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.
-DEMAND THEIR GUNS BE RETURNED By Brakere Birinimighan Ex-militants from the coastal area of Ondo state have threatened to seize peace and order in the area over supposedly failure by the State and Federal Governments to keep to their side of promise made to them if they surrender their guns on Nov. 27 2017, for
By Shina Badmus The refugee camp in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State which was initially established for four thousand refugees, have been overflooded with no fewer than ten thousand refugees with most of them from Cameroon. GbaramatuVoice gathered that members of a socio-cultural organisation, National Association of Sea Dogs that visited the camp
By Daniel Domotimi Bayelsa State has witnessed the presence of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for farmers affected by the 2018 flood in the State. While considering distributing seedlings to the affected farmers, the Agency’s Team Leader in the state, Mr Eric Ebhodaghe told our correspondent in Yenagoa on Wednesday, May 1, that over
The Traditional Ruler of Ele Kingdom in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State, King Felix Tamunoseipirila Okuru VII, has thrown his weight behind the re-election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, describing it as a victory for people of the state and democracy. While speaking with GbaramatuVoice in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state,
By Enaibo Asiayei The country home of ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State, Oghara, has been thrown in pandamonium as a headless body of a woman was found yesterday. Eye witnesses told GbaramatuVoice that the shocking discovery was made early hours of yesterday, May 2, 2019. The woman who was said to be in her late 50s,
By Brakere Birinimighan A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State who happens to be one of the founding fathers of the state, Hon. Ofoni Williams has described Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as suffering from election fever. Ofoni made this declaration on Tuesday, April 30, in Yenegoa, following Dickson’s rejection to give
By Shina Badmus The Okerenkoko community executive in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has empowered 24 women with the sum of N100,000, each. The empowerment programme which took place on Saturday, April 13, at the community hall, was designed to provide entrepreneurial capacity development training, skill acquisition and seed
By Daniel Domotimi Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has given Bayelsans a shocking revelation that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who will emerge as his successor, would be chosen through concentrated prayers and consultations. The governor disclosed this on Saturday, April 20 2019, night at the monthly Praise Night and the
No fewer than two people have been reportedly killed following two fresh oil spills that occurred in Kegbara-Dere community, in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, over the weekend. GbaramatuVoice can confidently report that the spills were from oil resource owned by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in B-Dere and Kpor communities of the
By Enaibo Asiayei The Bayelsa Elders Consultative Council (BECC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of Professor Nelson Brambaifa as the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The Group also congratulated President Buhari on his electoral victory and called on him to confirm the professor of pharmacology for a
South-south elders make case for military raiding of Ateke’s home The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, Akwa Ibom state has cleared itself of news making the rounds that it barred the legal team of Senator Godswill Akpabio from inspecting election materials as was directed by the Election Petition Tribunal. Opinion leaders in South-south in the same
By Loveth Ojogun Rev. Tode Joseph Godspower of the First Baptist Church, Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, might have landed his church into trouble in the hands of the traditional ruler in the area. Information made available to GbaramatuVoice, has it that the pastor attracted the anger of the traditional ruler
By Enaibo Asiayei Concerned Indigenes of Oporoza Community, Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State today called for the dissolution of the community executive led by Mr. Johnbul Demebi, over what it described as ‘long overdue’. The concerned Indigenes, led by 15 members of the community, made the call at a
By Brakere Birinimighan The University of Coventry in the United Kingdom will next month sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to boost education in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Airport, shortly on arrival from a five-day working visit to some universities in the United Kingdom,
By Brakere Birinimighan The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is consolidating its existing partnerships with universities in the United Kingdom to ensure that the Commission gets more value for its human capital development programmes. Speaking after a five-day working visit to some universities in the United Kingdom where NDDC scholars are undergoing post-graduate
By Loveth Ojogun The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture for partnering with the Delta State Government to develop the communities. The state Governor, made this commendation on March 28- March 29, 2019 respectively during the two-day commissioning of 54 projects by the Itsekiri Regional Development Committee (IRDC). The
A Bayelsa-based newspaper publisher, Jones Abiri was whisked away on Saturday by security personnel in plain cloth believed to be men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Abiri was arrested at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Abiri was arrested at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. It was gathered
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says now that the 2019 general elections are over, it is time for reconciliation. He also pledged that he would surpass his previous achievements in the next four years. The governor gave the assurance yesterday when leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has accused multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta of funding “terrorism, criminality and breakdown of law and order.” He alleged that oil pipeline surveillance contracts awarded by the oil firms were foundational to the security threats in the region. A statement issued on Thursday, Dickson’s Special Adviser
By Brakere Birinimighan The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will strengthen its collaboration with the European Union, EU, through the Niger Delta Support Programme, NDSP, to resuscitate abandoned water infrastructure across the nine Niger Delta states. The NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, stated this when a delegation from the EU-funded NDSP3 pilot
By Shina Badmus Four children have lost their lives after inhaling poisonous carbon-monoxide fume expelled from a generator that powered their house. According to residents of the area, the children inhaled the fumes expelled by the generator that powered their home. All four children, who were still in primary school, had just finished the term’s
The police in Bayelsa State have arrested some suspected armed robbers, who specialised in robbing residents in Yenagoa, the state capital, using a commercial tricycle. The Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said some of the robbers were shot during a gun battle with policemen. He identified one out
Dr. Ferry Gberegbe, who was shot at the collation centre in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State during the governorship and state assembly elections has died. Gberegbe, a senior lecturer at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnics, Bori, reports say, died Saturday, a week after the gunshot, at a hospital where he was receiving treatment.
