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.
By Joshua Williams Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has approached a Court of Appeal in the Abuja Division to demand an affirmation that his four-year tenure will end on December 9, 2021. Secondus who has been having a running battle for his position, asked the appellate court to
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Olamilekan Adegbite, has commissioned two aircraft for Airborne Geophysical Survey to identify mineral deposits in Nigeria. Mr Adegbite, who inaugurated the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Thursday, said the survey became imperative as it would help determine the quantum of minerals available in
From the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday, rains are expected over parts of Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Osun, Abia, Anambra, Ogun, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Oyo and Ekiti states, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said. The agency noted that the inland and the coastal cities in other southern states are expected to
By Jerome-Mario Utomi Undoubtedly, we live in a nation where public leadership scorns ideas from citizens and sees it as a form of distraction to public policies. Again, ours is a country where grit, tenacity, perseverance coming from far sighted citizens is considered divisive. The above ill-considerations by the public office holders notwithstanding, there appear
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the recommendations suggested by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on the just submitted forensic audit report, calling for immediate sack Akpabio. The IYC in a statement in Port Harcourt by its President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said sacking Akpabio
…charges politicians to lead with fear of God A Warri-based popular cleric, Pastor Simeon Obiobo Andafa of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, has disclosed that Niger Delta region has been significantly insufficient in the investment in youths. Andafa who is also a businessman and entrepreneur made this known while speaking with GbaramatuVoice recently. He explained
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the yearnings of the people of
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday submitted the Forensic Audit Report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The report was submitted to the President through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN in Abuja. Akpabio, who noted that although the exercise
This editorial was first published November 20, 2017 When Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa declared before the gathering of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts in 2015 that God revealed his Deputy to him even before he (Okowa) selected him, many viewed it as a conventional political statement. But looking at the personality of
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while
The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the reason behind a reshuffle in the cabinet he formed on August 21, 2019. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, were sacked. They were replaced by Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Abubakar D.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while
By Our Correspondent Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has dissolved all palace chiefs, traditional council, Committees, Sub- committees of the Warri Kingdom. This development comes barely 10 days after the monarch was enthroned. In a letter signed by the monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and dated 1st September 2021, under the hand and seal of
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimii Akeredolu, has signed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law. The bill that was signed on Tuesday is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum at its last meeting, held in Lagos. This came few weeks after the bill has been passed by the State House of Assembly.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an order restraining Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have not taken COVID-19 vaccines will be prevented from accessing churches, mosques, banks, event centres and other public places from the middle of September. ALSO READ: Hundreds protest
Rivers state records 164 cases of COVID-19 infection, the Federal Capital Territory and 12 other states reported 296 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC disclosed on its official website on Tuesday that one COVID-19 related death was recorded. According to
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will today sign the Anti-open Grazing Bill into Law. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the state government has suspended all activities in the state forest reserves including free areas and flitches with immediate effect. The suspension was part of the far-reaching decisions made at the state executive council meeting on
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the civil society organisations (CSOs) in Edo State defied early morning downpour on Monday to protest against the state government’s directive on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination by residents before accessing a large gathering. Obaseki at a briefing had named such gathering to include church service, Juma’at mosque, banks, wedding or burial
The Edo government has given civil servants in the state’s ministry of health a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a memo issued on Monday by Fredrick Irabor, permanent secretary of the ministry, any staff member who fails to receive the vaccine within the period would not be allowed into office.
Two suspected armed robbers have been reportedly killed while two others injured in a gun duel with the Nigeria Police at the weekend along Egbo/Otokutu Road, Otu Jeremi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Police Delta State command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Asaba on
By Daniel Kokoricha At least ten persons have reportedly sustained varied degrees of injuries as Hausa traders and Fulani herders engaged in a bloody clash at the popular Hausa Market along Benin-Warri road, Amukpe, Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that some shops at the market were destroyed in the
The NNPC/ Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture has donated modern medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Oporoza and Tsekelewu Cottage hospitals in Egbema-Gbaramatu kingdoms as well as the Government hospital in Ogidigben. The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) received the items for the Oporoza and Tsekelewu cottage hospitals while the Itsekiri Regional
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Complete 2022 World Cup matchday 1 qualifying fixtures in Africa this week (all kick-off times GMT): WEDNESDAY At Douala, Cameroon Central African Republic v Cape Verde, 1300 At Nouakchott, Mauritania Guinea-Bissau v Guinea, 1600 At Thies, Senegal Senegal v Togo, 1600 At Agadir, Morocco Mali v Rwanda, 1900 At Benghazi, Libya Libya v Gabon, 1900
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the boat a military helicopter shot at in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, was conveying illegally-refined oil products. It was reported over the weekend that a military helicopter opened fire on a cargo boat conveying food stuff from Port Harcourt to Bonny. But in a statement on Sunday, Benjamin Sawyerr, DHQ
By Our Correspondent As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a political support group, Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) has drummed support for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 presidential election. For the purpose of re-strategising the priorities of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, enhancing progressive reforms and national unity, according to the group, Osinbajo is
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro has disclosed that Warri with great dream will soon be unveiled, noting that the perennial flooding issues in the Warri metropolis will become a thing of the past, GbaramatuVoice reports. “The major flood control and storm protection works been carried out by His Excellency, in addition
By Ebi Perekeme One of Nigerian highlife music legends, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has passed on in Benin on Saturday at the age 80 years. The music icon whose tracks “Joromi” and “Mammy Water” were hits till his demise, was a multi instrumentalist and a renowned virtual artist. One of his children, Uwaifo Peter de Rock,
By Our Correspondent In the early hours of Saturday, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba as well as later in the day over parts of Kaduna, Yobe, Borno, Gombe, Zamfara, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Sokoto States, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency has said. Over the North central region of the country, cloudy skies
By Our Correspondent The Forum for Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta says it has begun legal process for the actualisation of self-reliance, saying that the law by which the region was conscripted into, forced contraption in Nigeria had long elapsed. The region lamented that the three per cent allocated to host communities from the operating
By Nelson Egware Delta State, with the sobriquet as the Big Heart of the nation, became 30 years on August 27, 2021, after its creation by the military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida on August 27, 1991. The government and people of Delta State lined up programmes to celebrate the anniversary and appreciate the grace of
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to create avenue for a national dialogue to dissect and seek panacea to various challenges facing the country. Okowa made the call at an interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of Delta State held at St. Peters Anglican Cathedral,
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The GbaramatuVoice Newspaper joins the entire Deltans to give glory to God for the gift of life as the state celebrates 30 years of creation. Though the state has in the past 30 years under different leaderships made some appreciable progress in political, socioeconomic and infrastructural sectors, however, looking at the
By Beauty Suobai Veteran Nollywood actor Victor Olaotan, who had a ghastly motor accident nearly four years ago, has died. According to information available to GbaramatuVoice says Olaotan died on Thursday, August 26. The 69-year-old actor, who is best known for his role as Fred Ade-Williams in the popular TV series, Tinsel, was bedridden for
