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.
…Wonder why royal fathers raise hands when passing checkpoints on Niger Delta waterways Stakeholders have described as humiliating the practice where boat passengers including royal fathers are compelled to raise their hands over their heads (surrender) at every military checkpoint on the river and creeks of Bayelsa and other parts of the Niger-Delta region. Though
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke Stories in their variegated colours about both biotic and abiotic factors have been told by the village boy – stories sometimes categorised as either phenomenally bad or good depending on the interpretational wavelength from which the stories are read and analysed. Interpretatively favoured or disfavoured, these stories fly everywhere on variegated wings
…We have consulted widely, the coast is clear for an Ijaw Governor – Bozimo Ijaw leaders, stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers led by the Delta-Ijaw for Governor 2023 lobby group on Monday, December 20, 2021, held a closed door meeting in Warri, Delta state with all the frontline aspirants. The Ijaw for Governor team led
In a bid to ensure that the selection of the Ijaw preferred candidate ahead of the 2023 Governorship election in Delta state emerges through a consensus arrangement, the Ijaw leaders, stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers led by the Delta-Ijaw for Governor 2023 lobby group are currently in a closed door meeting in Warri with all
A socio-cultural organisation based in the United States of America, USA, Ijaw Diaspora Council, IDC, Friday, wrote the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, demanding an independent investigation of OML29 Oil well spillage in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The letter was signed by the Vice President Europe & Director
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw People’s Assembly also known as Ijaw Nation Development group, a sociocultural organization of Ijaws from all walks of life with wide national and international reach, has heartily felicitated with His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike [CON, GSSRS], governor of Rivers State, on his 58th birthday. In a message signed by Ben
A group, The Disciples of Jagaban (DOJ) ,has threatened to drag to court the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if he refuses to contest for the Presidency in 2023. National Coordinator of DOJ, Comrade Abdulhakeem Adegoke, said in an interview with journalists that the reason why Nigerians have
Mosogar kingdom confirms death Mosogar kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, has officially announced the transition of their Monarch, HRM Samson Okirhioboh Imoyin-Omene, Udurhie I, just as they declared three months of mourning. The kingdom which made this known in a speech delivered by Chief Ighoyota Amori, Otota of Mosogar, during
Commission can barely pay staff salaries The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, said the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is on life support due to huge debt owed to the agency by oil companies. He said the commission can barely pay staff salaries. The minister put the debt at $5.6 billion
The umbrella body of the Ijaw nation, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has described the recent outburst and erroneous assertion against the Ijaw nation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a flight of fantasy and a joke taken too far. At a press conference addressed yesterday by the President of the INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba,
Government needs to create a balance between economic and infrastructural development The Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) and the Executive Director Business Development, Nexim Bank, Stella Okotete, have proffered solutions to the economic challenges of the Niger Delta region. The trio
The Arogbo Ijaw ethnic nationality in Ondo state has lamented the high handedness and unnecessary discrimination against them by some selfish individuals in the Constituency over the years. They noted that the House of Representatives in the Ilaje/ Ese-odo federal constituency in Ondo state, which is mainly occupied by the Ijaw Arogbo, Ijaw Apoi and
Buhari replaces Lauretta Onochie, Appoints New INEC Commissioners President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of the nomination of some National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners to replace the outgoing ones. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read the letter during Tuesday’s plenary session. The nominees are Malam Mohammed Haruna from Niger State
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said he was still consulting over 2023 election. He said he will not turn down individuals and groups who are urging him to contest for President. The eminent politician spoke in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with members of the Northern Alliance Committee
By Loveth Ojogun The Publisher of GbaramatuVoice Newspapers, Jacob Abai has been honoured with an award of Media Personality of the Year by the Ijaw Christian Association of Nigeria, ICAN. Pastor Ekpolade Eyiki led ICAN presented the award during the Ijaw day of prayer and praise held over the weekend at Shell Ramp, Warri Delta
Amnesty programme has boosted manpower capacity in Gbaramatu kingdom – Oboro-Gbaraun II By Ebi Perekeme The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, on Monday disclosed that the intervention of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has boosted the manpower capacity of his kingdom. He affirmed that the program has raised
Tompolo and the City of Freedom By Ekanpou Enewaridideke Many centuries have lived comfortably and gone by. For centuries there lived the city of Freedom in the city of Freedom. The city of Freedom is yet to be denied the right of habitation in the city of Freedom. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Signifies intention to run for President in 2023. Nollywood has contributed to the Nigerian economy, but more still need needs to be done. The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over the weekend, hosted the Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards, 13th edition at the Glass House, Lokoja, Kogi State. The governor presented a plaque
