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.
Warri Ownership: Ogbe-Ijoh kingdom writes open letter to Okowa over Itsekiri monarch’s claims …Cautions Itsekiri monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, to avoid another round of crisis in Warri The Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Traditional Council has called on the governor of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, to call the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwase III,
The Olu of Warri, HRM Ogiame Atuwatse III, has restated his resolve to encourage synergy between Isoko and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities that would engender growth and development of their people. The monarch who stated this when Professor Chris Akpotu, President General of Isoko Development Union, IDU, led his executive members, including women and youth leaders
Delta State Police Command, yesterday, said it has commenced investigation into the petition by Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Futeyin, the General Overseer of Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, Effurun. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed this development, said investigations are ongoing in the petition by Prophet Futeyin to the State’s Commissioner of Police, Ali
The Management of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, has declared “No bra, no entry, no pants, no entry” policy into the school campus, especially for female students. Our correspondent gathered that some of the students, who did not wear bras and pants, were denied entry by security guards, who mounted the school gate to checkmate indecent
Ifiekporo community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, in the early hours of this morning, mobilised to shut down the portion of Ode Itsekiri Road leading to the depot of Matrix, Pinnacle Oil and Gas, AYM Shaffa and several companies in the area over alleged failure by the companies to sign a Memorandum
The National Coordinator, Centre For Peace And Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to use his remaining days in office to invest more in Warri to enable it regain its lost glory as the commercial nerve of the state. Chief Mulade made this remark on Monday, 21st February, 2022 during
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The Urhobos of Warri has enjoined Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to call to order the Olu of Warri, OGIAME ATUWATSE III concerning his utterances. GbaramatuVoice writes that the Olu of Warri, OGIAME ATUWATSE III, was recently credited to have stated that Warri South Local Government Area and the two-State Constituencies are for the
The 6th edition of Comrade Sheriff Mulade inter-LGA Quiz & Essay competition organized by the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ in collaboration with Chief Sheriff Mulade Foundation has been concluded with winners emerging in each category. Love Afodus Standard School in Igbide which is located in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta
DELTA 2023: THE TRUTH MUST BE TOLD The fact that I have kept quiet on Delta State affairs since 2015 is not due to laying idle or being afraid of anyone in the State whether in government or outside government. I categorically claim, to the glory of God and with all humility, that I am
The member representing Warri Southwest Constituency, in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, has heaped praises on the publisher of the Niger Delta leading newspaper, the GbaramatuVoice as he marks his birthday today. Guwor, in a statement issued to the press, hailed Jacob Agbai, the publisher of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper saying that
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has felicitated with Jacob Abai, publisher of popular newspaper, the GbaramatuVoice, as he marks his birthday today. Barr. Otuaro in a statement he personally signed and issued to the press heaped praises on Jacob Abai describing him as “One of the most outstanding and youngest
DELTA 2023: How Deputy Governor Otuaro, James Manager, Braduce held closed-door meeting with Ijaw Traditional Rulers As plans for the 2023 gubernatorial elections in Delta state continue to take centre stage, three Ijaw governorship aspirants, Chief Braduce Angozi, Senator James Manager, and the Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, on Monday, had a meeting with
Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, today, inaugurated the reconstituted Traditional Rulers Council with Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, HRM Felix Mujakperuo, Orhue 1 as chairman. The ceremony took place at the massive traditional rulers council built by Governor Okowa in Asaba. ALSO READ: Okowa approves reconstitution of Delta State Traditional Rulers Council [See Full list]
A community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Diebiri/Batan, has backed Delta State deputy governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro as successor to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking on behalf of the community, Engr. Don Dickson Ogugu, gave this assurance on Sunday in Warri when he played host to the national coordinator of KBO
Edwin Clark explains how Tompolo met him in Abuja to support Okowa …Explains how Otuaro became Deputy Governor …Says he is unaware of treaty for Okowa to handover to Ijaw tribe Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has said he is unaware
