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.
There are indications that the Edo State Government have decided to relocate the Gelegele Seaport from its hitherto location to some other area close to the present spot on account of the deluge of complaints and petitions especially emanating from some people of Ijaw extraction. Also GbaramatuVoice gathered that the name of the seaport may
Lizberg is the moniker adopted by Lisbon Awiki, the Ijaw language rapstar whose mission is to bring the Niger Delta to world limelight through his music. Just recently the youngster released a single in which he had a duet with award winning Wizkid. A native of Enikorogha in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikewoli, on Thursday appealed to stakeholders in Delta Ports to support the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to achieve its regional transformational mandate. Ikewoli said this when the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr Sokonte Davies, and other management staff of NPA, paid him a courtesy visit in
Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has reacted to the alleged death threat issued to his family in Lagos on social media due to his failure to score goals from clear-cut opportunities against Argentina, saying it was not deliberate. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ighalo, who replaced Kelechi Ihanacho in the second half of the
The Executive Chairman of Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, Comrade Jude Ukori on Wednesday congratulated His Royal Majesty, Bini Pere III, the Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom, Delta State, on his 90th birthday celebration, GbaramatuVoice Reports. In a letter of felicitation to Agadagba, Ukori prayed that the legacy of peace, harmony, prosperity and steadfast progress which
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state no doubt have been a happy man for the past few months and the reason is not far-fetched. His performance has been receiving accolades and his second term bid laced with torrents of endorsement. But one strange move that has unsettled him, threatened his political
..”I have abandoned my business” – Barber BOMADI – Apart from the security of lives and property, another major responsibility of every government is the provision of basic amenities to its people. But this provision of basic amenities is not to be in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta state as the residents, for no
Most residents of Udu, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, have fled the community on account of the clash between two rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). No fewer than three persons were feared killed and several others injured as the two factions of the union slug it
…To preach peaceful coexistence among Ijaws As part of his royal responsibilities, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, will in the early hours of Monday, 25th June, 2018 visit Arogbo-Ijaw Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, for the coronation ceremony of the new Agadagba of the Kingdom.
ABUJA – Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo state, has been declared chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa and chairman of the convention committee, announced that he emerged unopposed. Clement Ebri, an aspirant for the position, withdrew from the race less than 72 hours to the convention. The
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Niger Delta leaders have called on their people to vote out current members representing them in the National Assembly (NASS) in the 2019 General election. The leaders described their region’s members in the National Assembly as insensitive, self-serving and incompetent insisting that they have no business in the assembly. They wondered what the lawmakers especially Senator
The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) says it will soon visit projects abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission in the region. Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students (NANDS) visited him in Abuja recently. Spokesman of the commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,
The Bayelsa government said the ongoing public service reforms has reduced its workforce from 55,000 to 27,000, thus fishing out and expunging 28,000 ghost workers from its payroll. The Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Yenagoa. Iworiso-Markson was reacting to criticism by the Bayelsa chapter
Eric Omare, the President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has taken a swipe at the National Assembly “for reducing the budget estimate for the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko, the East West Road and other key projects in the recently signed 2018 budget.” The IYC President stressed, “the federal government included the sum of
…He is anti-Ijaw – IIA On the heels of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa’s visit to Burutu Local Government Area today, an Ijaw group, Ijaw Interest Advocates (IIA), has accused the state government under his leadership of non-performance as it relates to the deliverance of democratic dividends to the locality. In a statement jointly signed
WARRI – The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has stated that the Delta State Government has not impacted positively on the people since his assumption of office in 2015. National president of the youth body, Barrister Pereotubo Oweilaemi, said that despite the fact that Governor Okowa got some of the highest number of votes in Ijaw
…He was brought in dead to general hospital, Sagbama, says Chief Matron YENAGOA – The Chief Matron of General Hospital, Sagbama, who was by the bedside of the late Professor Prince Efere of the University of Africa, Toru-Orua(UAT) in his last moment, has thrown more light into the circumstances that surrounded his sudden death. She
