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 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
The Rivers State Executive Council has reviewed some COVID-19 protocols with particular emphasis on burials and weddings, imposing a fine of N100m to violators of the directives during such ceremonies. This is even as it approved reopening of schools in the state with effect from October 5, 2020. A statement, signed by the Commissioner for
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said a country whose leaders do not practise justice, fairness and equity is at risk of the very slow pace of development. Senator Diri made the assertion on Sunday at a special church service in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th and Bayelsa’s 24th anniversary at the King of Glory
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
By Ebi Perekeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says that the ministry is committed to harmonizing the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan with the Niger Delta Action Plan to produce one regional road map for development in Nigeria’s oil-rich region. Akpabio, who spoke at the new Niger Delta Development Commission,
Govovernor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said that the 258-bed capacity Mother and Child Hospital in Port Harcourt would be completed in record time. Wike gave the assurance when he led the State Executive Council members to inspect the facility and other ongoing projects in the city. The governor stated in a statement issued
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.
By Ebi Perekeme The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) has suspended a lecturer, Dr. Rowland Igwe for allegedly impregnating a student of the institution. It was learnt that the university indicted the lecturer for allegedly intimidating and assaulting the lady before impregnating her. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele confirmed the development
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
By Ebi Perekeme The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described the governorship election in Edo State on Saturday as a fight for the destiny of the Niger Delta region. The governor spoke on Thursday during a meeting organised for leaders and elected representatives of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benin, the Edo State capital.
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
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has called on the Rivers State government to show understanding in order to amicably resolve the dispute between Oluasiri Clan in Bayelsa and their Kalabari neighbours in Rivers. The Oluasiri communities in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa and their Kalabari Ijaw kinsmen are locked in dispute arising from the
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..
By Joshua Williams In a presentation in Abuja, at a webinar titled: ‘Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Amendment Bill: Reducing environmental degradation through improved oil spill response,’ the NNRC also disclosed that the Niger Delta region is currently suffering from poor response to oil spill. Program Coordinator of the NNRC, Ms Tengi
—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
Ijaw leaders have decried hard times and worsening conditions despite various interventions and existence of key associations claiming to champion their agitations. The leaders, who met in Port Harcourt under the auspices of Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), said they were worse of, because major pressure groups
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 Enaibo Asiayei Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed all civil servants from grade levels 1-12 to resume work from Tuesday, September 1. Senator Diri gave the directive on Monday during a meeting with the state’s COVID-19 Taskforce in Yenagoa. The state government had on March 26 asked those categories of workers to
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
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of all the 18 chairmanship position in the Saturday’s local government election in the state The commission’s chairman, Yomi Dinakin, made the announcement o Sunday evening. According to him, the party also won 194 councilorship seats out of 198, while the
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 Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that the Niger Delta region remains a safe haven for companies to conduct their businesses. This is coming even as he fingers multinational companies for using insecurity to justify their refusal to relocate their operational headquarters to the region. Wike made this known during a
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The final list was shared via the official Twitter handle of the commission on Friday. It was also followed with a statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Festus Okoye. In his statement, Mr
