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 Loveth Ojogun Kurutie Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has inaugurated new youth executive to manage their youth affairs for the next two years. Chief Dickson Wereyesigha, the Amaokosuwei of Kurutie Community, who was flanked by Chiefs of the community, inaugurated the officers in the community’s town
By Loveth Ojogun A man whose name was given as Owei Edun from Ajakurama community in Egbema Kingdom of Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State has committed suicide, after impregnating his daughter. Edun was residing at Jones Creek in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. He was
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government has recorded its sixth COVID-19 death which occurred in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at the Central Hospital, Warri. The Delta State Commissioner for Health Dr. Mordi Ononye made this known today in a statement. According to the Commissioner the 28th case which
By Ebi Perekeme Delta Government on Tuesday said it had begun moves to establish a security force to check rising insecurity in the state. Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, made this known at a news conference in Asaba, and said that the proposed security outfit would be christened “Operation Delta Hawk”. Ebie
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed an Ijaw youth leader along Udu Road, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that the deceased, who was the National Spokesman for the Ijaw Interest Advocate, a.k.a, Izanzan Camp, Mr. Famous Belief Wonikiri-Ebi, was allegedly shot dead. It was gathered that the incident occurred on
Armed men have killed three people at Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, reports New Telegraph. For fear of the unknown on Monday, farmers refused to go to their farms, even as the vigilantes in the town have embarked on search of the perpetrators. Men of the Divisional Police Headquarters in
By Enaibo Asiayei A literary activist, Mr Ekanpou Enewaridideke, has alerted the police authorities of a plot by some persons in Ayakoromo and Akparemogbene communities in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State to author a frivolous petition with criminal allegations to Nigerian Police in order to arrest, embarrass and keep him in jail. In
By Enaibo Asiayei Delta Government on Monday said it had begun active case search in six local government areas in a bid to check community transmission of COVID-19 in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, disclosed this in Asaba at a news briefing by the Technical Committee on COVID-19 Response in the
A 13-year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide in Warri, Delta State, after being beaten up for engaging in sex. It was gathered that the teenager, who lived with an elder sister, was seen with a man presumed to be her lover. Her sister beat her up, and she drank an insecticide and died behind a
Communities in 3 Local Government Areas of Delta State at the weekend raised alarm over an alleged influx of northerners into their areas. The LGAs include Sapele, Ethiope West, and Warri North. The chairman of Ethiope West LGA, Hon Solomon Golley, while talking to Vanguard confirmed the incident at the weekend, “Sapele is a landlock
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State House of Assembly has asked the federal government to investigate the mysterious death of large quantities of fish particularly in the Forcados and Escravos rivers in the state as a matter of urgency. The assembly, also, asked the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari
By Julius Akorigho and Godbless Motiola On Wednesday, May 13, newly executive members of the Kenyangbene Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, were sworn in. They are Mr. Austine Ojo Pudie, Chairman; Emotimide Fibawarifa, Vice-Chairman; Destiny Gbajor Wonighan, Secretary; Eferesuoa Alfred, PRO; Kalogbe Peter Keme, Treasurer; Ogoba Benedict,
By Loveth Ojogun All is now set for the official inauguration of the Gbaramatu Iron Benders, Plumbers and Masons Association holding at Oporoza in Gbaramatu, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. A statement signed by Engr. Sunday Abai, Chairman and Mr . Godspower Odogun, PRO, on behalf
By Ebi Perekeme Chief Promise Lawuru’s aspiration to contest the Warri North Local Government chairmanship post has been given a boost and endorsement in the forthcoming election. The endorsement which was recently given in a press statement issued by the influential ‘Ijaw, Itsekiri Youth Movement (IIYM)’ in Warri. According to the statement signed by Chief
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has put smile on the faces of media workers in the Delta State government owned broadcast outfit known as Delta Broadcasting Services, DBS, Warri It was gathered that, the Olu of Warri on Monday sent a team from his palace to deliver to the management of the station one
By Enaibo Asiayei Leaders of Kunukunuma community in Gbaramatu kingdom yesterday distributed foods and other relief items to the people of the community, to cushion the effects of the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The leaders said the gesture was aimed at reducing the suffering of the teeming Kunukunuma populace as a result of
By Ebi Perekeme Delta State Government has maintained its position on the state’s boarder closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that its borders across the state remains closed to all commuters including other road users. Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, the Deputy Governor of Delta State briefed Journalists Wednesday April 29 on the stance of
By Ebi Perekeme A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, Hon. (Mrs.) Fanty Goodness Wariyai, has lost her mother. In an announcement issued by the family, of which a copy was made available to GbaramatuVoice, it was gathered that Wariyai’s mother passed out around 1:30pm today, April 26. Mrs.
