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 Ebi Perekeme Hundreds of #EndSARS protesters on Sunday blocked all major entrance to the oil rich city of Warri, Delta State in continuation of the opposition to the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the newly created Special Weapons and Tactics unit. The youths, who caused heavy traffic along the Effurun Road-About in Uvwie
By Ebi Perekeme The two communities which are in Isoko South and North local government areas of the state are presently embroiled in renewed hostilities. GbaramatuVoice learnt that the two communities have been having an intractable dispute with intermittent clashes. The incident caused pandemonium in the two communities with the victims of the clash from
By Joshua Williams The Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. The governor noted in a statement personally signed by him in Asaba, that the disbandment of SARS was a decisive and prompt
By Joshua Williams There is pandemonium in Evwreni Community, Ughelli North council area of Delta, following the alleged death of the former community vigilante chairman, Tuesday Okuah. Unconfirmed reports say Okuah died in the custody of the monitoring team of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja. At least three houses and two cars were
By Joshua Williams Ogbinbiri Federated Comminities in Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have issued a seven days ultimatum to the management of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to vacate their land or face mass protest. The communities on behalf of the National Youth President, Ogbinbiri Federated Communities, Chief Ebipade Kari
The videographer behind last Saturday’s viral video alleging the killing of a young man by a team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been reportedly released from Police custody. The videographer, identified as Makalomi Nicholas, was released on Friday after several Nigerians, including Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), called
By Joshua Williams The deplorable state of the Warri-Benin highway is making life unbearable for the people of Oghara, Mosogar, Sapele and others in Delta Central Senatorial District. Residents, who depend mainly on the highway for transportation, are lamenting over the terrible shape of the road, which has cut them from the rest of the
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked the police to release the videographer behind the Delta viral Special Anti-Robbery Squad video that alleged the killing of one person by SARS operatives in Ughelli, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the Delta State. The video
By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has postponed the common entrance examination into the state Model Secondary Schools and Delta State Secondary School, Warri. A statement by the Director/Registrar, Examinations and Standards Department in the ministry, Mrs. Oderhohwo Kehinde, said the examination earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 10,
By Joshua Williams The people of Bobougbene community in Burutu Local Government Area, have called on the federal and state governments to intervene in the current flooding ravaging their communities in Delta state. The Chairman of the community, Matthew Agbada made this known at a press conference with GbaramatuVoice in warri on the 6th of
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upturned the August 17, 2020 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which had sacked Governor Duoye Diri from office and ordered fresh poll to be conducted within 90 days. A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Adezila Mshelia set aside
The John Dekawei Foundation has awarded Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) university scholarship to the new Face of Gbaramatu International 2020, Her Majesty, Queen Alice Emmanuel. The founder of the foundation, Comrade John Dekawei made this known to GbaramatuVoice in Warri on Tuesday September 29, when it presented letter of the scholarship to the beauty
By Ebi Perekeme His Excellency, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the Immediate Past Governor of Delta State has officially returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, mammoth supporters and PDP Exco stormed his native Abigborodo, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State where he officially picked up his party card at Unit
By Ebi Perekeme Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC), returning to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Details shortly
September 26, 2020, witnessed the historic induction and conferment of the prestigious United Nation Award of Eminent Peace Ambassador to the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama and other eminent Niger Deltans. At a well-attended ceremony in Warri on Saturday, September 26, 2020 the president of the International Association of World Peace Advocates, Per
Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has denied media reports that he assaulted and stripped naked four staff of Signatious Hotel describing the reports as political arrangements ahead of the Delta State 2023 governorship election. Gbagi during a media briefing at his Oginibo country home in Ughelli South local government area of
Rivers State Government has expressed unhappiness over the pace of work by the contractor, Raffoul Nigeria Limited handling the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road. The state Governor, Nyesom Wike, who inspected the road at the weekend in the company of some of his appointees, decried the work rate despite paying 80 per cent of the contract sum.
