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 Enaibo Asiayei Minster of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that about 52 projects executed by the ministry are ready to be handed over to stakeholders in the region. Akpabio, who described 2020 as a turbulent year for the ministry, said a work plan had been developed to drive completion of projects in
By Our Correspondent Daily killings and kidnap in Bonny, Rivers State, have caused a huge uproar as citizens have risen in protest, claiming they have been condemned to uncertainty and death. Marauding sea pirates attacked two boats ferrying passengers to Bonny at about 8 pm on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, killing two – Macdonald Ibifubara
By Our Correspondent The Interim administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Effiong Akwa, is currently meeting with elder statesman, Pa Edwin Clark. Akwa who arrived the Asokoro, Abuja residence of Chief Clark at 12PM local time alongside his entourage, was welcomed by prominent Niger Delta personalities including Ambassador Godsknow Igali, former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry
By Ebi Oboko The funeral rites of a foremost Ijaw historian and Amaokusuwei of Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Pa John Akunojuya Ogio-Okirika, have been fixed for January 29 and 30. A statement by the family and community, signed by Chief (Dr.) Wellington Okirika (CON), Bolouwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom/Pioneer Chairman of Delta State Oil Producing
Our attention has been drawn to the existence of certain Facebook Account to be the Executive Director of Fenog Nigeria Limited, Mr. Matthew Tonlagha, created for the purpose of impersonating him with masked intentions of defrauding unsuspecting people online. We wish to state that Mr. Matthew Tonlagha, neither owns a Facebook Account nor maintains any
By Ebi Perekeme There is pandemonium in Tebujor community, Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, following the invasion of the community by armed men believed to be personnel of the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that security personnel alleged to be operatives of the Joint Military Task Force, JTF, stormed
The people of the Niger Delta are set to celebrate the 50th birthday celebration of Niger Delta former warlord, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, on Monday April 12, 2021 at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta State. Tompolo, who was the leader of disbanded MEND which were agitating against the insensitivity of
By Our Correspondent The aggrieved people of Gbarain Kingdom in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have threatened a showdown with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company following a prolonged power outage in the area which started in the last quarter of 2020. It was gathered that a technical glitch had caused a
…as Ayakoromo youths visit, extol his virtues on birthday By Tare Clement The former Vice chairman of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Prince Sunday Feke has stressed that there is need for unity of purpose amongst the People of Ayakoromo community, as it is the only way for rapid development for the
By Our Correspondent With the recent shortlisting of 161 indigenous companies to advance to the next and final stage of the bid round process for 57 marginal oilfields in the country, the Nigerian oil and gas industry is expected to witness tremendous growth in no distant time. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) made this
By Ebi Perekeme The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has narrated his Covid -19 experience and expressed gratitude to God, the state Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, the first family and Deltans for their support and prayers, saying Covid-19 is real and advised that people should not
By Our Correspondent The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has released the details of how the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses will be distributed across states. This was disclosed during a webinar organised by NHPCDA tagged “Sensitisation Meeting with Media Gatekeepers on COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction”. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the NPHCDA,
By Our Correspondent His Royal Highness, Henry Ekebilegha Binidodogha, the Ojuaga 1 of Egbema Clan in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, has appealed for peaceful coexistence in his domain. He made the appeal while reacting to alleged plans by some elements from Delta State to instigate the peace loving people of
By Our Correspondent The members of staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have embarked on an indefinite strike as thousands of applicants have been locked outside of their offices nationwide. The notice for the strike action was contained in a statement signed by the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of
By Our Correspondent The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has congratulated Effiong Akwa on his appointment as the Sole Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The council’s Akpakip Oro Special Chapter, Eastern Zone, described Akwa’s appointment as well deserved and commended President Muhammadu Buhari for giving such responsibility to a member of the council. The zone
By Ebi Perekeme Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) may be inaugurated by April 2021 after the forensic audit of the commission. Akpabio gave the hint yesterday in Abuja while receiving the interim report of the commission from the forensic auditors.
