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.
Illegal refinery explosion kills scores of people in Imo community At least hundreds persons are feared dead as fire engulfed an illegal crude oil refining site at Abaezi forest, in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Newsmen gathered that about one hundred and fifty others sustained serious degrees of burns. Speaking on the ugly
The people of four oil bearing communities; Assa, Obile, Ochia and Awarra in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, are protesting against alleged neglect by an oil giant company, Shell Petroleum, operating in the area. Spokesperson for Assa North cluster, an umbrella body of the communities —Duke-Bright Enyia, addressing newsmen in Owerri, regretted that
Youth leaders from the oil communities of Imo State, on Friday, demanded the sack of the Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ISOPADEC, Charles Orie, over alleged misappropriation of funds of the commission. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday, one of the youth leaders, Ezekwesiri Nwauwa, said the time
At least five people have been killed in Anara, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Gunmen were said to have attacked the community on Tuesday night. A resident simply identified as Damian told our correspondent that many people could not sleep in the community as sounds of gunshot rent the air for a
A report by Channels TV indicates gunmen have opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting at Njaba local government area in Imo state. Details of the attack remain sketchy but at least five traditional rulers are feared to have died during the attack with several others wounded, the news media stated. Also reporting the
No fewer than three persons were feared dead on Friday as soldiers raided Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also gathered that many houses, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Aborshi-Izombe community, Pius Muforo, were burnt down. Although the exact cause of the
By Our Correspondent The Obiakpu community in Imo has accused the Shell Petroleum Development Company of oil spill devastation, according to a statement made available to our correspondent on Friday by Spaces For Change. It was stated that the spillage started two years ago from leakages of crude oil pipelines owned by the Nigeria Petroleum
