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 Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has distanced himself from the rumours making the rounds that is opposing the principle of rotating the governorship among the three senatorial districts of the state. Okowa also noted that it was not zoning that brought him to power in 2015. This was made known by
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to upgrade the Maritime Academy, Oron in Akwa-Ibom state into a full-fledged University of Maritime Studies. Also passed was a bill to establish the Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ogoja, Cross River state. Both bills were passed by the upper chamber after the presentation and consideration of
By Our Correspondent The management of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University on Wednesday announced the shutdown of the school, following protests by students. The announcement was contained in an official memo dated July 7, 2021, and signed by the Registrar of NDU, Mr Benjamin Joffa. The students had on Monday commenced a two-day peaceful
By Ebi Perekeme The people of Egbema Kingdom, in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have raised the alarm over military blockage of the area leading to food shortage and starvation. In a press statement on Wednesday by the President of the Egbema Leaders of Thought, Elder Edmund Doyah Tiemo and made available
By Ebi Perekeme The South-South caucus of the Senate elected its executive committee on Wednesday two years after the inauguration of the 9th Senate. George Sekibo from Rivers State emerged as Chairman. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The letter conveying the list of the executive members for the South-South Caucus
Niger Delta communities may stop oil companies from carrying out production activities in their domains if the National Assembly fails to reverse the newly passed petroleum industry bill that sliced revenue allocation to host communities, Edwin Clark, a former minister and leader in the region has warned. Mr Clark on Monday described the bill passed last week
Southern governors, on Monday, rejected the proposed allocation of at least 30 per cent of the profit generated by the proposed Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for the exploration of oil in ‘frontier basins’ as identified by Section 9 of the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill which will regulate the oil sector if signed by
“I support the senatorial zoning system and will work with my pocket and hand to ensure it remain so.” Former Federal Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe has endorsed senatorial zoning in Delta state, just as he promised to work physically and with his finance to ensure that an Urhobo emerges Governor of
“Ijaw Diaspora will explore all legal means to attain self-determination if the obvious issues presented are not addressed in a timely manner.” By Ebi Perekeme Leadership of the Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) with its global headquarters in New Jersey, USA with a global membership of Ijaw professionals in varying fields of economic and socio-political endeavors,
By Ebi Perekeme Professor Gorgewill Owunari has been announced as the 9th Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt. The announcement was made on Friday by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt, Senator Andrew Uchendu. Senator Uchendu said Prof. Owunari, from the department of Pharmacology, emerged from twelve
Against recent media report, members of the All Progressives Congress, APC of Urhobo extraction, Friday, said Delta South Senatorial District is made up of four indigenous tribes of Ijaw, Urhobos, Isokos and Itsekiris. Mr. Benjamin Eboh and Gabriel Okandeji in a statement on behalf of Urhobo APC members who are indigenes of Okere Urhobo and
By Ebi Perekeme High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a former leader of the dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) better known as Tompolo, says there is tension in the Niger Delta region over the failure of the federal government to constitute the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board. In a statement on
Read full press statement Niger Delta Agitators Ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria: A Call for Restrain. It has become expedient that I speak on the above subject matter. It could be recalled that I issued ultimatum to the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the National Assembly and President Muhammadu
The Opobo/Nkoro Road to be commisssioned on Saturday 3rd July, 2021 by Barr. Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State. See photos below…
By Our Correspondent Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has affirmed that he will complete all the road projects in his community before leaving office. He spoke while flagging off the construction of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State, his council area of Wednesday. Wike was a former chairman
By Ebi Perekeme The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has passed the third reading at the House of Representatives. The bill passed the third reading on Thursday after Mohammed Monguno, chairman of the ad hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), presented a report and the lawmakers voted on 319 clauses of the bill. Before the
…As Omo-Agege’s aide calls on support for schools By Success Yanki & Ruth Oromoni Non-Governmental Organisations, Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation and Value Orientation Initiatives, on Wednesday distributed some educational materials to the pupils of Igbuku Primary School, Igbuku-Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The NGOs during the one-day leadership seminar with the
