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 governments of Edo and Delta States on Tuesday called on the National Boundary Commission to urgently demarcate the disputed land between both states. The call was made in a communiqué issued after a meeting between the two states’ boundary committees led by their deputy governors at the Edo Government House in Benin. The meeting
The Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil has been shut down by the company’s workers over the sacking of 860 spy police without entitlement. NAN reports that the workers alleged that the workers were sacked after being with the company for 22 years without regard for the rule of law. Rasak Obe, the chairman of ExxonMobil branch
The National woman leader and Ibe-Benemo-ere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Triple Chief Vero Tangbowei, has warned Chief Michael Johnny who is planning to take his campaign train to the Palace of the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, tomorrow to steer clear or face dire consequences. In an exclusive chat with
…We are lacking learning facilities …Government should provide needed equipment to facilitate learning process Having overcome various controversy and commenced resumption on April, 2018 the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) which is located at Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State is faced yet with other challenges which have
WARRI – Inhabitants of Egbema, an oil producing community in Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have decried alleged marginalisation of the area, saying the people have been shut out of civilisation over the years, by successive governments in the state. The community rejected a renovated health centre over shoddy job. Chief Godfrey Ukulor,
Reactions have continued to trail the security architecture bill in Bayelsa State following the public hearing on “Community Safety Corps Bill 2018 and the Registration of Neighborhood Watch Bill 2018”. One of those who made their voices heard was the Chief of Staff to the Chairman Bayelsa State Vigilante Group, Mr. Hilary Ajap, who noted
The entire people of Uvwie Kingdom at home and in diaspora under the aegis of Uvwie General Improvement Union (UGIU) led by Chief A.T. Ukuvwrere yesterday thanked President Muhammed Buhari for his firm pronouncement and outright condemnation of the Nigeria Army for its encroachment into Uvwie land with impunity for many years. In his thank-you
The people of Agge, Kandaghan and Ekogbene communities in Bayelsa state are spoiling for a fight with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over issues arising from the May 17 crude oil spill from the company’s Trans-Ramos Pipeline. The communities expressed displeasure at SPDC’s response and management of the spill, and threatening to stop the ongoing repair work
The Federal High Court commenced its annual vacation on July 9, while the vacation would end on September 14. Mr Emmanuel Gakko, the Chief Registrar of the Court, in a circular issued in Abuja, said that the court would resume sitting in all judicial divisions on September 17. Gakko said that the general public, lawyers
A large number of residents of Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have protested against a contractor of Chevron Corporation, Jad Catering Service, for reneging on terms of agreement and demanded that the contractor be replaced. The protesters stormed the Chevron Corporation headquarters in Lekki, Lagos State, on
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has moved to tackle the problems of potable water, energy and food scarcity in the Niger Delta region and the nation, through engagement of secondary school students in science and innovation. Speaking, on Monday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the General Manager, External Relations of Shell, Igo Weli, said
Ex-Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has continued to demonstrate that he has a large heart and that politics should be devoid of bitterness. The former governor, who is gunning to upstage his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) colleague, Senator James Manager to assume office as the representative of Delta South in the
The Pan Niger Delta Forum(PANDEF) has warned those writing petitions against Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo to desist from such act and thus stop distracting him, saying that the action “are counter-productive to the laudable objectives of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme as they constitute distraction to the efforts of the current Coordinator who has shown
The Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI), an NGO in Bayelsa, says over 50 fishing settlements have been destroyed by the recent oil spill in Aghoro 1 and 2 communities. Aghoro is hosting an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News
A 26-year-old native doctor, Chinaka Adoezuwe, reportedly died as one of his clients, Chukwudi Ijezie, attempted to test the bullet-repelling charms Adoezuwe had allegedly prepared for him. The incident happened in Umuozu Ugiri village, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. A villager, Kingsley Ugochukwu, told our correspondent that Ijezie, who is now being
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the 10-year marriage between Mrs Florence Anyasi and her husband, Stanley Anyasi, over infidelity. The court president, Mr Akin Akinniyi, while delivering the judgment said that all efforts to reconcile the couple had failed. “Since both parties consented to the dissolution of their marriage, this court
Palpable tension has continued to mount in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State following the death of a 40 year old housewife, Chiekubi Dumebi while praying in one of the Pentecostal churches in the area on Monday. It was gathered the woman slumped and died right inside the church, Mission of God Ministry,
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the country will increase crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to meet 40 billion barrels target by 2020. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, who spoke yesterday at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) conference and exhibition in Abuja, said the