The Enogie of Ukhiri in lkpoba Okha Local Government Area, HRH Enogie Godwin Aigbe Osayande has been kidnapped by unknown gun men. The heavily armed men numbering five who stormed his Ukhiri palace on Benin-Abraka road was said to have shot sporadically into the air before abducting him from his living room to unknown destination.
An entrepreneur in the oil and gas sector, Mr. Keniebi Okoko, has identified poor mental disposition of many people in Bayelsa State as the cause of poverty in the midst of plenty. Okoko, who spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on yesterday in Yenagoa, said that poverty of the mind is
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP has won in 23 of the 25 local government areas in Delta State leaving his closest rival, Chief Great Ogboru of the APC with wins in only two local governmentb in the Delta State Guber election. Official results from all 25 LGAs released by INEC shows that Okowa polled
The Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Ayirimi Emami has raised alarm over pollution of Warri/Escravos River in Delta State, which was purportedly caused by the spill from the Warri Escravos crude oil line. Emami who disclosed that he discovered the environmental pollution weekend when he travelled to his home-town of Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government
By David Owei When Prince Abraham Donokoromo (aka Isaba Abraham), started hobnobbing with musicians at the age of 12 years, his parents were vehemently against the idea. They advice that he should find something more serious doing. He stuck to his dream and today his parents are so proud of him that they have taken
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it lost one officer and killed six political thugs when soldiers clashed with the hoodlums in Rivers state. A statement from Army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, said troops of 6 Division on a legitimate duty of protecting lives and properties of law abiding citizens and ensuring a conducive environment
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is designing new capacity building programmes that will help youths and women of the Niger Delta region become gainfully employed. Speaking during a leadership dialogue and town hall meeting for women and youths in the region in Port Harcourt, the Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Professor Nelson Brambaifa,
Ahead of this Saturday general election, the All Progressive Congress House of Representatives candidate for Ilaje Ese-Odo Federal Constituency, Ondo State, Donald Ojogo, has raised the alarm over the influx of ex- militants from Delta and Edo states into the state to disrupting the elections. Ojogo in a statement in Akure alleged that “these ex
The Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, on Friday, besieged the Warri office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), protesting the inclusion of additional two wards in Warri South Local Government Area. The protesters said, INEC had decided unilaterally to add two Wards to the existing 10 Wards in the area. Legal Adviser to INYC, Mr.
I’ve delivered on another ambitious project, says Dickson https://www.facebook.com/patience.owe.9/videos/2054622267955404/?t=75 It was a day of joy in Bayelsa State Thursday as the first airplane marked 5N-BUV, touched down at the newly-built Bayelsa International airport in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local government Area, the heartland of the Ijaw nation. A second flight operated by Air Peace Airline also
Few days to the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly general elections, Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has entered into an agreement with the Urhobos from the Delta Central Senatorial District of the state to produce the next Governor in 2023 after his eight years tenure. At a meeting of all the traditional rulers of
By Shina Badmus The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) a community-based organisation (Regional Development Committee) under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) pioneered by the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture since 2005, is happy to announce the handing over of two cottage hospitals built by the Foundation in Oporoza and Tsekelewu to the Delta State Government to
