By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state no doubt have been a happy man for the past few months and the reason is not far-fetched. His performance has been receiving accolades and his second term bid laced with torrents of endorsement. But one strange move that has unsettled him, threatened his political

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board A glance at the nation’s political arena in the past few weeks will reveal without labour that the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government had taken some steps that are worthy of commendation. A state of affairs that has elicited joy among Nigerians as well as promoting peaceful coexistence among the

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As the nation marks nineteen years of uninterrupted democracy in the land, it calls for celebration particularly when one recalls the socio-economic difficulties it had waded through within the last three years. Fresh in our memories is the harsh economic recession and its exit. Also in our views, it will be germane that as

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board One thing that has never been doubted in the history of our existence as a nation is our leaders’ abilities to generate great ideas/formulates policies that will enhance the lots of the citizenries. But, unfortunately, most of these ideas are never allowed to see the light of day or when allowed, they

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The chain of electoral activities currently running on our political turfs points to the fact that the build-up to the all-important general election slated for 2019 has commenced. Such has become evidently visible in the Delta South senatorial district with Warri South West and other Ijaw communities as a case in

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board A peep into the nation’s political horizon, will but reveal that the preparation for the 2019 general election is in a top gear and only the strong hearted will be able to wade through and come successfully.   As in war, those who want to emerge as candidates for the various

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Very remarkably, the Niger Delta region, south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, has the highest volume of crude oil deposits in sub-Saharan Africa and doubles as the most neglected part of Nigeria in terms of infrastructural development, a scenario that has since set the stage for various forms of hostilities, youth restiveness, and

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board In the security circle, it is an established dictum that “killing a battalion is mere wickedness but defeating a troop without injury is the real victory.”  This age-long principle has informed why the military cum security operatives are always proactive in their actions. But the above age-long aphorism is no longer

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The recent Delta state local polls held on Saturday 6th January, 2018 against all permutations of violence has come and gone recording an appreciable peace and success when juxtaposed with that of previous years. This development/milestone in our views calls for celebration by all Deltans. Again, the Delta State Government and the Delta

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board For a greater part of 2017, Niger Delta had enjoyed mixed media reportage; the good, the bad and at some points, the message of hope. In line with our tradition at GbaramatuVoice, we present an objective prognosis of some of the events that attract national and international attention to the Niger

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As trained security personnel, His Excellency, Henry Seriake Dickson, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa state, South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria must have learned that development cannot thrive in the absence of peace and security. The above fact may have informed the dexterity and energy he dissipated towards ensuring that peace and

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The recent reaction of the Oba of Benin and the entire members of the Benin Traditional Council (BTC) to the coronation of King Godwin Ogunyenabo as the new Pere of Olodama kingdom in Edo has again heightened the hostility among the Binis and Ijaws in the state. For a clearer understanding,

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board  For political and socio-cultural identity, Delta North Senatorial Zone is known as Anioma. A loose interpretation of Anioma is ‘good land’. Delta State Governor, Dr.(Senator) Ifeanyi Ekwueme Arthur Okowa is the first Anioma son to assume the governorship of the state. However, the euphoria with which Anioma people celebrated the ascension

GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board When Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi 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 the current Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro,

By Our Editorial Board Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi  Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State during his campaign for the governorship position in 2015, tutored all that the major responsibility of a state governor is to secure lives and properties in the state. The above made him the people’s choice and eventually earned him the governorship position

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board  When President Umaru Yar’adua  in August, 2009, offered an unconditional pardon and cash payment to agitators who agree to lay down their arms and assemble at screening centres over the next sixty days, that was meant to achieve a particular deal. And that deal by the Nigerian government for militants in

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board On that day, in that place, at that time, while giving his acceptance speech shortly after receiving his Staff of Office in the month of December 2016, he left no one in doubt that he is a man with a conceptualised vision and unstoppable dreams. He also, through his actions and inactions proved

By Our Editorial Board Established in June 2000, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was created by   Federal Acts No. 6, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. The commission is an amalgam of all the oil producing states in Nigeria which includes Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers states.

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board South-South region is one of the six geopolitical zones that make up the political entity called Nigeria. The zone is also referred to as the Niger Delta because of its location at the bank of the Atlantic Ocean.  As expected of the delta region, the zone is characterized by swampy and marshy environment but

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board One of the powers expressly given by the nation’s constitution to both the President of the Federation and the State Governors is the power to create or establish Commissions and Agencies where necessary. These Commissions when created are expected to serve a definite purpose within a specific area and period. The

By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board As the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa set to rob minds with Deltans through town hall meeting scheduled to commence Tuesday May 9, 2017 at Isoko Local Government Areas, the people are looking forward to having a fruitful and result oriented meeting. One, is however forced to be skeptical about town

By Gbaramatu Voice Editorial Board At a time when there where so much noise and chanting about prosperity for all Deltans slogan was preached to all nook and cranny of the State, many thought the Messiah that the people have been waiting for has arrived earlier than they had imagined. The reign of His Excellency,

If one considers the more obvious indices of the rising costs of food, energy and transportation; alongside the largely receded minimum wage, huge unemployment figures in the country, the increasing immiseration of the people, and an environment still basically unfriendly to businesses – leading to the continuous shut down of small and medium scale enterprises