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.
Idongesit Nkanga, the chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and a former military governor of Akwa Ibom State, is dead. Mr Nkanga passed on in an undisclosed hospital in Uyo on Christmas Eve, his political associate and a family member told PREMIUM TIMES, Friday morning. There are speculations that Mr Nkanga died of COVID-19. GbaramatuVoice
By Oritsegbemi O. Omatete Ugborodo and the arrival of the Europeans I write from what I know and have experienced, not from mere sentiment, because I was born in Ugborodo eight decades ago. I have watched, helplessly, my village being swept into the sea. I envy my colleagues who speak joyfully about their homes in
By Ebi Perekeme Multi–millionaire business mogul, Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, Chairman/CEO of Gimbrowns Marine Security Oil and Gas Limited, on Sunday, December 20, 2020 rewarded hardworking staff of the company with luxury cars and over N100 million to assist his workers during the 2020 End of Year Party of the company. According to the oil
By Enaibo Asiayei The Delta State Ministry of Oil and Gas on Monday December 21, 2020 held a workshop that aimed to sensitize stakeholders on safety for operators of Domestic Gas Retail Outlets in Delta State at the Government House Annex, Warri. The 1-day event was themed “Towards Achieving Sustainable Safe Utilization of LPG in
By Our Correspondent Warri Kingdom in Delta State has debunked the news that the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, had died. Reports emerged yesterday that the monarch died on Monday. He was said to have died from COVID-19 related illness after his health allegedly deteriorated on Sunday evening. But a statement from the monarch’s palace
By Our Correspondent Over 1000 Youths of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the Delta State Government House in Asaba, protesting against the new electoral wards created by Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). Details shortly…
By Our Correspondent A 17-year-old boy, Stephen Itima, has drowned Wednesday while swimming with friends in Oporoza creek in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased, a Junior Secondary School 2 student of Gbaraun Secondary School, Oporoza, left his grandmother’s home, Wednesday morning in company of his friends. His
By Ebi Perekeme Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has described the Niger Delta region as the most oppressed people in the country, despite its role in sustaining the country, has to take permission before benefitting from the resources it produces, is an indication that its peoples are
By Our Correspondent Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it has contributed over N7 billion, under NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture, to the Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) since its creation in 2005. Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, the General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA) of CNL, made this known on Tuesday at the 10th Annual
By Our Correspondent The Senate on Tuesday swore in the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bayelsa West. Also sworn in as Senators were Moses Cleopas, PDP, Bayelsa Central; Adetokunboh Abiru, All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos East and Professor Nora Dabu’t, APC, Plateau South. The oath of office
—To unveil multi-million Naira GMB Hotel and Suites as part of activities As part of its way of making the Christmas celebration a memorable one for its staff and the organization’s numerous stakeholders, the Gimbrowns Marine Security, Oil and Gas limited, a multinational organization that has Mr. Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, as the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairman of the Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Perez Omoun, has been arrested by men of the state police command. He was said to be in custody at the GRA Police Division in Asaba, the state capital. GbaramatuVoice gathered on Sunday that the council boss was nabbed for
BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE A time feelingly crude, odd and unforgettable it was; a time harmattan walked boldly on the surface of the earth. The sun itself had to wait for a long time before shiveringly making its appearance because everyday the morning in its dawn dance often woke up fogbound. When the sun eventually came
By Our Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mr Akwa, who until his new appointment, was the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, of the NDDC, under the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC). According to a statement issued
A mobile policeman was on Friday afternoon, shot dead in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state. His rifle was also carted away by the arms-wielding hoodlums. It learnt that the incident occurred at about 2:30p.m along the popular Jakpa Road. Details surrounding the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing
By Our Correspondent Senate yesterday approved the restoration of Abraka State Constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East State Constituency. The restoration followed the orders of the Federal High Court. The approval was reached in resolutions reached by the Upper Chamber following consideration of a motion sponsored by the Deputy
Employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell appear to be involved in causing oil spills in Niger Delta, Nigeria in a bid to rake in cash for cleaning up. An investigation set to air on Dutch television found according to multiple witnesses “that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks” in the oil-rich
By Ebi Perekeme Selected Ijaw and Itsekiri Stakeholders of Delta State December 10, 2020) held one-day dialogue on Peaceful Coexistence for Sustainable Livelihood at Charles David Lot Hotel in Warri. The dialogue session was facilitated by the Warri Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Peaceful Coexistence of Ijaws and Itsekiris (Warri MSP) and supported by the Partnership Initiative
