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.
The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered an immediate crackdown on internet fraudsters across the state. The order came after condemnation of the gruesome murder of Miss Elozino Ogege, a first class 300 level student of Mass Communication, Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, by suspected ritualists operating as internet fraudsters otherwise known
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has blamed the thriving of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta on non-supply of petroleum products by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Rivers chapter chairman of the association, Emmanuel Inimgba, who spoke when he led members on protest yesterday to the Port Harcourt refinery over
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday presented staff of office to the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Warri Kingdom, Prof. Paul Okumagba, Idama ll. Newsmen report that the event took place 11 years after the death of the late traditional ruler, Benjamin Okumagba in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The new monarch,
By Enaibo Asiayei NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture has donated mattresses, food items, toiletries and other materials to assist flood victims in Warri South -West, Warri North and Igbogene in Yenagoa Local Government Areas, Bayelsa. This is yet another significant contribution to the well-being of people in Nigeria by the Joint Venture. At the Warri South West
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has presented award letters to 200 graduates from the Niger Delta region for its 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme. Making the presentations, during a pre-departure briefing and orientation at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, charged the scholars to be ambassadors
Currency devaluation affects reinsurance market in Africa leading to big firms losing billions of dollars. Currency instability also distresses companies importing or exporting from countries in Africa. This has become a puzzle to stakeholders in the reinsurance sector and African countries experience depreciation upon using their foreign exchange reserves to come out of the conundrum.
The burial plans for the late Chairman of Ogulagha Community, Capt Solomon Prebor who died on July 18th, 2018 in a ghastly car accident along Benin-Sapele road, has been released, GbaramatuVoice reports. The burial arrangement was released by the Prebor family on Friday. According to the plan, late Capt Prebor will be buried on Friday
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed displeasure over the hijack of his new book titled, ‘My Transition Hours’. Soft copies of the new book have been shared several times on social media especially Whatsapp. However, a scan through the book online, which is in Portable Document Format (PDF), shows that the book has been edited
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja hailed his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, for voluntarily conceding defeat in the 2015 general elections, describing him as a true democrat. Buhari said this at the unveiling of a book titled “My Transition Hours” by Jonathan. The book launch was attended by hundreds of guests from outside and
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshimohole, has made a surprise appearance at the venue of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s book presentation. He arrived at the same time with a former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio recently left Peoples Democratic Party for the APC. Their arrival at the venue also
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has railed against the conduct of Barack Obama, describing the former U.S. president as overbearing and ‘condescending’ in his message to Nigerians ahead of the 2015 general elections. Jonathan said, Obama displayed an unusual level of bias during the 2015 elections, issuing a video appeal to Nigerians which all but advised
…GOVT IS PLAYING WITH FIRE, SAYS IYC By Isaac Olamikan Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC), has drawn public attention to what it described as the sorry state of the Nigerian Maritime University(NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta State. In a statement signed by: IYC president Roland Pereotubo Oweilaemi and made available to Gbaramatu Voice newspaper, the youth organization
By Loveth Ojogun His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) Joseph Timiyan, Agbonu, Torububou 1, the Ebenanawei of Ogulagha Kingdom has said that the people of Ogulagha and Gbaramatu kingdom remain one, either maternally or paternally, including all the other Ijaw kingdoms. He made this remark during a surprise party organized by staff of Joetek Engineering and
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom and chairman of Traditional Rulers Council in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Edward Igho Otadaferua, Erhiekevwe 1, has joined his ancestors. Our correspondent gathered that the Urhobo monarch died after a brief illness. It was gathered on Saturday that the Idjerhe king, the
…I will carry everybody along, says Bebenimibo By Isaac Olamikan Stakeholders in Kunukunuma Federated Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom have endorsed the Chief Moses Bebenimibo led executive to pilot the affairs of the community for another three years. In a press statement made available to GbaramatuVoice and signed for the community by Chief Clark Gbenewei (the
…Our target is to bring together and reorient the youths of the Niger Delta By Loveth Ojogun Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, has accused the government and multinational companies of paying lip service to peace advocate. This was made known today during an official visit by the GYC Planning Committee headed by its Chairman, Barr. Jerry
