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.
Popular Niger-Delta Newspaper, GbaramatuVoice, have appointed Mr. Enaibo David Asiayei as the Managing Editor of the publication. The Board of Directors of Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Enaibo David Asiayei on Monday, April 4, 2022. Mr Jacob Abai, the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. ALSO READ:
The people of Ikpo-gbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West LGA of Delta State have on Saturday accused Nigerian Navy of Invading their Community. They alleged that Nigerian Navy came to test their newly donated guns on them for no reason. The Nigerian Navy had on Friday, (April 1, 2022) commenced what is evidently
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) at the weekend said it would fully commercialise its operations by July 1, 2022. This was even as it commenced moves to tackle crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region with support from the Nigerian Navy. The NNPC Group Managing Director (GMD), Malam Mele Kyari, made the
Forgive us as we’ve forgiven those who wronged us – Maryam Abacha Dr. Maryam Sani Abacha, wife of former Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha, has said that she has forgiven all those who offended the family in one way or another, calling on all to embrace the spirit of forgiveness and be
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly arrested popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, known better as Cubana Chief Priest for alleged tax fraud and money laundering. Okechukwu, who was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, is being quizzed by anti-graft operatives while the agency was said to be on the hunt for his accomplices.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Saturday, promised to make 20 million Nigerians millionaires, if elected President in 2023. Bello disclosed this while declaring his intentions to run for the Presidency in 2023. The governor had declared his intentions to run for the Presidency at the Eagles Square in Abuja. ALSO READ full text of
President Buhari directs Ministry of Works to take over East-West Road from Niger Delta President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Works and Housing to take over the construction and completion of the N10.4 billion East-West Road project which had been delayed for several years. While taking responsibility for the road, Minister of Works
The Nigerian Navy yesterday (Friday, April 1, 2022) commenced what is evidently its biggest operation aimed at putting an end to oil theft and illegal refining in the Niger Delta, with the deployment of 40 ships, five helicopters and 200 boats for “Operation Dakatar Da Barawo” (stop the thief) across the region. On the same
[BREAKING] Yahaya Bello formally declares 2023 presidential bid with message of hope Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has formally declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidency. The governor who promised Nigerian hope and also to bridge the gaps, made the declaration at the Eagles Square in Abuja on Saturday. More details shortly…
Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and CNL (“NNPC/CNL JV”), and Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (“STAR”), a Chevron company and operator of the Agbami field, have both been honoured by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) with top tax compliant organization awards. The
The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe (Agadagba), has heaped praises on Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State for his developmental projects in his kingdom. The king, Oboro Gbaraun II Aketekpe (Agadagba), stated this on Thursday when Governor Okowa alongside his deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, visited Gbaramatu kingdom to commission the
[PICTORIAL] Governor Okowa pays courtesy call on Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, paid a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom at his palace in Oporoza Town, shortly after commissioning a 2.3 kilometre road by the state
The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, said the School of Marine Technology, Burutu, would soon be upgraded by the state government. Okowa disclosed this during the inauguration of three legacy projects executed by the Hon. Godknows Angele led administration in Burutu, headquarters of Burutu Council Area. The inaugurated projects were
Photos as Governor Okowa inaugurates road project in Gbaramatu kingdom The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, inaugurated the 2.3 Kilometer Benikrukru township road in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. See photos below…
The Executive Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello is set to officially declare his intention to join the race for the 2023 presidency. In an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, the governor said he will declare his presidential ambition officially on Saturday, 2nd April 2022. ALSO READ: Governor Yahaya Bello speaks to GbaramatuVoice
Chief Tare Ogah, a businessman and the Amadiwei of Okpele-ama Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, is leaving no stone unturned towards giving his mother, Mrs Felicia Ogah a befitting burial. The funeral programme shows that Madam Felicia Ogah, who died on Saturday, January 22, 2022, aged 70, will be buried on Friday, April 1, 2022, after
The Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Effiong Akwa, over the non-payment of N2.2bn to contractors. The committee said it was acting on petitions filed by Akom Survey Services Limited over the
PICTORIAL: Birthday celebration of HRM Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom View exclusive pictures from the birthday celebration of the great Chairman of the Delta State Ijaw Traditional Rulers Council, and the Ebenanaowei of Ogulagha kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) Dr. Joseph I. Timiyan (JP), Agbonu, Torububor 1 in Obotobo town, Burutu Local Government Area, on
