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.
Ex-Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty boss, Charles Dokubo, is dead The Former Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo is dead. Though details of the incident is still sketchy, GbaramatuVoice learned that Dokubo died on Wednesday evening after a brief illness. ALSO READ: Buhari finally sacks Dokubo as amnesty programme
GbaramatuVoice 7 years of robust journalism and lessons to draw By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, precisely on Monday August 23, 2022, the GbaramatuVoice newspaper, in what has become an annual ritual of the sort, announced for the awareness of the general public, details of programmes lined up to mark its forthcoming 7th Anniversary Lecture/Awards, Scheduled
Isoko youths congratulate Tompolo over pipeline surveillance contract …Says only Isoko indigenes will benefit from contract in Isoko areas The president of the Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA), Comrade Amos Ogbokor-Etaluku, has stated that only persons from Isoko nation will be beneficiaries of the Federal Government oil pipeline contract awarded to popular freedom fighter, High
Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Don’t cause crisis in Niger Delta, PANDEF tells Northern Youths Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has cautioned Northern youths not to cause tension in the Niger Delta region, with agitations that are “unnecessary and misguided”. PANDEF stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued to the press and signed by its National
Arewa groups urge Federal Government to award railway security contract to Tompolo Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Groups (CACSG) has commended the award of crude oil surveillance contract in the Niger Delta to Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, urging Federal Government to award security of other critical infrastructure like railway to him. ALSO
Omadino Youth PRO hails Tompolo over surveillance contract The Public Relations Officer of Omadino Community Youth, an Itsekiri community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Joshua Ghereje, has applauded High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo for the contract awarded him by the Federal Government to provide security for oil pipelines in
Oil Pipeline Contract: Tompolo remains best man for the job, says Egbema youth leader Former President General of Egbema Youths Council (EYC), Comrade Bright Maya has stated that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo AKA Tompolo, remains the best man to effectively perform pipeline security and surveillance job in the Niger-Delta. Maya, in a statement on Saturday
Equatorial Guinea has arrested a supertanker with a capacity for three million barrels of oil, about three times the one million barrels per day (bpd) currently being produced by Nigeria. GbaramatuVoice recalls that on Wednesday, the Nigerian Navy confirmed that the ship in question had been apprehended in Equatorial Guinea after the 300,000 metric tonnes
OIL CONTRACT: IYC sends strong warning to Arewa youths over attack on Tompolo The leadership of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has tasked the Northern Youths under the Arewa Youths Assembly concerning the use of derogatory comments against the capacity of popular Niger Delta Freedom Fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo concerning his handling
Wike orders arrest of House of Representatives member over alleged illegal oil bunkering Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike has asked security agencies in the state to identify and arrest the owner of a filling station that was recently sealed in Port Harcourt for allegedly trading in illegally refined petroleum products. Governor Wike gave the
Niger Delta: Tompolo warns against environmental pollution, reads riot act to oil thieves in Nigeria …Says No more illegal bunkering Popular Niger Delta freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo has announced mass recruitment of people from the region to check crude oil activities against theft, vandalism, and to prevent environmental pollution. GbaramatuVoice recalls
We’ll soon reveal big men behind crude oil theft in Nigeria – Presidency The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of important personalities behind oil theft in the country. Shehu said that as part of efforts to
WATCH: Tompolo gives first public speech 13 years after …Declares war on oil theft …launches new operation to curb bunkering in Niger Delta Watch full video below:
SDP presidential candidate, Prince Adebayo, to chair GbaramatuVoice 7th Anniversary Lectures The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, would, Tuesday, August 30, 2022, chair the 2022 GbaramatuVoice 7th Anniversary Lectures/Awards ceremony scheduled to take place at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The Publisher/CEO of the company,
EYESORE: Deplorable state of St Charles College in Abavo, hometown of Governor Okowa’s mother in Delta This is the sorrowful state of St Charles College in Abavo, hometown of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s mother in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. See photos below…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged off the construction of a model student’s hostel at the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, just as it donated a 1,000KVA generator and a brand-new Coaster bus to the university. Performing the sod-turning ceremony at the university premises, the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,
CURBING OIL THEFT: Tompolo meets stakeholders, Niger Delta ex-agitators …To assist FG curb crude oil theft in the region No fewer than five thousand ex-agitators and stakeholders from the oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region are currently in a meeting with the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta,
