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 Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to always seek the consent of the Rivers State Government before executing any project in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice had dragged NDDC, its former Managing Director, Mr. Nsema
By Joshua Williams Rivers State Government has called on people of Omoku, in Ogba/Egbema/Local Government Area of the State, to remain calm, following an oil spill from Oil Mining Lease (OML-11) that occurred in the place. The OML-11 is operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC). The State Commissioner for Environment, Igbiks Tamuno, made
By Joshua Williams A young Hausa man simply identified as Mohammed, residing in Port Harcourt, has drowned in a burrow pit behind Timber Market, Rumuosi, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Elder brother of the deceased whose name is Hassan Mohammed has confirmed the incident, saying he got the sad news around 2:30
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, collapsed today at the public hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. The Commission wishes to disclose that Prof Pondei has been ill for the past two weeks. This morning, his condition deteriorated, and his doctors advised against attending
Dismissed acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, on Thursday, vowed that Nigerians would hear more from the can of worms she’s been opening over her face-off with Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on National Assembly probe on NDDC. Nunieh spoke at the Government House Port Harcourt, Rivers
Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike is reportedly moving to intervene in the stand-off. It was gathered that the former NDDC boss is due to appear before a House of Representatives Committee in Abuja today. More
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has given a boost to agriculture in the Niger Delta region by reviving its six tonnes per hour rice mill at Elele-Alimini, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Speaking after inspecting the multi-million-naira mill, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, said that the facility, which
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says development projects are executed in every local government area of the state to improve the socioeconomic life of the people. The governor stated that such holistic commitment to development is in keeping with the promise made to the people to serve them efficiently and leave the state better
The immediate family of the Late King of Akpor Kingdom, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Anele Orlu Oriebe, who was alleged to have died of Covid-19 has pleaded with the government of the state to release bones of the late king for proper burial in his kingdom. It
No fewer than 16 cultists of two separate cult groups have renounced membership of their cult groups in Rivers State. The repentant cultists also surrendered one AK-47 riffle, one pump action gun and three matchetes. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, the National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), said this in a statement
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will re-open its head office on Thursday, June 18, after a two week lockdown to allow for the fumigation of the premises. A press statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, June 17, 2020, said the lockdown was in obedience to public health directives from
By Ebi Perekeme A rights group, Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG), has threatened to sue the Rivers State Government if it failed to provide detailed explanations on the deployment of N117bn its officials allegedly withdrawn from the state’s accounts between 2015 and 2017. EFCC has been at loggerheads with the state
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has confirmed the health crisis in Bonny Local Government Area saying the oil-rich island was becoming the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wike, however, expressed delight at the decision of three oil multinationals to collaborate in establishing a COVID-19 treatment centre in the council. The governor in a statement signed
The Rivers Government warned on Wednesday that some markets in the state might be demolished for flouting the order of the government that trading should stop at the markets because of COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Paulinus Nsirim, gave the warning in a statement issued in Port Harcourt. He lamented that
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has announced the total closure of three popular markets in the state. The affected markets included Oginiba Slaughter Market, Oil Mill Market and Mbiama Market. The closure of the markets was announced Tuesday in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim.
