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.
The Ijaws in Edo state have rejected the recent commissioners nominated in the state by Governor Godwin Obaseki led administration, noting that it will not be accepted by the Ijaws in the state, insisting that the Ijaw people must be included in the commissioners’ list. The Ijaws lamented of being oppressed, intimidated and permanently neglected
The Elders Council of the ljaw Youths Council (IYC) worldwide has resolved to wade into the leadership crisis rocking the pan Ijaw Youth Council. The Elders Council is an advisory body to the IYC whose members cut across the three zones of the ljaw youth body namely: Central, Western and Eastern Zones in all Niger
By Ebi Perekeme Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that International Oil Companies have no excuse not to relocate their administrative headquarters to Akwa Ibom State. Osinbajo disclosed this shortly after inaugurating a 21 storey Dakkada Towers in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Friday, stated that the problem of office accommodation has been taken care of
By Our Correspondent About 132,591 persons, including children, in rural and semi-urban Niger Delta communities, have benefited from 34 free medical missions organised by the OB Lulu-Briggs Foundation since 2005. The chairman of the foundation, Dr Seinye Lulu-Briggs, disclosed this at the 20th anniversary Thanksgiving service and celebration of 63rd birthday. Dr Lulu-Briggs said the
By Ebi Perekeme Built by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Dakkada Towers is a 21 storey smart office complex located in the central business district of Uyo, it was built under 2 years. The Mega project was handled by a Turkish construction company, VKS. Dakkada Towers has a 500 capacity car park, the
Obotim Nsit community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday lamented that the effects of the gas pipeline explosion that occurred in 2016 in the community is still killing people and destroying economic trees and livelihoods. The gas pipeline, which runs through the community from Ukanafun to Calabar, Cross River
By Our Correspondent The Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday directed local government councils to set up vigilante teams in every community to work closely with the police and other security agencies in the state. The Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the directive at separate meetings with traditional rulers from Kolokuma/Opokuma and Yenagoa Local Government Areas
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Kalabari Se-Ikpangi has condemned the abduction of an expatriate staff of Lubric Construction Company (LCC) in-charge of the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road project. This was made known in statement released to GbaramatuVoice and signed by the Chairman, Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, Secretary General, Comrade Tamunosaki West and Public Relations Officer, Comrade
The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has been scheduled to be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s Delta Online Publishers Forum’s third annual Conference/lecture. In a Statement signed by the Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Deacon Chijioke Williams Ugbolue and the Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, the former Governor, will be
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Douye Diri has doled out N14 million to the state-owned football club, Bayelsa United, for their victory over visiting AS Ashanti Golden Boys of Guinea in the preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup. The match, played at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, saw the youthful Bayelsa team winning
By Joshua Williams A 16-year-old girl has committed suicide after she suffered an heartbreak on Sunday morning at Arubayi Street, Warri, Delta State. The girl who was identified as Blessing died after drinking the popular insecticide, Sniper after a breakup with her boyfriend. A source told GbaramatuVoice that Blessing gulped a can of the infamous
A Non Governmental Organisation, Esther David Foundation (EDF), has donated writing materials to the schools in the riverine part of Delta State. Materials distributed includes; exercise books, uniforms, pens and other learning materials to a number of pupils in Ebiabu Primary School 1 & 2, Kokodiagbene and Oboro Primary School, Benikrukru in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta
By Our Correspondent Inikorogha, an Ijaw enclave in Ovia South Local Government Area of Edo State, is to be electrified for the first time since its existence. Hon. Dennis Idahosa, a member of the House of Representatives who attracted the project, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Benin. The representative of the
A youth, Mr. Emma Eregarnoma, has been arrested by the police in Delta State over a failed attempt to use his mother, Mrs Oke Eregarnoma, for alleged money ritual. Emma was detained at the Orokpe divisional police headquarters in the Okpe Local Government Area over the incident, which occurred on Tuesday in Okuokoko community near
By Joshua Williams A Non Governmental Organisation, Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) has launched an educational support programme for underprivileged children in riverine communities of Delta State. The project that is set to kick start on Monday, 4th to Tuesday 5th, October 2021 was born out of the prevalent rate of out-of-school children in rural parts
The Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri says it is “unfair” that international oil companies (IOCs) extract oil in the state but their employees pay income tax to states where they have their headquarters. Nigeria adopts a Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) system to calculate the personal income tax of employees. It is called PAYE tax. Workers
