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.
No fewer than 14 persons died on Tuesday during a stampede at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally in Port-Harcourt. Many others were injured in the sad incident, which occurred at the Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium near Port-Harcourt International Airport. Most of the injured were rushed to the nearby University of Port -Harcourt Teaching Hospital
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, of influencing a high court judgment against the All Progressives Congress in the state. Amaechi, who spoke at the River State presidential campaign rally in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, alleged that the governor had betrayed him after being recommended for
By Shina Badmus As part of the ongoing Okowa/Otuaro campaign in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Bosin Ebikeme, Special Adviser to Delta State Governor on Petroleum Matters and former Commissioner of Transport has hinted that the people of the region do not have an alternative party but would only vote
By Adamu Usman The Rivers State Police Command has declared emergency on the Rumuekpe/Elele/Emohua axis of the East/West Road where a lot of criminal activities such as the killing of a bus driver and subsequent abduction of the passengers as well as the assassination of the leader of the Ahoada East Legislative Assembly, among others happened
By Adamu Usman A group- Conscience of Ogoni People, has given President Muhammadu Buhari a five-days ultimatum to reinstate Derrick Mene to the position of Executive Director, Finance and Admin of the NDDC that he was recently removed from and replaced by an Ikwerre man or risk the wrath of Ogonis. Issuing the threat at
With less than a fortnight to the 2019 general elections, palpable fear has continued to grip residents of Effurun, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State as sporadic gunshots have continued unabated for hours. The gunshots were heard around Jakpa Road, Warri Sapele Road, Sokoh Estate Road and the PTI Road -where three persons
By Brakere Birinimighan The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured its contractors and consultants that henceforth their payments will be paid promptly without unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks. The NDDC Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration, EDFA, Mr. Chris Amadi, gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to the palace of Eze Apara Rebisi of
His Royal Majesty, Bosu Dio, Ayamabulo 1, the Pere of Iduwini kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area, has endorsed former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, to represent Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The monarch also endorsed Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru.
Hundreds of All Progressives Congress members and its supporters took to the streets of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, in protest over the alleged killings of its party faithful in the state by the opposition. Led by the Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and former Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, the
By Shina Badmus Following alleged marginalisation of education in the riverine areas of Delta State, a youth group – the Delta Ijaw Youth Movement For Political Advancement (DIYMPA) has threatened to act against the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by 5th of February, 2019, if their demands are not addressed. DIYMPA, made this in a
Ahead of February 16 general election, the Ijaw communities in Edo State have forbidden the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from campaigning in their area. This is coming on the hill of defection where many members of the opposition dumped their respective parties for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ovia South West Local Government Area.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment Prof. Nelson Brambaifa as Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement by Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Bayelsa Information and Orientation Commissioner, said on Tuesday that the appointment of Brambaifa was in line with the principle of rotating positions among Niger
The immediate past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta South Senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has said he left the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as his successor, Senator Arthur lfeanyi Okowa is not a listening governor. Uduaghan made this statement at Koko, Warri North local government area of Delta
The Federal Government has begun the refund of over N1.3trillion owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since inception, acting Managing Director of the Commission, Nelson Brambaifa, has said. The new chief executive officer of the commission, whose appointment was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, spoke at the inaugural meeting of the new
By Adamu Usman, Port Harcourt Information reaching the GbaramatuVoice is that war drums are currently beating in Rumuekini community, Obio/Apkor Local Government Area of Rivers state over land that some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UNIPORT chapter, are trying to procure for staff quarters. The land in dispute is said to
The Police in Edo on Thursday confirmed that a medical doctor, Dr Osasogie Ogbeide, was found dead in a hotel in the state capital, Benin. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Thursday, that Ogbeide was of the Radiology Department of the
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has pleaded with the Federal Government to expand the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to accommodate more ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region. Ajayi made the plea on Friday at the inauguration of the first vocational training centre built by the Amnesty office located at Agadagba-Obon, Ondo