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has destroyed about 1500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta creeks in the last two months. The Commander of the ship, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday. Swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to traverse a swampy terrain. Dewu said the
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), has inaugurated its Seafarers Unit in Gbaramatu, Warri West Local Government Area of Delta state. The inauguration was done by Comrade Eze Robert, a trustee of the branch, on behalf of the President of the union, Comrade Adewale Adeyuju, who was unavoidably absent. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Comrade
The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the current board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to vacate their office in respect to a ruling by the apex court in Nigeria, the Supreme Court. This was contained in a statement from the office of the Minister for Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, which also asked
There are indications that the Edo State Government have decided to relocate the Gelegele Seaport from its hitherto location to some other area close to the present spot on account of the deluge of complaints and petitions especially emanating from some people of Ijaw extraction. Also GbaramatuVoice gathered that the name of the seaport may
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikewoli, on Thursday appealed to stakeholders in Delta Ports to support the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to achieve its regional transformational mandate. Ikewoli said this when the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Dr Sokonte Davies, and other management staff of NPA, paid him a courtesy visit in
The Executive Chairman of Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, Comrade Jude Ukori on Wednesday congratulated His Royal Majesty, Bini Pere III, the Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom, Delta State, on his 90th birthday celebration, GbaramatuVoice Reports. In a letter of felicitation to Agadagba, Ukori prayed that the legacy of peace, harmony, prosperity and steadfast progress which
..”I have abandoned my business” – Barber BOMADI – Apart from the security of lives and property, another major responsibility of every government is the provision of basic amenities to its people. But this provision of basic amenities is not to be in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta state as the residents, for no
Most residents of Udu, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, have fled the community on account of the clash between two rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). No fewer than three persons were feared killed and several others injured as the two factions of the union slug it
…To preach peaceful coexistence among Ijaws As part of his royal responsibilities, His Imperial Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, will in the early hours of Monday, 25th June, 2018 visit Arogbo-Ijaw Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, for the coronation ceremony of the new Agadagba of the Kingdom.
Niger Delta leaders have called on their people to vote out current members representing them in the National Assembly (NASS) in the 2019 General election. The leaders described their region’s members in the National Assembly as insensitive, self-serving and incompetent insisting that they have no business in the assembly. They wondered what the lawmakers especially Senator
The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) says it will soon visit projects abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission in the region. Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students (NANDS) visited him in Abuja recently. Spokesman of the commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,
The Bayelsa government said the ongoing public service reforms has reduced its workforce from 55,000 to 27,000, thus fishing out and expunging 28,000 ghost workers from its payroll. The Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Yenagoa. Iworiso-Markson was reacting to criticism by the Bayelsa chapter
Eric Omare, the President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has taken a swipe at the National Assembly “for reducing the budget estimate for the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko, the East West Road and other key projects in the recently signed 2018 budget.” The IYC President stressed, “the federal government included the sum of
…He is anti-Ijaw – IIA On the heels of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa’s visit to Burutu Local Government Area today, an Ijaw group, Ijaw Interest Advocates (IIA), has accused the state government under his leadership of non-performance as it relates to the deliverance of democratic dividends to the locality. In a statement jointly signed
The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, will tomorrow, Thursday, June 21, 2018 visit Burutu Local Government Area in continuation of his meeting with stakeholders and people of the various LGAs. While at Burutu, the governor will hold a town hall meeting with the people of Burutu Local Government Area and inspects/commissions some projects
Benin – The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II would perform a Benin sacred traditional rite at Emotan shrine on Wednesday in Benin. Mr. Fank Irabor, the Secretary of Benin Traditional Council announced this on Tuesday. Irabor said all Enigies, Edionweres, Okao, Ohen-Ovia, Ohen-Okhuahe, Igiohen-Ikhuo and market women are expected to attend the ceremony. He said
The Niger Delta Development Commission has concluded plans to resume the Post-Graduate Foreign scholarship to qualified indigenes of the Niger Delta region, after a comprehensive restructuring of the programme. This follows the approval by the Governing Board and Management for the commencement of the 2018 award process. The Commission, while announcing the resumption of the