The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, will tomorrow, Thursday, June 21, 2018 visit Burutu Local Government Area in continuation of his meeting with stakeholders and people of the various LGAs. While at Burutu, the governor will hold a town hall meeting with the people of Burutu Local Government Area and inspects/commissions some projects
Benin – The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II would perform a Benin sacred traditional rite at Emotan shrine on Wednesday in Benin. Mr. Fank Irabor, the Secretary of Benin Traditional Council announced this on Tuesday. Irabor said all Enigies, Edionweres, Okao, Ohen-Ovia, Ohen-Okhuahe, Igiohen-Ikhuo and market women are expected to attend the ceremony. He said
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board A glance at the nation’s political arena in the past few weeks will reveal without labour that the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government had taken some steps that are worthy of commendation. A state of affairs that has elicited joy among Nigerians as well as promoting peaceful coexistence among the
The Niger Delta Development Commission has concluded plans to resume the Post-Graduate Foreign scholarship to qualified indigenes of the Niger Delta region, after a comprehensive restructuring of the programme. This follows the approval by the Governing Board and Management for the commencement of the 2018 award process. The Commission, while announcing the resumption of the
The Joint Military Force on Tuesday described as false, a report that three soldiers and a suspected pirate died in a shootout at an oil flow station in Bayelsa at the weekend. Major Abdullahi Ibrahim, spokesman for the force – “Operation Delta Safe’’ – told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the Shell
RIVERS – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilize council funds to pay workers’ salaries and fight insecurity in their areas. Wike gave the charge on Monday in Port Harcourt while swearing in the chairmen who emerged victorious in the council poll conducted on
WARRI – The immediate former Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he has chickened out of the senatorial race ahead of the 2019 general elections. Uduaghan stated this in his Warri residence when he played host to the Coalition of Bomadi LGA Elders
…He’s an astute manager of resources – Bosin Ebikeme As the season of endorsement for Okowa/Otuaro second term in office continues, the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama and the leaders of Azama Ward 17 in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have joined the train. The Fiyewei and the entire
The Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has warned of planned attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). Addressing a press conference on Sunday, the group said host communities in the region have declared ‘Operation zero barrels’ for the company over its “disregard and total disrespect” for the
…”Plans underway to empower youths and women” – Oturubo The Hon. Kingsley Akpos Oturubo led Okerenkoko Federated Community Executive in Gbaramatu Kingdom has presented its score card in its first year in office. In a statement signed by the chairman, he disclosed that they had within their first one-year in office judiciously used the limited resource at
The Nigerian Army on Friday said soldiers would be on standby to forestall possible violence in Saturday’s council elections in Rivers. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, told our reporters that soldiers would be deployed at strategic points several kilometres away from polling centres. He explained that the army
The Dean, School of Foundation Studies, University of Africa (UAT), Toru-Orua, Prof. Prince Efere, has been reportedly found dead in his office. It was gathered that Efere, a United Kingdom-trained scholar, was found lifeless in his office by his colleagues after he failed to turn up for a meeting. Some of his friends who confirmed
Three years ago, GbaramatuVoice Newspaper hit the newsstand like a tornado and since then it has captured the attention of the critical readers across the country. Its incisive reporting, colourful presentation and eye catching designs has been a hallmark for which the generality of readers give kudos. To commemorate the third anniversary, the management of
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to remove obstacles delaying commencement of work on the Brass Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and refinery project in the state. Speaking at a stakeholder’s meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Yenagoa, the governor said the lack of federal projects
The Nigerian Navy Ship, DELTA, on Wednesday said it had destroyed over 1,000 illegal refineries with swamp buggies in the Delta creeks. Speaking with newsmen in Warri, the Commander, NNS DELTA, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, said the illegal refineries were destroyed in the last 29 days in its ongoing raids. He said the illegal refineries and
…As Ibori, Uduaghan, Manager, Others Endorse Okowa/Otuaro For Second Term The Delta South Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday June 9th, 2018 held a mega rally in Oleh town ship stadium, for the re-election of the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and his Deputy, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro in the 2019 governorship election.
By Jerome-Mario Utomi Recently, I listened avidly to various speakers at a function in Lagos speak with great passion to underline the seriousness of their position and the depth of their conviction that leadership challenge in Africa is fueled by our ‘leaders’ non-possession of authentic leadership culture; a challenge they argued stripped Africa as a
