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 Delta State Government on Thursday announced the approval of the construction and rehabilitation of no fewer than 15 roads across the state at a cost of about N16 billion. This was part of the decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa. Briefing
By Ebi Oboko To Engineer Fetimi Bebetebe Balogun, making money at a tender age was not his headache, in fact he never believed in going to school, not until the propelling came from his brother and one of his female teachers he came across in the course of his educational pursuit. Today, Fetimi is a
By Our Correspondent Traditional ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Pere Charles Ayemi Botu, has said the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has been hijacked by cabals. He alleged corruption in the interventionist agency, and called on well meaning Deltans, particularly those in
“Unemployment in South-South is nearly 65%. It is visibly the poorest area of Nigeria. There is no agriculture, less fishing, greater expectation, more drugs, and greater unhappiness: a powder keg waiting to explode.” By Patrick Dele Cole The plight of the Niger Delta has never been worse than it is now. They are a lot poorer
-Oleke Iyenkedi Stanley, a recipient of the federal government’s 2010 amnesty programme, is crying out over the non-payment of his arrears – The complainant claims that he is being owed over N7m, which is an amount that accumulated about 10-years period beginning from the onset of the programme By Ebi Perekeme A recipient of the
The families of Late Pa. Dr. Alfred Ise Ogegbene of Perebiri Quarters of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom and Late Amabenimo Yokiri of Kenibra Quarters of Oporoza town in Gbaramatu kingdom, both of Delta State, regret to announce the passing away of Comrade Andrew Diowei Ogegbene from Delta State. Comrade Andrew Ogegbene died on Saturday November 14,
Rituals for different purposes walk on the surface of this earth like the void upon the earth before the world was born. Rituals vary as are the people that perform them. The ritual of wrong-admission is a good one. I know when somebody is wronged. I know somebody had been wronged for years. I have
By Ebi Perekeme Warring factions of the host communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM and HOSCON) have agreed to sheath their sword and present a harmonized position of the entire host communities at the new public hearing of the Petroleum Industrial Bill (PIB). According to the press release signed by the media adviser
Trobule is brewing in the Niger Delta over the decision of the Federal Government to seize N26b belonging to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) under the guise of unspent budgetary provision. Investigation showed that the Amnesty Office was at the verge of concluding a process to withdraw the money and pay humugous debt owed by
Reggae-blues singer, Harry Tare Okiri, popularly known as Mr. Harrysong is set to wed his fiancée, Alexer Peres Gopa on the 27th of March, 2021. The singer made this announcement on Thursday, February 4 2021 in a post he shared on his Instagram handle. The wedding is scheduled to take place on the 27th of
By Ebi Perekeme Oil-rich Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, has sworn-in a 9-man executive council, headed by Comrade Pedro Bekenawei, to run the affairs of the community for the next tenure, just as they were sworn in and the out-gone chairman, Hon. Uyadonghan Powede and his immediate past executive handed over leadership of
Oil producing communities in Gbaramatu and Egbema Kingdoms, Delta State, have rejected the recommended governance model under the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020 for host communities’ development where oil companies would become overlords over oil producing communities, warning it would generate unnecessary anxieties in Niger Delta. It would be recalled that Host Communities of Nigeria
By Our Correspondent A Delta State High Court judge, Justice Anthony Ezonfade Okorodas has narrated how he discovered that his first three children, born to him by his first wife, Barrister Celia Juliet Otobo, were not his biological children. Justice Okorodas and Mrs Otobo were married for nine years and had the three children, that
By Ebi Perekeme Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro is expected to lead a high-powered delegation of the state government to oil-rich Kokodiagbene community on Wednesday, February 3, to attend the official Inauguration/Swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected executive council of the community. This was disclosed in a statement by the chairman and
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to distribute 36 waste disposal trucks, two boat ambulances and 162 waste bins to the Niger Delta states to improve healthcare and improve sanitation. ALSO READ – COVID-19: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING URGENT AMBULANCE BOATS IN DELTA The states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross
Panic seems to have overwhelmed Government Modern Secondary School, Asaba, Delta State, as several students are said to have contracted COVID-19. It was learnt that a large number of students in JSS1, JSS3 and SS1 have been affected by the virus. Sources revealed that reported cases of the virus have kept on increasing on a
By Godbless Motiola Foremost Ijaw leader and the Miyenkirigbolomowei of Egbema kingdom, High Chief Robert Ayenor Pagblogba, is dead. He was aged 95. The Tonkepa of Egbema kingdom, Chief M. O. Tiemo, disclosed this to GbaramatuVoice on Thursday morning. Chief Tiemo, stated that the Miyenkirigbolomowei of Egbema kingdom died after a brief illness at a