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have advocated for a declaration of state of environmental emergency in Bayelsa State. The CSOs led by Revd Nnimmo Bassey, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) stated this over the weekend after a visit to Santa Barbara River, Nembe, where the oil spill from the Oil
By Ebi Perekeme The Kogi State Government has finally dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to court over allegations that it fixed N19.3 billion bail-out funds received from the Federal Government. This came as Justice J. Majebi of a Kogi State High Court also granted an interim injunction restraining the EFCC from issuing further
The Nigerian Navy, on Sunday, deployed its Special Boat Service Unit (special forces) and thousands of troops onboard 10 warships, two helicopters and other assets in a special military exercise. The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, announced the deployment at the flag-off of the CNS Annual Sea Inspection, code-named ‘Exercise
By Loveth Ojogun The Beleukoriwei (Pathfinder) of Arogbo- Ibe Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, and the CEO/Chairman of Bradama International Skill Works Ltd, High Chief Bibopere Ajube popularly known as Shoot-At-Sight, has distributed relief materials to victims of fire outbreak in Egbemene Island community, Fenegbene, Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom in Warri South
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has disclosed that the state is finding it difficult to pay salaries due to the reduction in funds gotten from the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee ( FAAC). Okowa, who revealed this to pressmen in Asaba, expressed displeasure over the reduction in funds received from the Federal Allocation Accounts
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Mr. president : I am Chief Government Ekepemupolo, referred to in good and odd times as Tompolo. I have played my insignificant roles religiously in the determined struggle of the Ijaw, nay Niger Delta, nationalities since 1993 against insensitive multinational corporations and the state. In 2003, I left the average God given comfort of my
The Chairman/Founder, Unubiko Foundation, Chief James Ume, has revealed that the organization has launched a N250m intervention fund to rebuild the Ovukwu-Abam Secondary School, Atan Abam in Abia State. Ume said this on Thursday in Lagos at the launch of a book titled: “Technology and Development – An African Perspective,” written by the Business Editor
On December 1, 2021, Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), operator of the joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (“NNPC”) – “NNPC/CNL JV” – marked 60 years of its operations in Nigeria. It was on December 1, 1961, that Gulf Oil Company, a subsidiary of Gulf Corporation, was registered in Nigeria and obtained its
By Samuel Abai President General, Dr. Bright Abulu; General Secretary, Rev. Clement Doyah-Tiemo and 17 other executives have been sworn in to take over the mantle of leadership of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) community, Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state. The Polobubo National Executive Council (NEC) is responsible for the realization and achievement
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome murder of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, of Dowen College, in Lagos, saying that those involved in the dastardly act must not go unpunished. President Buhari, who described Sylvester as one of the nation’s bright youngsters doing excellently in school, bringing joy to the family, assured that the unfortunate incident
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC/Aìteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has successfully shut down the spill on its Santa Barbara wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa state. The company had in a statement issued on November 9, 2021, reported an oil spill from a non-producing well head in its Santa Barbara
By Loveth Ojogun & Samuel Abai Ijaw youths, under the auspices of the Egbema Youth Council, (EYC) along Benin river in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have shut down operations at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40 in Ogbeti-okun Oil Field operated by NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture over non-recognition and marginalisation of their
Ijaw youths, under the umbrella of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Abuja chapter, on Tuesday night, held a candlelight procession for late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the Dowen College student who died under controversial circumstances. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that the 12-year-old JS2 student was bullied and beaten for refusing to join a cult. Those in attendance
By Ebi Perekeme The family of the late 12-year-old, Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, has hired the firm of human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute the case against the institution over the unfortunate death of their son. In the letter dated December 6, 2021, and signed by Taiwo Olawale, the
By Loveth Ojogun The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday, at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, “The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question”
Mr George Akaghoro, who has been a gate man for over 60 years at the Urhobo Cultural Centre, Okere road in Warri, Delta State, has been honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). Mr Akaghoro was honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) with a plaque on Friday as part of activities to mark the