A socio-political pressure group — Otu Wenem Ro, has given reasons why it will be supporting Barr. Kingsley Otuaro to govern Delta State in 2023. The group hinted immediately after their enlarged meeting held in the Chairman’s residence, at Boji Boji, disclosing that, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro is the most viable candidiate whose technocratic disposition was
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A member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Wilson Ayakpo Dauyegha, has stated that the former governor of the state, Dr Serikae Dickson, failed during his tenure as governor of Bayelsa state. Dauyegha, who is the Deputy Minority Leader as well as the acting National Chairman, APC Assembly Forum disclosed this during an
Delta State Government, on Tuesday, approved the recruitment of 1,500 teachers for its secondary schools as part of the plans to boost education in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, told newsmen in Asaba that it was part of the decisions reached at a recent State Executive Council (EXCO). The News
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Friday, said he was still very much in the 2023 governorship race, urging Deltans to ignore the wicked publication purporting that he has stepped down from the race. Oborevwori, who is also the National Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures
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Ahead of the 2023 Governorship election, Delta North sociopolitical group, the Anioma Social Justice Advocates (ASOJA), has thrown its weights behind the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro aspiration. The People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s focus group, disclosed their stance at the end of its executive meeting in Asaba. According to the group
Olorogun David Edevbie has assured the Ijaw nation of massive development of their communities as part of his agenda for the modernisation of Delta State. Speaking to a section of Burutu PDP stakeholders in Warri, on Tuesday, the frontline gubernatorial aspirant said he is committed to effective connection of the riverine communities of the three
Delta Ijaw traditional rulers have sought the support of Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien, CFR, for his support for Ijaw Nationality to produce the next governor of Delta State. The Ijaw traditional rulers appealed to the monarch to talk to his subjects, palace chiefs, everybody in Anioma including the governor
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Delta Ijaw Traditional Rulers are currently meeting with His Royal Majesty, Obi (Professor) Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba at his palace in Asaba, ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. The meeting is currently ongoing. It will be recalled the Delta Ijaw traditional rulers, on Wednesday, January 2, 2022, met with Delta
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The traditional rulers in Delta North, have declared their total support for Ijaw candidates, in forthcoming 2023 Delta State gubernatorial election. The Obi of Owa kingdom, Ika North-East, HRM, Emmanuel Efeizomor (ll), Chairman of Delta North Traditional Rulers disclosed at his palace, when Ijaw traditional rulers from Delta South Senatorial district led by its chairman,
Following the clamour for the renaming of Urhobo Territory in Warri City to Wado City by the Wado Advocacy Group, lawmakers in Uvwie Local Government Area have banned the use of Warri in Uvwie. The gazette was passed into law in December 2021. The gazette stated that all business owners, cooperative organizations, churches, etc., are directed to change the name
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, hosted the President of the Urhobo Christian Ministers Association International, Archbishop (Prof.) Solomon Gbakara, at his residence in Warri. Archbishop Gbakara was joined by Bishop Godwin Soroghaye; Bishop Felix Piniki; Rev. Emmanuel Imeleye; Dr. Bello Oboko; Dr. Alfred Mulade and other
The Delta- Ijaw 2023 Governorship Advocacy Group, DIGAG, in Delta State, Sunday, challenged leaders of Delta Central Senatorial District in the state canvassing zoning of governorship by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying since 1998, the party had never zoned governorship in the state. The group in a statement by the director general, Augustine Okporu,
The Delta State Government has promised to come up with a comprehensive plan to assist the victims of the Ogbe-Ijoh Market in Warri, which was razed by fire, last Sunday. The state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, gave the pledge on Friday during a visit to the market to see the extent of damage as he
The immediate past governor of Delta State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, today, received in audience, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro at his residence in Warri. Both leaders discussed a range of issues bothering on the sustenance of enduring peace in Delta
The Delta State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed a Bill for a law to regulate the manufacture and use of wooden boats in the state. This was sequel to the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Special Bills at plenary. Presenting the report, the Chair of the Committee, Pat Ajudua, said
Indigenes of troubled communities, especially Orhohworun town in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, have raised the alarm over threats to their lives, following upsurge in cases of rival cult clashes in the area, urging the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, to immediately come to their rescue. Raising the alarm under the
