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.
PHOTOS: Massive crowd as Tinubu, Shettima, Lawan, Omo-Agege, others storm Warri for APC campaign flag-off in Delta The oil city of Warri stood still on Saturday, November 19, 2022, as Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu led bigwigs in the party from across the country to converge for the flag-off
13% Derivation: Ask Okowa to account for ₦250billion received – Adams Oshiomhole tells Deltans Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on Deltans to enquire from Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa how he spent the over ₦250billion derivation fund which was recently disbursed to the oil-producing states by President Muhamadu Buhari. GbaramatuVoice
Ogbe-Ijoh/Aladja Crisis: Don’t contemplate coming to Ogbe-Ijoh for campaigns until the crisis is settled – Group warns Okowa, politicians …Berates Okowa for his lack of political will and lackadaisical attitude towards the crisis A political pressure group in Delta state, the Independent Grassroots Liberators (IGL), has asked the Senator Ifeanyi Okowa’s led Delta State Government
Wike commends President Buhari for releasing accruable funds to Niger Delta states since 1999 …Says Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Bayelsa were among states paid The Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving all the monies accruable to the Niger Delta states since1999. Wike explained that part of
2023 Presidency: Atiku, Okowa meet former President Jonathan in Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has met behind ‘closed doors’ with former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Also at the meeting was Atiku’s running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The meeting was held last night in Abuja. The PDP’s presidential candidate
5 YEARS ON THRONE: How Ijaw nation stormed Olodiama kingdom, celebrates monarch in grand style The sleepy but egalitarian Ikoro community, the traditional headquarters of Olodiama kingdom in Ovia North East and North South West Local Government Areas of Edo state, on November 14 and 15, 2022, witnessed influx of human and vehicular movement in,
My wife want to kill me, Warri-based journalist tells police ...Says estranged wife is highly violent, terribly hot-tempered and physically strong A popular United Kingdom trained investigative journalist and Warri-based publisher, Mr. Cletus Opukeme has sent an urgent SMS, Save my soul ‘SOS’ to the Divisional Police Officer ( DPO) Agbarho Police Station, Ughelli North
Stop marginalizing Ijaws in Edo state or else… – Okaba, INC president warns …Says Ijaws are not strangers in Edo state Professor Benjamin Okaba, the President, Ijaw National Congress, INC, has called on those marginalizing the Ijaw speaking people in Edo State to desist from such act or face the anger of over 15 million
Ilaje land wears new look as Chief Idowu, sets to marry his heartthrob, releases captivating pre-marriage pictures All is set for the epoch-making traditional marriage ceremony of Chief Asonja Felix Idowu, the Chairman/CEO, Multi Crocodile Squad Limited and famous youth leader in Ilaje, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, with his heartthrob, Grace Oluwunmi.
Zarah, NPDC boss visits Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom [PHOTOS] Mr. Ali Muhammad Zarah, Managing Director, Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on Sunday, November 13, 2022, paid a courtesy visit to the great Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, at his palace in Oporoza, the ancestral headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom. Speaking
NEW NAIRA NOTES: 3 governors planning to pay workers’ salaries in cash, EFCC reveals The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is monitoring at least three state governors who hoarded billions of naira in their houses. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this followed the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
NEW NAIRA NOTES: Access Bank provides alternative channels for cash deposits, introduces Saturday banking ….Says there is no need to panic In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) announcement that it will redesign and issue new Naira notes beginning on December 15, 2022, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Access Bank, has urged its customers
Mixture of joy and grief as Ijaw nation, others bid final farewell to Mama Amoguye Angelina Timiyan OGULAGHA – When the family of Late Chief (Mrs) Mama Princess Amoguye Angelina Timiyan, mother of the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom, rolled out the burial plan of their mother who departed this world on Tuesday, August 30, 2022,
PICTORIAL: Egbema Traditional Council unveils new Agadagba-designate After about two months of tussle over who becomes the new Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom, Egbema Traditional Council has finally unveiled Prince Meshack Eseighotigha Ubabiri from Ogbudugbudu ruling house, as the new Agadagba of the kingdom. The announcement was made today at Ajakurama Town in Ovia South-West Local
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[VIDEO] A family devastated by flood that you must not ignore in Delta The attached is a documented account of a family the GbaramatuVoice Interventionist Food Bank team encountered during our visit and distribution of food items and other relief materials to flood devastated victims in Bomadi and Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state.