NiMet raises alarm over imminent flood in Delta, Bayelsa, Sokoto, others The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has raised alarm over a high level of flood threat in six states across the country. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director General of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu said “we are present in every part of Nigeria
AGAIN! Shell confirms 5 barrels of oil spill in Ogoni community The Shell Petroleum Development Company has discharged five barrels of crude oil from its Trans Niger Pipeline into Bodo community in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, following an operational failure. This was contained in a report of a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV)
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has resumed the suspended scholarship scheme for youths in the Niger Delta as part of efforts to eradicate poverty. Udengs Eradiri, special adviser to Efiong Akwa, NDDC interim administrator, announced the development on Friday in commemoration of the International Youth Day. The scholarship scheme, established in 2010,
Nollywood Actress, Nkechi Blessing, has claimed that she can buy a man with money and control him. During an Instagram live session with a car dealer and referee Chidi Mike, and three others, the movie star asserted that with her current financial status, she could buy a man, put him in her house and make
Miyetti Allah rejects Peter Obi, instructs Fulanis to vote against former governor …says Obi represents ‘Biafran interest’ The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, also known as Miyetti Allah, has said it has instructed every Fulani in the country not to vote for the presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. According to the
NNPC launches app to monitor crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) on Friday launched ‘Crude Theft Monitoring Applications’ to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism. The launch was held in Abuja on the sideline of the signing of renewed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) agreements between NNPC and its
Money Laundering Allegation: US Court Vindicates Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva …Orders Point Blank News to retract publications A US District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania has vindicated the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva over an alleged lodgement of $2,039,975 (Two million and thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five US dollars) into
SOLUDO: Unknown gunmen now known; they’re Igbo who kill for human organs “Majority of them are Igbo who kill, harvest human organs for rituals, their objective being lucrative criminality” The Governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo, has said majority of the “unknown gunmen” behind the high rate of violence in the state are Igbo. Speaking
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has signed a contract extension with its partners for five major oil blocs with hopes of boosting Nigeria’s economy with $500 billion in revenue. According to the NNPC limited, the development is a major step toward boosting Nigeria’s crude production and “unlocking investments in the deepwater space post-Petroleum
Itsekiri groups protest in Warri, demand chairmanship of NDDC board A coalition of Itsekiri pressure groups, yesterday, took to major streets of Warri, Delta State, in protest, saying the chairmanship of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, board should be granted to the Itsekiri ethnic nationality as of right. The hundreds of protesters bearing placards with
PDP crisis depeens as Wike sues Atiku, Tambuwal, demands recognition as candidate Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held was in
OPEC says Nigeria is losing N101bn worth of crude oil as production dropped to 1.084mbpd in July 2022 Nigeria’s crude oil production plunged by 2.3 million barrels in July 2022 when compared to what the country produced in the preceding month of June, data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries showed on Thursday. In
Water Resources Bill: Niger Delta National Assembly members are sleeping – IYC The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide, has described the controversial Water Resources Bill recently reintroduced in the House of Representatives as highly provocative. The Bill before the National Assembly is said to be an amalgamation of already existing water resources laws that are
The Movement for Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa against claiming to be an indigene of Igbo extraction. A statement issued on Tuesday by the leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Madu alleged that the Delta State Governor had severally denied being
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Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel, has apologised for failing to perform at a show in Tanzania on Sunday. Daniel was arrested in Dar es Salaam on Monday for failing to perform at the show. Fans had earlier trashed the venue in anger at the non-appearance of the singer. ALSO READ: Timaya urges Nigerians to be wary
Today in Nigeria and around the world: A roundup of the big news on Tuesday These are the big news across Nigeria and around the world that might interest you today, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. 1. 2023: We’ll use our votes against those who say Rivers don’t matter -Wike Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that anybody who despises the political capability of the State will be meted with the same treatment. Governor Wike made the declaration at the inauguration of the Orochiri -Worukwo (Waterlines junction) Flyover that was performed by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Port Harcourt on Monday.
DELTA PDP CRISIS: Appeal Court fixes August 19 for hearing The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has adjourned till August 19, 2022, for proper hearing in the appeal seeking to upturn the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which declared Olorogun David Edevbie as the lawful and authentic candidate of the Delta State
