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.
By Gold Ebimene Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) to urgently dismiss and prosecute the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, for illegally ordering the teargas and arrest of youths who protested peacefully to mark the
A socio-cultural group of the Ijaws in diaspora, Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has disclosed its intention to hold the 2022 IJAW DIASPORA CONVENTION in United States of America (USA). The board has chosen Newark, New Jersey where they would all converge from their various countries of residence across the globe. The event that is scheduled
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has Inaugurates the management team of the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The inauguration of the
…Says power to change Nigeria for better resides in youths Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of gross insensitivity to the plight of victims of the #EndSARS protests and the Lekki Tollgate massacre a year ago. Frank in a statement to
By Ebi Perekeme A fresh devastating oil spill has been reported at a facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) around Ogboinbiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The oil leakage, which occurred on October 17 at the NAOC Wellhead 9, was reportedly caused by equipment failure. A field
A report by Channels TV indicates gunmen have opened fire on traditional rulers during a meeting at Njaba local government area in Imo state. Details of the attack remain sketchy but at least five traditional rulers are feared to have died during the attack with several others wounded, the news media stated. Also reporting the
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the imposition of night curfew on all waterways in the state as part of measures to curtail sea piracy, kidnappings and other criminal activities along the creeks. Briefing newsmen on resolutions reached after the 22nd State Security Council meeting in Yenagoa, the Special Adviser on
There was celebration in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State when about 500 gang members who had been terrorising the area renounced cultism, submitted their arms and promised to be of good behaviour. The Chairman of the Andoni Area Traditional Rulers Council, HRM King Job Nabiget JP, who led other traditional rulers to
By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it spent a total of N32.56bn on pipeline security and maintenance from February to July this year. The NNPC spent N5.81bn on pipeline security and management in February; N5.32bn in March; N2.64bn in April; N5.26bn in May; N6.17bn in June, and N7.35bn in July. A
Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to completing all abandoned projects in the nine states of the Niger Delta Region. Senator Akpabio spoke in Uyo, on Sunday, after an inspection tour of the long-abandoned 1000-bed hostel blocks constructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the
The Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday hosted the President of Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC), Comrade Shadrach Ebikeme and his executives at the government house in Asaba. GbaramatuVoice learnt that the meeting is said to be in line with the forthcoming ground breaking/foundation laying ceremony of the Gbaramatu Youth Development Center
The Ijaw Youth Council Western Zone has asked Commissioner Representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission (DESOPADEC), Dr. Paul Bebenimibo to resign for improper use of office. The group said that the office is supposed to be a connecting point for the grassroots, noting that they can no longer allow
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have blamed selfish politicians including ministers from the region for the delay in constitution of the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said the delay is caused
The Rivers State Government has said harmful chemicals are emitted when bottled water and its equivalent in sachet are exposed to sunlight. The warning was issued by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja, at the flag-off of the Campaign Against Exposure Of Bottled/Sachet Water To Sunlight. Speaking at the event, the
Chief Dennis Otiotio, a political associate of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged Bayelsa Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC). Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DSP) Yusuf Adejo and Chairman of the state congress planning committee disclosed this when he announced the results of the congress on Saturday in Yenogoa.
