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.
A Federal High Court, in Lagos, on Monday, further adjourned till July 14, to deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. Tompolo, who had been declared wanted since Feb. 12, 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is seeking court’s protection against prosecution over an alleged N45.9
Prominent Niger Delta former freedom fighter and Senior Special Assistant (General Duties), to Bayelsa State Government, Mr. Goddy Smith aka Bounanawei, has advised the Federal Government to genuinely implement promises made to the people of Niger Delta to fast tract the desired peace in the region. Bounanawei, who spoke at his thanksgiving, yesterday, in Warri,
Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. (Deacon) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Oil Facility Vandalism which he chairs is always open to engagement with any aggrieved group for positive advancement of our state and nation. Otuaro was reacting to threats of a militant group called New Delta Avengers who vowed
We will revamp education, infrastructure – new chairman Delta State Deputy Governor, Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro has said that Okerenkoko community is one of the fortunate communities that listed not only in Nigeria map but in world map. The Deputy Governor disclosed this today at the inauguration ceremony of new executives of Okerenkoko Federated Community, held
The report of the Joshua Fumudoh-led committee on the succession crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has divided Ijaw elders. Prominent Ijaw leaders, who were angry with the report, rose from their meeting in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, to condemn the document, which chose IYC leaders elected in Okirika, Rivers State, ahead of
To mark this year World Day Against Child Labour, the Queen of Izon-Ibe, Miss Elizabeth Tonghan yesterday embarked on sensitization campaign against child labour in Ogulagha community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The sensitization campaign which was in collaboration with Potoki Rural Development Initiative was to enlighten and warn rural dwellers dangers in Child labour. According
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to go ahead and sign the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Monday. Shehu said Buhari who is currently receiving medical attention in London, the United
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has condemned the ultimatum issued by some Arewa youth groups to Igbo residents in the North, noting that the quit notice was treasonable offence and portends great threat to the nation’s unity. PANDEF which is under the leadership of Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said the group considered the statement
A coalition of the Niger Delta militants held a meeting in Port Harcourt on Friday and have called on the Federal Government to return all oil blocks being controlled by northerners to the people of the oil producing states within three months. The coalition comprises Niger Delta Watchdogs, Niger Delta Volunteers, Niger Delta Peoples Fighters,
Delta State Deputy Governor, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro is expected to be special guest of honour at this year’s convention of National Association of Gbaramatu Students, NAGS, slated for June 30 and July 1, 2017 at Kurutie community, Gbaramatu kingdom. Commissioner representing Ijaw ethnic nationality at Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Favour Izuokumor,
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City will today deliver its judgment on the appeal filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu against the judgment of the lower tribunal. Governor Godwin Obaseki and the All Progressive Congress (APC) filed a cross appeal over a ruling of the tribunal refusing to
The leaders of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, have said that the threat of arrest by the government of Kaduna State will not stop them from insisting that people of Igbo extraction should leave the north. The group, a coalition of some northern groups, insisted on its stance that Igbos leave the 19 northern
The peaceful atmosphere on the campus of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta state was on Thursday shattered as angry students of the school protested alleged inhuman treatment by administration. The protesting students, who took over the premises of the campus from as early as 6am, locked all access into the school, sacked the
A coalition of Igbo groups, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, on Thursday, said Igbos should be allowed to secede in peace, if Nigeria was not restructured ‘immediately’. The coalition, comprising professional bodies, youth, student and Christian organisations, town unions, traders and women groups, among others, made the demand in a communique issued after a meeting
Chairmen of Gbaramatu communities, Delta State, have appealed to their Itsekiri neighbours to embrace peace and work towards the successful take off of the Nigeria Maritime University, NMU, Okerenkoko, saying that the institution is not for the Ijaws alone but for all. Speaking on behalf of his colleagues on Wednesday, Chairman of Kokodiagbene community, Comrade
*Attacks no more acceptable – Ekiyor Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called on Federal and Delta State governments to protect lives and property of Amatebe community, Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, and other Ijaw communities from Fulani herdsmen, warning that the menace may lead to inter-ethnic crisis if not addressed. A statement signed by
Justice Hassan of the Federal High Court orders final forfeiture of $43.4m, £27,800, N23.2m discovered in an air-conditioned flat in Osborne, Ikoyi to the Federal Government. Details later…
