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.
VICTIMS of November 24th, 2016 military bombardment of Okosugbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have complained of acute lack of food, shelter and medication since the incident.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has defected from the All Progressives Congress. Atiku, in a statement he personally signed on Friday, recalled how he joined the ruling party in 2013. Below is the statement: “On the 19th of December, 2013, I received members of the All Progressives Congress at my house in Abuja. They had come to
•My quest for peace prompted the 2014 National Conference-GEJ Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and others have called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of unity and national cohesion where tribe or religion is relegated to the background in order to advance national integration, peace, and unity. This according to our correspondent was the views
•The event acts as a unifying factor for the Ijaw nation – HRM, Ogiobo IX The annual Amatu Bini Kamai festival was on Wednesday 22nd November 2017 held by the people of Amatu community, the traditional headquarters of Iduwini Kingdom in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Explaining what the Amatu Bini Kamai festival means to
A midnight fire has destroyed goods and over 500 shops worth several millions of naira at the popular Ogbe-Ijoh Market in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, which sources claimed began at about 11.30pm on Tuesday, lasted till about 1.30am on Wednesday, leaving some shops destroyed, while others were looted
AN Nyanya Customary Court in Abuja on Tuesday dissolved the 22-year-old marriage between a driver, Mr. Garba Pakachi, and his wife, Martha, over the wife’s habit of cooking only once in a week. The court presided over by Mr. Jemilu Jega granted Pakachi’s request to dissolve the marriage, which he held was beyond being salvaged.
•The grace Christians enjoy today came from obedience – King of Zion A Christian cleric, Rev. Dr Princewill Epistle I. O. Jemine has called on Christians to eschew rancour and embrace unity in total obedience to God’s commandment as that is the easy way to receiving blessings from God. He made this known during the Ama-Ebimo Zion Kunukunuma Church
•Says Gbaramatu is important to the economy of the nation •We Need Peaceful Coexistence – Palace The Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman has explained that they are not an enemy of the Gbaramtu Kingdom and the Niger Delta in general. According to him, the kingdom
•To continue with his message of peace In continuation of his peace-building exercise, the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, will on Wednesday 22nd November 2017 continue his visits to Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta. According to a release signed by the Palace Administrator and made available to GbaramatuVoice stated that, the Pere will
The crisis between the Ijaw and the Bini over the coronation of Pere of Olodiama Clan, Godwin Ogunyeibo, as well as ownership of the land where the Ijaw settled in Edo State, has taken a new dimension as the Ijaw claimed the installation of their traditional ruler was not new. They insisted that it was
James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, says late Alex Ekwueme, former Vice-President, is being mourned by a nation which failed to allow him rescue it from “political and economic morass will. According to Ibori, Nigerians are “shedding crocodile tears” over the passing of Ekwueme. In a statement by Tony Eluemunor, his spokesman, Ibori said
The Pan-Niger Delta People’s Congress (PNDPC), a splinter group of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has rejoined PANDEF. PNDPC, led by the paramount ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom, Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu and High Chief Mike Loyibo, had challenged the Chief Edwin Clark-led PANDEF in the last few months. Although Ayemi-Botu was absent at the harmonisation meeting
The Acting Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Commodore Duja Effedua, has said the institution will stop admitting new applicants from the next academic session. Effedua, in an interview with our correspondent in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, disclosed that the decision to halt the admission of applicants was due to a wide gap
Indigenes of Olobia settlement on the Atlantic shoreline within Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have protested their exclusion as host community of an oil major, Chevron Nigeria Limited. The indigenes on Monday thronged the Yenagoa office of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation to protest their exclusion. Hundreds of youths, women and elders,
•All the 13 Council Chairmen produced since 1991 were all Itsekiris – Kari Ebipade •We want the Itsekiris to do the needful – Group Joining the call for correction of the political imbalance in Warri-North Local Government Area of Delta state, the National Youths, Ogbinbiri Federated Communities of Egbema Kingdom is seeking the immediate intervention of
NIGERIA’s former Vice President, Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, is dead. This was contained in a statement by his family in the early hours of Monday. The statement was signed by his brother, Igwe Laz, who is the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State. The statement read: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away
Candidate of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Osita Chidoka has conceded defeat in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election. He however said that he lost the election to the superior financial firepower of governor Willie Obiano’s All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. With most of the results already announced, Obiano has taken an unassailable lead having won in all the
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Willie Obiano, has won the Anambra governorship election. Mr. Obiano won in all the 21 local government areas of the state with a total of about 234,071 votes. He was followed by the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Tony Nwoye. Oseloka Obaze of the People’s Democratic
