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.
The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation. The students had embarked on peaceful protest after
Bitcoin Price Crashes, Billions Bitcoin’s price has crashed yet again, wiping hundreds of millions of pounds from cryptocurrency markets and sending traders into a huge panic. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency plummeted below $59,000 following the “flash crash”. This is a huge drop of more than $5,000 from the levels it was trading at just
Youths from the South-South have notified the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of their intentions to resume their suspended protest to demand a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the auspices of the South-South Youths Initiative (SSYI), in August occupied the headquarters of NDDC in Port
By Ebi Perekeme At least two hundred Ijaw communities in Ikpoba-Okha, Ovia North East and Ovia South West Local Government Areas of Edo State, have said that their means of livelihood is been threatened over their neglect by successive governments of the state. The Secretary of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western zone, Comrade Omaghomi Olu-Derimon disclosed this
A total of 1,444 disengaged workers of ExxonMobil in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, have called on relevant stakeholders to prevail on the oil multinational for the payment of their terminal benefits of N11.4billion, else they will take the laws into their hands. The aggrieved ex-workers particularly called on ex-militants leaders, Government Ekpemupolo, Asari Dokubo and
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned for hearing and possibly ruling on the appeal filed by the suspended national chairman of the PDP till Thursday. At the resumed hearing Tuesday, PDP lawyers asked for time to respond to the appeal, but the Court of Appeal judges refused to grant their request,
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it has been mandated by people of the Niger Delta to request an upward review of the derivation allocation from its present 13 per cent to 50 per cent. The apex South-South socio-cultural group made the disclosure in a communique issued following an emergency general assembly held virtually on
In the early hours of Monday, October 25, 2021, former members of the Bakassi Strike Force, BSF numbering about 150, blocked the entrance to the Cross River State Governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it signed with them since 2018. The agitators who
The Nigerian Navy on Monday launched four new ballistics gunboats to boost its fight against oil theft and sea robbery, which have been commonplace in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, inducted the gunboats on behalf of the Nigerian Navy in Lagos. Irabor said at the induction that the four
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has declared that the party would produce the next Governor of the state which is the person of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing Fred Latimore, the Executive Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communication as a man deserving of mental evaluation and should not be
A group, National Coordinator of Frontier for Peace and Unity (FPU), has canvassed support for the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator, FPU, Mrs Ikalama Owadiktorusinya, said in Buguma, Rivers, on Monday that the group had adopted Amaechi, after consulting widely
Concerned by the security and safety of commuters, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has proposed an extra-budgetary intervention for the inclusion of the East-West road sections I-IV in the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning also the Debt Management Office (DMO). Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio
[VIDEO] https://youtu.be/wHyDF1SvgmA British Naval ship, HMS Trent, and her embarked contingent of Royal Marines from 42 Commando, have arrived in Lagos as part of their three-month deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. Lagos is the first port that HMS Trent is visiting in the Gulf of Guinea, and the second port the ship has visited
Comrade Festus Kin Pere, a former Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Tsekelewu/Polobubo Federated in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State has congratulated Capt. Daniel Ekpa (Rtd) and his wife, Pst Justina on their blissful 20 years marriage anniversary. This was contained in a statement signed by Comr. Festus Kin Pere and
It was a day of joy and happiness for the people of Idjerhe Kingdom as His Royal Majesty, King Obukohwo Monday Arthur Whiskey, Udurhie 1 celebrates his first coronation anniversary on Sunday, 24th of October, 2021 at the Idjerhe Grammar School Playground, Otorho-Idjerhe in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. Some of the
The Nigerian Communications Commission on Friday alerted Nigerians of the existence of a new, high-risk and extremely-damaging, Malware called Flubot. Here are some things to know about Flubot: 1 – Flubot targets Android devices. Flubot “impersonates Android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications” and its goal transcends stealing personal data and
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday alerted Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of a new, high-risk and extremely-damaging malware system called Flubot. A malware is a generic word used to describe a virus or software, designed specially to “disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.” The Commission said information received from