The traditional prime minister of Tuomo kingdom in Delta and Bayelsa states, High Chief Mike Loyibo, has doled out multi-million naira as gift to about one thousand vulnerable indigenes to cushion the effect of COVID-19 in the kingdom. Loyibo gave out the cash on Wednesday at Tuomo community, traditional head of the kingdom in Burutu
The Delta State Government has announced that the state has recorded two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba. He said that the new cases has brought the total confirmed cases in the state to six, with one death and
By Editor The lingering dispute between the people of Ovre-Eku community in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta state and Orhiovwon Local Government Area of Edo State has taken a worrisome dimension, following the alleged invasion of Ovre-Eku residents by gunmen. The gunmen, who reportedly carted away properties and destroyed houses belonging to Ovre-Eku
By Editor An Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi, has been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders on his farm at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the priest, who hails from Issele-Mkpitime, had gone with his family to the farm where he was kidnapped on Saturday morning alongside. The
By Ebi Perekeme The lawmaker representing Warri South West Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, on Saturday April 18th, distributed food Items and some money to his constituents to cushion the hardship occasioned by restriction of movement to contain the spread of Coronavirus. While presenting the items to Hon.
By Ebi Perekeme Coalition of Burutu Political leaders under the auspices of Burutu House, has distributed palliative materials to all the eleven wards in the area as part of measures to cushion the adverse effects of the stay-at-home order caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The relief materials worth over 15milion Naira donated included bags of
Apprehension has enveloped the Ughelli Central hospital after a male patient suspected to have shown symptoms of the corona virus, was whisked away by his relatives who had rushed him to the hospital for treatment over fears of him being isolated. The hospital is one of the holding centers established by the state government for
By Ebi Perekeme The team of GbaramatuVoice on the occasion marking the 52nd birthday of His Excellency, Barr Kingsley Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta state, visited him in his hometown on April 16, to felicitate with him and introduce the GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank to him. There was no official ceremony for the birthday given
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairman of Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), Amb. Jude Ebitimi Ukori JP, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, lost his mother, Mrs Zipporah Damutobor Ukori Nee Ojusin. She died at 72. According to a statement signed by Amb. Jude Ukori, on behalf of the family, Mrs Zipporah Damutobor Ukori passed on after a
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has sent warm message of felicitations to his Deputy, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, who clocks 52 years on Thursday, April 16. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika on Wednesday in Asaba, the governor extolled Otuaro for his contributions and motivational role in the
By Ebi Perekeme Following the footsteps of the federal government, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa during a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday extended the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Delta State, giving reasons why the extension of the lockdown is necessary. GbaramatuVoice reports Governor Okowa during the state-wide broadcast on Tuesday said the extension of the lockdown, among
By Ebi Perekeme The GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank has started distributing first batch of food items donated as palliatives to people in the riverine area of Niger Delta by good spirited individuals and groups since the enactment of lockdown across States in the country. The GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank had earlier called on well-meaning individuals
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, has frowned at the alleged occupation of the Nigerian military in Salvation City, Bennett Island in Warri South West LGA, Delta state, on the afternoon of April 12, 2020. In a statement made available to GbaramatuVoice, Mayor Timi Ogobiri, the National acting Spokesman of the IPDI, said in Warri
By Ebi Perekeme The Tompolo Foundation has felicitated with its Founder, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, as he clocks 49 years today, April 12, 2020, praying for his longevity and good health. The Foundation celebrates with the Niger Delta icon in a congratulatory message signed by Dr. Paul Bebenimibo, Executive Secretary of the Foundation
By Ebi Perekeme A traditional Chief in Delta State, Comrade Chief Sheriff Mulade, has described High Chief Government Ekpemukpolo, aka Tompolo as the bridge between ancient and modern Ijaw tradition and culture, a living hero and the pride of the Niger Delta Region. Chief Mulade, the Ibe- Sorimowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West
Following the announcement of the second COVID-19 case and the subsequent death of the patient in Delta state, the storey building which houses the clinic (name withheld) where the deceased was reportedly first admitted has been sealed off by authorities of Warri South council. It was learnt that policemen from the ‘A’ Division, led by
By Enaibo Asiayei Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State, on Thursday night withdrew their services indefinitely over alleged harassment by security operatives enforcing lockdown directive. The lockdown order was issued by the state government April 1 as a measure to prevent the spread of
