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 Our Correspondent Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILoT, has congratulated Professor Benjamin Okaba and other selected with him as the new leadership of the Ijaw National Congress, INC. A statement signed by the Chairman of ILoT, Chief Edward Ekpoko and the Secretary, Sir Sunny Mene reads: “We, on behalf of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILoT)
…receives federal lawmakers approval, enters next level By Ebi Oboko It is no longer a speculation but real. The planning of the much anticipated Lagos Edition of the GbaramatuVoice 6th Anniversary, Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, slated for Tuesday August 10, 2021, entered ‘next level’ on Wednesday May 5, 2021, with a seamless visit by the GbaramatuVoice
BY GBARAMATUVOICE EDITORIAL BOARD The Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, owners of the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper, joins the rest of the world to celebrate the World Press Day as declared by the United Nations General Assembly. This event is celebrated even as the newspaper prepares for another epoch-making ceremony-the 6th GbaramatuVoice Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, slated for
By Dr. Godknows Boladei Igali In William Shakespeare’s classic Julius Caesar, the chief protagonist, a Roman statesman and general boasted deafeningly to his wife Calpurnia and by extension to Cassius and Pompey, the other power brokers with whom he formed a triumvirate that “Of all the wonders that I have heard, it seems to me
By Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its office in Essien Udim LGA in Akwa Ibom state has been set ablaze. Festus Okoye, INEC’s chairman on information and voter education committee, announced this in a statement on Sunday. “The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, Barr. Mike Igini, has reported that
By Ebi Perekeme The House of Representatives Committee on Host Communities wants companies and regulatory authorities to ensure that environmental justice is served to host communities that have suffered oil spills in the country. The Committee in a statement by its Chairman, Hon. Dumnamene Dekor, said the legislature would not spare any effort to ensure environmental
As the whole world today, Saturday May 1, 2021, celebrates the Workers’ Day as recognized by the International Labour Organization (ILO), we the staff of Century Energy Services Limited (CESL), NNPC Oil Field Services (NOFS), a Leading Indigenous Service Provider in the country’s oil and gas sector, and operators of OML 42 facilities, writes to
By Jerome-Mario Utomi The recent news report that the Okordia-Rumekpe 14-inch crude truck line operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) discharged some 213 barrels of crude oil into Ikarama community in Bayelsa, has again brought to our consciousness that though Nigeria prides itself as the giant of Africa and the most populous black nation
My letter will dwell on two things: the occasion of your birthday and the state of the Niger-Delta struggle. This is sincerely rooted from the depth and, every substance of my heart, one, as an Ijaw man, two as Niger-Deltan, and three, as a Nigerian. Let me also reiterate that I am one of your
By Ebi Oboko A senior lecturer of the Federal University, Otuoke, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has been elected as the new President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), the apex Ijaw socio-cultural organisation. Professor Okaba polled 162 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alaowei Fred Owotorufa, who polled 111 votes. The election took place today Friday, April
…Wuruyai Sworn In As EGCDF Chairman, takes over from Ukori By Ebi Oboko & Loveth Ojogun Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State Governor has commended the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture (CNL) for the successes achieved under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) between CNL and the Ijaw communities neighbouring its operations in Delta State. The
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board At Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, owners of the GbaramatuVoice Newspaper, we have through our interface with all strata of personalities within the six years of our existence come to recognize some sets of new awareness. First is that journalism is a profession that avails one the opportunity to learn from those
By Our Correspondent Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC), has secured a provisional approval from the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation to construct $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC-1) in Delta State. The project will be home to eight other projects including a deep seaport, a free trade zone, a crude oil refinery and
By Ebi Perekeme Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) has officially announced the day of inauguration of its new executives led by Chief Joseph Wuruyai to run its affairs. In a statement signed by its outgoing General Secretary, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, the foundation said: “This is to officially inform the general public particularly Egbema
MTN customers in Nigeria will be unable to buy data on their phones effective 12 midnight till 6am on Sunday, the telecommunication company has said. This was contained in a notice by the mobile network operator on Friday night titled, ‘Service Upgrade Notice’. “Due to an upgrade, data purchase will be unavailable from 12 midnight
By Ruth Oromoni & Success Yanki The oil city of Warri was in a festive mood as the people of the ancient Urhobo Kingdom of Agbarha in Warri South Local Government Area celebrated the Idju Owhurie Festival, popularly known as Agbassa Juju on Sunday April 18th, 2021. Some people of the neighboring Urhobo kingdom of
By Faith Madogwe Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged people of the state to eschew hostilities occasioned by land disputes, as no amount of land was worth the blood of any citizen. Okowa gave the charge in Asaba when he received report of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the boundary dispute between Ozoro
