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.
It was drama on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo state capital as pregnant women with their protruding stomachs march on the State Specialist Hospital protesting outrageous medical fees introduced by the present administration in the state. For hours, medical activities were disrupted by the expectant women who lamented the 300 percent increase. Numbering about 200
30 students are to be awarded scholarships as part of the activities set to mark this year’s birthday celebration of Niger Delta iconic living legend, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo on April 12, 2018. This information gathered by GbaramatuVoice, from multi-reliable sources, albeit, on the condition of anonymity, because they were not authorised to
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured officials of Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, of partnership in setting up a youth development centre in the university. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, gave the assurance when the Founder of the university, Senator Ibok Essien and the Vice Chancellor, Professor Celestine Ntuen
Some former militant leaders, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Reformed Ex-Agitators Association (NDREA), have urged the new Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, to weed out corrupt elements in the amnesty office or face the same disgrace as his predecessor, Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd). The ex-militant leaders
Niger Delta philanthropist, High Chief Mike Loyibo, on Friday, March 23 showered some indigent people of the state, with cash awards, totally about N15 million. The event which took place at Tuomo community, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, was to empower both youths and elders from various communities in the Niger Delta.
The Programme Director of the African Peacebuilding Network of the Social Science Research Council, New York, Dr. Cyril Obi, says coastal communities in Nigeria may soon experience violent conflicts due to the rise in the ocean level that could lead to flooding. He said this during an interview with our correspondent shortly after a conference
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday dissolved the caretaker committees in the 18 local government areas of the state. The House Speaker, Bamidele Oloyelogun, announced the dissolution on Tuesday at a plenary, following the expiration of additional six months tenure of the caretaker committees. The News men reports that the assembly had earlier
Niger Delta ex-militant leaders on Tuesday warned the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo, against saboteurs and corrupt employees in the Amnesty Office. The ex-agitators under the auspices of the Niger Delta Reformed Ex-agitators Association (NDREA) told Dokubo that such corrupt and selfish elements were behind the downfall of his predecessor, Brig.
•expresses loyalty, appreciation to Gbaramatu monarch A newly installed chief in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief (Engr) George Timiyan, who was recently conferred with the traditional title of Miyenkeremowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom by His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba), has said that the Nigerian Maritime University will be made safe for everyone, who is interested
AFTER several months of intrigues, former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd), has taken over as National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, an umbrella body of the people of the South-South geo-political zone. Nkanga, in a statement, yesterday, confirmed that the National Executive Council, NEC, was inaugurated by the National
The Ijaw women, under the auspices of Ijaw Women Connect (worldwide) has declared their support for the appointment of woman activist, Hilda Dokubo, as a Personal Assistant to the new Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubo. In a statement titled; ‘Hilda Dokubo is qualified to
…says; ”it is a mystery to us. challenges Minister to publish names of beneficiaries The Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, in a statement released by its President, worldwide, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, has challenged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to substantiate a statement credited to him over an alleged youths training programme, he was quoted to have
The Amanyanabo of Okochiri Community in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Ateke Tom, said on Sunday that the era of the use of arms as an instrument of seeking government attention was over. Ateke, who is a former Niger Delta agitator, described as criminals those using arms to draw
The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Oba Adbulrasheed Akanbi Saturday made history when he dropped the title of Oba and declared his resolve to adopt the Emir title popularly known with Northern traditional rulers. Speaking at the installation and turbarning ceremony of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahquub Abdul-Baaqi Mohammed as first Waziri of Yoruba
No fewer than 730 youths from the Niger Delta region would be trained in various skill acquisition programme of the Federal Government in 2018. The effort is said to be in the government bid to increase the human capital development in the country as well as check agitations and unrest in the country. The Minister
A State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old cultist, Diepreye Sunday Olayo, to death by hanging for murder. The court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogola found Olayo guilty of murdering Being Ilebiri on September 6, 2011 along Ebis Mechanic road, Amarata, Yenagoa. Olayo said to be a member
The Delta State Government has approved the construction, rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of four roads in the state capital territory. This was part of the decisions taken during the State Executive Council meeting, held inside the Government House, Asaba, on Tuesday. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, who spoke after the meeting, listed the