By Ebi Perekeme Warri business tycoon and the Chairman/CEO, KFT Conglomerate, High Chief Komieyefa Uduboh on Tuesday morning surprised his wife, Chief Funere Uduboh with a brand new Range Rover for her birthday as she burst into tears of joy. It was such a spectacular sight that business owners, passersby had to stop to share
By Ebi Perekeme A leading Councillorship Aspirant on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) for Oporoza ward in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta state, Comrade Moses Zibinmoghan, has promised effective representation and better welfare package for residents of the area if elected. According to him, he has all what it takes to
It was celebration galore in Warri as indigenes and non-indigenes, one after the other besieged the home of Niger Delta philanthropist, Entrepreneur and business mogul, Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje in Ugbuwangue, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, to collect their food items in the spirit of Christmas and New Year celebration. No fewer
Ogulagha is an Ijaw community located in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. It is now a vast fishing hub in Delta State. ALSO READ: Ogulagha Fishing Hub: An In-depth Focus- LOOKING BEYOND OIL See photos from Ogulagha community, the Fishing Hub of Delta state For publication of your news content, articles, live event
Idongesit Nkanga, the chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and a former military governor of Akwa Ibom State, is dead. Mr Nkanga passed on in an undisclosed hospital in Uyo on Christmas Eve, his political associate and a family member told PREMIUM TIMES, Friday morning. There are speculations that Mr Nkanga died of COVID-19. GbaramatuVoice
By Oritsegbemi O. Omatete Ugborodo and the arrival of the Europeans I write from what I know and have experienced, not from mere sentiment, because I was born in Ugborodo eight decades ago. I have watched, helplessly, my village being swept into the sea. I envy my colleagues who speak joyfully about their homes in
By Ebi Perekeme Multi–millionaire business mogul, Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, Chairman/CEO of Gimbrowns Marine Security Oil and Gas Limited, on Sunday, December 20, 2020 rewarded hardworking staff of the company with luxury cars and over N100 million to assist his workers during the 2020 End of Year Party of the company. According to the oil
By Enaibo Asiayei The Delta State Ministry of Oil and Gas on Monday December 21, 2020 held a workshop that aimed to sensitize stakeholders on safety for operators of Domestic Gas Retail Outlets in Delta State at the Government House Annex, Warri. The 1-day event was themed “Towards Achieving Sustainable Safe Utilization of LPG in
By Our Correspondent Warri Kingdom in Delta State has debunked the news that the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, had died. Reports emerged yesterday that the monarch died on Monday. He was said to have died from COVID-19 related illness after his health allegedly deteriorated on Sunday evening. But a statement from the monarch’s palace
By Our Correspondent Over 1000 Youths of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the Delta State Government House in Asaba, protesting against the new electoral wards created by Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). Details shortly…
By Our Correspondent A 17-year-old boy, Stephen Itima, has drowned Wednesday while swimming with friends in Oporoza creek in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased, a Junior Secondary School 2 student of Gbaraun Secondary School, Oporoza, left his grandmother’s home, Wednesday morning in company of his friends. His
By Ebi Perekeme Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has described the Niger Delta region as the most oppressed people in the country, despite its role in sustaining the country, has to take permission before benefitting from the resources it produces, is an indication that its peoples are
By Our Correspondent Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it has contributed over N7 billion, under NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture, to the Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) since its creation in 2005. Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA) of CNL, made this known on Tuesday at the 10th Annual
By Our Correspondent The Senate on Tuesday swore in the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bayelsa West. Also sworn in as Senators were Moses Cleopas, PDP, Bayelsa Central; Adetokunboh Abiru, All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos East and Professor Nora Dabu’t, APC, Plateau South. The oath of office
—To unveil multi-million Naira GMB Hotel and Suites as part of activities As part of its way of making the Christmas celebration a memorable one for its staff and the organization’s numerous stakeholders, the Gimbrowns Marine Security, Oil and Gas limited, a multinational organization that has Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, as the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairman of the Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Perez Omoun, has been arrested by men of the state police command. He was said to be in custody at the GRA Police Division in Asaba, the state capital. GbaramatuVoice gathered on Sunday that the council boss was nabbed for
BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE A time feelingly crude, odd and unforgettable it was; a time harmattan walked boldly on the surface of the earth. The sun itself had to wait for a long time before shiveringly making its appearance because everyday the morning in its dawn dance often woke up fogbound. When the sun eventually came
By Our Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr Akwa, who until his new appointment, was the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, of the NDDC, under the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC). According to a statement issued
A mobile policeman was on Friday afternoon, shot dead in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state. His rifle was also carted away by the arms-wielding hoodlums. It learnt that the incident occurred at about 2:30p.m along the popular Jakpa Road. Details surrounding the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing
