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.
OML 42 workers in a showdown with management over poor working condition …Vow to continue with protest until their requests are met In what could be described as a renewed hostility and unrelenting quest to press home their demand, the entire workforce of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 42 in Warri South West Local Government Area
DESOPADEC donates grass cutting machines to Okerenkoko Community The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), on Friday, September 23, 2022, donated fifty (50) grass cutting machines, to the good people of Okerenkoko community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South Local Government of Delta state. DESOPADEC is an agency created by enabling Act in the
PDP Crisis: Atiku to Wike, I can’t force Ayu to resign The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu won’t resign as being demanded by the Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike and other PDP Governors in his camp. Atiku, in a reaction
Shadrack Agediga Foundation celebrates World Peace Day [Photos] A humanitarian-driven non-governmental organisation, Shadrack Agediga Foundation, SAF, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, joined the rest of the world to mark the ‘International Day of Peace’. The theme for this year’s celebration is “End racism, build peace.” The celebration took place at Canewood Hotel, Effurun, Delta state
Excitement as Foundation distributes educational materials to school children in Bayelsa, Edo By Samuel Abai & Faith Madogwe Thousands of students from three schools in Odi, Opokuma/Kolokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, and Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Primary and Secondary Schools, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, benefitted
Sorry state of Ologbo primary/secondary schools signpost Obaseki failure as Edo governor The ugly commentary of bad leadership in Niger Delta continues Reports coming in from Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Primary and Secondary school, Ologbo, Obarentin community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, again dispatches yet another gory tale of poor leadership,
Fear grips residents as Agip gas pipeline leaks in Bayelsa Palpable fear, on Tuesday, gripped the residents of Bayelsa Palm road, Yenagoa, following a massive gas leakage from a suspected pipeline belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company. Sources disclosed that a loud explosion from suspected dynamite was heard on Monday night at about 11pm and,
Mulade rolls out plan for 2022 Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament …inaugurates 15-man planning committee By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe Niger Delta-born environmental activist and Founder, Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Chief Sheriff Mulade on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, rolled out plan for this year’s Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Football Tournament
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[PHOTOS] Delta government begins massive rehabilitation work on Effurun Roundabout The Delta State Government has on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 commenced rehabilitation work on the popular Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. GbaramatuVoice had recently reported, and launched the #FixEffurunRoundAbout campaign. The campaign was geared towards drawing the government attention to the deplorable
Drama as masquerades invade church, flog pastor, worshipers in Plateau There was pandemonium in the Shikal community of Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday, when masquerades disrupted a church service, flogged the pastor and worshipers alike. According to Tribune, the incident happened at about 10:45 am when the masquerades and some
Ilaje communities meet over pipeline surveillance contract, highlight benefits to FG, Niger Deltans Well meaning indigenes of Ilaje communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state have said that the Pipeline Surveillance Contract recently awarded to High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has all it
Warri stood still as NNPP presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso, commissions Omatseye campaign office …I am in the senatorial race to restore people’s hope – Omatseye By Yeigagha Solomon & Faith Madogwe The oil rich city of Warri, the economic nerve of Delta state, South-South region, was on Saturday, September 17, 2022, locked down to both human
Delta Ijaw community sues Shell over ownership of oil wells in Burutu Okpokunou Urban Community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state has sued Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), which operates in the area. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Warri over ownership of oil wells. In the writ
BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Interim Administrator for Presidential Amnesty Programme President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Ndiomu is replacing Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio as the Amnesty Office Boss. The appointment was disclosed via a statement by the Special Adviser
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate. The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district in 2023. In a
NDDC resumes scholarship programme, restates importance of manpower development The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has reviewed its foreign post-graduate scholarship programme, to include Masters Degree courses in Nigerian universities as part of its efforts to boost manpower development for the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr
NLNG invites bids for security escort vessels for tankers in Gulf of Guinea The Nigeria LNG is seeking the services of security escort vessels for tankers calling at its Bonny Terminal, in renewed efforts to wade off attacks from pirates in the notorious gulf of Guinea. The company is inviting bids for Long-Range Security Escort
