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 crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers, judges and litigants were chased out of a high court in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The group headed by Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south east, had gone to the court to seek
…as Committee on PIB meets oil communities The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has decried the poor state of affairs in oil producing communities and has proposed a Livelihood Sustainability Programme to address the developmental gaps in the communities. He made the proposition on Friday, in Benin City, while receiving members of the
The five-year-old marriage between a 35-year-old trader, Bilikisu Azeez and her husband, Olusesi, was on Friday dissolved by an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on grounds of sex-starvation. Bilikisu had told the court that her husband, Olusesi, starved her of sex for more than two years, a development which, she said, had affected her health.
The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. Although details of the death are still sketchy, our correspondent learnt that he died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after an illness. The death of Asake came about two weeks after he led a nationwide protest called by CAN against the killing
…Calls for collaboration between the Itsekiris and the Ijaws …Respect the rotation arrangement, Itsekiris urged After a long period of consultations, Dr. Paul Bebenimibo, media consultant to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo on Wednesday 9th May, 2018 finally declared that he will by the grace of God be contesting for a seat in the Delta State House of
…Niger Delta is work in progress—Ganagana, SA, Media …We have questioned authorities and are now set to work In his resolve to tackle the hydra headed challenge bedeveiling the Niger Delta region, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Charles Dokubo has advised the elders and critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said the Petroleum Industry Bill should be taken seriously as it will reduce the level of hostilities and lack of trust between the host communities and oil companies. Speaking when members of the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill led by Senator Omotayo Alasaodura paid him
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have quit the Coalition for Nigeria Movement as the movement has adopted a political party, African Democratic Congress, to realise its dream of a new Nigeria. He gave this hint on Thursday evening when he addressed the press at his presidential library home in Abeokuta. In a speech he titled
A Zambian woman, Maria Tembo, has asked a local court for divorce from her husband of 20 years, after he educated her from primary school to the university level. Rather than issue the divorce, the court reprimanded and ordered Maria to pay her husband, Vincent Tembo, K10,000 (N364,626) for abandoning him after she had obtained
Bilabiri II, a sleeping community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state is currently embroiled in a deadly crisis over who becomes the next Board Chairman of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) between Shell and host communities of Mein Cluster Location. Those deeply involved in the power tussle are four children of
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has spent $396.33m on turn around maintenance (TAM) of the nation’s four refineries between 1998 and 2008, it emerged yesterday. This as the oil company denies being responsible for the payment of fuel subsidy, saying the Federal government was responsible. NNPC Documents made available to the Mohammed Datti-led Ad-hoc Committee
The University of Lagos says it is planning to set up a modular refinery and obtain a mining license to operate it. Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, made this disclosure shortly after his investiture as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the institution, on Tuesday in Lagos. In his acceptance speech, Ogundipe promised to take the institution to its
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to commence the screening of successful applicants shortlisted for police recruitment in Bayelsa State. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asinim Butswat, Tuesday confirmed that the applicants would be screened via an examination to be conducted by JAMB. Butswat said a list containing the
…Communities cannot bear the corporate negligence – Oweilaemi …Relief materials and adequate compensation, a must – IYC …Calls on FG to intervene for the sake of peace The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has called on the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to expedite action in cleaning the polluted parts of the creeks in Burutu Local
To boost food security and finances of smallholder farmers in the Niger Delta region, tractor maker, John Deere and India’s biggest conglomerate, Tata Group, have agreed on an initiative to provide machinery to 100,000 smallholder farmers in the region. The deal announced recently is the result of a seven-year project by Nigerian collective farming business,
Niger Delta militant groups, under the aegis of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of failing the oil rich region. RNDA alleged that the PDP created poverty in Niger Delta despite being in power for 16 years. In a statement signed by
There are indications that the legal tussle surrounding Nigeria’s oil blocks – OPL 245 – will shift to Nigeria today as the federal high court, Lagos is scheduled to hear a case filed by the Human Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA. The rights group has demanded the Federal Government to revoke the oil licence awarded to
Suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Monday broke down in tears at a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, saying he had not been well fed in detention at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison. He said: “What have I done to you people, they have been beating me? No good food. I have been
