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 Shina Badmus The Honorable Member representing Warri South West Local Government Area in the Delta State House of Assembly has acted on his promise to ensure people of his area are given opportunity to education. Guwor on Thursday, December 19, 2019 flagged-off the distribution of free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), JAMB, forms to over 300
By Shina Badmus Members of the House of Representatives in the committee of Maritime Administration, Education and Safety paid an oversight visit to the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, on Tuesday, December 3. The visit was to evaluate the structures of the University in its permanent sight in Okerenkoko, and also the current state of the temporary
By Ebi Perekeme The prospect of situating a Federal Polytechnic in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State might have been boosted after the community donated 100 hectares of land for the take-off of the polytechnic. A media report said Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege at a public hearing on a Bill
By Badmus Shina The 2019 edition of the Annual National Chemistry Competition (Awokoya Memorial) Award Ceremony for Secondary Schools Students in Delta State, took place at the Petroleum Technology institute on Saturday, Nov. 16 in Warri. The event is organized by the Chemistry Society of Nigeria (CSN), Delta Chapter, which is a body of Chemist
By Godbless Motiola A delegation from the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) paid a courtesy visit to Izisco Obos Institute of Maritime Studies and Technology in Warri, Delta State on Tuesday November 5, where they discussed opportunities for collaboration on capacity-building with the Managing Director, Capt. Isaac Oyazi Seide. ITF team was led by Senior Training
Four beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme on scholarship at the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, graduated on Monday, Oct 21, with First-Class degrees. At the 7th convocation ceremonies and 10th anniversary of the institution, 19 other beneficiaries of the programme were also awarded Second Class degrees in various courses. In a statement on
By Shina Badmus Winners have emerged in the Comrade Mulade Sheriff inter-local government quiz cum essay competition, held in Warri, Delta state. 11 year old Dariji Success in Junior Secondary School 2 of Tsekelewu Secondary School in Warri North LGA emerged the best student in the quiz and essay competition. The competition was held on Wednesday
By Shina Badmus The National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Mulade Sheriff has said that he was a victim of educational challenges in his early days. Sheriff stated that the disadvantage was because he grew up in the riverine area of Niger Delta, where formal education was not fad. He said
By Loveth Ojogun The Headmistress of Kunpa Primary School, Ubafan, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, Mrs Egodo Sandra has cried out that teachers in Gbaramatu are teaching in un-conducive environment. Sandra who made the statement on Wednesday May 1, while receiving stationery and other learning materials from the National Association of
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it is spending $5 million (N1.8 billion) to finance some projects in the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta. Mr Osagie Okunbor, SPDC’s Managing Director, disclosed this on Wednesday in Port Harcourt at the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has officially suspended a strike it commenced three months ago. The union directed university lecturers to resume duty from tomorrow, February 12. The suspension of the strike was announced on Thursday evening after a meeting with between the ASUU leadership and a government delegation led by labour minister,
By Shina Badmus Following alleged marginalisation of education in the riverine areas of Delta State, a youth group – the Delta Ijaw Youth Movement For Political Advancement (DIYMPA) has threatened to act against the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by 5th of February, 2019, if their demands are not addressed. DIYMPA, made this in a
…Says progress of University shows FG’s commitment towards developing Niger Delta & maritime sector Vice Chancellor of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Prof. Maureen Ongoebi Etebu, has praised the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for the continued development of the university and making it a success story. The VC stated this on Monday
….Calls for more partnerships to support education The Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Barrister Chiedu Ebie, has commended the NNPC/CNL JV for the consistent sponsorship of the Chris Ikomi Memorial Essay Competition, which seeks to promote the study of English Language as a subject among secondary school students in Delta State, for
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Federal University, Otuoke on Thursday threw its weight behind the demotion of seven professors of the institution by the Senator Gbemisola Saraki-led governing council. In a communiqué signed by its chairman, Dr. Joseph Omoro, and the Secretary, Dr. John Kalama, released after its emergency meeting at the institution,
By Abai Francis & Magdalene Agbadamashi Dean of Faculty of Science, Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Prof. Samuel Ugbolue, has charged the Delta State Government to invest in chemical production to prevent importation and for the state to generate funds in order to be self-reliant. He made the call during the Awokoya Memorial Chemistry Competition Award
…calls for government quick intervention By Loveth Ojogun National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) has lamented the deteriorating state of the education system in the kingdom. In a press statement signed by the president of the association, Comrade Freeborn Ebimaye Abraye, NAGS stated that “the educational system in Gbaramatu kingdom is gradually going into extinction.