By Our Correspondent It was a free-for-all by oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region on Thursday during a public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) at the House of Representatives. The fight broke out at House hearing room 028 among some of the leaders of the host communities. Although it was not clear
By Enaibo Asiayei Majority leader of the Delta House of Assembly, Tim Kome Owhefere (Esq.) is dead. Owhefere, a four- time member of the House, died around 11pm on Wednesday at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, after being hospitalised for about two weeks. The deceased lawmaker, who represented Isoko North Constituency until his death, hailed
By Our Correspondent The father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa is dead. He died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 88. The Governor’s father who hails from Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the State, reportedly died at Asaba. Until his death,
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government has presented its position on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly where it sought for legislation that will give more participation to host communities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. State Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Prince Emman Amgbaduba, made the presentation at the
By Our Correspondent The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), yesterday, condemned the Federal Government for cancelling Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) 2001, 2002 and 2003 awarded to companies owned by Niger Delta indigenes in spite of a court order restraining it from carrying out such action. Speaking through its National Chairman on Strategy, Planning and Program, Comrade
…Say over 20 years of existence, nothing good has come out of NDDC By Ebi Perekeme Host Communities of oil producing states have called on the federal government to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The communities recommended a new commission in place of the NDDC to be called Host Communities Development Commission. They
By Our Correspondent As the dry season bites harder amidst migration of herders and their cattle to the southern parts of the country, Ijaw rights group, Ijaw Unity Watchdog, IUW, has warned armed Fulani herdsmen to stay away from the forest areas in the South-South and South-Eastern parts of the country. The group in a
By Our Correspondent Posters promoting Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, for president ahead of the 2023 general election have surfaced in the federal capital territory (FCT). Some of the posters seen by our correspondent on Monday were on buildings located on Herbert Macaulay road in the Central Business District (CBD) of the FCT. The
By Ebi Perekeme Prominent dignitaries storm Ofunama town in Edo state, as late Mama Comfort Yeh Gbasin goes home in grand style Friends and family of the immediate past Executive Director of Projects, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Pastor Philip Gbasin and his other siblings came from all across the world to
Okrika, second-hand, used clothes, bend-down-select, these are some of the names used to refer to imported clothing that is not new. The opposite would be ready-made clothes because they have never been worn by anyone else, it’s new. Okrika derived its name from the Port where it used to be delivered in Nigeria which happened
By Our Correspondent Late Mama Edah Buobenghan Daunimighan, who died nine years ago, will be finally laid to rest today, Friday, January 22, 2021. According to an announcement by the Daunimighan Family of Kurutie and Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Madam Edah died at age of 91.
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV), has debunked claims of oil spill in its facility in Bayelsa State. Some fishermen on Sunday alleged that oil spill happened at Funiwa oilfield operated by CNL Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local
By Our Correspondent Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours after the disaster, expressed shock and dismay over the incident. Gov.
By Enaibo Asiayei The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has warned that a second wave of militancy is looming in the Niger Delta region if the Federal Government fails to fully implement the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The council said the country would not survive a return to militancy by aggrieved youths in the region and wondered
By Ebi Perekeme Loadings of Nigeria’s key export grade Forcados are on force majeure due to the shutdown of the Trans Forcados pipeline, terminal operator Shell said late January 14. The force majeure took effect from 1000 local time (0900 GMT) on January 14, a Shell spokesperson said. A representative at Heritage said the Trans
Rivers state has reported 163 new cases of the novel coronavirus, even as 14 more persons were confirmed dead across the country. Rivers’ tally made it the second most-prolific virus state on Wednesday, just behind Lagos state, the country’s epicentre of the global pandemic. In an early-morning tweet on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre of Disease
The Nigerian billionaire acquired from Shell, Total and ENI the ownership of 45% of a producing oil block in the Niger Delta. With the blessing of the Nigerian authorities, who want to develop domestic companies. Will a new private oil giant emerge in Nigeria? Already active, through various companies, in exploration-production and oil services, the
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has rolled out a talent hunt programme to discover and expose creative youths from the region to take advantage of the entertainment industry. Speaking during a meeting with some key actors in the creative industry at the Rivers State office of the NDDC in Port Harcourt,