By Amb. Godknows Igali For an Armed Forces ranked as 42nd in global military strength and considered the largest standing army in Black Africa, the passing of a “mere” Captain, in the midst of so many decorated Generals in Nigeria would normally be titling. However, the death of Captain Samuel Timinipre Owonaro at the age
By Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established in the year 2000 by the Act 2000 No. 6 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, which repealed the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998. The Act was amended in the year 2017 with no significant addition or effect. The
BY GBARAMATUVOICE EDITORIAL BOARD It cannot in anyways be characterized as a good commentary that Bayelsa, a state created on October 1, 1996 out of the old Rivers State, is not living out its motto: Glory of All Lands. This statement of fact by the GbaramatuVoice on a state that has eight Local Government Areas: 8LGAs:
OGBE-IJOH WARRI KINGDOM LEADERS OF THOUGHT OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR IFEANYI OKOWA, GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE ON THE OPPRESSIVE AND UNJUST CREATION AND ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL WARD IN WARRI SOUTH LGA OF DELTA STATE We the undersigned write on behalf of the people of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta
By Omafume Amurun Several years ago, during an interactive media session with a former Delta State governor, apparently in frustration he described the Uvwie as a cursed people due to the perennial communal crises, particularly in Ekpan, and his failed attempts to ensure sustainable peace in the area. Unfortunately for the Governor, I was at
…They’re misinformed – Tidi, council chair By Our Correspondent There is palpable tension in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state, following the newly created ward in the council by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). Hundreds of women and youths of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Urban community in the council area on Monday marched
By Ebi Perekeme Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has won Saturday’s Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election by a landslide. Dickson, who represents the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled 115,257 votes to defeat his rival, Peremobowei Ebebi of the All Progressives Congress who got 17,500 votes. The former governor was thus declared winner of the
The GbaramatuVoice WhatsApp Group Most Active Member of the Year Award Season three featured 27 members. Only 5 members escaped eviction and made it to the final of the award. The following members has made it to the semi final and one of them will be crowned the 2020 GbaramatuVoice Man of the Year. Here
By Loveth Ojogun Enaibo Asiayei, the General Manager of the Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, GbaramatuVoice has declared interest to contest for Burutu Local Government Chairmanship position under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming polls in Delta state. Details shortly…
By Ebi Perekeme High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, has decried the continued occupation of his business concern, Mieka Dive Ltd, in Warri, Delta state, by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) despite being vindicated by a Lagos Federal High Court of criminal dealings and trump up charges preferred against him
…Okowa, Uduaghan, Otuaro, others expected at reception for Ibori By Enaibo Asiayei All is set for the grand reception being packaged by Ijaw People in Delta State (IPDS) in honour of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007, as a mark of appreciation for opening up the riverine Ijaw
By Our Correspondent Ijaw youths have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and inaugurate a substantive board for the commission. The youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide said the IMC had outlived its usefulness and should
Massive oil spill has occurred in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State polluting creeks and communities, it has been learnt. It was learnt that the spill which occurred on Sunday from facility suspected to belong to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), happened between Ogboinbiri and Keme-ebiama communities. The Apoi Creek is said
By Ebi Perekeme Condolences and tributes continued to pour for late Ijaw christian leader, Rev. Ikem Cleaver Tolar, who was laid to rest at a well-attended ceremony on Friday 28 November, 2020, at his hometown in Kokodiagbene, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State. His corpse arrived Kokodiagbene town Friday morning from Warri for a funeral service. Rev.
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its constitutional functions, the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration paid an oversight visit to the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko on Thursday 27 November, 2020. The team was led by Rt. Hon. Julius Pondi, Member Representing Burutu Federal Constituency, Delta State. Others on the team
The Olugbo of Ugboland in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, has said Ile Ife in Osun State, regarded as the cradle of the Yoruba people, belongs to his fathers who had settled there long before Oduduwa and his entourage came to settle in the ancient town. Oba Akinruntan, who
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s power grid collapsed on Sunday with total blackout experienced in several parts of the nation. Kaduna Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company announced the national grid collapse on Sunday afternoon. Kaduna Electric, in a message to its customers via its Twitter handle, said: “We regret to inform you that the loss