…pledges compensation for victims The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has repaired the Trans Ramos Pipeline that ruptured and spilled about 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment on May 17. Mr. Bamidele Odugbesan, Media Relations Manager, SPDC, in an email update said integrity tests were being conducted on the pipeline. Odugbesan
By David Owei As the countdown to the 2019 general elections ticks the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, is riding on the crest of popular approval. The latest endorsement for the former governor’s senatorial ambition is coming from Delta South Women Initiative (DESOWIN), which is a social cultural group, made up
By David Owei The Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said about 34 ex-agitators would be called to bar this year. Dokubo, who stated this during an interactive session last week in Asaba, said the welfare of the beneficiaries of the amnesty programme was
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State and the state government were yesterday engaged in diatribe over an alleged fraud in the International Cargo Airport built by the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson in the state. The party threatened that it would jail the governor after his tenure over the matter. The APC described the
By Loveth Ojogun Comrade Rosemary Naingba, the President of the Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) worldwide, has stated that Ijaw people can never be conquered. She made the statement on the occasion of its 2018 Ijaw women’s day annual celebration held on Tuesday, November 13th in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. According to her, “I think it is a challenge that
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy said it would on Thursday commence “Ani-Oforifori’’ exercise in Niger Delta creeks to rid the area of bad elements “Ani-Oforifori’’ means “Chase Thief’’ in Kalabari language in Rivers. The command announced this in a statement by its Information Officer, Commander Thomas Otuji, on Wednesday in Calabar. According
…We will vote for all PDP candidates – Leader By Abai Francis In preparation for the 2019 general elections, Mr. Emomotimi Guwor, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 House of Assembly seat in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, has continued his thank you visit to stakeholders of his
By David Owei A group of Niger Delta agitators have asked multinational oil companies to pack out of Akwa Ibom State or risk being attacked as it will soon commence ‘Operation Deliver Akwa Ibom Campaign’. The group, under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, said its decision was based on dissatisfaction with the
By Loveth Ojogun It was a moment of celebration and joy on Tuesday, November 13th for Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, GPCL, publishers of the Gbaramatu Voice newspaper and operators of Gbaramatu Voice TV station. The acclaimed Most Patronised Indigenous Media establishment in the Niger Delta region was honoured with an award by Ijaw Women Connect, IWC,
All is now set in Ikoro community, headquarters of Olodiama Kingdom, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, for the celebration of the one year coronation anniversary of His Royal Majesty, King Godwin Oguyenbo, Pere of the Kingdom. Details shortly…
By Abai Francis & Magdalene Agbadamashi Dean of Faculty of Science, Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Prof. Samuel Ugbolue, has charged the Delta State Government to invest in chemical production to prevent importation and for the state to generate funds in order to be self-reliant. He made the call during the Awokoya Memorial Chemistry Competition Award
…Distributes relief materials worth millions of naira to the victims By Shina Badmus President Amnesty Programme (PAP) office has lavished millions of naira on relief materials for flood victims in Delta communities. The materials which were estimated to worth over N90million were distributed to the affected people over the weekend to serve as a source of
A Niger Delta based peace and environmental rights advocate and the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that practical peace is experienced across Nigeria before, during and after the 2019 general elections calling on the Federal Government to ensure that arrangements are
By Owei Lakemfa THE Nigerian Army on November 1, flagged off “Operation Crocodile Smile Three 2018’’ in Bayelsa State while that of Delta State was launched the next day. The ‘Operation’ is in the Niger Delta which has experienced decades of repression, abandonment, neglect, pollution and deepening poverty despite producing oil, the country’s mono-culture. The
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is collaborating with the European Union, EU, through Niger Delta Support Programme, NDSP, to resuscitate dysfunctional and abandoned water infrastructure across the nine Niger Delta states. This was stated by the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), at a two-day
By Abai Francis Guest speaker at the 2018 Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) Annual Convention and Institution of the Niger Delta Media Hall of Fame/Awards with the theme; ‘Managing Fake News’ which held recently at the David’s Event Centre in Asaba, Delta state, Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, a professor and Chevening Scholar in the Department of Mass
By Chukwudi Nsofor The Niger Delta region, also known as the South-south would easily pass as the most violence-ridden part of the country some few years ago. It has been so for more than four decades. Characteristically, the conflicts are rooted in protests against injustice, which metamorphosed into the quest for resource control. Previous governments
By David Owei Bayelsa State militant leader and kidnap kingpin, late Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo (aka Kareowei) who was killed, early this year by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Niger Delta after he beheaded a security operative in the creeks, have resurrected. The militant leader reportedly resurrected through the regrouping of remnants of his group in