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), has said the scheme would be changed from ‘Amnesty’ to the Niger Delta Stabilisation Programme as part of the strategies to rebrand the PAP and move the region forward. Dikio explained that the current nomenclature of the programme creates barriers and limits opportunities
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face his trial, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. At a joint press briefing on Tuesday with the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja, Mr Malami disclosed that international
By Ebi Perekeme President Muhammadu Buhari has described threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations in the south-south region as “unnecessary”. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, in a statement on Sunday, quoted Buhari as saying all issues raised by the group were already responded to when the president met with the leadership of
By Ebi Perekeme Nigeria has produced the first West Africa female tugboat captain, Canus Ebinipre Robinson from Bayelsa State. She was trained on the Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboat under the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) floated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). After her training in the Philippines, she was granted
Who is Prof. Mondy Gold? Professor Mondy Selle Gold was born on September 16, 1957, by HRH Kanyareye Gold and Ma Bede Gold (Nee Ozikozi) from Torugbene, a border community in both Bayelsa and Delta States. He attended primary school in Torugbene and secondary school in Bonny, River State. He worked in Pan African Bank
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has again reiterated its belief and support for community-driven development. Esimaje Brikinn, CNL’s General Manager, Policy Government and Public Affairs, said this at the nin BMoMR th (9th) Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Dodo River Communities Development Association (DRCDA), on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at the Dodo River Secretariat, in
By Ebi Perekeme The dreaded Nigerian militant group known as Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), which shut down oil production for much of 2016, have showed up again on Saturday night, declared that it has returned with “Operation Humble”. The declaration was contained in a statement posted on their website www.nigerdeltavengers.com, the group will start hostilities on
The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday June 3, 2021 at Oporoza, Gbaramatu kingdom, promised to commence the process of NDDC’s new board and fast track it, “so that everybody in the region will know that we have a listening government.” He said they have agreed that his office will fast track the
President Muhammadu Buhari today, June 24, 2021 met with the national executive and leaders of the Ijaw Nation Congress, INC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari at the meeting, commended the leadership of INC, led by Professor Benjamin Okaba. on their recent affirmation of belief in a United Nigeria and supporting the fight against
Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has noted that arrogance on the part oil companies and absence of Corporate Social Responsibility led to militancy in the Niger Delta Region. He also reiterated the commitment of the President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration to changing the negative narrative in the region. The Minister disclosed this in
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By Ignatius Chukwu When Tompolo barks, the wind freezes in all of the Niger Delta. His real name is Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo. He is regarded in the oil region as a government of his own. He is the self-styled Grand Commander or leader of the dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
The Executive Chairman of Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), Chief Joseph Wuruyai, has commended the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper for effective information dissemination and projecting the image of the Niger Delta positively. The Chairman stated this when the Publisher, Jacob Abai and other members of GbaramatuVoice team paid him and his executive members a courtesy visit at the EGCDF
By Ebi Perekeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, says the final report of forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready by the end of July. He also said the National Assembly will soon get a list of the NDDC board members. Akpabio, who fielded questions from State House
By Faith Madogwe The Circle of Beautiful Hearts Foundation (CBH), a not-for-profit organization, on Tuesday, has donated about 360 dignity kits to girls of Ashaka Mixed Secondary School, Ashaka in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta state. The programme was part of activities to commemorate the International Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrated May 28. The
The newly sworn-in chairman of Emohua local government area of Rivers State, Dr. Chidi Julius Lloyd, has resumed duty under a mango tree within the council secretariat to check the attitude of civil servants to their duties. Speaking with news on Tuesday at the local government headquarters in Emohua, Lloyd expressed worry over the docility
By Faith Madogwe The former chairman of Warri South West Local Government Council, Hon. George Ekpemupolo on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the GbaramatuVoice Head Office in Warri, Delta State, ahead of its 6th Anniversary, Lecture and Niger Delta Awards. The event is scheduled to hold on Tuesday August 10, 2021 at Eko Hotels
Monday, 21 June 2021 RE: A CALL TO APPOINT AN ITSEKIRI PERSON AS THE SUBSTANTIVE CHAIRMAN/MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) BOARD PURSUANT TO THE EXPRESS PROVISIONS OF THE NDDC ACT 2000 DEVOID OF ANY PAROCHIAL INTEREST MASQUERADING AS ETHNIC LEADERSTO FORESTALL THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF OIL AND GAS FACILITIES IN OUR
