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 Joint Military Force on Tuesday described as false, a report that three soldiers and a suspected pirate died in a shootout at an oil flow station in Bayelsa at the weekend. Major Abdullahi Ibrahim, spokesman for the force – “Operation Delta Safe’’ – told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the Shell
RIVERS – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilize council funds to pay workers’ salaries and fight insecurity in their areas. Wike gave the charge on Monday in Port Harcourt while swearing in the chairmen who emerged victorious in the council poll conducted on
WARRI – The immediate former Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he has chickened out of the senatorial race ahead of the 2019 general elections. Uduaghan stated this in his Warri residence when he played host to the Coalition of Bomadi LGA Elders
The Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has warned of planned attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). Addressing a press conference on Sunday, the group said host communities in the region have declared ‘Operation zero barrels’ for the company over its “disregard and total disrespect” for the
…”Plans underway to empower youths and women” – Oturubo The Hon. Kingsley Akpos Oturubo led Okerenkoko Federated Community Executive in Gbaramatu Kingdom has presented its score card in its first year in office. In a statement signed by the chairman, he disclosed that they had within their first one-year in office judiciously used the limited resource at
The Nigerian Army on Friday said soldiers would be on standby to forestall possible violence in Saturday’s council elections in Rivers. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, told our reporters that soldiers would be deployed at strategic points several kilometres away from polling centres. He explained that the army
The Dean, School of Foundation Studies, University of Africa (UAT), Toru-Orua, Prof. Prince Efere, has been reportedly found dead in his office. It was gathered that Efere, a United Kingdom-trained scholar, was found lifeless in his office by his colleagues after he failed to turn up for a meeting. Some of his friends who confirmed
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to remove obstacles delaying commencement of work on the Brass Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and refinery project in the state. Speaking at a stakeholder’s meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Yenagoa, the governor said the lack of federal projects
The Nigerian Navy Ship, DELTA, on Wednesday said it had destroyed over 1,000 illegal refineries with swamp buggies in the Delta creeks. Speaking with newsmen in Warri, the Commander, NNS DELTA, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, said the illegal refineries were destroyed in the last 29 days in its ongoing raids. He said the illegal refineries and
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 15 and Monday, June 18 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Id-el Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. M. Umar in Abuja on
…We shall deliver on our mandate – Burutu Otuaro In what political watchers described as the decisive declaration of the former governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori yesterday at the Delta South Mega Rally held at the Oleh Township Stadium, assured Deltans and the Peoples Democratic Party members that come 2019, Okowa will return
Says, he’s not yet done with Delta South Senatorial Seat “I have consulted heaven and earth” The Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State at the upper legislative chambers, Senator James Manager has declared his intention to vie for the same political office come 2019. James Manager made this disclosure yesterday during the Delta
The people of Ijaw ethnic extraction in Delta State and beyond have been called upon to work as one big family in the pursuit of their vision. Delta State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, made the call yesterday in Asaba during the official launch of Delta Ijaw Political Assembly (DIPA), a political association geared toward
…You must bring the perpetrators to book, IYC tells Buhari In what the community dwellers described as commando style, the Nigerian Army in the early hours of Thursday, June 7, 2018, invaded the sleepy but egalitarian communities of Ben-Ama and Tengele-Ama in Oluasiri clan, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State An action which according
…I am grateful to GbaramatuVoice, Chevron – Enaibo …His diligence informed our decision – Management Like the proverbial Eze of the famous novel ‘Eze Goes to School’, the management of the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, publishers of the Niger Delta’s most influential newspaper, the GbaramatuVoice has named Asiayei Enaibo, a senior correspondent with the newspaper
…We thank KFT for their efficiency – Community By Magdalene Agbadamashi The major contractor handling the 1.5-kilometre Ogulagha-Youbebe-Biniebiama road project, Chief Ekomieyefa Uduboh on Tuesday carried out an inspection tour of the project with a promise to deliver the road for use in less than two months’ time from now. Chief Ekomieyefa Uduboh is the Chief Executive
Ojobo Development Forum (ODF), an association championing the cause of Ojobo, an Izon town located in the Buloutoru Riverine axis of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, which is the host community to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Limited, has warned the presidency and the National Assembly (NASS) of great consequences
A coalition of peace advocacy groups yesterday said oil thieves and pipeline vandals were behind the ongoing protests against the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (ODS) and its Commander, Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi. The coalition under the auspices of the Niger Delta Peace and Development (NDPD) said it would soon identify the suspected