The Special Adviser on Legislative, Plenary Matters and Political Affairs to the Deputy President of the Senate, Omeni Sobotie, was on Saturday, elected as the Chairman of the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress in Asaba. Sobotie was elected at the party’s state congress to lead the 35-man executive committee to run the affairs
No fewer than two persons (husband And wife) have been reportedly killed on Friday in a gas explosion at Eboh Street in Warri, Delta State. It was learnt that the explosion occurred when the husband went to the kitchen and picked a phone call near the cooking gas where his wife was cooking. The victim’s
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of appointment of retired Col. M. D. Dikio as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for another one-year tenure. The GbaramatuVoice reports that President Buhari approved the appointment of Dikio as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) with effect from Aug. 21, 2020. This followed the President’s approval of
The Chief Executive Officer/Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroluem Corporation, Mele Kyari on Thursday led a delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta to seek support for the protection of oil and gas installations in the country, GbaramatuVoice reports. Kyari who was accompanied by top officials of the NNPC
A delegation from the oil and gas industry to the Niger Delta led by the CEO/Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, on Thursday, October 14, 2021 paid a courtesy visit to Gbaramatu Kingdom. The Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II and other respected traditional
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to use the opportunity of the Third Annual Convention/lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, to explain the Commission’s role in building a new face for the Niger Delta Region. According to a Statement by the Chairman of the DOPF 2021Convention Planning Committee, Dcn Chijioke Williams
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, received the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, who recently left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the ruling party the All Progressive Congress (APC). Okeke was presented to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by the APC caretaker chairman and Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni. Also
Two masqueraders namely Sheriff Ojo and Muhammad Lukman have been arrested for allegedly stealing ₦370,000.00 and inflicting injury with cutlasses on one Adinoyi Mohammed the owner of the money in Ondo state. According to spokesperson of the State Police Command, Funmi Odulami, the two suspects committed the offence at Melenge Community, at Ipele town in Owo council area of the
…Says governors failed in managing 13% Derivation Fund to develop communities …Calls On Buhari to inaugurate screened, confirmed NDDC board …Advocates equity, justice, fairness for United Nigeria The Royal Father of Idjerhe kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM King Obukowho Monday Whiskey, has rejected the call by the South South
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally dedicated its new headquarters building at the Marine Base, Port Harcourt to God. Speaking at a praise and worship ceremony, attended by directors and staff of the Commission, at the new office complex, the NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr Efiong Akwa, stated that the Commission was at
Gunmen, yesterday, killed a Police Sergeant during an attack on the Divisional Police Station, Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, report says. The gunmen also ransacked the Station for arms and carted away the service rifle of the deceased and one other rifle from the armoury. Investigations revealed that the gunmen numbering six
The Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, the umbrella body of youths in Gbaramatu Kingdom, has announced the groundbreaking/foundation laying ceremony to launch the multi-million Naira “Gbaramatu Youth Development Center” in Oporoza town, Delta State. This was made known in a statement made available to GbaramatuVoice on Tuesday and signed by the President, Comrade Shedrack Ebikeme. He
Instagram dancer and influencer, Jane Orezimena, popularly known as Janemena, has written a letter to Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, demanding the sum of N500m for alleged libel and claiming on social media that Janemena has a sex tape. Dikeh had claimed last month that her ex-lover, Joseph Egbri, aka Prince Kpokpogri, had a sex tape
The Oba of Benin Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has canceled all activities lined up to mark his 5th Coronation which is also his birthday in honour of late billionaire business mogul Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo. A statement by the Benin Tradional Council and signed by its Secretary, Frank Irabor said “the postponement
The Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas (Hoscon), has rejected the decision of South-South governors to appoint trustees for the Host Communities Trust Commission. The governors had indicated interest to appoint trustees for the Commission, directly responsible for the development of oil and gas communities. In a chat with newsmen at the weekend,
“The law does not have a place for sole administrator, it does not have a place for Interim Management Committee (IMC). But an individual wants to control everybody as if people no longer use their senses. There is an act that establishes the NDDC and it totally recognises the statutory board,”
Prominent northern politicians, academicians and opinion leaders stormed Kano yesterday to drum up support for the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, ahead of 2023 general elections. Although the coordinator of the group, Senator Godswill Akpabio for Common Good (SGACG) that hosted the event tried to convince the audience that the event was
Environmental activist, Mr Azibaola Robert has decried indiscriminate cutting of natural trees in the deep forest across Niger Delta region and Nigeria at large, saying the practice is affecting the quantity and quality oxygen now available for both human and animal breathing. Robert, a lawyer-turned entrepreneur and innovator, who disclosed this on Saturday while speaking
Chief Johnbull Ejovi, Thursday said he has no children with his wife, Mrs Emily Ejovi. Ejovi in a chat with our Correspondent, said: “I have been married to my wife without children from her for me. “Sometime ago, she approached me that we should go for sorrogate since age was not on her side, which
By Gbenga Nicholas The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, has created an admission criteria for Niger Delta ex-militants, to enable them to enroll into the University without JAMB. The pre-degree programme run by the institution will assist the federal government in skill acquisitions and vocational training for the ex-militants who are beneficiaries
