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.
There’ll be confusion if Buhari does not sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Former NERC Chairman Sam Amadi, former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says there will be confusion if President Muhammadu Buhari does not sign the electoral act amendment bill. On Tuesday, the senate passed a bill allowing all statutory delegates
CBN to phase out N5, N10, N20 notes soon The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, said the lower denomination of the nation’s currencies including N5, N10 and N20 would soon be phased out of circulation. While the said lower denominations have almost become worthless owing to the declining purchasing
The hope of one of the governorship aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, to participate in the party primaries appears to be uncertain. This is as the Rivers State High Court again adjourned his bail application to May 25, 2022. The PDP has also fixed the same date for
BAYELSA: Ogbia youths lament devastating erosion in Anyama community …Call for help from government, interventionist agencies The Ogbia Brotherhood Youth Council, (OBYC) worldwide, the apex youth organization in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has lamented the devastating effect caused by erosion in Anyama community. The youths on a working tour to the area
President of Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, FNDIC, Chief Bello Oboko, has said political control by Ijaw of Delta State, in 2023, will properly distribute development resources largely derived from their areas, and fast-track reconciliation/integration of the estranged Ijaw people. Oboko, who spoke in Warri as the Ijaw of Gbaramatu Kingdom marked the now annual
A high powered delegation from the United States of America led by Mr. Brandon Hudspeth, Head Political & Economic Chief and Acting Consular General, America Consulate in Nigeria, today paid a courtesy visit to the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, at his palace in Oporoza, headquarters of the kingdom.
ISAAC BORO DAY: IYC Kalabari calls for unity among Niger Deltans By Adamu Usman Members of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Kalabari Se-Ikpangi, have called on the Niger Delta people, generally, and the Ijaws, particularly, to unite so they can speak with one voice and achieve the goal for which their hero, Major Isaac Adaka
WARRI STANDS STILL AS IJAW NATION CELEBRATES ISAAC BORO DAY, 54 YEARS AFTER By Loveth Ojogun & Bella Moses Business activities in Warri, Delta state were on Monday grounded, as Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Western Zone celebrated the 54th remembrance day of late Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, an activist and Nigeria civil war hero.
2023 Presidency: Nigerian witches say, PDP will take over power from the APC After many days of meetings particularly in the northern part of the country, Association of White Witches Association of Nigeria (AWWAN) on Friday revealed that despite the unprecedented number of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential aspirants that have obtained forms for
Amaechi hurriedly inadequates governing board of NPA, NIWA, others The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday hurriedly inaugurated the governing boards of agencies under his supervision. President Muhammadu Buhari in April approved the reconstitution of the governing boards of five agencies under the Ministry of Transportation. ALSO READ: 2023 PRESIDENCY: Rotimi Amaechi resigns as
Chief Timipre Sylva, the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, has been forced to resign from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, was said to have been forced to submit his resignation letter to Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) late Friday,
Less than 24 hours after a detained governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Hon. Farah Dagogo, was granted bail by a Federal High Court, a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded him at the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Correctional Centre. ALSO READ: Drama
A mild drama played out in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital on Friday, as the People’s Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo, was carried into the State High Court by three policemen. Dagogo, who looked unconscious, was brought to the court in a police van and hand lifted by the operatives
Following series of threats by some Islamic extremists on his social media handles, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, late last night deleted his condemnation of the murder of Deborah Samuel. The deceased, a 200-level student of the Department of Home Economics, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was yesterday killed by an angry mob for
Scores of travellers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West Road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha Road regained their freedom. ALSO READ: Gunmen kill 11 in Rivers In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen
A leading All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Thursday, submitted his completed nomination form at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja. The aspirant, who submitted his form through the Director-General of his Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, expressed confidence that he would pick the ruling party’s presidential ticket in the
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the certificate of recognition of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government Area, Prof. Itam Hogan Itam, for dabbling in partisan politics. The order was contained in a letter addressed to the embattled paramount ruler dated 11th May 2022 and signed by
Tonlagha resumes duties at Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission Capt. John Tonlagha has resumed office as the new Executive Commissioner, Health, Safety, Community and Environment of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). ALSO READ: Read full details of how Nigerian senate confirmed Tonlagha, others nominated by Buhari into NUPRC He arrived at the NUPRC premises
Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Mary Odili retires at 70 Supreme Court holds valedictory session as Justice Odili retires at 70 Erudite jurist, Justice Mary Ekaego Peter Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is to officially bow out of the nation’s Judiciary today Thursday, May 12, 2022. Mrs Odili, who is one
Akpabio submits presidential form with over 370 delegates’ endorsement Immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and APC presidential aspirant, Chief Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday night submitted his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for the presidential primary election having secured the endorsement of over 370 delegates required by the party. ALSO READ: Godswill Akpabio
Nigeria’s minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has resigned following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on office holders seeking to contest in the 2023 general elections. ALSO READ: President Buhari orders ministers with political ambitions to resign, gives deadline Buhari, earlier on Wednesday ordered that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should
Niger Delta Affairs Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive, ahead of 2023 presidential race. ALSO READ: 2023: Massive turnout as Godswill Akpabio declares for President The President during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting ordered all cabinet members eyeing elective offices to quit before May 16. In a
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council). By this appointment, Dr. Jonathan becomes the first sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organisation established with the purpose
President Muhammadu Buhari has said there is no going back on leaving office after completing his constitutionally guaranteed tenure, emphasising that the May 29, 2023, handover date is sacrosanct. Speaking through Malam Garba Shehu, his media aide, Buhari said the current administration would honour the constitution and people’s right to decide. ALSO READ: Senior lawyer,
2023 Presidency: We won’t allow him out of Nigeria – Fulani group vows to force Jonathan to contest The Fulani group who purchased the N100million Presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Goodluck Jonathan, has said he won’t be allowed to leave Nigeria until he accepts the forms from
WARRI PORT: Federal Government awards contract for dredging of Escravos channel Determined to revive the port in Delta State, the Federal Government of Nigeria said it has awarded a contract for remedial dredging of Escravos channel. Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), who disclosed this in Warri on Tuesday, said the
2023 Presidency: Timipre Sylva presents nomination forms to Edwin Clark The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday, presented his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest for the 2023 presidency to Ijaw national leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, at his residence in Abuja, for his
Nigerian Political Parties Ask INEC To Extend Timeline For Primaries Political parties in the country have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the timelines for the 2023 general elections by two months. Specifically, the parties want slight changes to the primaries’ timeline, as stipulated by the electoral umpire. ALSO READ: Goodluck Jonathan
Amidst attempts by loyalists of former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop him from running on the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, the former President, has formally met with the National Chairman of the ruling party in Abuja, apparently to clarify some grey areas regarding his candidacy. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Goodluck Jonathan defects to APC, picks
Why we bought APC presidential form for Goodluck Jonathan, Fulani herdsmen break silence A group of Fulani herdsmen and ‘Almajiri’ on Monday night picked the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan. Noting that Jonathan had a lot of initiatives for them, the group said the
A Dutch Nigerian, Wiebe Boer or Yohanna Maigona has declared interest in the governorship race in Plateau State. It was not clear if Maigona was being sarcastic as his preferred party is not registered in Nigeria. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Goodluck Jonathan defects to APC, picks presidential forms In the poster that has flooded the internet, Maigona
Senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, seeks extension of President Buhari’s tenure over insecurity Elder statesman, Chief Robert Clarke, has called for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who said this on Monday, argued that the months preceding the 2023 elections are not sufficient to put an end to the
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan picks APC N100m nomination forms The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan on Monday joined the 2023 Presidential race. Lawan’s friends purchased the All Progressives Congress, APC, nomination forms at the International Conference Centre, ICC. ALSO READ:: Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva, Joins Presidential Race It was learnt that Lawan’s friends were
Ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms, the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has joined the race for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. Investigation revealed that the form for the former Bayelsa State Governor was purchased for him in the
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has approved a university for the Niger Delta. The Archbishop, Province of Niger Delta, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Blessing Enyindah, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at Abam-Ama, Okrika in Rivers State, during the 1st session of the 7th Synod of the Diocese of Okrika,
