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.
Different strokes for different folks, like they say. A pathetic situation that would have knocked out the winds out of many people’s sails, especially women, was surprisingly, the impetus that propelled a successful, hardworking Ijaw professional photo whizkid towards the rocky terrain of photography. Meet an unusual lady, Miss Douye Mercy, the CEO/Founder of Librafotography
“The founder of Amadino (meaning Fish community) is an Ijaw man” Niger Delta Advocate and Media consultant, Comr. Paul Bebenimibo, has said that the recurrent dispute between the Ijaw and Itsekiri ethnic group in the state is caused by the Itsekiri’s aversion for trespassing in Ijaw land and other contiguous ethnic groups. Mr. Bebenimibo, an
The Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Barrister Shadrach Erebulu, Aduo lll, who is a trained Lawyer has been labouring to revive the traditions and cultures of his people. Even though he is highly educated, he has been reluctant to allow modernization to wash away the ways of his people. In this interview, he
The Ologbotsere (Traditional Prime Minister) of Warri (Itsekiri Nation), Chief Ayiri Emami, speaks on the recent memo by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to the National Assembly on the Nigerian Maritime University. What is the reaction of the Itsekiri people to the recent memo by the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar
“If Egbesu joins the Avengers, Nigeria would beg” Comrade Joseph Evah, the National Coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the Niger Delta militants do not return to the creeks. Among other salient issues he addressed in this interview, he particularly cautioned that efforts should be made to forestall the
Like many other children born in the Niger Delta creeks, his environment provided him with no opportunity. The government at both state and federal levels made no attempt to provide him access to good education. His parents, who could have, had no stable means of livelihood as their lands and sea have been polluted by
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, fielded questions in a media chat on a wide range of issues including the projects embarked upon by his administration. Excerpts: Despite the economic downturn felt all over the country, your administration has lined up some projects for inauguration. What are these projects, particularly those in the education sector
Barrister Roland Oweilaemi Pereotubo was recently inaugurated by Ijaw elders, led by Chief Edwin Clark in Abuja and was consequently handed over the mantle of leadership of Ijaw Youth Council by the Bayelsa State Government as the 7th president of the council, an umbrella body of youths from the Ijaw extraction worldwide. In this interview
Recently, a group of ex-militants leaders under the aegis of Niger Deltans for Accountability and Good Governance, NDAGG, vowed to launch a campaign for the removal of the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) on the basis of delay in payment of their stipends. Concerned by this development, GbaramatuVoice engaged a formost Niger
Popularly known as Enas, but born Justice Enabulele, he kicked off his comedy career from the oil city of Warri, South South, Nigeria. Comedy, which is one of the fastest growing industry has recent times recorded influx of different young stars. Though there are names whose ordinary mention would ring a bell in an average
Dr. Tosan Harriman is a Professor of Comparative Dialectics and in this interview with GBARAMATU VOICE NEWSPAPER, ventured into a topic that many people in the country today will be too scared to talk about; the issue of High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemopolo aka Tompolo. He wants government to ensure the take-off of the Maritime
“If we want to have peace as Ijaw people, all the traditional rulers should go back to their villages and interact with their people and the Niger Delta region will grow” Chief Combolous Ikisa, is a politician with a lot of difference. The former Special Adviser on Security and Youths Development, Burutu Local Government Area
In this interview with GBARAMATU VOICE in Abuja, Engr. Muhammad Baba Kachalla, a former Special Assistant, SA to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Borno State in the North East, a PDP candidate for the Borno Central Senatorial district in 2015. He spoke about the high level of insecurity
Honourable Famous Daunemigha is one of the brain behind the famous and historic Kaiama Declaration in the Niger Delta. He was a former National Deputy President of Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC) worldwide, also a former governorship candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in 2011 and the first to ever bring General Buhari
