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 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
…Chevron, NAPIMS describe implementation of the projects as fruit of partnership The Itsekiri Oil and Gas Producing /Impacted Communities Development Committee, IPCDC, popularly known as IRDC on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday November 23, 24 and 25, respectively, commissioned 72 projects worth over one billion Naira (N1,000,000,000). The projects included seventy, 2-bedroom bungalows spread
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the death of Mr. Tony Uranta, executive secretary of foremost advocacy group, United Niger Delta Energy Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), as a painful loss to Nigeria, Niger Delta and indeed the Ijaw nation. Mr. Uranta, who was a member of the defunct Federal Government Technical Committee
Governor Olurotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. According to the governor in a statement issued by his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, the curfew takes immediate effect. In the statement, the curfew became imperative following the
By Loveth Ojogun The remains of Madam Ebikeseiye Christiana Mulade nee Timiyan, mother of Comrade Sheriff Mulade, one of the 2023 Delta state governorship aspirants, will be laid to rest in Kokodiagbene town, this weekend. In a statement made available to newsmen by his media aide on youth mobilization, Dickson Agbor, Mulade specially requests the
Some women from the Niger Delta, on Tuesday, shut down the main entrance of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in protest over the delay in the release of the report of the forensic audit of the commission as well as the constitution of the substantive board. The aggrieved women sealed off the main entrance
With so much suffering being faced by communities from gas flaring and pollution in the Gelegele community, oil industry profits gained appear to have blinded companies to the negative impacts. The issue of gas flaring has been a major source of environmental damage and habitual loss in the Niger Delta region and has adversely affected
The Okrika Council Secretariat Complex was a beehive of activity today as members of the Grassroot Development Initiative (GDI) from Okrika and Ogu/Bolo LGAs converged for a verification and sensitization program. The program which was held in the Okrika Local Government Multi Purpose Hall had National, State, LGA and Ward leaders in attendance. Speaking during
By Enaibo Asiayei The Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, the GbaramatuVoice has sent out congratulatory message to a respected Ijaw monarch – His Imperial Majesty, Pere (Barr.) Zacchaeus Doubra Egbunu (JP), Opukutu III, the Agadagba of Arogbo-Ibe Kingdom. The message released by the publisher/CEO, Jacob Abai, said: “Happy birthday to a prestigious November
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has expressed displeasure with Aiteo Group over the company’s failure to stop the ongoing oil spill in Santa Barbra Well 1, OML 29, more than two weeks after the leak started. To this end, the governor has charged the oil firm to be prepared for the consequences of their inaction,
The constant serial pollution by multinationals operating in the coastal region has, over the years, been treated with kid gloves. Communities have been set in disarray for selfish exploration and exploitation of the helpless people whose source of livelihood solely depend on the coastline and fishing in particular. Venting their displeasure over years of alleged
Electricity consumers in Warri and its environs have lamented how the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) is killing businesses in Warri through escalating bills amid poor power supply. They urged the management of the BEDC to adjust their billing pattern so that businesses in the oil rich city can thrive. Emmanuel Okoro, who owns a
By Enaibo Asiayei The Country Director and CEO of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice – CEPEJ, Chief (Comrade) Sheriff Mulade on Wednesday November 17, 2021, commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for the upgrade and transfer of the School of Marine Technology, Burutu, from the Ministry of Transport to that of Higher Education
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, has expressed its displeasure at the bill for an Act before the National Assembly sponsored by Senator Olamilekan Adeola ( APC Lagos West ) which has scaled through its second reading seeking to include Bauchi, Lagos and Ogun States in the Niger Delta Development Commission
By Ebi Perekeme An international donor agency, United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has raised the alarm over an imminent conflict situation in Akwa Ibom State, identifying youths unemployment, poverty and other economic variables as being responsible for the spate of kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes in the state. USAID team leader
Residents and fishermen in Oyorokoto fishing settlement, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Tuesday, cried out over worsening sea pirates attacks, resulting in the loss of 15 boat engines within a day. The victims lamented that the recurring activities of the armed gangs terrorising the waterways in the area are disrupting fishing and
By Enaibo Asiayei Ogbe-Ijoh indegenes in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have sent a Save-Our-Soul (SOS) message to the state government over alleged attacks by Aladja assailants. In a press release made available at a press conference at Ogbe-Ijoh town, headquarters of Ogbe-ljoh Warri Kingdom on Wednesday, 17th November, 2021, signed
By Enaibo Asiayei A group of eminent personalities from the Delta Forum of Kingdoms, Clans and Communities, and the President Generals Forum (Ijaw Chapter), on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom, HRM, Agbonu, Torububor 1, at his palace in Obotobo community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. During
A 35-year-old man is in police net in Delta State for allegedly raping and impregnating two sisters. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the suspect, Jude Nduka, resident at Obi Onuwe Street, behind Kowen Plaza, Asaba, Delta State had raped and defiled the two sisters said to be within the age range of 13 and 16 years respectively.
