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.
By Shina Badmus Senator James Manager, representing Delta South in the red chambers of tbe National Assembly, has been described as a man of the people by Hon. Awusa Gbekebor, chairman of Flood Remediation Committee in Bomadi Local Government Area. Hon. Gbekebor was speaking while reacting to the donation of gifts and cash made by
By Shina Badmus & Loveth Ojogun Senator James Manager, representing Delta South in the red chambers of the National Assembly, has splashed millions of naira as donations on victims of flood disaster in his constituency who are now accommodated in different internally displaced persons(IDPs) camp scattered all over the state. The lawmaker, who was represented
President Muhammadu yesterday stated that it would take a decade of government attention to reverse the damage to environments in parts of the Niger Delta region. Receiving members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) at the presidential villa, Abuja, President Buhari noted that although the Federal Government has taken steps to clean
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Friday unveiled his new wife, Queen Morenike Naomi Oluwaseyi. The monarch announced his marriage to Shilekunola Moronke Naomi, a prophetess and evangelist, in a post on his Instagram page on Thursday. According to her website, the new Olori, named as Prophetess/Evangelist Naomi Oluwaseyi, “is the Founder/President of EN-HERALDS,
President Muhammadu Buhari has again commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting the outcome of the 2015 presidential election which he (Buhari) won. Buhari spoke while hosting some entertainers of the Northern Nigerian extraction, Kannywood, to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday evening. The president who spoke in the Hausa language said
…I teach students in absence of textbooks – teacher By Abai Francis Igoba Federated Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, is one of the many riverine communities facing neglect of not only educational facilities but the dearth of teachers, a situation that has forced the community members to
James Ibori, who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties, lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday. Mr Ibori was governor of oil-producing Delta State in Southern Nigeria for eight years. He had pleaded guilty in a London court
By Isaac Olamikan Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Egbema Clan has vehemently condemned the recent killing of a soldier on the Udo – Ofunama Road in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State adding that it “will not allow any group of person(s) to drag the name of Ijaw nation in the mud.” In
Delta state government on Tuesday announced that it has opened a register for farmers whose farms were washed off by the recent flooding to document their particulars. Mr Austin Oghoro, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, made the announcement to commemorate the World Food Day in Asaba. He said that the theme
By Brakerekebina Birinimighan Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources, Hon. Fred Agbedi, has applauded the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU), the Community engagement strategy adopted by the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture as a panacea for peace in the Niger Delta region. Hon Agbedi gave the indication on during a panel session at the 2018
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday said the country was looking beyond the Niger Delta in its effort to find alternative source for gas supply. Mr Kachikwu disclosed this at a breakout session at the ongoing Nigerian Gas Association 11th International Conference and Exhibition in Abuja. The minister was represented
By Isaac Olamikan Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government has prioritised policies to place women at the fore of development policies and programmes, assuring that health and gender mainstreaming are key drivers of his agenda. Governor Obaseki said this in commemoration of the International Day of Rural Women, marked
Zina Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the hanged environmental rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, said it is a curse that oil was ever discovered in the Niger-Delta. Zina, who is currently holding her first solo gallery show in London said in an interview with ArtForum: “We don’t control the oil that is extracted and exported from under our
..wants Edo and Delta State Governors to wade into matter By Isaac Olamikan Egbema Academic Welfare Association (EAWA) has placed the blame of the recent killing of a soldier in Sadama, a community in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State on those they described as “foreign criminal elements.” In a statement signed
The Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has confirmed the killing of a soldier by yet to be identified persons at Ajakurama community, Ovia South West Local Government Area in Edo state. Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi, Spokesperson of the troop, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Benin
By Isaac Olamikan There are fears among some Ijaw communities in Ovia South West Local Government Area over the killing of a soldier. The soldier was said to be returning from a routine patrol alongside his colleague when they were ambushed and attacked at Sadama, a village close to Ofunama It was his colleague that
…our source of livelihood has been greatly affected by flood – activist By Loveth Ojogun A human rights activist, Comrade Asiayei Enaibo, has admonished the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to as a matter of urgency act now to save the people of Bobougbene community in Burutu Local Government Area as well as other affected
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has rolled out a fresh initiative to seamlessly engage beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme from training to job placement. He said the new vision aimed at fostering peace and development in the Niger Delta region, will be through
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has said he would not bow to pressure to share funds meant for ex-militants. He advised Niger Deltans to shun unnecessary criticism and fully support Presidential Amnesty Programme. He spoke at a meeting with the Niger Delta Amnesty Vendors Association
…calls for government quick intervention By Loveth Ojogun National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) has lamented the deteriorating state of the education system in the kingdom. In a press statement signed by the president of the association, Comrade Freeborn Ebimaye Abraye, NAGS stated that “the educational system in Gbaramatu kingdom is gradually going into extinction.