By Ebi Oboko & Loveth Ojogun The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), a Community Based Organisation sponsored by the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Joint Venture, together with the Delta state government, on April 15, 16 and 20, 2021 commissioned eleven (11) infrastructural projects in Egbema and Gbaramatu Kingdoms of Warri North and Warri South
By Ebi Perekeme Niger Delta is a region replete with men and women of valour, who have done very well in shaping the demands of the county and humanity at large. Hence, the Board of Editors, GbaramatuVoice, Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, is calling for nominations of personalities for its coveted GbaramatuVoice 2021
By Ebi Oboko As part of their continuing contribution to the development of Gbaramatu kingdom, the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), the apex youth body of the kingdom, today held a general meeting at Kantu community. The aim and objective of the meeting was to discuss the way forward for the kingdom. Speaking at the meeting,
The management and staff of GbaramatuVoice, the Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, today, presented a well baked cake to the Deputy Governor of Delta State – His Excellency, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, on his 53rd birthday. The presentation was done by no less a personality than the Publisher – Jacob Abai and his
By Ebi Perekeme The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, on Friday, met with members of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), at his country home in Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu Kingdom, asking them to embrace peace. The youth group was led by its President, Comrade Shadrach Ebikemea and other executive members. The youths who visited
By Ebi Perekeme The Gbaramatu Youth Development Association A.K.A Gbaramatu Youth Council has replied the Itsekiri Liberation Group, ILG. In a strongly worded rejoinder made available to the GbaramatuVoice newspaper on Thursday April 15, 2021, the group, speaking through its president – Comr. Shadrach Onitsha Ebikeme, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a publication
By Ebi Perekeme All hell has broken loose in the Niger Delta as members of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have warned Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to hastily conduct the JIV over the recent oil spill within 24 hours or they will cripple the operations
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It is now a common knowledge that one of the self-contained and quietly influential international oil companies operating in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has in the past weeks been in the news over a frosty relationship with the host
By Ebi Perekeme Youths of Ijaw extraction under the banner of Gbaramatu Youths Council(GYC) have given Chevron Nigeria Limited(CNL) a 24 hour notice to stop operations and evacuate all their staff at their flowstations in Abiteye, Utonana and Makaraba or else have themselves to blame. The youths are taking the action because of CNL’s reluctance
By Ebi Oboko The people of Makaraba in Gbaramatu Kingdom, a community in dispute over ownership of an oil field have vehemently denied that the oil field is in Omadino, an Itsekiri community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. Making the denial in a statement the Makaraba spokesman and the Ganmobowei of
By Ebi Perekeme The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as ‘Tompolo’, on his 50th birthday anniversary. Senator Omo-Agege, in a felicitation message personally signed by him, noted that age 50 being a milestone in the life of any individual is also a fitting moment
By Our Correspondent Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated Niger Delta activist and ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo as he clocks 50 years. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, on Monday in Asaba, said that Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo his an illustrious son of Niger Delta, who
By Our Correspondent The sleepy town of Abonnema in Akuku Toru LGA was recently roused from its slumber when prominent members of the PDP gathered at the newly built stadium to commission it and watch as the GbaramatuVoice newspaper bestowed the award of the Best Performing Local Government Chairman in the Niger Delta for the
By Ebi Perekeme Again, Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, in Delta State, has threatened to shut down completely the activities of Chevron Nigeria Limited, in its oil-rich environment if the management fails to conduct Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) in few days in line with the earlier agreement with the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty,
By Ebi Perekeme In a statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator of the Tompolo Annual International Symposium, Jacob Abai; Michael Tonlagha, the chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Comrade Fiyebo Eperetei Secretary (LOC) details of the forthcoming programme released includes a Conference/Anniversary Lecture, varying cultural activities/performances and many more. The Executive Governor
By Our Correspondent A combined military operation has commenced to flush out criminal elements in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom following the recent spate of attacks on security operatives in the council. Essien Udim, the council area of the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been under siege for sometimes
By Our Correspondent After months of speculations, Itsekiri nation, on Monday (April 5, 2021) announced Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, as the new Olu designate of Warri at Ode Itsekiri, its ancestral home in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The new Olu designate was born April 2, 1984, to Prince Godwin Toritseju Emiko (the
By Ebi Perekeme As Gbaramatu agitation against Chevron Nigeria Limited enters its tenth day on Sunday, Benikrukru leaders have asserted that their protest against environment pollution is far from over and they are “going strong”. The marathon movement has sent out a message of unity, made indigenes of “Gbaramatu Kingdom visible once again” and brought