…As he commissions campaign office …says he has 95 percent advantage over other aspirants …pays courtesy visit to the Pere of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom A Delta State House of Assembly hopeful, Comrade Sheriff Mulade Friday May 4th, flagged off his campaign at his office code named; ‘Peace and Unity House’ in Ogbe-Ijoh, headquarters of Warri
Candidates Must Be Accessible And Accountable – Group’s secretary GbaramatuVoice maintains flagship of fairness to all parties – Abai We are committed to Niger Delta Affairs – GbaramatuVoice As the race for 2019 general elections hots-up, the Warri South West Political Front (WSWPF), a political pressure Group created to make a maximum political impact and ensuring that youthful
…You must consult other stakeholders – Pa John Edah In what could be described as a departure from the old order, a Delta State House of Assembly aspirant, Mr. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has declared his willingness to speak for both the Ijaws and the Itsekiris if given the mandate to represent the people. Emomotimi
….recovers 1,389 arms, 20, 352 ammunitions …arrests, prosecutes hundreds of criminals …praise stakeholders for successful campaigns …seeks for continuous support for operation The Joint Military Taskforce, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, on Thursday, confirmed the killings of four high-profile militants and dismantling of militant camps from the nine states of the Niger Delta region that had
Governor Rochas Okorocha has promised to give land to the winner of Big Brother Naija Reality Show, 2018 Edition, Mr. Miracle Igbokwe in any choice place in the State to enable him return home and build a house of his own. The governor equally made a Cash donation of N2 million to Mr. Igbokwe and
Word of Life Bible Church has put in motion, a plan to inaugurate about 80 branches all over the world, to commemorate with its 30th year anniversary. According to a press release issued by the management of the church on their official Facebook page on Friday April 27, 2018, this is the first time the church
…Students given 24 hrs to move out of campus …Amnesty students warn authority on unjust sanction The management of Novena University, Ogume, Kwale, Delta State, has ordered the closure of the University after a protest staged by the students of the institution, which resulted in the destruction of properties and facilities at the main campus.
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has announced it would exit gas flaring in two years time. Baru made the announcement while delivering the lead paper on a panel session at the ongoing 50th Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston, United States of America. The corporation’s Group
The protest by the students under the Presidential Amnesty Programme of the Igbinediao University, Okada, Edo state, which started last week Friday, May 27, 2018, entered its seventh day today. According to the protesting students, the PAP office, led by the newly appointed Coordinator of the PAP and the Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to President
…flays varsity authority for insensitivity towards students’ welfare Students of Novena University, Ogume, Kwale, Delta State, this morning staged a protest over the death of one of their colleagues, a 300-level Public and Community Health (PCH), who died in a road accident on Sunday. The female student, simply identified as Kelechi, was said to have traveled in company of a colleague to
There are indications that the Federal Government is considering the establishment of oil and gas industrial parks in some oil producing states in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure during the ground-breaking of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park being developed by the Nigerian Content Development
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Ebikimi Okoringa, an aide of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson. Okoringa, who was recently inaugurated as a Special Adviser to Governor Dickson was shot dead at his hometown in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The victim, a former Acting Chairman of the local government was attacked
A 2017 survey by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) identified officers of the Nigeria police force as among the most corrupt public officials in the country, mostly due to bribery. But amid that distasteful record, one officer stands out among his peers in the force. Julius Adedeji is said to have never taken a bribe
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has warned that the rising spate of drug abuse in Nigeria will become catastrophic if left unchecked. Saraki said a British Broadcasting Corporation Africa’s ‘Africa Eye’ documentary, titled ‘Sweet Sweet Codeine,’ which detailed the prevalence of drug and substance abuse in Nigeria, was another eye-opener. “Nigerians can now see
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen as part of fresh measures to address the nation’s security challenges including the farmers/herdsmen clashes across the country. The President made this known in a special interview session with Voice of America, Hausa service, in Washington, United States on Tuesday morning. President Buhari, who
…we are back to our original home base – Decampees …they will help us grow the party-Chief Otuaro Delta State House of Assembly aspirant for Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, Mr. Emomotimi Dennis Guwor, on Tuesday appealed to all PDP stakeholders in the area, especially those of his consultative forum, to close ranks with others, ahead
Ogoni people in the four Local Government Areas of Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme of Rivers State have declared that they will never allow resumption of oil production in the marginalised area, without broad-based discussion with the masses of Ogoni people. They called on the Federal Government to initiate the broad-based discussion with Ogoni people,
