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.
A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has reviewed the achievements of Mr. Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director of the Niger Development Commission, NDDC, in the last eight months and declared that he has brought joy and hope to the people of Akwa Ibom State. Speaking at the thanksgiving service of Mr.
The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has pledged to sustain the funding of its foreign scholarship programme which started seven years ago. Mr Ekere, who made the promise in an interview with newsmen in his office at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, stated that NDDC would not abandon any
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will spend N2billion Naira for the renovation of schools in the Niger Delta region as provided for in its 2017 budget. This was made known by the NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, when members of the executive of the Regina Coeli College, Essene, Old Boys Association, paid him
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has revoked more than 600 contracts and projects as part of efforts to restructure the commission. NDDC Managing Director Nsima Ekere told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the commission’s management and board took the decision to adopt a ‘4R’ initiative as roadmap to development. According
Says residents dying of hunger
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned against any act that would lead to misuse of the second tranche of the Paris/London club refund to the state, which stands at N10 billion from the federal government. He noted that out of the money, N919 million is meant for the eight local government councils. This
Delta state police command has allayed the fears generated Tuesday night by an explosion that occurred in Koko town, Warri North council area of Delta state. There was panic across the town when the loud explosion, which roared out from the premises of Ebenco Global Link Limited at about 6:25pm, occurred, impacting on the adjoining houses. Although details
•Calls on Commission to extend programmes to creeks
The peaceful atmosphere in Jeddo, Okpe council area of Delta, on the outskirts of Warri metropolis, was shattered Monday evening as operatives of two sisters security agencies; police and the Nigerian Air Force, engaged each other in a fierce shootout. Although there was no death record from the engagement, our correspondent gathered that several persons, including personnel
Mr. Diete Rufus, a 24-year-old final year Business Administration student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, has been murdered in Bayelsa State. Rufus was reportedly killed in a crossfire during a deadly armed clash involving two rival cult groups on Sunday. It was learnt that three other persons also sustained serious injuries in the incident
•Crisis has nothing to do with Gbaramatu-Ogbe-Ijoh Youth President •We did not abduct Gbaramatu youths-Aladja Youth President
The Barrister Eric Omare-led Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the brutal killing of a military officer at Ogbugbagbebe in Burutu Local government Area of Delta State by unknown gunmen, describing the act as barbaric and highly unacceptable. In a statement signed by the IYC boss, which was made available to GbaramatuVoice, Omare said the
Reports reaching GbaramatuVoice news desk indicate that two young men from Gbaramatu kingdom who were going about their normal business have been abducted by armed youths suspected to be from Aladja community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. Reports further indicate that the young men, Samuel Monday, 37, and Solomon Ikoto, 38, were abducted around 1:00pm,
*Says Traditional Rulers play key role in ensuring peace, security
Kunukunuma Federated Community in Gbaramatu kingdom has alleged plans by Neconde Energy Limited and Nigeria Petroleum Development Commission, NPDC, to remove her from list of OML 42 host communities. The community further alleged that NECONDE and NPDC have concluded plans to hold OML 42 host communities meeting tomorrow, in which it feared Kunukunuma community was not
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning to work with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in reconciling all outstanding statutory obligations due the Commission and agree on an immediate payment plan. Managing Director of the NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere disclosed this when
THE Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has assured the Governing Council of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, of the Commission’s determination to assist the school with basic infrastructure such as roads and hostel accommodation. Speaking on behalf of the Managing Director, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Executive Director
Gbaramatu leads with 8, Bayelsa 2, Rivers 1
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling which affirmed Obaseki’s election. Pastor Ize-Iyamu, whose petition was dismissed for lack of merit, assured Governor Obaseki of his goodwill. ALSP READ: JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Obaseki As Governor Of
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the PDP challenging the election of Governor Godwin Obaseki for lacking in merit. The apex court said it would give in detail, its reasons for the judgment on July 24, 2017. A seven man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued an ultimatum to join the national body in ongoing strike, if government fails to pay up salaries owed teachers in the state. The ultimatum, according to the state chapter of the NUT was necessitated because they have waited long, yet government was
Residents of Eleme communities in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised the alarm over the incessant pollution of the air they breathe by the activities of companies operating in their area. They lamented that chemical companies such as petrochemical and fertiliser companies operating within their environment in addition to gas flaring from
Delta State Acting Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has commended the New Delta Avengers for heeding the call by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark to shelve its planned “Operation Cripple Delta Oil.” Otuaro, who chairs the Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Oil Facility Vandalism, had appealed to the Avengers to resort to dialogue in place of
Ondo State Government is to host the second meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta (NCND) between August 7 and 12. The first meeting was hosted by Akwa Ibom State Government in Uyo, the state capital, in 2013. Inaugurating the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to organise successful meeting coming up in Akure, the state
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has proceeded on a 15-Day leave as part of his annual vacation. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Aniagwu on Friday in Asaba, said “In line with the provisions of Section 190 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, the Governor has written to the Speaker of the Delta
Deliver Ijaw nation from injustices, Justice Tabai urges new executives Controversy surrounding who is the authentic president of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, was put to rest yesterday as Barrister Oweilaemi Pereotubo was formerly inuagurated as the 7th president of the Council. The IYC was rocked with leadership crisis following an outcome of two different conventions
Students of Bayelsa State origin studying in Ghana under the state government scholarship programme are now in jubilant mood following the release of N162 million by Governor Seriake Dickson to clear all their outstanding arrears. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor’s spokesman, who disclosed the development on Wednesday, June 28, said Dickson gave the approval for the
RIVERS State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, dissolved the State Executive Council. The dissolution of the council came barely two days after the Commissioner for Works, Bathuel Harrison, was relieved of his position. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, had on Friday resigned from his position as the image
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed the threat by the political godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. George Turnah, to institute a N100m defamation suit against it. Turnah had on Sunday, through his lawyers, demanded N100m from the EFCC and a social media activist, Mr. Bodmas Kemepadei, as compensation for alleged defamatory
Concerned youths in Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, describing as unjust and misplaced, the life imprisonment passed on Mr. Edmund Ebiware by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in connection with the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bomb blasts and called for his release. Ebiware, a father
Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State has called on the Federal Government, security agencies to take urgent action against the Itsekiri ethnic group on the 14 days ultimatum issued, alleging that the Itsekiris have planned attack on pipeline facilities, security personnel, and the Ijaws at the expiration. This is coming after Niger Delta Omega, a group from
The Chairman of the Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the frequent visits of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the Niger Delta reaffirms the current administration’s commitment the region. Ndoma-Egba said this in a statement signed by Special Assistant Communication, Office of the Chairman, Clara Braide,
THE termination of the construction of a modular refinery in Akwa Ibom State by Hi Rev Exploration and Production Company is sending conflicting signals to the oil and gas sector. It concerns the position of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to frustrate the building of modular refineries in the Niger Delta to compete with
Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital. Trouble started earlier on Tuesday when an unidentified naval rating was shot in the left shoulder
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday, May 29, disclosed that 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms to the state amnesty committee in line with the state’s amnesty programme. Wike made the disclosure at a Town Hall meeting and accountability Forum to mark his administration’s second year anniversary in Port Harcourt, state