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 60th birthday. Buhari in a statement by his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Sunday, November 19 celebrated the history of Jonathan who rose from being a deputy governor to becoming Nigeria’s president for six years. ‘’President Buhari joins members of
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the people of Ijaw ethnic nationality to stop destroying themselves and embrace unity. The former President made the call on Friday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, while paying tribute to the late Ijaw leader and former member of Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Gordon
Militants in the riverine area of Ondo state, who embraced the amnesty programme of the Federal government in the state have trooped out in large number to surrender their arms and ammunition. The exercise which started on Thursday has recorded massive turn out of militants in the five collation centers including Igbekebo, Arogbo, Igbonla, Ajapa,
•We have decided to go beyond rhetoric- Ekpos Okuwanze •Our target is to provide 100 desks- Comr. Victor Isereke •We appreciate your kind gesture-Principal As a way of contributing to the socio-economic wellbeing of the community, the members of Ogulagha Kingdom Forum, WhatsApp group has donated fifty (50) 3-seater desks to Sokebolou Secondary School, Sokebolou,
All is now set for the Ama-Ebimo Zion Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Kunukunuma branch, Gbaramatu Kingdom 38th Foundation Anniversary celebration. According to a statement signed by the Church General Overseer, Apostle Matthias Zion Amaye and made available to GbaramatuVoice revealed that the activities marking the anniversary celebration will run from Saturday, 18th to 20th November 2017 at the
•Burial arrangements shall be made known soon —E.K Clark •We shall all miss our bundle of wisdom—Pere-In-Council The Pere-in-Council and the good people of Ngbilebiri-Mein Kingdom, with traditional headquarters in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has announced the demise of their Royal Majesty, Pere Bigborogha II (JP, RFMIL). This was contained in a release
An Ijaw religious group, the Order of Egbesu Brotherhood (OEB), has warned of consequences if the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, failed to withdraw his order to arrest the King of Olodiama Kingdom, HRM Godwin Oguyenbo. The brotherhood in a statement, Thursday, said the Ijaw would consider any attempt to arrest the monarch as
–IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PLAN CORONATION -MOUNTS ROADBLOCKS ON THE MAJOR ROAD LEADING TO THE COMMUNITY PROTEST BY WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY, IS ONGOING The Nigerian military operatives has invaded the Ikoro community, the traditional headquarters of the Olodiama Kingdom in Edo State. A development GbaramatuVoice Newspaper gathered is aimed at disrupting the planned
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic ( ASUP ) in Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State on Monday paralysed academic activities in the institution by joining in the nationwide strike called by the national leadership of the body. Lecture halls and offices were under lock and key when our reporter visited the campus. Some graduating
…The Programme, To Focus On Delta, Bayelsa, Ondo, Others As an organization known for championing Corporate Social Responsibility in the oil and gas sector, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL recently stated that it has contributed over US$5 Million to the Global Fund to reduce HIV infections in Nigeria. Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), an affiliate of Chevron Corporation
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has commended the Presidency over its meeting with Chief Edwin Clark over the Avengers’ threat to resume attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta. In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah, the group said the visit of the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, General Boroh, to
–As He Pays One-day Historic Visit As part of his resolve to build peace across the length and breadth of the Ijaw nation, the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II (Aketekpe, Agadagba) will on Tuesday 14th November, 2017 continue with his royal visits to communities of Ijaw origin. Speaking through the release, the Palace
The Chairman of Kokodiagbene community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Comr. Sheriff Mulade has declared that seeing the Ijaws and the Itsekiris coexist was the secret behind the Unity Cup he recently organized. He stated this in a chat with GbaramtuVoice correspondent after the final whistle which signal the end
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson and foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, have met over critical issues affecting the Niger Delta region. The meeting, which held on Saturday, focused on the state of security especially the breakdown of law and order in some areas and the escalating tensions. The meeting followed a recent threat by
The Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, has now commenced operations, inviting job applications for academic staff, just as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a significant increase of the take-off grant from N2B earlier announced to N5B. A statement by the Minister of Niger Delta Pastor Usani Uguru Usani revealed that grant has been included
“No inch of Ijaw land, be it in the Gbaramatu Kingdom or any part thereof will be ceded to the Itsekiri land grabbers.
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says it will on Saturday inaugurate 20 new patrol boats at NNS DELTA in Warri, Delta. The Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Navy Capt. Suleiman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to Dahun, the boats comprised 16 locally built Epenal boats and four Rigid
