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 Isoko Development Union Youth Wing, today (June 9, 2021) protested and barricaded the ever busy Emevor-Eboh Iyede-Ughelli Asaba Expressway over alleged diversion of N50 million Social Security Fund due to the youth body by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC). The mass protest which disrupted economic and official activities
By Our Correspondent Youths and Ex- Militants under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Groups in Ondo state have described as injustice and executive lawlessness the non appointment of an indigene of the oil communities in the state as the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). They said that records have shown
Popular singers, Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay, have been involved in a fight in a salon in Lagos. In a video, which surfaced online, the duo was seen being pulled apart from getting physical at the salon as they threw altercations at each other. Seyi Shay had walked up to Tiwa Savage at the salon
By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Monday launched a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the ship began about 2 years ago and when commissioned will replace the first set of LSTs of the NN, NNS AMBE and NNS OFIOM which have been decommissioned.
…To deliver Keynote Address at the GbaramatuVoice 6th Annual Lectures/Niger Delta Awards in Lagos Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has officially endorsed the GbaramatuVoice 6th Annual Lectures/Niger Delta Awards event, where he is scheduled to deliver the keynote address. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit to
By Ebi Perekeme The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has issued the statement below to confirm the passage of its founder, the popular Prophet T.B. Joshua. Born June 12, 1963, he was 57. READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW. PROPHET TB JOSHUA – JUNE 12th 1963 to JUNE 5th 2021 “Surely the Sovereign LORD does
By Minaibi Ogboye King Frederick William Koko, Mingi VIII, Amayanabo of Nembe (1853–1898), known as King Koko or King William Koko, was the Amayanabo (King) of Great Nembe Kingdom(Nembe, Brass, Akassa, Okpoma) in the ancient Oil River Protectorate, now in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State, South-South (Niger Delta Region) Nigeria. Note:
By Enaibo Asiayei The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has 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 process of the Constitution
PRESS STATEMENT HIGH GH CHIEF GOVERNMENT EKPEMUPOLO (TOMPOLO) The Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation RE: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY CONSTITUTE THE SUBSTANTIVE BOARD OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) I issued a seven-day ultimatum on the above subject matter on Monday May 31st 2021. There were
By Ebi Perekeme His Royal Majesty, King Michael Ateke Tom, the Amanayabo of great Okochiri Kingdom, has backed Chief Government Ekpomupolo, also known as Tompolo, on the seven-day ultimatum he gave to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to reconstitute the NDDC board or risk a major breakdown of
The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, June 3 2021 led a high top Federal Government delegates to Oporoza town, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom as part of the moves to appeal to the freedom fighter, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat. Representatives of Ijaw, Isoko, Ndokwa and Itsekiri ethnic
By Ebi Perekeme Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has arrived Oporoza town, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom as part of the moves to appeal with the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the Minister who landed at Osubi Airport, Warri and used speed boat
By Ebi Perekeme Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has invited all ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region with a view to addressing issues causing unrest in the oil-rich region. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), last week, disrupted the peace in the area over government’s failure to reconstitute a substantive board for
Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has initiated frantic moves to stop the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat of a catastrophe in the oil region if the government did not inaugurate the substantive board of the interventionist agency by June 6. Meanwhile, the ranks of Niger–Delta militant
By Ebi Perekeme The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday in Abuja officially awarded 57 oil fields to successful investors in the 2020 Marginal Field Bid Round programme, exactly one year after the journey began on June 1, 2020, with the launch of a processing portal. The award came a year after 2020 marginal field
Chevron Corporation has invested about N17.9billion in the last 10 years in agriculture, enterprises, innovations and business growth in the Niger Delta. Chevron’s Executive Director, Mr Dara Akala, stated this in the company’s scorecard titled: “Annual Report 2020” which newsmen accessed in Calabar, Cross River State yesterday. He stressed that through the Partnership Initiative in
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has said Nigeria stands the risk of dying if it is not restructured quickly. The National leader of the forum, Chief Edwin Clark, while giving his opening remarks at the expanded meeting of the SMBFLF in Abuja on Sunday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to
By Ebi Perekeme Another building belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Sunday set ablaze in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The INEC office is located at Njaba Local Government Area of the state. “Although no life was lost, the building was substantially burnt down, along with electoral materials, office equipment and furniture.” Festus Okoye,
PHOTOS: President Muhammadu Buhari with former President Goodluck Jonathan and other Africa leaders in Accra, the capital of Ghana, participated in a one-day emergency Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS leaders, convened to discuss recent political developments in Mali.
