclosed this on Saturday at a media briefing in Abuja. He added that the national assembly elections will hold on the same day, while governorship and state house of assembly polls will take place on
The nine oil producing states in Nigeria shared N450.60 billion from the federation account through the 13 percent derivation formula in 2021. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Ondo, Imo, Lagos and Abia received the fund. The 13 percent derivation fund comes from the federation revenue
Defence Headquarters has said troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 38 illegal refining sites in tne Niger Delta region within two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) made this known, yesterday, in Abuja while giving updates of military operations across the country from February 10
Youth leaders from the oil communities of Imo State, on Friday, demanded the sack of the Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ISOPADEC, Charles Orie, over alleged misappropriation of funds of the commission. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday, one of the youth leaders, Ezekwesiri Nwauwa, said the time
Read full text of Vladimir Putin’s speech on Ukraine Dear citizens of Russia! Dear friends! Today, I again consider it necessary to return to the tragic events taking place in the Donbass and the key issues of ensuring the security of Russia itself. Let me start with what I said in my address of February
A day after walking away from reporters, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyema, after a closed-door meeting with Ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine, says Nigeria cannot condone the violation of the territorial integrity of a UN Member State. ALSO READ: Russia attacks Ukraine on Putin’s orders The Minister who met with both envoys separately, says
Shell Production Development Company and Joint Venture partners have revealed plan to reopen some of its oil and gas wells in the Niger Delta as a way of enhancing its portfolio of assets in Nigeria. In its Nigeria Briefing Notes 2021 obtained by newsmen on Wednesday, SPDC said its investment in large gas projects would
Delta State Police Command, yesterday, said it has commenced investigation into the petition by Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Futeyin, the General Overseer of Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, Effurun. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed this development, said investigations are ongoing in the petition by Prophet Futeyin to the State’s Commissioner of Police, Ali
ExxonMobil has concluded plans to sell its equity interest in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU, to Seplat Energy. The International Oil Company, IOC, stated that, “ExxonMobil has reached an agreement to sell its equity interest in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to Seplat Energy, a Nigerian independent oil and gas company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary —Seplat
Ukraine has banned males between the ages of 18- 60 from leaving the country following invasion from Russia,” Ukraine’s State border guard service (DPSA) reported. The ban will be in place for the duration of martial law, which was imposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday morning after Russia attacked Ukraine. ALSO READ: Ukraine claims
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The President assented to the bill at about midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House
Ijaw Traditional Rulers have debunked insinuations that zoning exists in Delta State. Speaking through its chairman, His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) Joseph Timiyan JP, Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom, he enjoined Deltans not to be deceived by the zoning agreement of politicians. GbaramatuVoice writes that as the political permutations regarding the forthcoming 2023 gubernatorial elections in
The Management of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, has declared “No bra, no entry, no pants, no entry” policy into the school campus, especially for female students. Our correspondent gathered that some of the students, who did not wear bras and pants, were denied entry by security guards, who mounted the school gate to checkmate indecent
"No state is as difficult as Kogi State in this country, out of all the 36 States of the Federation including FCT non is as difficult as Kogi State"
The Nigerian Government has announced intentions to evacuate its citizens in Ukraine following an invasion by Russia. The Federal Government of Nigeria is planning for special flight operation to evacuate her citizens from Ukraine in view of the escalating tension between that country and Russia. ALSO READ: World war III: ‘Prepare, it’s the begining –
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed worry as Russia attacks Ukraine. Fani-Kayode described Russia’s attack on Ukraine as the beginning. He said the world should be prepared for what will happen in the next few weeks. In a tweet, the former Minister said the world is closer to the final confrontation between NATO, Russia,
Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions. ALSO READ: Russia attacks Ukraine on Putin’s orders Here’s the latest on the Ukraine-Russia conflict: Lithuania has declared a state of emergency An adviser to Ukraine’s president says about 40 people have been killed so