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its efforts to provide potable water and reduce communicable disease in riverine communities, the Delta State Government has approved the construction and reticulation of a major water scheme in Okerenkoko town, Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, told journalists at the end
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Ovuakpoye Evivie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the bye-election for Isoko South Constituency 1 in the Delta State House of Assembly. The by-election held on Saturday across five wards in the constituency, was meant to fill the vacant
By Ebi Perekeme An elder statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Samson Youkore Mamamu is dead; he reportedly died on Friday morning The development was however confirmed to GbaramatuVoice by a family member of the Ijaw leader, Chief William Mamamu. William noted that the elder statesman died “at the ripe age of 91 years”. He
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has handed over the keys to its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government, concluding the phased movement of the Commission to its new headquarters at the Eastern Bypass. Presenting the keys of the building
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday shared the letter Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami wrote to the National Assembly “to amend the Constitution and empowered the Federal Government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT)”. Wike is asking the FIRS in the oil-rich South-South state
…Says Rivers VAT not for Abuja people Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, insisted on going on with his move to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state. Wike, who said he does not care if heaven falls, insisted that Rivers money is not meant for “Abuja
A Non-Governmental Organization, Clever Minds Educational Foundation, has built the first free Private Primary School in Iyara community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The school that was opened on Saturday, September 4, 2021, was built for orphans and underprivileged out-of-school children, the founder revealed. Among the dignitaries that were present includes Chairman
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the government may be constrained to re-impose lockdown if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said daily figures released from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that both the transmission and death
By Enaibo Asiayei There was a widespread jubilation in Warri, on Sunday as Niger Delta activist and National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief Sheriff Mulade, officialy declared his intention to contest for 2023 Governorship in Delta State. Mulade who made this known before some Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders at the
…charges politicians to lead with fear of God A Warri-based popular cleric, Pastor Simeon Obiobo Andafa of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, has disclosed that Niger Delta region has been significantly insufficient in the investment in youths. Andafa who is also a businessman and entrepreneur made this known while speaking with GbaramatuVoice recently. He explained
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while
By Our Correspondent Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has dissolved all palace chiefs, traditional council, Committees, Sub- committees of the Warri Kingdom. This development comes barely 10 days after the monarch was enthroned. In a letter signed by the monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and dated 1st September 2021, under the hand and seal of
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimii Akeredolu, has signed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law. The bill that was signed on Tuesday is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum at its last meeting, held in Lagos. This came few weeks after the bill has been passed by the State House of Assembly.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an order restraining Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have not taken COVID-19 vaccines will be prevented from accessing churches, mosques, banks, event centres and other public places from the middle of September. ALSO READ: Hundreds protest
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will today sign the Anti-open Grazing Bill into Law. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the state government has suspended all activities in the state forest reserves including free areas and flitches with immediate effect. The suspension was part of the far-reaching decisions made at the state executive council meeting on
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the civil society organisations (CSOs) in Edo State defied early morning downpour on Monday to protest against the state government’s directive on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination by residents before accessing a large gathering. Obaseki at a briefing had named such gathering to include church service, Juma’at mosque, banks, wedding or burial
The Edo government has given civil servants in the state’s ministry of health a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a memo issued on Monday by Fredrick Irabor, permanent secretary of the ministry, any staff member who fails to receive the vaccine within the period would not be allowed into office.
Two suspected armed robbers have been reportedly killed while two others injured in a gun duel with the Nigeria Police at the weekend along Egbo/Otokutu Road, Otu Jeremi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Police Delta State command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Asaba on
By Daniel Kokoricha At least ten persons have reportedly sustained varied degrees of injuries as Hausa traders and Fulani herders engaged in a bloody clash at the popular Hausa Market along Benin-Warri road, Amukpe, Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that some shops at the market were destroyed in the
