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.
…IYC warns against repeat of Odi, Ajapa military invasions Reports from Bayelsa State has claimed that several houses have been razed in the Toru-Ndoro community, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. The soldiers were said to have shelled the community for about ten hours between 10pm on Saturday and 7am on Sunday morning.
Frontline Ijaw Youth group, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for a stop to the overnight military bombardment of some communities in Bayelsa State. The group claimed in a press release signed by its President, Eric Omare, claimed that there has been heavy shelling at Toru-Ndoro Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State,
Multi sources report from Ughelli North area of Delta State said that some armed men stormed the Ughelli Local Government Secretariat around 8:30 am this morning and started shooting sporadically into the air, with residents scampering for safety around the area. The report added that the hoodlums set ablaze the Secretariat Buildings, where elections materials for today’s
…Gov to meet with Ijaw leaders today in Benin A statement by the leadership of Ijaw Freedom Fighters, IFF, a coalition of all Ijaw Freedom Fighters in Six States in the Niger Delta area, has announced a temporary suspension of attacks on the Oba of Benin palace and Edo State Government House over the derogatory
The Amananawei of Odimodi community and Binikarewei of Iduwini Kingdom, His Highness, High Chief Yangaboy Angalabiri JP, has been translated to join his ancestors, it was announced today. He passed on at the age of 125. Chief Yangaboy, who is also the Ama-okosuwei of Odimodi, in his lifetime, was an educationist and community leader, who
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communication, who contested the PDP National Chairmanship position and lost, has congratulated the winner, Prince Uche Secondus. Dokpesi, who had earlier faulted the process of the party’s National Convention held in Abuja on Saturday, declared that “the delegates have spoken”. “Ì appreciate the delegates for voting at the convention
"We are ready to defend with the last drop of our blood for our kingdoms and kings."
•At the expiration of this ultimatum, we shall storm the Edo State Government House – Commander Boudiwei •Directs oil companies operating within the Ijaw kingdoms to stop dealing with the Oba and the Govt •Calls on President Buhari to call Obaseki and the Oba to order The Ijaw Freedom Fighters (IFF) has given the Edo State
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has arrived the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja. Accompanied by a large crowd of supporters and praise singers, Atiku was received by the Spokesman for the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye. Atiku is currently meeting members of the National Caretaker Committe of the party led by Senator
The people of Gbaramatu Kingdom has called on the Federal Government and all the relevant agencies to urgently save the kingdom from pollution occasioned by a fresh gas explosion along the Escravos to Warri Gas Pipeline owned by the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Limited. This call was made today 4th December 2017 by Mr. Edwin
Countdown to the end of the 21 day -grace granted by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for armed youths to surrender their arms. On Monday (yesterday), at Ajapa Community in Ese-Odo Local Government Area, armed youths submitted their arms and weapons as they expressed their readiness to embrace peace. The militants were said to
VICTIMS of November 24th, 2016 military bombardment of Okosugbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have complained of acute lack of food, shelter and medication since the incident.
A midnight fire has destroyed goods and over 500 shops worth several millions of naira at the popular Ogbe-Ijoh Market in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, which sources claimed began at about 11.30pm on Tuesday, lasted till about 1.30am on Wednesday, leaving some shops destroyed, while others were looted
The crisis between the Ijaw and the Bini over the coronation of Pere of Olodiama Clan, Godwin Ogunyeibo, as well as ownership of the land where the Ijaw settled in Edo State, has taken a new dimension as the Ijaw claimed the installation of their traditional ruler was not new. They insisted that it was
Indigenes of Olobia settlement on the Atlantic shoreline within Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have protested their exclusion as host community of an oil major, Chevron Nigeria Limited. The indigenes on Monday thronged the Yenagoa office of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation to protest their exclusion. Hundreds of youths, women and elders,
NIGERIA’s former Vice President, Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, is dead. This was contained in a statement by his family in the early hours of Monday. The statement was signed by his brother, Igwe Laz, who is the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State. The statement read: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away
Candidate of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Osita Chidoka has conceded defeat in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election. He however said that he lost the election to the superior financial firepower of governor Willie Obiano’s All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. With most of the results already announced, Obiano has taken an unassailable lead having won in all the
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Willie Obiano, has won the Anambra governorship election. Mr. Obiano won in all the 21 local government areas of the state with a total of about 234,071 votes. He was followed by the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Tony Nwoye. Oseloka Obaze of the People’s Democratic