The administration of Gov. Douye Diri has announced a policy of empowerment and engagement of 16 local contractors in the ongoing construction of internal roads in the state. According to the state government, 10 internal roads have so far been completed while six others are ongoing around Yenagoa, the state capital. The Commissioner for works
By Emmanuella Soroghaye The deputy governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has congratulated His Royal Majesty, Torububor 1, Agbonu JP, the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom, on the 16th anniversary of his accession to the throne. In a statement on Friday, Otuaro said: “It is an honor for me, Barr. (Dcn) Kingsley Otuaro, Deputy Governor
The Rivers State Police Command said its operatives have arrested the pastor of a new generation church identified as Onyebuchi Amadi who allegedly strangled his wife to death during an argument in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the arrest to our correspondent on
By Enaibo Asiayei The chairman of the Ogulagha Kingdom Professional Divers Association, OKPDA, Chief Francis Odibo-Satu, has, on behalf of the executive and entire members of the association, congratulated the king of Ogulagha kingdom – His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) King Joseph I. Timiyan JP, Turububor 1, the Ebenanaowei and paramount ruler of Ogulagha kingdom,
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, called on the Nigerian Navy to strenghten its operational efficiency in ensuring that piracy and other unwholesome activities were nipped in the bud in the maritime sector of the nation’s economy. Okowa made the call when he received the Chief of Naval Staff,
Fresh massive crude oil fire caused by a massive crude oil spill from the wellhead of Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company in its Santa Barbara South Field is currently ravaging Opu-Nembe community in Bayelsa State. The fire, which is still raging from the wellhead, according to community sources, has left many of the people
By Enaibo Asiayei Following the refusal of the NPDC/Neconde, AMT JV in Oil Mining Lease – OML 42 to commence Field Memorandum of Understanding, FMOU, meeting with its host communities in Delta state, the company has been given a 14-day ultimatum by the communities. The host communities warned that failure to address the issues itemized
By Enaibo Asiayei The former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the chief priest of the Egbesu deity, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, on Monday, November 8 offered a sacrifice to Sarabubouwei deity, the king of the river. In photos captured by GbaramatuVoice, Tompolo alongside other
By Enaibo Asiayei Workers at the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have embarked on an indefinite strike to protest non-payment of their allowances, poor staff welfare and poor infrastructure at the institution. In a resolution signed by Comrades Oweikeye Pathfinder Endoro and Moses Yabrade after a meeting at
A Nigerian oil mogul and the Executive Director of Fenog Nigeria Limited, Matthew Tonlagha, on Monday, November 8, remembers his late dad, Sgt. Roland Oweigha Imoun Tonlagha, who passed away twenty five years ago, GbaramatuVoice reports. Sharing a photo of his late dad on WhatsApp, Tonlagha wrote: “Today makes it 25 years my dad left
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Delta State Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited on Tuesday reached an agreement to establish tricycle manufacturing plant in the state. Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, Dr Kingsley Emu disclosed this at the exhibition of the new Auto Keke Bajaj tricycle at the Cenotaph, Asaba. He said the temporary manufacturing plant
The leadership tussle of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation, the umbrella body of eight host communities of Chevron Nigeria Limited Exploration activities in Southern Ijaw and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State has assumed a new dimension with the suspension of six persons for forming a parallel executive council. KEFESS is a foundation representing the
There is palpable tension between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities in Warri Southwest and Udu council areas of Delta State following the death of a pastor, Sylvester Yerinbide on Saturday. Yerinbide, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who hailed from Ogbe-Ijoh, was reportedly attacked on Friday night by yet-to-be identified persons while
