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.
As Opobo Kingdom celebrates the 200th birthday of its founder and first monarch, King Jaja, federal lawmaker representing Andoni/ Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante, has sought for setting up a foundation for him. Hon. Abiante, who spoke on the anniversary of the king’s birth marked by Amanyanabo of Opobo Kingdom, King Dandeson Jaja, at
… Send SOS to government Boat helmsmen and operators plying the Andoni-Bonny-Port Harcourt waterways have decried incessant attacks and kidnapping by pirates and called on the Rivers State Government to come to their aid. The helmsmen said it was important that the government lived up to its obligations by protecting the lives and property of
The President of Royal Queens of Niger Delta Initiative, Evangelist Josephine Diete-Spiff, has urged media practitioners to change the narrative of classifying native doctors and criminals causing mayhem in the country as pastors. Josephine, who is the wife of the Amayanabo of Twon-Brass Kingdom in Bayelsa State and former Military Governor of Rivers State, King
…Dies Before Getting to Hospital The yuletide season turned tragic for a 60-year-old herbalist in Calabar, named Ani Ikoneto, who had his private parts bitten off and eaten by his dog. The man, who lives at 12, Jebbs Street in Calabar South, according to neighbours, went on a drinking spree on Christmas Eve and returned
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has urged the Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State Government to create Local Government Development Centres in riverine communities of the state to fast-track development in the area. Secretary, Western Zone of IYC, Omaghomi Olu-Derimon, who stated this on Saturday, said the riverine communities in the state have been marginalised in infrastructural
…Call on exoneration of Saro-Wiwa, others Communities in Ogoniland have directed the Federal Government to compensate Ogonis for years of environmental pollution the area has suffered as a result of oil exploitation before considering the resumption of crude oil exploration. The resolution was reached after a meeting held under the auspices of the Ogoni Liberation
…70 year old mourns offsprings Six members of a family lost their lives during a fire outbreak in Ngbede community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Meanwhile, a 70-year-old man, Pa Fidelis Ezinne, who survived the inferno said some of the victims were his children and grandchildren. ALSO READ: Akpabio prays 2022 will
Dominion Okoro, the housemaid of Mrs Maria Igbinedion, mother of former Edo state governor, has confessed killing her. Mrs Igbinedion was killed on December 1, 2021 by her housemaid, who absconded after committing the heinous act. ALSO READ: PAP not owing genuine scholarship students, says Dikio When the police commissioner, Phillip Ogbadu, paraded the 25-year-old
…Send strong warning to Government, Aiteo Members of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, have issued a strongly worded warning to the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Rivers State Government, and Aiteo E&P Ltd to include the Kalabari people ,generally, and the Kula people, particularly, among the communities to receive relief materials and then
…Victims call for government assistance NPA residents woke up early on Monday to devastating news of the fire outbreak that destroyed the popular Miller waterside in the oil city of Warri with goods worth hundreds of millions of naira destroyed within the five hours the inferno lasted. Although investigation is on to ascertain the cause
…Wonder why royal fathers raise hands when passing checkpoints on Niger Delta waterways Stakeholders have described as humiliating the practice where boat passengers including royal fathers are compelled to raise their hands over their heads (surrender) at every military checkpoint on the river and creeks of Bayelsa and other parts of the Niger-Delta region. Though
…We have consulted widely, the coast is clear for an Ijaw Governor – Bozimo Ijaw leaders, stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers led by the Delta-Ijaw for Governor 2023 lobby group on Monday, December 20, 2021, held a closed door meeting in Warri, Delta state with all the frontline aspirants. The Ijaw for Governor team led
In a bid to ensure that the selection of the Ijaw preferred candidate ahead of the 2023 Governorship election in Delta state emerges through a consensus arrangement, the Ijaw leaders, stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers led by the Delta-Ijaw for Governor 2023 lobby group are currently in a closed door meeting in Warri with all
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw People’s Assembly also known as Ijaw Nation Development group, a sociocultural organization of Ijaws from all walks of life with wide national and international reach, has heartily felicitated with His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike [CON, GSSRS], governor of Rivers State, on his 58th birthday. In a message signed by Ben
Mosogar kingdom confirms death Mosogar kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, has officially announced the transition of their Monarch, HRM Samson Okirhioboh Imoyin-Omene, Udurhie I, just as they declared three months of mourning. The kingdom which made this known in a speech delivered by Chief Ighoyota Amori, Otota of Mosogar, during
Government needs to create a balance between economic and infrastructural development The Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) and the Executive Director Business Development, Nexim Bank, Stella Okotete, have proffered solutions to the economic challenges of the Niger Delta region. The trio
Amnesty programme has boosted manpower capacity in Gbaramatu kingdom – Oboro-Gbaraun II By Ebi Perekeme The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, on Monday disclosed that the intervention of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has boosted the manpower capacity of his kingdom. He affirmed that the program has raised