At last, the price of crude oil (Brent) has hit the roof at $100 per barrel in the international market for the first time in more than seven years on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “military operation” in Ukraine, apparently realising fears he would invade. Brent surged to $100.04 a barrel after
The Ukrainian military claimed on Thursday to have downed five Russian planes and a helicopter in the east of the country near a rebel-held enclave. “According to the Joint Forces Command, today, February 24, in the area of the Joint Forces operation, five planes and a helicopter of the aggressors were shot down,” the army
Russian forces have unleashed an attack on Ukraine on the orders of Vladimir Putin, who announced a “special military operation” at dawn, amid warnings from world leaders that it could spark the biggest war in Europe since 1945. Within minutes of Putin’s short televised address, at about 5am Ukrainian time, explosions were heard near major
Nigeria has been named as the official host of the 2022 World Toilet Summit, slated for November 2022. Mr Jack Sim, Founder of the World Toilet Organization (WTO), made this announcement at a virtual meeting of Water Sanitation and Hygiene Stakeholders and Development Partners on Wednesday. According to Sim, the United Nations member countries in
Ifiekporo community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, in the early hours of this morning, mobilised to shut down the portion of Ode Itsekiri Road leading to the depot of Matrix, Pinnacle Oil and Gas, AYM Shaffa and several companies in the area over alleged failure by the companies to sign a Memorandum
Zamfara State lawmakers on Wednesday impeached the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Mahdi Gusau. Gusau was impeached during plenary after the House received the report of the committee. The committee was set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to investigate the allegations against him. ALSO READ: GbaramatuVoice to host
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State have enjoined the Chairman/Founder of Unubiko Foundation, Chief James Ume, to contest the state’s governorship election in 2023. This was contained in a statement signed by the former chairman of Arochukwu LGA, Hon Chief Jones Nnanna, saying that Ume is
Ahead of its national convention billed for March 26, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally set the ball rolling by zoning party positions. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday after President Muhammadu Buhari held a meeting with APC governors, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna governor, said the northern zone would have the positions the southern zone held
The Bayelsa State Vigilante Service has been vindicated over the Monday evening arrest of a 46years old man over suspicious attempt to lure three minors for ritual purposes. The minors rescued by the men of the State Vigilante Service, are between the ages of 11years and 12years. At the State Police Command, he claimed he
The Federal House of Representatives, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to dredge the Escravos bar beyond 7.5 metres depth to improve the traffic of high tonnage vessels. The House also urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to relocate the oil pipelines along the Warri bar. The resolution followed the consideration of a motion
The National Coordinator, Centre For Peace And Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to use his remaining days in office to invest more in Warri to enable it regain its lost glory as the commercial nerve of the state. Chief Mulade made this remark on Monday, 21st February, 2022 during
Why Jonathan, now? By Hon. Innocent Lagi, Esq It is expectedly, a confounding idea, that former President, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan would contest the 2023 election. More unsettling, of course, is the possibility that the President would be running on the platform of the APC against his party, the PDP. Naturally, his party should be
THERE WAS A MUSICIAN, THERE WAS AN ENGINEER Ayebe the notorious drunkard in Ekpama village was fearless and frank in his derogatory outburst. Ebiowei had just been told by Ayebe that his entire bloodline was tainted with slavery. This could be a product of his drunkenness but heoutburst neither lurched nor slobbered which usually signalled
Help save my father from dying, Shuun Bebe appeals to Deltans, Nigerians
The Managing Director of Brikari Nigeria Limited, waste management contractor of Bayelsa State Government, Bright Ayebakari, has disclosed that no week passes without officials discovering corpses of little children, severed body parts, arms and ammunition in refuse receptacles in the state. Ayebakari, who spoke to NDV in Yenagoa, on refuse disposal and challenges in the
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has directed that his Chief of Staff, Ephraim Inyang-yen, be relieved of his position. The governor’s directive was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Emmanuel Ekuwem, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. In the letter titled ‘Appreciation of Your Service,’ Emmanuel lauded
The Urhobos of Warri has enjoined Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to call to order the Olu of Warri, OGIAME ATUWATSE III concerning his utterances. GbaramatuVoice writes that the Olu of Warri, OGIAME ATUWATSE III, was recently credited to have stated that Warri South Local Government Area and the two-State Constituencies are for the
