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.
By Ebi Perekeme Built by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Dakkada Towers is a 21 storey smart office complex located in the central business district of Uyo, it was built under 2 years. The Mega project was handled by a Turkish construction company, VKS. Dakkada Towers has a 500 capacity car park, the
The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year. Urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the UN body, ranking its burden of disease on a par with
Obotim Nsit community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday lamented that the effects of the gas pipeline explosion that occurred in 2016 in the community is still killing people and destroying economic trees and livelihoods. The gas pipeline, which runs through the community from Ukanafun to Calabar, Cross River
Zonal Chairmen of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide have declared their total support and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio the substantive Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The group noted that Dixon Dikio has brought some tangible expected results in the Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Stressing
Peter Oyuk, an 84-year-old Kenyan man, is disappointed after returning home to discover that the two wives he abandoned 47 years ago have remarried. According to The Standard, the octogenarian walked out of his Makale village in Malava, Kakamega county, when he was 37 years old, in 1974. He told his people that he was
By Our Correspondent The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday directed local government councils to set up vigilante teams in every community to work closely with the police and other security agencies in the state. The Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the directive at separate meetings with traditional rulers from Kolokuma/Opokuma and Yenagoa Local Government Areas
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to amend the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). According to Buhari’s letter read on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the amendments have become necessary to make make for seamless administrative structure in the Act. Buhari, in his letter titled: “Forwarding administrative structure amendments to the
By Etibe Uko No doubt, some folks are psychic, very perceptive. Some are gifted with the ability to see what mere mortals cannot see, they tread in realms where no mortal dares. It seems there are mentally gifted folks who have seen the NDDC Forensic Audit Report without the Report being in public space. Before the NDDC
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Kalabari Se-Ikpangi has condemned the abduction of an expatriate staff of Lubric Construction Company (LCC) in-charge of the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road project. This was made known in statement released to GbaramatuVoice and signed by the Chairman, Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, Secretary General, Comrade Tamunosaki West and Public Relations Officer, Comrade
The Northern Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) has appealed to Nigerians to support northern candidacy for the 2023 presidency in view of ending myriad security challenges bedeviling the nation. According to the group, it’s only president from the north that has the needed courage to fight insecurity without stepping on toes. Speaking on the state of
By Jerome-Mario Utomi It is a common knowledge that recently, the Ijaw leaders, youths and women predominantly residents in six councils of Delta State, with these councils domiciled within the Delta South Senatorial zone, insisted that their ethnic nationality must produce the next governor in 2023, as they have made huge sacrifices, contributing to the
The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has been scheduled to be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s Delta Online Publishers Forum’s third annual Conference/lecture. In a Statement signed by the Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Deacon Chijioke Williams Ugbolue and the Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, the former Governor, will be
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke I have been somewhere held captive by a soothing sleep but just awakened by heavy raindrops upon my roof ‘dribbling and falling like orange or mango fruits showered forth in the wind…’ It rained like that ‘JP-CLARKED’ ‘Night Rain’ forcing mother to ‘deploy’ ‘wooden bowls’ and ‘earthenware’ about the ‘roomlet’ and ‘floor’
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days cloudiness and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy to cloudy skies over the Northern region with chances of thunderstorms over parts of Taraba and Southern Kaduna in the morning hours. The agency further
Fifteen years after the last census, Nigeria is likely to have another headcount next year. President Muhammadu Buhari has given the National Population Commission (NPC) the nod to conduct another census in May, it was learnt at the weekend. It was also gathered that N20 billion has been projected for the plan. It is expected
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Douye Diri has doled out N14 million to the state-owned football club, Bayelsa United, for their victory over visiting AS Ashanti Golden Boys of Guinea in the preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup. The match, played at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, saw the youthful Bayelsa team winning
President Muhammadu Buhari has named Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as NNPC Limited Board Chairman with Mele Kolo Kyari and Umar I. Ajiya as Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. The president ordered the incorporation of NNPC Limited in line with the provision of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). A statement by Special Adviser to