…Staff to participate in 2018 AWAREs programme at PAU …We thank Chevron for this gesture – Abai, Publisher In recognition of its leading media position in the Niger Delta region, Chevron Nigeria Limited, an operator of the Chevron/Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) joint venture has offered a scholarship opportunity to the GbaramatuVoice media house. This
…Okowa has empowered over 10, 000 Youths – Aruwei, SA to Okowa …Governor’s performance informed our decision – Nafami, former APC member Watch video below: It was a political tsunami in the Delta south senatorial districts as youths in riverine communities including members of the opposition All ProgressiveS Congress (APC) in their thousands converged in Kunukunuma
The Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, on Thursday has counselled the Delta State House of Assembly hopeful in Warri South West constituency, Comrade Sheriff Mulade to ensure he runs an issue based campaign that will deliver quality representation to the people. The Itsekiri monarch while giving his counsel on the occasion of a consultation visit to his
Thousands of Niger Delta protesters on Friday stormed Abuja, demanding the removal of Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman as Commander of the Joint Task Force, the Operation Delta Safe in the Niger Delta region. The protesters, led by a Coalition of Niger Delta civil society activists and the Niger Delta Environmental Protection Group, accused the military
The amount of problems inherited by the current administration from the Niger Delta means that nothing literally was done in the region by past administrations, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said. He said although over $40bn had been pumped into the region in the past 15 years, the impact
Promising Niger Delta music star, Lizberg Anemene, has released a new dancehall single, “Feel Your Vibe” with Wizkid on Team Aboh music Label. The Ayakoroma, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State born artiste who disclosed that he started music at age 11 years gave a good account of his musical prowess matching the award
A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N2.6bn, has been set free by the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos. In a consented judgment, Friday, the Court upheld the no case submission entered into by Akpobolokemi The Justice Yargatta
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Governors of the South South states yesterday called for the payment of 13 per cent component of the $1billion withdrawn by the Federal Government from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to buy security equipment. The governors took the decision at a summit yesterday hosted by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. In attendance were Governors Ifeanyi
…We are ready to partner with you in this regard – Jacob Abai By Magdalene Agbadamashi As part of their resolve to give back to the community, female graduates of Gbaramatu kingdom extraction have resolved that pulling together their resources in order to promote girl–child education in the kingdom remain their preoccupation. Operating under the
…Deploys 18 ships, three aircrafts for regional sea exercise The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Wednesday joined forces with her counterparts from West, Central African countries, China, France and Portugal in an exercise to rid the Gulf of Guinea (GOG) region of pirates, crude oil thieves, traffickers and other maritime criminals. The exercise code named EKU
By Enaibo Asiayei Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Vincent Uduaghan, has re-affirmed the state government’s resolve to improve on the activities of the Riverine/Marine Transport sector of the state. Mr. Uduaghan stated this in a meeting he held in company of the Permanent Secretary Directorate of Transport, Mr Edwin Abraka with a 7-man delegation
…wants Delta State Govt and Warri South Local Govt’s intervention By Magdalene Agbadamashi & Favour Ogegbene As the raining season commences the residents and shop owners in Giwa-amu community situated in Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta State, are worried as a result of the multiplicity of problems that heralds the coming of the season. For over
By Isaac Olamikan The skills acquisition training workshop organised by Oba Ewuare II Foundation has been concluded with a charge on participants to use the skills acquired during the training programme to better their lives. The Secretary to Oba Ewuare II Foundation and Private Secretary to Oba of Benin, Barr. Eseosa Eremwanarue congratulated the participants
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, mocked the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Gosday Orubebe and the former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega over the 2015 Presidential election results. President Buhari specifically said the organisers of the 2018 Democracy Day lecture which had Prof. Jega as the guest lecturer should have invited
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has completed and will soon commission the 10-kilometre Gana Ugberikoko Road in Sapele, Delta State. Inspecting the road, the NDDC Executive Director Projects, Engr. (Dr.) Samuel Adjogbe, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work on the project and thanked the community for cooperating with the contractor. Engr. Adjogbe said:
By Shina Badmus Watch video below: The organizers of the Delta State Learning Centre Initiative has declared that the programme is aimed at improving educational process in primary schools in Delta State following a similar success recorded in Lagos state. This was revealed by the organizers of the programme, Chevron Corporation in partnership with Discovery
