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.
How lack of master plan, absence of political will, others derailed Okowa’s administration By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As the Senator Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration in Delta state approaches the exit door, a searchlight on the Governor’s performance in the past seven (7) years reveals one thing; he started off with high moral standards, strong conviction
OFFICIAL: Kogi receives first payment of 13 percent derivation fund as oil producing state …emerges first Northern oil producing state The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has confirmed the receipt of first payment of the 13 percent derivation fund as an oil producing state. Governor Bello disclosed this during the State Executive Council meeting on
DELTA PDP GOVERNORSHIP TUSSLE: Tension, anxiety as Supreme Court decides Oborevwori, Edevbie’s fate today The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Friday October 21, 2022 decide the gubernatorial candidate between the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and the state’s former Commissioner of Finance, Chief David Edevbie, in the disputed Delta State
NDDC: Buhari appoints Audu-Ohwavborua as acting Managing Director President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday appointed a new Managing Director, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, the appointment is in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive managing director.
Buhari sacks NDDC sole administrator, Akwa, orders constitution of a new board President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disengagement of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa. In a memo signed by the Director of press, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Patricia Deworitshe, Buhari ordered that the directive should
Flood: DESOPADEC distributes relief materials to Ijaw ethnic nationality As part of its resolve to providing succor to the flood displaced victims in the state, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, distributed relief materials purchased for the victims of the ravaging flood waters that have overwhelmed and taken
Crude Oil Theft: Nigerian Navy hands over vessels, crew to EFCC for investigation Two vessels, MT Platform and MV Caribbean Crest alongside a crew of 22 suspected oil thieves were on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution by the Nigerian Navy. Commanding officer of the Nigerian
Senate summons Niger Delta minister over alleged plot to divert NDDC’s 480b funds The Senate has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, over alleged plot to siphon N480 billion intervention fund belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and domicile it in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, without
Flood: Declare Niger Delta emergency zone, NDYC tells Federal Government …Seeks NNPC, IOCs assistance Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) , has urged the Federal Government to urgently declare the Niger Delta region of the country an emergency zone in ways that will radically address the challenges posed by flood to the people and the environment.
Flooding: Ecological funds and governments that failed their people By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As flood continues to ravage many of the Southern States of the country and Niger Delta region in particular, GbaramatuVoice Newspaper sympathizes with affected/displaced Nigerians. Notably, GbaramtuVoice within this period visited so many of the affected victims in various villages and towns
DESOPADEC and the Fifty Grass Cutting Machines By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The recent news report that Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESPADEC) donated fifty (50) grass cutting machines, to the good people of Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South Local Government of Delta state, has again shows an agency that is yet
Army chief flags off ‘Exercise Still Water’ to curb oil theft in Niger Delta The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Tuesday flagged off three joint military exercises to curb oil theft, banditry, cultism, kidnapping and other criminalities across the country. The joint military exercises namely, Exercise Golden Dawn is expected to
Wike endorses Sanwo-Olu for second term, donates N300 million to Lagos women Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared total support for the re-election bid of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 general elections. Wike who has been running battle with his political party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the emergency
Presidential Amnesty Programme originally designed to end in 2015, says Ndiomu The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj.-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd), has explained the policy document of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying it was originally designed to end in 2015. Ndiomu, who spoke after a crucial meeting with the King of Okochiri in
Nigeria’s crude oil production to increase next week – Kyari, NNPC boss The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari , has given indication that NNPCL will resume pumping of crude oil through its pipelines assets within the next one week. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the
GbaramatuVoice opens Interventionist Food Bank for flood victims As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), GbaramatuVoice will on Monday, October 17, 2022, open its usual Interventionist Food Bank for people affected by the flood in Delta coastal communities and its environs. Established in January 2020, GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank programme is an initiative aimed
An open letter to Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd.), New Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Dear sir, Members of the Editorial Board, GbaramatuVoice Newspaper, writes to congratulate you on your recent appointment as the Interim Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). While the newspaper congratulates you for this feat achieved, it equally