Ten days to the planned protest demanding for relocation of Floating Dockyard acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to the Niger Delta region from Lagos where is been rotten, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued a Certificate of Compliance for an outline Business Case (OBC) for operations of the
By Joshua Williams A 16-year-old girl has committed suicide after she suffered an heartbreak on Sunday morning at Arubayi Street, Warri, Delta State. The girl who was identified as Blessing died after drinking the popular insecticide, Sniper after a breakup with her boyfriend. A source told GbaramatuVoice that Blessing gulped a can of the infamous
Miss Abuja, Oluchi Madubuike has emerged this year’s Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria. She was presented with the key of a brand of Geely car at the event, which happened at the Eko Hotels and Suites on Saturday night. Also Miss Anambra emerged as the first runner-up, Second Runner is Miss Abia (Miss Supranational); third
A Non Governmental Organisation, Esther David Foundation (EDF), has donated writing materials to the schools in the riverine part of Delta State. Materials distributed includes; exercise books, uniforms, pens and other learning materials to a number of pupils in Ebiabu Primary School 1 & 2, Kokodiagbene and Oboro Primary School, Benikrukru in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta
By Our Correspondent Inikorogha, an Ijaw enclave in Ovia South Local Government Area of Edo State, is to be electrified for the first time since its existence. Hon. Dennis Idahosa, a member of the House of Representatives who attracted the project, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Benin. The representative of the
Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo. O. Kanayo has warned youths between the ages of 25 – 45 to be careful about how they live in order not to have regrets during their old age. According to the thespian turned lawyer, he noted that God gifted some people with long life so that they can reap the
A youth, Mr. Emma Eregarnoma, has been arrested by the police in Delta State over a failed attempt to use his mother, Mrs Oke Eregarnoma, for alleged money ritual. Emma was detained at the Orokpe divisional police headquarters in the Okpe Local Government Area over the incident, which occurred on Tuesday in Okuokoko community near
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An advocacy group, Save Niger Delta Group (SNDG), has revealed plans to stage a massive peaceful protest at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) head office in Lagos. The protest is due to the Federal Government refusals to relocate the multi-million dollar floating dock to the Niger Delta region, the group said. In
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has revealed that training projects for ex-agitators have not commenced because he is not willing to be part of corrupt practices bedevilling the system. The PAP boss made this known in a statement signed by his special assistant on media, Nneotaobase
By Joshua Williams A Non Governmental Organisation, Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) has launched an educational support programme for underprivileged children in riverine communities of Delta State. The project that is set to kick start on Monday, 4th to Tuesday 5th, October 2021 was born out of the prevalent rate of out-of-school children in rural parts
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for the reformed Niger Delta militants has been undergoing reforms in the last one year, an official has said. Mr Nneotabase Egbe, Special Adviser on Media to the Interim Administrator of PAP, rtd. Col. Milland Dikio told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. He said the reform is
The Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri says it is “unfair” that international oil companies (IOCs) extract oil in the state but their employees pay income tax to states where they have their headquarters. Nigeria adopts a Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) system to calculate the personal income tax of employees. It is called PAYE tax. Workers
He came with a vision to achieve his mission of peace as the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). His early days passed across the loud message that Col. Dixon Dikio was not prepared to waste his time on frivolities and needless distractions. He was out to provide the needed leadership to steer
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its efforts to provide potable water and reduce communicable disease in riverine communities, the Delta State Government has approved the construction and reticulation of a major water scheme in Okerenkoko town, Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, told journalists at the end
By Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the composition of a National Reconciliation Committee to be headed by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said that Otunba Moses Adeyemo would serve
Three years after the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) spent taxpayers’ money to buy a multi-million dollar modular floating dock, is currently lying idle in Lagos, with the cost of maintenance estimated at about $30,000 daily. The dock which is said to be purpose-built for its approved location in Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta
By Our Correspondent The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has told the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to contest the presidency of the country come 2023. The senior lawmaker who made the call in Asaba, Delta State on Saturday, stressed that Governor Okowa has all it takes to