By Ebi Perekeme The people of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, ASALGA received the directive of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, (NCDC) to shut down for 21 days following the sudden demise of the executive chairman of Area, Odiari Princewill, who was said to have died from coronavirus with mixed feeling. A statement signed by
By Ebi Perekeme Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt was shut on Thursday following the death of the agency’s Acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Mr Ibanga Etang. He was a member of the NDDC Interim Management Committee (IMC). Etang died at about 2 am on Thursday at the Rivers State
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has kicked off the distribution of medical supplies, relief Materials and Public Enlightenment Campaign to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease, covid-19, across the Niger Delta Region. In a statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, May 21, and made available to GbaramatuVoice, it was
By James Nwosu The Rivers State Government has resumed another round of total lockdown after giving Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor residents four days to restock their houses with food and essential commodities. The lockdown, which began by 8pm on Sunday, forced residents of both areas to rush home in order to beat the deadline and
A woman identified as Mrs. Florence Onuobodo has lost her life in Elele Kingdom, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, during a stampede that occurred during the sharing of the state government’s COVID-19 palliative in the area, Vanguard reports. The Rivers State Government had delivered food to Elele Kingdom in the ongoing distribution of
Traditional rulers in Rivers State have sought the intervention of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to reverse the order by the Inspector General of Police to set up a Joint Technical Task Force on the movement of livestock, agricultural products, goods and services. The monarchs, who spoke while briefing newsmen on Saturday, expressed
The dreaded Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) has threatened to march down to Port Harcourt and storm sensitive federal government facilities if their president-general that has allegedly been in detention is not released. The crisis is said to have arisen from allocation of palliatives given out to the nine states under the Niger Delta Development Commission
—Your act is draconian – Abe —I am not in a right frame of mind to speak now – Hotel owner Despite the outrage that greeted the Sunday’s demolition of hotels by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the governor has further justified his actions saying the hotel owner unleashed thugs on members of the state
The owner of Prudent Hotel demolished by the Rivers State Government, Promise Gogorodari, has denied violating any law to warrant the demolition of his structure. Gogorodari told our correspondent in a telephone interview that he built the hotel to take people off the streets. He said the state government should have carried out proper investigation
–Soboma to head the committee By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated a committee for the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effects of Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic on the people of the Niger Delta region, a statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, May 6, 2020, stated. Speaking during the
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has placed some members of staff on mandatory leave with full benefits, pending the conclusion and outcome of the on-going forensic audit. The action is based on the advice of the Lead Consultant on the Forensic Audit exercise, which has been accepted by the Interim Management
–Vows to pull down any building violating the order Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced a lockdown of parts of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas in view of the failure of residents of the affected areas to comply with the regulations of the State Government to check the spread of coronavirus.
By Ebi Perekeme The forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was said to be aimed at restoring sanity and prudence in the management of the Commission, and would ensure the rapid development of the Niger Delta region. Speaking on Wednesday, April 22, in a press release by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate
A group, The Rivers Leadership Advancement Foundation (RIVLEAF) has called on Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike to urgently watch his utterances and not destroy the vision of the founding fathers of the state. The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Onyeche Nnatah Peters, berated the governor for what it described as “acts unbecoming of a
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of a middle-aged woman in a hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The Public Relation Officer of the command Nnamdi Omoni who confirmed the news to the Nation on Friday said the lifeless body of the woman, aged between 30 and 34 years was found
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has released N2billion for the procurement of essential foodstuffs to ease the pains of residents from the COVID-19 induced lockdown of the state. The governor disclosed this to newsmen at the Government House, Port Harcourt. He also announced the composition of a 33-man committee for the procurement and distribution of foodstuff
By Ebi Perekeme Hundreds of travellers in and out of Delta State were stranded at the Asaba end of the River Niger Bridge head following the enforcement of the closure of land borders by the government. Security agents were at the border points to ensure no one entered the state, a situation that resulted to
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced partial lockdown of Rivers State. He also suspended operations of night clubs, cinemas and public parks as part of measures to prevent the Coronavirus pandemic. Though the state has not recorded any positive case of the pandemic, Wike has been rolling out measures to stop the virus from getting
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has suspended visits to its offices as part of measures to help in preventing the infection and transmission of the ravaging Coronavirus disease, COVID-19. A statement signed by the Acting Managing Director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, stated that the suspension of visiting days in the Commission’s offices
Worried by the environmental devastation, the Rivers State government has begun moves to end artisanal refineries which are adjudged to be the major cause of soot pollution. Soot is a mass impure carbon particles resulting from incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. The substance was noticed in different parts of the State in 2016 due to the