The founder of Moni-Pulo indigenous oil company, High Chief Olu Lulu-Briggs, has passed on at 91. The philanthropist, who died Friday, hailed from Abonnema-Kalabari, the headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The deceased, who was a regent of Abonnema, was the father of an oil magnate, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, who is the
By Enaibo Asiayei Ex-militants in Ilaje and Eseodo Local Government Areas of Ondo state have threatened to recover their arms and return to the creeks where they belong, if the government failed to redeem its pledge immediately. They alleged that they were abandoned by the state government on their integration into the amnesty programme after submitting
The Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced the appointment of the immediate past acting Director General of the Department of State Services (DSD) Mr. Matthew Seiyefa, as the new pro-chancellor and chairman of governing council of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government. Mr. Seiyefa, who only recently retired from
The Bayelsa State Government has moved against the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mukan, deployed to the state by the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris. The deployment of Mukan by the Force Headquarters had attracted criticisms by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bayelsa elders, alleging
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday sacked the Managing Directors of three television and radio stations in the state. According to Wike, they were dismissed because of their failure to attend a meeting organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) led by the Chairman, John Momoh. The stations whose MDs were
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday presented staff of office to the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Warri Kingdom, Prof. Paul Okumagba, Idama ll. Newsmen report that the event took place 11 years after the death of the late traditional ruler, Benjamin Okumagba in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The new monarch,
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom and chairman of Traditional Rulers Council in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Edward Igho Otadaferua, Erhiekevwe 1, has joined his ancestors. Our correspondent gathered that the Urhobo monarch died after a brief illness. It was gathered on Saturday that the Idjerhe king, the
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State and the state government were yesterday engaged in diatribe over an alleged fraud in the International Cargo Airport built by the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson in the state. The party threatened that it would jail the governor after his tenure over the matter. The APC described the
Hundreds of youths in the Igbokoda area of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, on Tuesday took to the streets of the town to protest against the alleged abandonment of various projects in the local government by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youth, under the auspices of the Ilaje Advancement Forum, alleged that
By Abai Francis Happy Men’s Club of Nigeria, a humanitarian organisation, has presented a collection of paintings to the people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to help preserve historical facts of the kingdom. The presentation was made on Friday (26/10/2018) by the chairman of the club, Mr.
…asks Okowa to relocate to crises zone By Francis Abai A Warri based peace advocate and environmental rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has said the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is not doing enough to broker peace among the warring communities which has lingered for too long. This was made in a statement he
By Isaac Olamikan Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) and MIXTA Nigeria have assured subscribers for the 1800 housing-unit Emotan Gardens of a new experience as the garden is going to redefine housing landscape in the state. The joint venture project being executed by the EDPA and MIXTA Nigeria on Upper Sokponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has said his administration is not in a hurry to reopen shut schools in the state because of the need to protect children who are vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Dickson had ordered the closure of primary, secondary and tertiary schools in the state on September 29 as a
By Shina Badmus The councilor representing Okerenkoko ward, Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Ebi Adam, has donated drugs, medical equipment amongst other items to Okerenkoko secondary school and health center. Accompanying her on the visit yesterday (October 23, 2018) are Hon. Chris Omula and Hon. Lucky Ari,
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will establish an industrial development centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Managing Director of the commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere disclosed this on Tuesday in Ikot Ekpene during the flag-off of the Entrepreneurship/Agricultural Disbursement Grants for Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District. The grant is initiated and sponsored
Former acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Power Aginighan, who died in a fatal crash with his son, Tam, and police orderly on Mbiama-Okogbe axis of the East-West Road, August 30, would be interred on January 25, 2019. A statement by the Chairman of the Burial Committee, Chief Whisky Ayakeme and Chairman,
…We don’t harbour criminals – IYC BY Isaac Olamikan Honourable Henry Binidodogha (aka Egbema 1), ex-Senior Special Assistant on Waterways Security and Surveillance to former Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has appealed for calm as it relates to the issue of the recent murder of a soldier on the Udoh – Ofunama Road in
…Govt should come to our aide by constructing shore protection to save us …Govt response to our case is very poor …Riverine communities have been left to their fate – FOHURAC By Enaibo Asiayei Residents displaced by flood at Ogodobiri, Gbekebor and other communities in Bomadi and Burutu Local Government Areas of Delta State, have
