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.
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
International Day of the Girl 2022: GbaramatuVoice felicitates Niger Delta girls …Says it’s no longer fashionable for girls to travel miles in a canoe to access education. …Calls on Niger Delta governors to invest more in girls child education The GbaramatuVoice Newspper writes to felicitate with every girl child in Nigeria particularly in the Niger
Ebikeme, APC Chieftain congratulates Omo-Agege on award of National Honour …says award will usher victory for DSP in the forthcoming Delta guber race The Director General, Contact and Mobilization, Ovie Omo Agege Campaign Organization, Chief Bosin Ebikeme, has joined the list of prominent Nigerians that congratulated the Deputy Senate President, Obarisi Ovie Omo Agege, on
BREAKING: Police arrest popular Nigerian singer, Harrysong, at Lagos airport Popular Nigerian Singer, Harrison Tare Okiri, aka Harrysong, has been arrested by the Nigerian police on arrival in Lagos. The singer was picked up by officers of the Lagos State Police command after he arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday morning. Speaking about the development, the
Update on how Tompolo’s Tantita is improving the nation’s economy, making Niger Delta region livable By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As part of efforts to keep the global community abreast with developments in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria, GbaramatuVoice Newspaper authoritatively reports without mincing words that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw
Details of how Nigerian military set ablaze the ship intercepted by Tompolo conveying stolen crude oil to Ghana The illegal oil bunkering vessel recently arrested with about 600 to 650 tons of illegally lifted crude oil in five compartments in Niger Delta creek was on Monday, October 10, 2022, destroyed by Officers of the Nigerian
DELTA 2023: Ijaw leaders in Warri South West pledge to deliver APC …We met to prepare the ground for campaign – Ebikeme As the nation braces up for the 2023 general elections, leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the four Ijaw wards of Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta state,
BREAKING: Nigerian military sets ablaze vessel caught loading illegal crude oil in Delta by Tompolo and his men The vessel named MT Deima with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number 7210525, recently arrested by Tompolo’s Tantita Security Services Limited, while loading illegal crude oil, was on Monday, October 10, 2022 set ablaze by men of the
Meet Tompolo’s man that rejected N25m bribe from owners of the intercepted vessel in Delta It is no longer news that Tantita Security Personnel on Thursday, October 7, 2022 successfully arrested a crude oil tanker, MT Deinmo, with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number 7210526, loaded with an unspecified quantity of crude oil at the Escravos
Delta state government’s comment on federal roads: A case of pot calling kettle black By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Each passing day brings to mind the fact that Delta State Government lacks capacity for self introspection, interrogation and examination. This particular weakness was again exemplified recently during their ill-informed press conference held in Asaba, the state
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[PHOTOS] Houses submerged, property destroyed as flood ravages Ayakoromo communities in Burutu Ayakoromo communities in Burutu Local Government Area, have been submerged by flood which has overtaken most riverine communities in Delta and other states of the federation. When GbaramatuVoice visited Ayakoromo town on Sunday, victims were seen trying to evacuate their belongings from the
[EXCLUSIVE] Tompolo intercepts massive vessel loaded with illegal crude oil in Delta “The Tantita security personnel further added that he was offered a bribe of N25m to let the ship go but he turned down the offer.” The pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to Tantita Security Services Limited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
Prophet Jeremiah to host ‘War Against Marine Kingdom’ crusade Popular Nigerian Prophet and founder of the Warri based Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin has said there will be war against spiritual forces as the church converges at the October edition of its power pack prayer programme titled “SURROUNDING WATERS”. Fufeyin said in a
NIMASA to visit Philippines over Nigerian cadets’ protest The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency said it will be sending a fact-finding team to the Philippines over the recent protest by some of its cadets under the National Seafarers Development Programme. A statement by NIMASA described the development involving NIMASA’s NSDP 2013 cadets as seen
Delta State Riverine Crayfish and Fish Traders Union Inaugurates New Executive …Joins Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria By Faith Madogwe & Bella Moses The Association of Riverine Crayfish and Fish Traders Union, in Delta state under the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has inaugurated a new executive committee to manage its affairs. The event
How Tantita discovered 16 illegal tapped points in Trans-Escravos pipeline …Chief of Defense Staff expresses shock, sends warning notice ...Anyone involved will be dealt with – Kyari The pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to Tantita Security Services Limited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to assist curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in
How government failures killed night life and created a slum in Warri By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Going by the well established definition of a slum as an urban residential area associated with poverty, deteriorated infrastructures or incomplete, and primarily inhabited by impoverished people, it will not be out of place to qualify Warri, Delta state,
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[PHOTOS] Mele Kyari, Chief of Defence Staff visit site of discovered illegal oil pipeline in Delta The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor on Friday, October 8, 2022 visited the scene of the newly discovered illegal pipeline
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has officially removed picture frame of former governor Celestine Omehia from government house https://youtu.be/2l27RvAXh9E
Wike demands N5m from political parties to hold rally in Rivers state Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has signed Executive Order 21 to prohibit the use of public schools for political parties without approval from the Ministry of Education. Wike said applicants would also deposit the sum of five million Naira (N5m) caution fees
Wike to sign Rivers Assembly’s decision de-recognising Celestine Omehia as former governor The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, will today, Friday, October 7, 2022, sign the motion on the non-recognition of Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state. The ceremony would be held at the Government House in Port Harcourt by 12:00 p.m.
NIMASA to deploy special mission surveillance aircraft to fight crude oil theft The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says it will soon deploy Special mission 24/7 surveillance aircraft to tackle menace of pipeline oil theft. Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this today when he graced the
Nigerian senate orders NUPRC to return Atala Oil (OML 46) to original owners The Nigerian Senate on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ( NUPRC ), to restore the Atala Marginal Oil field ( OML 46) to its former owners. Speaking in Abuja during an investigative hearing, Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges
Flood Control: Delta State Government calls for construction of new dams The Director General of the Delta State Orientation Bureau, Dr. Eugene Uzum, has said that the construction of additional dams in Nigeria will provide serve as lasting solution to the perennial flooding in the country Uzum stated this recently while he made an appearance
BREAKING: Tinubu returns from London President candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria after observing a 10-day rest in the United Kingdom. He was received by a delegation led by his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima, former APC chair Adams Oshiomhole and others. He alighted from the
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: An X-ray of Guardian Newspaper’s apology to Chief Tompolo By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The recent apology tendered by the Guardian Newspaper to High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, over a libelous editorial comment by the newspaper on the N48 billion pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded Tompolo
BREAKING: Rivers Assembly derecognises Celestine Omehia as former governor …asked to return N600m benefits, N96.5m pension within 7 days The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed a motion to derecognise Celestine Omehia, as a former Governor of Rivers State. The motion was moved by the Leader of the House, Martin Amaewmule, to reverse an
NNPCL discovers 4km illegal pipeline operated for 9 years undetected in Niger Delta …Brass, Forcados, Bonny terminals operating zero production – Kyari …Says 395 illegal refineries deactivated The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says it has uncovered an illegal 4-kilometre (km) pipeline from Forcados terminal to the sea, and a loading port that had