Increase surveillance contract sum paid Tompolo for optimum performance, Asonja, Ilaje youth leader tells FG …Says Tompolo should be considered for National Honor …Hails Pondi, Tantita’s MD High Chief Asonja Idowu, frontline youth ambassador and prominent stakeholder of Ilaje extraction in Ondo state, has called on the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum
Warri South West Local Government and contradiction of leadership understanding in Delta state By GbaranmatuVoice Editorial Board It is now evident that the greatest public leadership challenge that has befallen Delta as a state is largely attributable to the leaders’ lack of political will to transform the state. This situation is made worse by followers’
DELTA: Tears, sorrow and blood as Patani community battles flooding …we are going through tough times – Pere of Kabowei Kingdom ..says he will remain in the flood with his subjects “I will be the last person to flee the kingdom while my subjects are suffering” GbaramatuVoice on Thursday, October 13, 2022, as it has
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s objectification of Timiebi BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The proverbially universal truth remains that it takes one brave act for alligator to cut itself open one day for a targeted daring task.Allergic to the pains of a fruitless journey I must reveal quite early like the persona in Wole Soyinka”s ‘Telephone Conversation’ that I
DELTA: INSIDE EGBEMA SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS LEARN IN POOR CONDITIONS GbaramatuVoice recently visited Egbema kingdom in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, on a fact finding mission. Some of the communities visited include: Opuama, Polobubo, Ogbudugbudu, and Ogbinbiri communities. Below are the pictures of Oloduwa Primary and Secondary Schools in Opuama community. The
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[PHOTOS] NNPCL, top security agencies, others visit newly discovered illegal pipeline in Delta Senior officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), top security personnel and the media, today, inspected the newly discovered illegal crude oil pipeline connected to the Trans Forcados Export Trunkline and linked to an abandoned platform in the high sea
BREAKING: Tompolo discovers another major illegal crude oil pipeline at Trans Forcados Pipeline in Delta [Video] [EXCLUSIVE] Tompolo makes another shocking discovery in Delta, detects illegal oil pipeline connected to high sea Watch GbaramatuVoice Exclusive video below…
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[EXCLUSIVE] Tompolo makes another shocking discovery in Delta, detects illegal oil pipeline connected to high sea The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a company owned by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, has discovered another massive illegal crude oil pipeline attached to Trans Forcados Export Trunkline connected directly to the high sea in Delta state.
BREAKING: Finally, ASUU suspends strike 8-months after The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old strike conditionally. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine
BREAKING: Appeal Court frees Nnamdi Kanu The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has set free, the leader of the Indeginous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu of the treasonable felony charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. The three-member panel of Justices of the Appellate Court, in a judgement delivered on Thursday, set aside
DELTA: Benikrukru community unveils new executive as Tonjoh emerges chairman …Work in one accord to succeed – Eris, Outgoing Chairman …I’ll serve with the fear of God – Tonjoh, Incoming Chairman The electoral committee of Benikrukru community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, on Wednesday, October 12, October, 2022,
Niger Delta: New amnesty boss orders probe of workers over sales of scholarship slots …Slots sold to non-Niger Deltans as high as N650,000 The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has ordered an investigation into the alleged sale of scholarship slots by some staff members of the agency. According to
Shell sets to resume crude oil exports at Forcados Terminal The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) said, the Forcados Oil Terminal will resume export operations by the end of October 2022 when ongoing essential repairs would have been completed. “In addition to the repairs, we are working to remove and clamp theft
Dear Governor Okowa, please where is the promised Warri/Uvwie and Environs Development Agency? By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board When Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, announced on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at a victory concert organized in Asaba, Delta state that plans are underway to establish Warri/Uvwie and Environs Development Agency, to address
Oborevwori vs Edevbie: Supreme Court fixes Oct 21 for Judgment on Delta PDP governorship ticket The Supreme Court has fixed Friday, October 21, 2022 for judgment in an appeal filed by the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election, Chief David Edevbie. By his appeal, Edevbie is asking
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[EXCLUSIVE] Why we constructed Nigerian Content Tower – Simbi Wabote, NCDMB boss “We can surmount our developmental challenges in the Niger Delta and in Nigeria if we have the right leadership and mindset.” In this exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), speaks on the
Warri South West Local Government: Councilors, workers, indigenes lament infrastructural decay, poor leadership of council’s chairman GbaramatuVoice reliably gathered from a serving councilor that the administration of the current local government chairman appears to be the worst the council has ever recorded.
RIVERS: Wike appoints 14,000 advisers, 319 liaison officers Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the state. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri on Tuesday, the governor said the advisers will play a vital role in the administration. ALSO READ: Wike demands