Bebenimibo, EBF boss speaks on GbaramatuVoice Programme ‘Focus on Niger Delta’ My plan for Niger Delta out of school children- Bebenimibo, EBF Boss Dcn Ernest Bebenimibo, the Founder of Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) and his Executive Director, Amb Ossai Darlington Ogaga, were today Wednesday September 14, 2022, hosted on the GbaramatuVoice, weekly programme – Focus
My administration has done extremely well – Buhari …Says those who should be marketing his administration are not doing so President Muhammadu Buhari says those who should be speaking about the achievements of his administration are not doing so. Buhari said this on Tuesday during a visit to Imo to inaugurate some projects in the
Senate Ad hoc committee arrives Niger Delta, begins probe of oil theft Worried by the dwindling oil revenue occasioned by crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism, the Senate Adhoc Committee on Oil Theft has arrived in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to unravel the true state of things at oil facilities across the Niger
INEC delists 1.1m newly registered voters over double registration Just five months to the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday disclosed that it has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022. The electoral umpire who made this disclosure in
The executive of the Itsekiri National Youth Council (INYC) led by Comrade Isaac Oritseweyinmi Agbateyiniro had on Saturday briefed members on the outcome of a parley earlier held with High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo on their slot that covers Itsekiriland from the pipeline surveillance contract. The Saturday meeting at Ikengbuwa Primary School Field, had
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: We’re ready to assist Tompolo shut down illegal refineries in Ukwuani – Akoku-uno indigenes The level of support being received by the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, over the crude oil pipelines surveillance contract recently awarded him by
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, was a “total failure” as Minister of Transportation, who no longer has access to Aso Villa in Abuja. “This should be the last time that you (Amaechi) will talk about this state because you are a total failure as far as this state is
INVESTIGATION! Oil Pipelines Surveillance Contracts: Fresh Facts Emerge in Niger Delta …How Tompolo was awarded N48bn, Olu of Warri’s company N138b To further clear the air of controversy and accusation that surrounds the recent crude Oil pipelines surveillance contracts awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, to the former leader of the defunct
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it loses $700 million every month as a result of oil theft and vandalism at terminals. Bala Wunti, group general manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), made this known during a tour of NNPCL facilities on Sunday. ALSO READ: NNPC launches app to monitor crude oil
Encomium as family, friends, others extol Mamamu at his one year remembrance anniversary By Solomon Yeigagha & Samuel Abai Saturday September 10, 2022, was a moment of solemn celebration for the good people of Salvation City, New Ogbe-Ijoh community in Ogbe-Ijoh Warri kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state as children,
Crude oil theft is a big business in Niger Delta, all stakeholders are involved – PENGASSAN The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has accused stakeholders in the oil and gas sector of complicity in oil theft. On Thursday, PENGASSAN embarked on a nationwide protest, threatening to shut
INVESTIGATION! How crude oil pipelines surveillance contract was awarded to Tompolo, Olu of Warri, others Controversy, accusation and innuendo has undoubtedly trail the recent crude Oil pipelines Surveillance Contract awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), High Chief Government
The sad state of Sapele/Benin Expressway in Delta Photos below is the failed portion of Mosogar Junction by the popular palm wine joint along Sapele/Benin Expressway, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta state.
Daniel Igali elected into United World Wrestling Bureau President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Daniel Igali has been elected into the highest ruling body of the United World Wrestling (UWW) known as the Bureau. Igali, who is one of the three new members elected into the seven-member Bureau was yesterday, elected at the ordinary Congress
Pipelines Surveillance Contract: Ijaw oil producing communities back Tompolo …Thanks PMB for 3% PIA allocation to crude oil producing host communities By Faith Madogwe IZON-EBE Oil and Gas Producing Communities Association, has joined the league of communities, groups and associations that have backed and congratulated the former leader of the defunct Movement for Emancipation of
Shell to complete repairs on Forcados terminal this month – Report Nigeria’s revenue is expected to increase over the restoration of the Forcados oil export terminal in late September, Bloomberg reports. A spokesperson for Shell Plc, which operates Forcados, told Bloomberg that repairs were ongoing at the terminal but declined to comment on the time
Navy destroys 347 illegal refineries in five months As crude oil theft and illegal refining continue in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Navy says it has destroyed no fewer than 347 illegal refineries in the last five months. It stated that the proliferation of illegal refineries had been an enabler of crude oil theft
Latest report by experts reveal that women residing in areas with high exposure to oil pollution in the Niger Delta are more prone to premature rupture of membranes and severe vaginal bleeding after childbirth as compared to women residing in areas with low exposure, making pollution prevention pivotal to achieving maternal death reduction in the