By Ebi Perekeme A major way to build a new face for the Niger Delta is to embark on urgent diversification of the region’s economy, former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said. Dr. Uduaghan canvassed this position on Thursday while delivering a lecture titled: Niger Delta Economy: Building a new face for
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has convoked an emergency “general assembly” for Monday over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Constitution to remove the 13 per cent oil derivation formula being enjoyed by oil-producing states, especially in the South-South geopolitical zone. The bill has generated protests especially from the Niger
By Jerome Mario-Utomi In a piece entitled; Banters in Lagos, Poverty and Disease in the Niger Delta, posted about four years ago, precisely in February 2018. Aside from spreading out the needs, interests, aspirations and even their problems were critically reviewed against solution plans and implementation, it among other concerns posited the following comparative scrutiny/conclusions; namely,
(IN MEMORIAM OF A DEAD POET) BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE A great poet is dead! Seiyei the famous poet, the unbeatable master of imagistic cliche is dead! A poet dies in all who claims mastership without awakening sounds from his readers Alas, to the memory of this acclaimed master poet, this dead master poet, I sail
Bibopere Zion, Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Okerenkoko town in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State has officially announced Senior Boanerge Ebieride Peter Oyibo German (JP) as the new Leader to pilot the affairs of the church. He succeeded Senior Boanerge (Prophet) Haggai Maware JP who died in July, 2020. In a statement released to GbaramatuVoice on Friday
Ijaw National Congress, INC, has said the proposed Bill to delete Section 162, sub section 2 of the 1999 Constitution, which deals with derivation principle by 59 northern Members of House of Representatives, was an invitation to chaos. A statement by its National President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba on Thursday, October 21, 2021, urging the sponsors
As the build to the 2023 general elections continue to gather steam, traditional rulers in Delta State have warned politicians not to take campaigns to the their ultra modern secretariat in Asaba. The monarchs under the aegis of Delta State Traditional Rulers Council further warned that those nursing ambition should not even contemplate coming to
By Uwa John When I first read the catching axiom of “Kite” and “Eagle”in Things Fall Apart, a masterpiece of one of the greatest storytellers in history, Chinua Achebe, I didn’t quite give the proverb any metaphorical interpretation beyond the context of the novel until reactions started trailing the recent call for the renaming of
By Gold Ebimene Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) to urgently dismiss and prosecute the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, for illegally ordering the teargas and arrest of youths who protested peacefully to mark the
A socio-cultural group of the Ijaws in diaspora, Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has disclosed its intention to hold the 2022 IJAW DIASPORA CONVENTION in United States of America (USA). The board has chosen Newark, New Jersey where they would all converge from their various countries of residence across the globe. The event that is scheduled
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has Inaugurates the management team of the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The inauguration of the
…Says power to change Nigeria for better resides in youths Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of gross insensitivity to the plight of victims of the #EndSARS protests and the Lekki Tollgate massacre a year ago. Frank in a statement to
Because we are not known for equivocation, the time has actually come for the Ijaws to awaken Deltans to the validity of the Ijaw governorship agitation. Let the reverberations penetrate every habitable space in Delta State that the Ijaws have valid claims to produce the 2023 governor of Delta State, though not without functional and
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh devastating oil spill has been reported at a facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) around Ogboinbiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The oil leakage, which occurred on October 17 at the NAOC Wellhead 9, was reportedly caused by equipment failure. A field
A report by Channels TV indicates gunmen have opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting at Njaba local government area in Imo state. Details of the attack remain sketchy but at least five traditional rulers are feared to have died during the attack with several others wounded, the news media stated. Also reporting the
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the imposition of night curfew on all waterways in the state as part of measures to curtail sea piracy, kidnappings and other criminal activities along the creeks. Briefing newsmen on resolutions reached after the 22nd State Security Council meeting in Yenagoa, the Special Adviser on
“We have our children with Masters and PhD degrees in management, geology, geosciences and engineering, what other certificates do you need? Our people are suffering, see what you can do to ameliorate the plight of our plight. So you can open a new page in the region, a page of equity, fairness and justice.” Traditional
There was celebration in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State when about 500 gang members who had been terrorising the area renounced cultism, submitted their arms and promised to be of good behaviour. The Chairman of the Andoni Area Traditional Rulers Council, HRM King Job Nabiget JP, who led other traditional rulers to