Moher of a Yahoo boy, Mrs Debest Osarumwense has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in Benin, the Edo State capital. She is the mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an alleged internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy’. Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin delivered judgment on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial Crimes
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, after playing out a 1-1 draw with Ghana in Abuja. The Black Stars of Ghana qualified on the away goal rule. The first leg in Ghana had ended in a goalless draw, but the Ghanaians scored a crucial away
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said Monday’s terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail route would have been averted if there were drones and helicopters to carry out surveillance along the corridor. This is even as the Minister said the Ministry of Transportation has made presentation to the Federal Government for the procurement of security
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region under the aegis of groups like the Niger Delta People’s Congress and the Niger Delta Congress have reopened calls for restructuring of the country to allow regions to have control over the resources in their domains. The stakeholders, at a meeting in Effurun near Warri, Delta State, bemoaned the
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is working on building a network pipeline infrastructure that would deliver gas from Nigeria to Europe. Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC, said this during his speech at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, held in Dubai. The forum is an international gathering of government, industry,
Nigeria’s oil thieves and illegal refiners have constructed a network of pipelines which transits through the bushes into reservoirs, which in some cases, spill and waste. Making the startling revelation was the Force Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF), South-South, ‘Operation Delta Safe’, Rear Admiral Aminu Hassan. He said this while giving a situation report
Information reaching the GbaramatuVoice is that the Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Gbaramatu kingdom on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. According to an impeccable source, Okowa will be commissioning some road projects, among other things. ALSO READ: Gbaramatu Kingdom announces date for Gbaraun-Egbesu, Ibolomobo-ere and Amaseikumor festivals He
Immediate past chairman of the Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), Amb. Jude Ebitimi Ukori, is set to bury his father, Late High Chief Richard Kuroiye Ukori, the Amaokosuwei of Jamagie town in Egbema Kingdom, Ovia South/West LGA of Edo State, on the 25th day of March, 2022. He died at the age of 98. See
Effurun was agog on Sunday as a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Elder Pius Donyegha, celebrated his diamond jubilee birthday anniversary thanksgiving service. GbaramatuVoice reports that it was a service dedicated to thanking God for his mercies upon the Ijaw leader. The event which was held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
Tompolo prays for Ijaw nation as Bini-ebi Madinorbo festival comes to an end The three days annual Bini-Ebi Madinorbo festival has finally come to an end as the Chief Priest of the temple, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemopolo aka Tompolo, offered prayers to the deity. GbaramtuVoice writes that the annual ritual took place in the
The Nigerian Navy has arrested a Vessel; MT Queen of Peace over its involvement in maritime illegalities on Nigeria’s Maritime domain with naval authorities disclosing that the arrest is a fall out of operationalization of Exercise Obangame Express 2022, the multinational sea exercise currently ongoing. Director of Naval Information, Commodore AO Ayo-Vaughan while confirming the
The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has said the performance of Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, is nothing to write home about as no significant development is happening in the state. In a trending interview CapitalTV online, Dokubo said if asked to rate Governor Wike, he will score him
Bianca, the wife of late Odumegwu Ojukwu, has explained why she slapped Ebele Obiano at the inauguration ceremony of Prof. Charles Soludo. Bianca in an interview with Arise TV on Friday said Ebele Obiano was noticeably absent as the inauguration ceremony started but arrived an hour later. She said: “I did not pay any attention
A peep into the secret temple of Bini-ebi in Ogulagha, where Tompolo is the chief priest See photos of the temple where Niger Delta freedom fighter, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka TOMPOLO is the Chief Priest.
An agent, who claims to be working under the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the national government of United States has alleged that Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi has received fresh charges as US prosecutors submitted court documents showing that he committed fraud and laundered over $400k while in prison. The documents which were presented before the
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed N40 million for the nomination form of its presidential aspirants. While expression of interest form is put at N5m, the nomination form is put at N35m. The party approved this at the 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party held on Wednesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: PDP
A group, Bomadi and Patani Political Mandate, has called on the Member representing Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Nicholas Ebomo Mutu, to re-contest for the federal constituency seat come 2023. The group made the call at a press briefing in Asaba, the Delta State capital, shortly after endorsing him as their