Men of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Calabar, Cross River State, have seized a large wooden boat with about 130 litres of suspected illegally refined Automative Gas Oil (AGO) commonly known as diesel. Also arrested along with the items were seven suspects. Addressing reporters while handing over the items and suspects to the
A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta state, Hon. (Dr.) Cairo Ojougboh, on Wednesday, promised that his party will bring a lot of infrastructural development to the coastal communities, if the people of the area would join hands to support it. Ojougboh, made the statement during a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty,
…honours 21 indigenes with chieftaincy titles The second coronation anniversary of the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Oboro Gbaraun II (Aketekpe Agadagba), took place on Tuesday, at Oporoza community, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The colourful event attracted a lot of dignitaries and men of
…pro-chancellor tasks stakeholders on making institution world class …Gbaramatu monarch pledges support and loyalty “The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked me to tell you that the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko has come to stay. We have come; we have looked at the facilities available; the university is taking
The Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC ) says it will proffer immediate solution to the recent landslide that occurred in Tuomo Community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta. Mr Ogaga Ifowodo, the Commissioner, Warri Office of NDDC, made the assertion on Wednesday in Warri when he led a delegation on an inspection visit to
Niger Delta philanthropist, High Chief Mike Loyibo, on Friday, March 23 showered some indigent people of the state, with cash awards, totally about N15 million. The event which took place at Tuomo community, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state, was to empower both youths and elders from various communities in the Niger Delta.
Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ on Thursday March 22nd, opened its new permanent center, at Ugolo road near Osubi Airport, Ugolo, in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta state. The event which attracted the crème de la crème in the political and business sphere from different parts of the country and in the
Activist and aspiring House of Assembly candidate, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, in the company of a large number of delegates, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Warri South Local Government Hon. Michael Tidi yesterday. The courtesy visit was to congratulate the new chairman on his newly elected office and to formally inform and invite him to
…warns against mass action by youths The President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Eric Omare, has drawn the attention of the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders to Chevron’s discriminatory policy on employment of Niger Delta host community indigenes, as he called on both the state and federal governments to prevail on Chevron before
Oil producing communities from the Niger Delta on Tuesday protested alleged non-payment of land owners by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The protesters besieged the gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. They decried alleged payment of discriminatory land re-acquisition and rentals for land by the oil company. The oil producing communities, who came
The newly appointed Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo reported for duty today at the Maitama Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. See photos below:
The daily toiling of the Ijaw women that flocks to the ocean front area called Sand Fill Two, popularly called ‘Warri Corner’ in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, where they eke out agonizing living, aptly underscores the over-used cliché, “What a man can do, a woman can do even better”. The
Master Emmanuel Apiakise, a 15-year-old pupil of Community Secondary School, Akenfa-Epie in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has allegedly been arrested in possession of a gun. Apiakise was arrested on Tuesday (today) in the school during classes, allegedly with a locally-made pistol, a development that caused chaos and pandemonium in the school. It
At least four farmers who were on fishing expedition have been reportedly shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Their bodies were found in a bush in Uwheru community, in the Ughelli North Council Area of Delta State. The incident, which was said to have occurred over the weekend, has resulted in palpable tension in the area,
At least six people including a pregnant woman were reportedly killed in Igbabo town, Arogbo-Ijaw, in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State when a church building under construction collapsed on them. Eyewitnesses said the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church under construction was besieged by the victims in an attempt to gather firewood used
As the race for 2019 is drawing closer, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has enjoined the Ijaws, resident in the three Warri LGAs to vie for elective offices. The call according to a release signed and released on Monday, by the President of the socio-political youth organisation, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, predicated in the fact that no
…bags Honorary PhD from University of Ghana To mark his 49th birthday, Niger Delta leader and philanthropist, High Chief Mike Loyibo, will on Friday, support a group of youths and elders with a princely sum of N25 million naira, through his Foundation. The founder of Mike Loyibo Foundation and a co-founder, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),
Youth activists under the aegis of Niger Delta Gbaramatu Youth Activists has cried out over the continued marginalisation of riverine communities by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over series of abandoned projects and non-mobilisation of contractors, while appealing to NDDC for the execution of such projects. In a chat with GbaramatuVoice recently, the youth