The people of Diebiri Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state have appealed to the State Government to resettle them back to their ancestral home . They were allegedly sacked from their ancestral home in 1995 during a communal clash with Aladja community. The Councillor representing Diebiri Ward in Warri South
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dismissed the threat by the political godson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. George Turnah, to institute a N100m defamation suit against it. Turnah had on Sunday, through his lawyers, demanded N100m from the EFCC and a social media activist, Mr. Bodmas Kemepadei, as compensation for alleged defamatory
Concerned youths in Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, describing as unjust and misplaced, the life imprisonment passed on Mr. Edmund Ebiware by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in connection with the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bomb blasts and called for his release. Ebiware, a father
Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State has called on the Federal Government, security agencies to take urgent action against the Itsekiri ethnic group on the 14 days ultimatum issued, alleging that the Itsekiris have planned attack on pipeline facilities, security personnel, and the Ijaws at the expiration. This is coming after Niger Delta Omega, a group from
Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper is set to celebrate her 2nd year anniversary, August 8 in Abuja. A statement by Mr. Jacob Abai, Publisher of the tabloid in Warri says the anniversary is expected to see guests through a symposium titled ‘Role of the Media in Securing the Niger Delta for National Development.’ He further stated that awards
THE termination of the construction of a modular refinery in Akwa Ibom State by Hi Rev Exploration and Production Company is sending conflicting signals to the oil and gas sector. It concerns the position of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to frustrate the building of modular refineries in the Niger Delta to compete with
Following Tuesday’s clash between the Navy and Police in Calabar, there are indications that the naval operatives used a General Purpose Machine Gun to bring down a section of the Akim Police Barracks in the Cross River State capital. Trouble started earlier on Tuesday when an unidentified naval rating was shot in the left shoulder
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Monday, May 29, disclosed that 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms to the state amnesty committee in line with the state’s amnesty programme. Wike made the disclosure at a Town Hall meeting and accountability Forum to mark his administration’s second year anniversary in Port Harcourt, state
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said he would still take a shot at the presidency if the opportunity presented itself. Duke spoke at a programme “The Nigerian Symposium for Emerging Leaders” held in Lagos. He said though he once aspired to the position but did not emerge the candidate
His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaran 11, the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom has advised children of the kingdom to be humble and study hard under their teachers, stressing that they stand to achieve much in the nearest future if they do. The Pere who gave this advice in Oporoza while playing host to the Children
A political movement, Young Ijaw Professionals, on Tuesday said they have uncovered plans by a former governor from the South South Geo-political zone to hire women to stage a nude protest in Yenagoa against Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson. The organiser of the protest intends to carry out the exercise using some of his past
A group of investors and indigenes of the Niger Delta, yesterday, condemned the Federal Government’s cancellation of Oil Prospecting Licences, OPL 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Utapate field, stating that it was capable of re-igniting chaos in the Niger Delta region. The investors affected by the cancellation are Jahcon International Limited, Hi Rev Exploration,
MMM-Nigeria, a group for mutual financial aid and donations on Monday organised a green party show in the Federal Capital Territory to celebrate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The party, which held at the Millennium Park, was opened to members of the group and non-members alike. Mr Seyi Bello, the President of Abuja Guiders Forum of the
Olu of Warri, Godfery Ikenwoli Emiko has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is serious and committed to the development of Niger Delta region. He made the remark while speaking with State House correspondents after paying a courtesy visit on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He was in the
The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29, 2017 as a public holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), in a statement on Thursday in Abuja congratulated Nigerians for witnessing yet another Democracy Day which marked the second anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Dambazau in
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said the extremisms of the Boko Haram in the North-East and the Niger Delta militants in the South-South were not addressed on time by the government before they became monsters. Obasanjo, who said this at a workshop in Abuja on the prevention of violent extremism, noted that the Niger
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a godson to former President Goodluck Jonathan in prison for his alleged role in a N3bn scam. The accused person, George Turnah, is also a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Turnah, who was given the
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to apply for the final forfeiture of choice properties allegedly owned by former First Lady Patience Jonathan. But the commission has been having difficulty in getting the original titles of the assets. They include Aridolf Resort, Wellness and Spa and eight others. The anti-graft commission may
