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 Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has said he would not bow to pressure to share funds meant for ex-militants. He advised Niger Deltans to shun unnecessary criticism and fully support Presidential Amnesty Programme. He spoke at a meeting with the Niger Delta Amnesty Vendors Association
…calls for government quick intervention By Loveth Ojogun National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) has lamented the deteriorating state of the education system in the kingdom. In a press statement signed by the president of the association, Comrade Freeborn Ebimaye Abraye, NAGS stated that “the educational system in Gbaramatu kingdom is gradually going into extinction.
By Abai Francis Indigenous People of Niger Delta, IPND, has stated that looters will have no hiding place in the Niger Delta region. “Any governor or political appointee who has decided to be a tool by which the resources and developmental funds are looted and siphoned to unknown destinations will be exposed and will have
No fewer than 500 rice farms at Okpotuwari and Ondewari communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have been submerged by flood, the newsmen reports. Mr Ezekiel Ogbianko, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association in the state, who inspected the submerged farms on Wednesday, called on the federal and state governments to come to the
By Isaac Olamikan The mood presently inside the Internally Displaced Persons( IDP) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State is convivial as twenty five students of Christ-like School situated inside the camp who sat for this year’s JAMB examination have been offered admission into different tertiary institutions across the country.
By Isaac Olamikan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared that he is not a stingy man as many perceived him to be. Governor Obaseki said he could not give out tax payers money anyhow when money is needed to train teachers in the state. He spoke at the graduation ceremony of 7000 primary
By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, has thrown his weight behind the choice of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls. Otuaro, who spoke with newsmen in Warri, Delta State, said: “I am not surprised that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku emerged winner
Shell Petroleum Development Company has appealed a Rivers State High Court order sentencing its Managing Director, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, and two others to three months imprisonment for contempt of court. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the High Court on Tuesday sentenced the company’s managing director, and two others to prison with hard labour. Reacting to the sentence,
The Director of Research at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Plateau State, Professor Habu Galadima, has urged the federal government to see the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region as a continuum. Galadima stated that transformation could be deepened to enhance the reintegration process
…Reads even in toilet, emerges overall best graduating student at Alabama varsity By Murphy Ganagana At age seven, she dreamt of stepping into the shoes of Ben Carson Sr., a globally acclaimed black American neurosurgeon and incumbent United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who was a presidential aspirant in the Republican primaries in
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had raised the sum of $177m out of the $1bn required for the cleanup of Ogoni land in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It stated that refineries of crude oil were expected to raise the balance, adding that the $1bn was to be raised over a
By Shina Badmus Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate for the Delta State House of Assembly seat in Warri South West Constituency for the 2019 polls, Mr. Emomotimi Guwor, has called for unity amongst the people of the locality – Ijaws and Itsekiris – so as to achieve progress. He made the call on the occasion of
…Want him to bring development to his constituency By Loveth Ojogun Warri South West Political Front (WSWPF) has congratulated Mr. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor on his victory at the PDP primaries for Delta State House of Assembly seat, Warri South West constituency. In a statement signed by its chairman, Hon. Bethus Ayetan, secretary, Comrade Godswill Wuruyai and
By Abai Francis As Nigerians and the world over mark October 5 as World Teachers’ Day (also known as International Teachers Day), the state of education in the riverine areas could best be described as a disaster. While the World Teachers’ Day aims to focus on appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world, and to provide opportunity
…APC folding up in Bayelsa – Dickson A prominent Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim, former Governor of Delta State and senatorial candidate in the 2019 election, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at the State House Abuja. Also meeting with the President after the Friday juma’at service at the State House mosque
By Queen Aloro The expectations of Nigerians were great when the British Union Jack was lowered and the green-white-green flag was hosted on the 1st of October 1960, to mark the end of colonial rule, which the country’s nationalist finally won in the struggle for independence, and the readiness to build dreams. The expectations the
…Calls on others to emulate PDP’s conduct at primaries By Abai Francis Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, a political pressure group in Warri, Delta state, has offered its congratulations to the trio of Senator James Manager, Honourable Julius Pondi, and Mr Emomotimi Guwor over their victory at the primaries of the Peoples