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have advocated for a declaration of state of environmental emergency in Bayelsa State. The CSOs led by Revd Nnimmo Bassey, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) stated this over the weekend after a visit to Santa Barbara River, Nembe, where the oil spill from the Oil
By Loveth Ojogun The Beleukoriwei (Pathfinder) of Arogbo- Ibe Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, and the CEO/Chairman of Bradama International Skill Works Ltd, High Chief Bibopere Ajube popularly known as Shoot-At-Sight, has distributed relief materials to victims of fire outbreak in Egbemene Island community, Fenegbene, Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom in Warri South
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has disclosed that the state is finding it difficult to pay salaries due to the reduction in funds gotten from the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee ( FAAC). Okowa, who revealed this to pressmen in Asaba, expressed displeasure over the reduction in funds received from the Federal Allocation Accounts
By Samuel Abai President General, Dr. Bright Abulu; General Secretary, Rev. Clement Doyah-Tiemo and 17 other executives have been sworn in to take over the mantle of leadership of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) community, Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state. The Polobubo National Executive Council (NEC) is responsible for the realization and achievement
By Loveth Ojogun & Samuel Abai Ijaw youths, under the auspices of the Egbema Youth Council, (EYC) along Benin river in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have shut down operations at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40 in Ogbeti-okun Oil Field operated by NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture over non-recognition and marginalisation of their
By Loveth Ojogun The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday, at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, “The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question”
Mr George Akaghoro, who has been a gate man for over 60 years at the Urhobo Cultural Centre, Okere road in Warri, Delta State, has been honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). Mr Akaghoro was honoured by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) with a plaque on Friday as part of activities to mark the
Nine persons lost their lives including parents of a groom and his sibling in an accident that occurred in the evening of Saturday, in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state. The unfortunate incident which threw the state into mourning, was said to have occurred at the Gloryland drive at Igbogene area – a suburb of
By Martha Appeal & Rosemary Umeoha The governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has advised Urhobo people to prune down the number of gubernatorial candidates they are presenting by 2023 in order to brighten their chances. He said this on Friday, December 3, 2021, at the 90th anniversary of Urhobo Progressive Union, UPU, held
The family of late Sylvester Oromoni Jr, a student of Dowen College, Lagos marked his 12th birthday with a cake and picture. See photos below posted by his Cousin perrisonoromoni on Twitter.
By Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha A story was brought to you by GbaramatuVoice last week about an Urhobo man, named John Erere Nana, who was getting married to two pregnant women at the same day in Delta State. The traditional marriage was held at Ishere Primary School in Oviri-Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area
By Funsele Tusemone, Martha Appeal, Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha His Excellency, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Executive Governor of Delta State, acting as the Special Guest of Honour, on Friday, December 3rd, joined other eminent personalities within and outside the state to attend the 90th anniversary celebration of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) at the
No fewer than 12 women from Agobiri community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have been arraigned by the Police for allegedly plotting to scuttle the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The accused women are Nerisa John, 43; Christiana Famous, 36; Dolphina Ochai,
A former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has berated Governor Nyesom Wike for the decay of Rivers-owned agencies and parastatals he inherited from his predecessors, an action which he said, has rendered thousands of youths in the state jobless. Dr. Peterside, who was the 2015 governorship candidate of the
The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of fourteen new commissioners. Recall that Governor Akeredolu had, in March this year, appointed four commissioners including that of Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, Finance, Wale Akinterinwa, Justice and Attorney General, Titiloye Charles and Works and infrastructure, Aminu Raimi. The number of commissioners in the
A man identified as John Erere Nana is set to marry two pregnant women on the same day in Delta state. According to the wedding invite, Nana from Orhokpokpo, Agbarho, Ughelli Local Government Area of Delta State will be getting married to Patience and Elohor, both from Udu Local Government Area of Delta on
The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state, describing it as worse than what happened in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 edition of the Calabar Carnival. The Governor explained that the health concerns arising from the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the prevailing security situation, are his reasons for the suspension. He made the announcement on Monday at the State Executive