Niger Delta warlord and freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to inaugurate the substantive Board of the Niger – Delta Development Commission, NDDC READ FULL STATEMENT BELOW… PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY CONSTITUTE THE SUBSTANTIVE
By Ebi Perekeme The Department of Petroleum Resources has concluded arrangements to issue award letters to successful investors in the 2020 marginal field bid round programme. The DPR said the letters would be issued at an award ceremony scheduled to hold in Abuja on May 31. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made the
By Our Correspondent Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has warned those building what he described as ‘shrines’ along the Sakpenwa-Bori-Kono road, in order to get compensation from the government to desist from such act as they will not get a dime. Wike disclosed this during the flag off ceremony of the road on Friday,
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has demanded for a new constitution for Nigeria noting restructuring will pave the way for economic and political autonomy for the Niger Delta. The organization position was presented to the Senator Betty Apiafi-chaired Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Port Harcourt, the Rivers
By Gbenga Nicholas Ojo The most widely read and leading newspaper in Niger Delta, GbaramatuVoice, has been nominated for an award in the category of the best newspaper in Niger Delta at the 8th edition of the Peace Legend Award. Founder of the Peace Legend Award Nigeria and the Project Director, Mr. Jesse Amiri, while
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Friday announced the suspension of the three days protests staged against the refusal of the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) after the expiration of the 30-day ultimatum. The spokesman for the council, Ebilade Ekerefe who announced the
By Dr. Akpesiri Eghwujovbo In a critical appraisal of the activities leading to the 2023 Gubernatorial primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Delta State, the center for Research and Democratic governance came up with its press release to define the context of zoning and ethnicity as they affect the looming political battle in Delta.
By Ojo Gbenga Nicholas All is set for the 8th edition of PEACE LEGEND AWARD in Warri, Delta State as the IJAW NATION’s 50 legends will be giving accolades. The Founder of Peace Legend Award Nigeria and the Project director, Mr. Jesse Amiri, while addressing journalists on Thursday, May 27, 2021 in Warri, Delta State
By Ekanpou Enewaredideke Over the years it is a certitude no casuistry can dispel or mangle that to everyone different worlds open up, complete in their varied compositions and vibratory frequencies. In every world that springs up through man’s tireless endeavours to secure a space for comfortable living on earth, there dwells a kingship or
By Dennis Essang, Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has been sharply critisized for threatening to stop the salaries of protesting judicial workers who are asking for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. The All Progressives Congress, APC, said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday said that, Governor Wike has no
By Ebi Perekeme Asaba centre of the South-South zone of the proposed alteration of the 1999 constitution as amended, was destructed by women who bombarded the centre on Wednesday in their hundreds. It was learnt the women that came from Bayelsa, Delta and the Edo States were mobilized from various umbrellas, including the 100% Lobby
By Our Correspondent South-south geopolitical zone has demanded decentralisation of power, resource control and creation of additional states in the region at the ongoing public hearing on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The hearing was organised for Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers states by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Amendment of the Constitution,
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of
By Our Editorial Board 1. Of what direct use or benefits will consistuting the NDDC’s Board be to our communities/Niger Delta? 2. Is NDDC’s Board the problem of the Niger Delta region? 3. If yes, how has the outgone NDDC’s Board, impacted positively to the development of the region? 4. What is the link between
By Ebi Perekeme Nigeria’s accountant-general Wednesday said the £4.2m looted by the former governor of Delta State James Ibori has not been received. Mr Ahmed Idris also walked back on the comments to a committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the fund has been returned to the accounts of the Delta State
By Our Correspondent Delta State Government on Wednesday said it had not received from the Federal Government the 4.2 million pounds returned by the United Kingdom. It said that although the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, had disclosed on Tuesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Recovered Assets, in Abuja, that the