By Loveth Ojogun Two prominent Ijaw youth leaders from Bayelsa State on Thursday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the fallout of the party’s primary elections in the state. A former President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Udengs Eradiri and ex-National Mobilization Officer of IYC, Elvis Donkemezuo, who were aspirants in the
By Abai Francis Delta South Senatorial aspirants of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Michael Johnny, Temisan Omatseye, Oyewale Evans, and Air-Vice Marshall Okorodudu, have said they will not accept any imposition of candidate, no matter how mighty. The aspirants made this known during a press conference they held yesterday to brief the press and supporters alike
By Enaibo Asiayei Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the recent Federal Executive Council approval of Electricity Power projects in Escravos and Environs in Warri South-West LGA of the state, is a toast to the efficacy of dialogue and a sign of better things for the Niger region. Addressing newsmen in his
The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening panel for senatorial aspirants has released the list of aspirants cleared to contest the senatorial elections next year. Among the aspirants cleared are former Delta State governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governors Ibikunle Amosun, Abiola Ajimobi, Tanko Al-Makura and Kashim shettima. In Lagos and Ondo States, all the incumbents have been
By Loveth Ojogun A political pressure group, Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has given its endorsement to Delta South All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant, Chief Micheal Johnny, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Warri South West House of Assembly hopeful, Mr. Emomotimi Guwor, to contest next year’s election. The endorsement was made
Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, has withdrawn from the race to represent his constituency in 2019. Bruce made this known in a letter he wrote to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday. The senatorial primary election of PDP is scheduled for Tuesday. Bruce attributed his withdrawal from the race to the need
Prof Pat Utomi has emerged candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 governorship election in Delta State. The political economist emerged the standard bearer of the party at a parallel governorship primary organised by the Chief Cyril Ogodo-led factional State Working Committee of the party in Asaba, the state capital. The primaries
The Nigerian Navy said weekend it had contained militant activities in the oil- rich Niger Delta region. The military arm made the declaration as it expressed desire to handle prosecution of maritime-related cases. It said the lull in the activities of the militants was occasioned by sustained patrol of the sea and oil facilities in
…say instead of fulfilling their promises government deployed soldiers to the region to wreck havoc By Isaac Olamikan Ex- militants cutting across Ogun, Lagos, Ondo and other Niger Delta States led by one Gen. Ogailo Iborry, have lamented their neglect by the government after been deceived into surrendering their arms and been coerced into accepting
By Loveth Ojogun, Queen Aloro & Favour Ogegbene Newly elected executive president of Okerenkoko Development Youth Council in Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Ebikebena Ekpemupolo, has affirmed that the time to build a better Okerenkoko community is now. He made the affirmation during the presentation of his
By Shina Badmus It is a fact that a clean environment brings about a healthy environment. Hence, environmental sanitation has been formally defined as activities aimed at improving or maintaining the standard of basic environmental conditions affecting the well-being of people. According to Robert Stock, since the demise of the second Republic in 1983, environmental
By Jerome-Mario Utomi The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, without any shadow of doubt, typifies a man committed to bringing the Nigerian pollution riddled oil and gas sector out of the wood. Apart from his past actions that support this assertion, Kachikwu again on Monday 2nd September 2018 while speaking at the
By Abai Francis Of a truth, can we say Nigeria as a nation is truly an independent country? If yes, then why do the country’s leadership still harbour traits of dependent mentalities by their refusal to take independent actions that would project the country as indeed, a free nation? While this write-up is not intended
…Gov. Urges FG to Declare Flood Emergency in Bayelsa By Enaibo Asiayei Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has raised the alarm that over 70 percent of the communities in the state have been submerged by the raging flood in the country. He and those who embarked on the tour with him observed
By Enaibo Asiayei WARRI – Edjegba community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State was, on Thursday, thrown into ecstasy during the inauguration of the 500-meter-long drainage project, funded by Chevron Nigeria Ltd/Nigeria National Petroleum Company Joint Venture (CNL/NNPC JV), to avert perennial flooding in the community. The project was executed under CNL’s Project
The Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, yesterday said the Nigerian Air Force deployed its personnel in the Niger Delta to help in combating crimes in the region, stressing that the action was intended to resolve the crime situation in the region. The COAS, who said the NAF would continue to work
…the Ijaws are suffering – IWC President By Magdalene Agbadamashi A concerned Ijaw body, the Ijaw Flood Control Unit (IFCU), set up to access the level of flood impact on affected communities in Delta and Bayelsa states, in a recent visit to the affected areas has made available solutions to help stem the disaster as well