By Abai Francis Indigenous People of Niger Delta, IPND, has stated that looters will have no hiding place in the Niger Delta region. “Any governor or political appointee who has decided to be a tool by which the resources and developmental funds are looted and siphoned to unknown destinations will be exposed and will have
No fewer than 500 rice farms at Okpotuwari and Ondewari communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have been submerged by flood, the newsmen reports. Mr Ezekiel Ogbianko, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association in the state, who inspected the submerged farms on Wednesday, called on the federal and state governments to come to the
By Isaac Olamikan The mood presently inside the Internally Displaced Persons( IDP) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State is convivial as twenty five students of Christ-like School situated inside the camp who sat for this year’s JAMB examination have been offered admission into different tertiary institutions across the country.
By Loveth Ojogun Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, has thrown his weight behind the choice of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls. Otuaro, who spoke with newsmen in Warri, Delta State, said: “I am not surprised that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku emerged winner
Shell Petroleum Development Company has appealed a Rivers State High Court order sentencing its Managing Director, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, and two others to three months imprisonment for contempt of court. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the High Court on Tuesday sentenced the company’s managing director, and two others to prison with hard labour. Reacting to the sentence,
The Director of Research at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Plateau State, Professor Habu Galadima, has urged the federal government to see the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region as a continuum. Galadima stated that transformation could be deepened to enhance the reintegration process
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it had raised the sum of $177m out of the $1bn required for the cleanup of Ogoni land in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It stated that refineries of crude oil were expected to raise the balance, adding that the $1bn was to be raised over a
By Shina Badmus Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate for the Delta State House of Assembly seat in Warri South West Constituency for the 2019 polls, Mr. Emomotimi Guwor, has called for unity amongst the people of the locality – Ijaws and Itsekiris – so as to achieve progress. He made the call on the occasion of
…Want him to bring development to his constituency By Loveth Ojogun Warri South West Political Front (WSWPF) has congratulated Mr. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor on his victory at the PDP primaries for Delta State House of Assembly seat, Warri South West constituency. In a statement signed by its chairman, Hon. Bethus Ayetan, secretary, Comrade Godswill Wuruyai and
…APC folding up in Bayelsa – Dickson A prominent Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with over 6,200 supporters. Other APC chieftains who decamped alongside the former NDDC boss are former Secretary
…Calls on others to emulate PDP’s conduct at primaries By Abai Francis Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, a political pressure group in Warri, Delta state, has offered its congratulations to the trio of Senator James Manager, Honourable Julius Pondi, and Mr Emomotimi Guwor over their victory at the primaries of the Peoples
By Loveth Ojogun Two prominent Ijaw youth leaders from Bayelsa State on Thursday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the fallout of the party’s primary elections in the state. A former President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Udengs Eradiri and ex-National Mobilization Officer of IYC, Elvis Donkemezuo, who were aspirants in the
By Enaibo Asiayei Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the recent Federal Executive Council approval of Electricity Power projects in Escravos and Environs in Warri South-West LGA of the state, is a toast to the efficacy of dialogue and a sign of better things for the Niger region. Addressing newsmen in his
By Loveth Ojogun A political pressure group, Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has given its endorsement to Delta South All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant, Chief Micheal Johnny, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Warri South West House of Assembly hopeful, Mr. Emomotimi Guwor, to contest next year’s election. The endorsement was made
Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, has withdrawn from the race to represent his constituency in 2019. Bruce made this known in a letter he wrote to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday. The senatorial primary election of PDP is scheduled for Tuesday. Bruce attributed his withdrawal from the race to the need
