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 Senate yesterday approved the restoration of Abraka State Constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East State Constituency. The restoration followed the orders of the Federal High Court. The approval was reached in resolutions reached by the Upper Chamber following consideration of a motion sponsored by the Deputy
Employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell appear to be involved in causing oil spills in Niger Delta, Nigeria in a bid to rake in cash for cleaning up. An investigation set to air on Dutch television found according to multiple witnesses “that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks” in the oil-rich
By Ebi Perekeme Selected Ijaw and Itsekiri Stakeholders of Delta State December 10, 2020) held one-day dialogue on Peaceful Coexistence for Sustainable Livelihood at Charles David Lot Hotel in Warri. The dialogue session was facilitated by the Warri Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Peaceful Coexistence of Ijaws and Itsekiris (Warri MSP) and supported by the Partnership Initiative
By Amb. Godknows Igali For an Armed Forces ranked as 42nd in global military strength and considered the largest standing army in Black Africa, the passing of a “mere” Captain, in the midst of so many decorated Generals in Nigeria would normally be titling. However, the death of Captain Samuel Timinipre Owonaro at the age
By Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established in the year 2000 by the Act 2000 No. 6 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, which repealed the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998. The Act was amended in the year 2017 with no significant addition or effect. The
BY GBARAMATUVOICE EDITORIAL BOARD It cannot in anyways be characterized as a good commentary that Bayelsa, a state created on October 1, 1996 out of the old Rivers State, is not living out its motto: Glory of All Lands. This statement of fact by the GbaramatuVoice on a state that has eight Local Government Areas: 8LGAs:
OGBE-IJOH WARRI KINGDOM LEADERS OF THOUGHT OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR IFEANYI OKOWA, GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE ON THE OPPRESSIVE AND UNJUST CREATION AND ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL WARD IN WARRI SOUTH LGA OF DELTA STATE We the undersigned write on behalf of the people of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta
By Omafume Amurun Several years ago, during an interactive media session with a former Delta State governor, apparently in frustration he described the Uvwie as a cursed people due to the perennial communal crises, particularly in Ekpan, and his failed attempts to ensure sustainable peace in the area. Unfortunately for the Governor, I was at
…They’re misinformed – Tidi, council chair By Our Correspondent There is palpable tension in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state, following the newly created ward in the council by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). Hundreds of women and youths of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Urban community in the council area on Monday marched
By Ebi Perekeme Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has won Saturday’s Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election by a landslide. Dickson, who represents the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled 115,257 votes to defeat his rival, Peremobowei Ebebi of the All Progressives Congress who got 17,500 votes. The former governor was thus declared winner of the
The GbaramatuVoice WhatsApp Group Most Active Member of the Year Award Season three featured 27 members. Only 5 members escaped eviction and made it to the final of the award. The following members has made it to the semi final and one of them will be crowned the 2020 GbaramatuVoice Man of the Year. Here
By Loveth Ojogun Enaibo Asiayei, the General Manager of the Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, GbaramatuVoice has declared interest to contest for Burutu Local Government Chairmanship position under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming polls in Delta state. Details shortly…
By Ebi Perekeme High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, has decried the continued occupation of his business concern, Mieka Dive Ltd, in Warri, Delta state, by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) despite being vindicated by a Lagos Federal High Court of criminal dealings and trump up charges preferred against him
…Okowa, Uduaghan, Otuaro, others expected at reception for Ibori By Enaibo Asiayei All is set for the grand reception being packaged by Ijaw People in Delta State (IPDS) in honour of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007, as a mark of appreciation for opening up the riverine Ijaw
By Our Correspondent Ijaw youths have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and inaugurate a substantive board for the commission. The youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide said the IMC had outlived its usefulness and should
Massive oil spill has occurred in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State polluting creeks and communities, it has been learnt. It was learnt that the spill which occurred on Sunday from facility suspected to belong to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), happened between Ogboinbiri and Keme-ebiama communities. The Apoi Creek is said
By Ebi Perekeme Condolences and tributes continued to pour for late Ijaw christian leader, Rev. Ikem Cleaver Tolar, who was laid to rest at a well-attended ceremony on Friday 28 November, 2020, at his hometown in Kokodiagbene, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State. His corpse arrived Kokodiagbene town Friday morning from Warri for a funeral service. Rev.