Delta Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro, has expressed apprehension over the high level of insecurity in the Niger Delta region. He said insecurity is a threat to national life, adding that efforts must be geared towards securing the region. Otuaro stated this when he received members of the Niger Delta Dialogue led by Judith Asuni at
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, Thursday, has commissioned the Delta State Intelligence Bereau building, donated by the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) for the Nigerian police, in Warri Area Command office for strategic due diligence gathering. The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Abubarkar Adamu was represented by the Delta state
By Enaibo Asiayei The military personnel operating within the axis of Gbaramatu Kingdom has been petitioned to the Federal Govt. The Fiyewei (spokesman) of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Gbenekama Godspower made this known to GbaramatuVoice, the Niger Delta most leading and trusted newspaper. The Fiyewei said it was necessary the FG called the military to order,
Following protest from some persons, that the executives of EGCDF awarded contracts worth billions of naira for themselves and children, the Executive Chairman of Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, Ambassador Jude Ebitimi Ukori has stated that the awarded contracts followed due process in line with the EGCDF’s guidelines. In a statement signed to correct
By Enaibo Asiayei The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, sponsored by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Warri South West and Warri North Local Government Areas, Delta State, has awarded projects worth N643, 608,485.22 million to contractors in the area, charging the contractors to complete the projects in record time. The projects included construction of bungalows,
A thick cloud of black smoke has hovered over the oil rich Gbaramatu kingdom, since on Monday morning, causing soot to pile up on every surface. Oporoza community, headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom looking black and polluted. See Photos below..
—CEPEJ gives awards to stakeholders The Aladja/ Ogbe-Ijoh Peace building novelty football match played today (Sunday) at Aladja in Udu Local Government Area ended in a barren draw with no victor, no vanquish. Also, the Center for peace and environmental justice (CEPEJ) gave awards to stakeholders in both players as well as other stakeholders in
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has been selected “Man of the Year 2020 Award by GbaramatuVoice, a multi-media organisation in the Niger Delta, for his efforts toward the development of the region. Mr Jacob Abai, the Publisher of GbaramatuVoice, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Abai said that Wike’s emergence was as
By Loveth Ojogun A group known as Ijaw Equity Group has demanded for the immediate resignation or removal of the Delta State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Kingsley Esiso. The group alleged that he has betrayed the parry’s trust over his recent comments on zoning of the governorship position in Delta State
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaws of Ese Odo council area of Ondo State have disowned their son, the deputy governor of the state, Hon Agboola Ajayi for betraying the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Recall that Ajayi dumped the governor party and defected to the Zenith Labour Party to contest the October governorship election with Akeredolu.
By Enaibo Asiayei The Deputy Governor of Delta state, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, yesterday paid a condolence visit to Niger Delta award winning poet, Ekanpou Enewaridideke over the demise of his mother, Mrs Timiebi Maika Ekanpou, who died on Sunday August 30, after a brief illness at the age of 78. According to report by
By Loveth Ojogun The Delta State Executive Council (Exco) has approved the sum of N4 billion for the construction of Ogheye Ultra Modern Concrete Floating Market project. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu made the disclosure in a post-Exco press briefing in Asaba on Wednesday. According to him, the market is huge
…Says its Delta’s turn to produce coordinator By Joshua Williams Egbema Peace and Security Group, EPSG, has rejected the appointment of Milland Dikio as the interim coordinator of amnesty programme by President Muhammadu Buhari. The EPSG while noting that are not against the President removal of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Charles Quaker
By Ebi Perekeme A Niger Delta group, Ndoshimili indigenous People of Ndokwa East (NIPONE), has given the Federal Government up to October 30,2020 to address the alleged perennial neglect of its area. During a press brief yesterday at Aboh, headquarters of NdokwaNdokwa East council area of Delta State, the group threatened self-determination and control of
By Blessing Johnson Delta State Traditional Rulers Council has disclosed plans to sanction self-imposed traditional rulers in the state. They also suggested to the Delta State Government and security agencies to fashion out penalties for the infraction to check the menace for security reasons. The Traditional Rulers fear that the actions of these self-imposed kings
By Loveth Ojogun As the date of Delta State Local Government election draws near, youths from Egbema Kingdom in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened to resist any further socio-political and economic marginalisation in their community. The youths also petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over what they tagged “the endless marginalisation
By Joshua Williams & Joel Fesinghan The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), has commissioned three developmental projects for three communities in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government area of Delta State. The three Communities include Igoba, Makaraba and Kenyagbene. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the commissioning which was held in the state weekend, involves the Electrification project
By Ebi Perekeme Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, charged the leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) to partner with governors and stakeholders in the South-South to fast-track transformation of the region, especially in peace and development. Okowa made the call when he received the newly-elected executive committee members of IYC at