…We are lacking learning facilities …Government should provide needed equipment to facilitate learning process Having overcome various controversy and commenced resumption on April, 2018 the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) which is located at Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State is faced yet with other challenges which have
The West African Examinations Council said on Wednesday that only 49.98 per cent of candidates who wrote its 2018 school certificate examination obtained credit passes and above. The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said the credit passes included English Language and Mathematics. Adenipekun gave this information at a news conference to announce
Eric Omare, the President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has taken a swipe at the National Assembly “for reducing the budget estimate for the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko, the East West Road and other key projects in the recently signed 2018 budget.” The IYC President stressed, “the federal government included the sum of
By Shina Badmus Watch video below: The organizers of the Delta State Learning Centre Initiative has declared that the programme is aimed at improving educational process in primary schools in Delta State following a similar success recorded in Lagos state. This was revealed by the organizers of the programme, Chevron Corporation in partnership with Discovery
Years back, education was very far from us – Principal, Ogidigben Grammar School Kokodiagbene Secondary School went home with N30,000 Known for his philanthropic prowess, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, a Delta State House of Assembly hopeful has again stated that the reason for his annual Peace and Unity Essay/Quiz Competitions for secondary school students in the riverine communities
…We will support the university according to our capacity-Okowa …Over 300 Students Have Commenced Academic Activities – Timipre Sylva The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described the commencement of academic activities at the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state as
The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has emphasised the need for adequate funding of university education in the country. Senator Ndoma-Egba spoke during the 31st Convocation Ceremony of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, where he was conferred with Doctor of Laws, (Honoris Causa). Other awardees were the Emir of
Admitted into Howard University College of Medicine In what could be described as her regular trademark, Boubini Jones-Wonni an Arogbo-Ijaw Indigene from Ondo State on Saturday May 5, 2018, emerged the Best Student 2018, in Miles College Metropolitan Birmingham Alabama in the United of State of America –USA. This information about her superlative performance was contained
The protest by the students under the Presidential Amnesty Programme of the Igbinediao University, Okada, Edo state, which started last week Friday, May 27, 2018, entered its seventh day today. According to the protesting students, the PAP office, led by the newly appointed Coordinator of the PAP and the Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to President
…flays varsity authority for insensitivity towards students’ welfare Students of Novena University, Ogume, Kwale, Delta State, this morning staged a protest over the death of one of their colleagues, a 300-level Public and Community Health (PCH), who died in a road accident on Sunday. The female student, simply identified as Kelechi, was said to have traveled in company of a colleague to
Students who are on the sponsorship of the Presidential Amnesty Programme at the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, are currently staging a protest against the new management of the programme. The students are protesting over the non-payment of four months of their allowances by the management of the programme. Students and staffs of the institution,
370 students were registered into the University Of Africa (UOA) Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State on Thursday, at the first University’s matriculation ceremony, as the Governor of Bayelsa state, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson called for patronage from elites. Governor Dickson, who made the call in his home town, Toru-Orua, which hosts the institution, while addressing the new intakes of the
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson to address the grievances of students of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State which led to a massive protest and the eventual closure of the university on Wednesday, the 25th of April, 2018. According to a press statement
A Niger Delta Environmental Activist and Delta State House of Assembly aspirant, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has applauded the Federal Government for the successful take off, of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of the State. In a press Statement made available to newsmen in Warri, over the weekend,
Below are unbelievable photos of the deplorable state of Omotimipere primary school in Akparemogbene community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State as captured by GbaramatuVoice Correspondent. Only three dilapidated buildings serve as classrooms for the pupils such that the majority of them take lessons in the open despite the cold weather. See images below…
30 students are to be awarded scholarships as part of the activities set to mark this year’s birthday celebration of Niger Delta iconic living legend, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo on April 12, 2018. This information gathered by GbaramatuVoice, from multi-reliable sources, albeit, on the condition of anonymity, because they were not authorised to
After several postponement and rancour that have trailed the location of the Maritime University, located in Okerenkoko, thousands of prospective applicants, especially young professionals, thronged the campus of the specialized tertiary institution, to process their applications for vacant jobs advertised by the management of the school. There are palpable joy in the air, as thousands elatedly expressed happiness at
The conflicts that have surrounded the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, has finally been laid to rest as the maritime institution had been given the go-ahead by the National Universities Commission to commence graduate degree programmes, and admit JAMB candidates. The commission also approved three faculties for the University; namely Faculty of Marine Transport; Faculty