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its constitutional functions, the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration paid an oversight visit to the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko on Thursday 27 November, 2020. The team was led by Rt. Hon. Julius Pondi, Member Representing Burutu Federal Constituency, Delta State. Others on the team
The Olugbo of Ugboland in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, has said Ile Ife in Osun State, regarded as the cradle of the Yoruba people, belongs to his fathers who had settled there long before Oduduwa and his entourage came to settle in the ancient town. Oba Akinruntan, who
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s power grid collapsed on Sunday with total blackout experienced in several parts of the nation. Kaduna Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company announced the national grid collapse on Sunday afternoon. Kaduna Electric, in a message to its customers via its Twitter handle, said: “We regret to inform you that the loss
By Ebi Perekeme Explosion has rocked a church belonging to father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. It was learnt that hoodlums numbering about five sneaked into the Christian Universal Church International on 25 Azikiwe Street Mile, 3 Diobu, on Saturday night and detonated the explosives suspected to be dynamite.
…Renames Ijaw National Academy After ’12-Day Revolution’ Hero Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at the weekend, recounted his encounter with the late Captain Samuel Timinipre Owonaro (Rtd) before the Ijaw nation and Niger Delta hero passed on in June this year. Chief Owonaro is fondly remembered for his heroic role in the ’12-day Revolution’
By Our Correspondent Founder of Clever Minds Educational Foundation, Zion Oshiobugie, has clinched the coveted Hajiya Gambo Sawaba award for his immense contribution to ensuring orphans and underprivileged children get equitable access to quality education in the most rural parts of Africa. The community engagement category winner, said the CAHR Awards which took place recently,
Why ‘drunk’ Nigerian soldiers did not kill me, says VOA reporter arrested by soldiers in Oyigbo Grace Alheri Abdu, a Voice of America, Hausa Service, Producer who was arrested on Saturday by soldiers in Oyigbo Town, Oyigbo local government of Rivers State, has told The Neighbourhood she was grateful to God she returned alive to
By Ebi Perekeme Late Ijaw christian leader and businessman, Rev. Ikem Cleaver Tolar, has been laid to rest in Kokodiagbene town, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta state on Friday. At exactly 2:24pm, the body of the Ijaw christian leader was lowered into the luxurious grave. Rev. Tolar was buried at his Kokodiagbene’s residence in a luxury grave.
A new coalition of 36 militant groups, Continuous Emancipation of Niger Delta, CEND, which carried out attacks on gas and crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa State, in the last two weeks, Friday, listed six demands the Federal Government should quickly handle, otherwise the group would continue “destructive attacks” on oil and gas facilities. CEND’s demands
A first-class monarch has been killed by gunmen suspected to the kidnappers in Ondo State. The traditional ruler, Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi, was on Thursday evening shot along Benin-Owo-Akure highway at Elegbeka of Ose Local Government. The monarch was said to be returning to Ifon from Akure, the state capital, where he had
By Ebi Perekeme All is now set for the 11th coronation anniversary celebration of the Olugbo of Ugboland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Fredrick Enitiolorunda Obateru Akinruntan, CON, (Okoro Ajiga 1) kicking off November 28 in the ancient town of Ode-Ugbo in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. GbaramatuVoice gathered that sons and daughters
A delegation from the Federal Government is expected to meet with Governors and leaders of the South-South geo-political zone in Government House, Port Harcourt today (Tuesday). The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, is expected to lead the presidential delegation. A Government House source in Port Harcourt, who confirmed the meeting to
By Our Correspondent Justice J.K Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft. The foreigners are two Pakistanis: Mohammed Ejaz, Nasser Khan; two Ukranians: Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi; one Ghanaian: Romeo Annang, and one Indonesian:
By Ebi Perekeme Business Hallmark Newspaper, has named Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike its Man of the Year 2020. The event which is part of the yearly activities of the Newspaper’s tradition of honouring outstanding individuals and institutions who have affected national development in productive ways was held yesterday at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island,
By Ebi Perekeme The Executive Chairman of Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), Comrade Jude Ukori, has announced the burial date of his mother, late Mrs. Zipporah Pamutobor Ukori nee Ojusin, who passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at the age of 72. Ukori on Monday told GbaramatuVoice, that his mother would be buried on
By Our Correspondent Host communities of the Niger Delta have demanded ownership and control of the trust funds proposed in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the development of oil-bearing areas. The communities also demanded an increase in the contribution of 2.5 percent of the Operating Expenditure (OPEX) of companies to 5 percent even though
Amid dearth of police presence due to the recent #EndSARS protest that turned awry, Deltans, especially those living in riverine communities, have been assured of adequate security and safety ahead the Yuletide. The Commander, 63 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Jallo, gave the assurances during the flag-off of Operation Crocodile Smile Six
By Ebi Perekeme As part of efforts to curb crime and criminality within the Niger-Delta region, the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to the Federal Government to revisit the disarmament and demobilisation phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), lamenting proliferation of light weapons in the region. The governor also assured that
