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 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
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