Kingship Tussle: Egbema Traditional Council says meeting to hold as planned, calls on all to disregard counter directive from suspended chiefs …warns Joseph Owilly group to desist from sacrilegious, fraudulent activities or face the wrath of the supreme Egbesu deity Egbema Traditional Council has for the information of the general public affirmed that its meeting
CRUDE OIL THEFT: My life under threat as a result of reforms in NNPCL – Mele Kyari Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), Mr Mele Kyari, has said that he is receiving death threats as a result of the ongoing reformation in the NNPC. Kyari made this know
OIL THEFT: Pipeline surveillance contracts yielding result – NLNG …confirms improvement in key crude oil transportation The effort of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to combat crude oil theft is yielding results as the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has confirmed improvement in key crude oil transportation. The NLNG spokesperson, Andy Odeh confirmed that
FLOOD: Niger Delta Reps call for resignation of humanitarian minister Niger Delta Caucus of the House of Representatives, on Monday, called for the immediate resignation or sack of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, over her recent comments on the 2022 flood situation in the country. Recall that
Ogida, Niger Delta billionaire businessman, plans carnival-like burial for mother Niger Delta billionaire businessman, Mr Jimmy Ogida, has announced the burial arrangement of his late mother, Mrs Yellow Asekuku Ogida, who died on Saturday, August 6, 2021 at the age of 75 years. The oil and gas magnate, who is the CEO/Chairman, Jimco Global Concepts
Deborah Abbey emerges president of Ijaw Women of America Ijaw Women of America (IWA) on Saturday, October 29, 2022 elected Deborah Dein Abbey aka IZONTUBO, as their new President that will assist the organization pilot its affairs. She takes over from the outgoing president of the group, Lady Eunice Bratua Apreala, who is the founder
Shell donates $1m to flood victims in Niger Delta The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has committed One million dollars to provide relief materials to people impacted by the current flood disaster in the Niger Delta. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson, SPDC’s Media Relations Manager. ALSO
NDDC Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has stressed the need to create awareness to help in the prevention and early detection of breast cancer in the country, especially for men and women in the workplace. Speaking during a one-day Breast Cancer sensization programme, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt,
Lagos Police confirm Davido’s son Ifeanyi dead, detain domestic aides The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the first son of singer David ‘Davido‘ Adeleke and Chioma Rowland. The Command also confirmed that all members of Davido’s domestic staff are in police custody following the death of Ifeanyi. ALSO READ:
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[PHOTOS] Prophet Jeremiah visits communities ravaged by flood …Offers cash, food, medicals to victims …Opens IDPs camp in his church for over 5000 affected victims Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, Delta born televangelist and billionaire Prophet/President of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, CMDM, Effurun, Delta state, recently paid unscheduled visits to flood affected communities in Delta
FLOOD: Prophet Jeremiah Omoto-Fufeyin, Founder of Christ MercyLand Deliverance Ministries, speaks passionately to Ijaw nation in Izon language with GbaramatuVoice. Watch video below:
PICTORIAL: Ovie of Idjerhe, Oni of Ife, other Nigerian kings attend RCCG’s royal fathers’ convention The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Monday Whiskey, Udurhie I; HIM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Oni of Ife, and other traditional rulers across Nigeria, on Saturday, attended the royal fathers’ convention organised by the
FLOOD: SANIYO, A NIGERIAN SERVING IN US ARMY DONATES TO GBARAMATUVOICE FOOD BANK Sele-ebika Saniyo, a Nigerian serving in the United States of America (USA) Army on Friday, October 28, 2022, joined the list of eminent Nigerians that have donated relief materials to the GbaramatuVoice Food Bank Initiative for the flood victims in the coastal
President Buhari sends nominees for NDDC board to Senate – Niger Delta Minister The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted names of members of the new substantive Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Senate for screening. Umana expressed delight that some
Governor Okowa presents N561.8bn 2023 budget to Delta Assembly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Thursday, presented a budget of N561.8 billion for 2023 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Okowa, while presenting the budget christened ‘Budget of seamless and stable transition’, in Asaba, the state capital, said the figure showed an
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is on the verge of winding down – Ndiomu …Says PAP scholarship slots sold for N750,000, N1milion Watch video below:
Ndiomu, Amnesty boss meets Tompolo, says PAP has lost focus, failed many Niger Deltans ..Bring back PAP to its initial aim and objective – Pere of Gbaramatu urges The newly appointed Interim administrator of the presidential amnesty programme (PAP), Major-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has stated that the agency has lost its focus and veered off
BREAKING: CBN to redesign N200, N500 and N1,000 notes The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes respectively. ALSO READ: CBN to phase out N5, N10, N20 notes soon CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a special press briefing in Abuja. Details later…
INEC to conduct Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections November 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced November 11, 2023, for the conduct of governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. The Commission approved the timetable at its weekly meeting on Tuesday, held on Tuesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: INEC delists 1.1m newly
AGADAGBA TUSSLE: Egbema Traditional Council hammers 8 chiefs, others involved in illegal installation of monarch …Declares Napoleon Egin purported selection null and void The Egbema Traditional Council rising from an emergency meeting held on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at Ajakurama Town in Egbema kingdom, suspended chiefs involved in illegal selection of Barrister Egin Napoleon as