Militants in the riverine area of Ondo state, who embraced the amnesty programme of the Federal government in the state have trooped out in large number to surrender their arms and ammunition. The exercise which started on Thursday has recorded massive turn out of militants in the five collation centers including Igbekebo, Arogbo, Igbonla, Ajapa,
•Burial arrangements shall be made known soon —E.K Clark •We shall all miss our bundle of wisdom—Pere-In-Council The Pere-in-Council and the good people of Ngbilebiri-Mein Kingdom, with traditional headquarters in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has announced the demise of their Royal Majesty, Pere Bigborogha II (JP, RFMIL). This was contained in a release
An Ijaw religious group, the Order of Egbesu Brotherhood (OEB), has warned of consequences if the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, failed to withdraw his order to arrest the King of Olodiama Kingdom, HRM Godwin Oguyenbo. The brotherhood in a statement, Thursday, said the Ijaw would consider any attempt to arrest the monarch as
–IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PLAN CORONATION -MOUNTS ROADBLOCKS ON THE MAJOR ROAD LEADING TO THE COMMUNITY PROTEST BY WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY, IS ONGOING The Nigerian military operatives has invaded the Ikoro community, the traditional headquarters of the Olodiama Kingdom in Edo State. A development GbaramatuVoice Newspaper gathered is aimed at disrupting the planned
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson and foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, have met over critical issues affecting the Niger Delta region. The meeting, which held on Saturday, focused on the state of security especially the breakdown of law and order in some areas and the escalating tensions. The meeting followed a recent threat by
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says it will on Saturday inaugurate 20 new patrol boats at NNS DELTA in Warri, Delta. The Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Navy Capt. Suleiman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to Dahun, the boats comprised 16 locally built Epenal boats and four Rigid
•Says money spent on gunships, fighter jets enough to develop the region A call has gone to President Muhammadu Buhari to fund numerous development projects that are on-going in the Niger Delta region, particularly the coastal area which is a very difficult terrain that no normal human being will love to stay in with the present condition.
…to join forces with Avengers The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, today, suspended the ceasefire it declared, last year, saying it would join forces with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, to destroy oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. The group in a statement by the spokesperson, W. O. I IzonEbi, ordered Nigerians and expatriates working
A militant group in Ondo State, United Sea Wolf Avenger, said politicians in the state had hijacked the Federal Government’s Amnesty programme in the state by allocating the slots to their children, friends and political allies. The group made the allegation in a statement in Lagos on Thursday signed by its leader, Gen. Deji Ehinmowo,
The king of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) has warned operatives of the dreaded Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and all those aiming to attack oil pipelines, to stay off his kingdom. The monarch, who spoke through the spokesman of the Gbaramatu Traditional Council, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, also advised the federal government
•There is no Avenger in Gbaramatu Kingdom- Gbenekama •We Are Peace loving People •Even children And Pregnant Women scampered For Safety Palpable fear on Tuesday gripped the residents of Oporoza the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom Delta States as two military fighter jets hovers around the town paying a disciplined attention to the palace of the Pere of Gbaramatu
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, says the Nigerian Navy is fully prepared to deal with any group of militants trying to vandalise the nation’s assets. Ibas said this on Monday when he visited the Nigerian Navy Engineering College in Sapele, Delta. He said that the Navy did not have to
•I cannot destroy the facilities I once protected •True federalism, the only way out of this impasse High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw nation has said that he is not behind the planned bombing by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) describing the allegation as malicious and the handiwork of mischief makers.
•Calls for release of take-off grant of the maritime university The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) has appealed to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to sheath their sword and give peace a chance hoping that the Federal Government will do the needful. He made this statement today in Warri through
Fresh crisis is looming in the Niger Delta region over allegations of unfulfilled promises and corruption levelled against the Federal Government and Office of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and ex- militants respectively. Following what it described as unfulfilled promises and insincerity on the part of the Federal Government,
NIGER DELTA AVENGER’S CEASE FIRE ON OPERATION RED ECONOMY IS OFFICIALLY OVER. The High Command of the Niger Delta Avengers wishes to bring to the notice of the International Community and the general public that there is no such militant group with the nomenclature, “Reformed Niger Delta Avengers”; it is not operated by any of
The most dreaded militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which, last year, aborted attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region to enable the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, dialogue with the Federal Government, suspended its ceasefire today. The group in a statement by the spokesman, self-styled “General” Mudoch Agbinibo, renounced PANDEF, led by
