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.
From the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday, rains are expected over parts of Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Osun, Abia, Anambra, Ogun, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Oyo and Ekiti states, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said. The agency noted that the inland and the coastal cities in other southern states are expected to
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the recommendations suggested by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on the just submitted forensic audit report, calling for immediate sack Akpabio. The IYC in a statement in Port Harcourt by its President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said sacking Akpabio
…charges politicians to lead with fear of God A Warri-based popular cleric, Pastor Simeon Obiobo Andafa of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, has disclosed that Niger Delta region has been significantly insufficient in the investment in youths. Andafa who is also a businessman and entrepreneur made this known while speaking with GbaramatuVoice recently. He explained
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the yearnings of the people of
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday submitted the Forensic Audit Report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The report was submitted to the President through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN in Abuja. Akpabio, who noted that although the exercise
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while
The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the reason behind a reshuffle in the cabinet he formed on August 21, 2019. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, were sacked. They were replaced by Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Abubakar D.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while
By Our Correspondent Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has dissolved all palace chiefs, traditional council, Committees, Sub- committees of the Warri Kingdom. This development comes barely 10 days after the monarch was enthroned. In a letter signed by the monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and dated 1st September 2021, under the hand and seal of
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimii Akeredolu, has signed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law. The bill that was signed on Tuesday is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum at its last meeting, held in Lagos. This came few weeks after the bill has been passed by the State House of Assembly.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an order restraining Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have not taken COVID-19 vaccines will be prevented from accessing churches, mosques, banks, event centres and other public places from the middle of September. ALSO READ: Hundreds protest
Rivers state records 164 cases of COVID-19 infection, the Federal Capital Territory and 12 other states reported 296 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC disclosed on its official website on Tuesday that one COVID-19 related death was recorded. According to
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will today sign the Anti-open Grazing Bill into Law. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the state government has suspended all activities in the state forest reserves including free areas and flitches with immediate effect. The suspension was part of the far-reaching decisions made at the state executive council meeting on
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the civil society organisations (CSOs) in Edo State defied early morning downpour on Monday to protest against the state government’s directive on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination by residents before accessing a large gathering. Obaseki at a briefing had named such gathering to include church service, Juma’at mosque, banks, wedding or burial
The Edo government has given civil servants in the state’s ministry of health a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a memo issued on Monday by Fredrick Irabor, permanent secretary of the ministry, any staff member who fails to receive the vaccine within the period would not be allowed into office.
Two suspected armed robbers have been reportedly killed while two others injured in a gun duel with the Nigeria Police at the weekend along Egbo/Otokutu Road, Otu Jeremi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Police Delta State command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Asaba on
By Daniel Kokoricha At least ten persons have reportedly sustained varied degrees of injuries as Hausa traders and Fulani herders engaged in a bloody clash at the popular Hausa Market along Benin-Warri road, Amukpe, Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learnt that some shops at the market were destroyed in the
The NNPC/ Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture has donated modern medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Oporoza and Tsekelewu Cottage hospitals in Egbema-Gbaramatu kingdoms as well as the Government hospital in Ogidigben. The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) received the items for the Oporoza and Tsekelewu cottage hospitals while the Itsekiri Regional
Complete 2022 World Cup matchday 1 qualifying fixtures in Africa this week (all kick-off times GMT): WEDNESDAY At Douala, Cameroon Central African Republic v Cape Verde, 1300 At Nouakchott, Mauritania Guinea-Bissau v Guinea, 1600 At Thies, Senegal Senegal v Togo, 1600 At Agadir, Morocco Mali v Rwanda, 1900 At Benghazi, Libya Libya v Gabon, 1900
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the boat a military helicopter shot at in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, was conveying illegally-refined oil products. It was reported over the weekend that a military helicopter opened fire on a cargo boat conveying food stuff from Port Harcourt to Bonny. But in a statement on Sunday, Benjamin Sawyerr, DHQ
By Our Correspondent As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a political support group, Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) has drummed support for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 presidential election. For the purpose of re-strategising the priorities of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, enhancing progressive reforms and national unity, according to the group, Osinbajo is
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro has disclosed that Warri with great dream will soon be unveiled, noting that the perennial flooding issues in the Warri metropolis will become a thing of the past, GbaramatuVoice reports. “The major flood control and storm protection works been carried out by His Excellency, in addition
By Ebi Perekeme One of Nigerian highlife music legends, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has passed on in Benin on Saturday at the age 80 years. The music icon whose tracks “Joromi” and “Mammy Water” were hits till his demise, was a multi instrumentalist and a renowned virtual artist. One of his children, Uwaifo Peter de Rock,
By Our Correspondent The Forum for Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta says it has begun legal process for the actualisation of self-reliance, saying that the law by which the region was conscripted into, forced contraption in Nigeria had long elapsed. The region lamented that the three per cent allocated to host communities from the operating
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to create avenue for a national dialogue to dissect and seek panacea to various challenges facing the country. Okowa made the call at an interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of Delta State held at St. Peters Anglican Cathedral,
By Beauty Suobai Veteran Nollywood actor Victor Olaotan, who had a ghastly motor accident nearly four years ago, has died. According to information available to GbaramatuVoice says Olaotan died on Thursday, August 26. The 69-year-old actor, who is best known for his role as Fred Ade-Williams in the popular TV series, Tinsel, was bedridden for
A yet-to-be identified helicopter has reportedly shot at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State. There are fears of casualties, with some occupants severely injured and rushed to the hospital. An eye witnesses at the Bonny-Nembe waterside where the boat took off from in Port Harcourt, told newsmen that
A 47-year-old woman in Akwa Ibom State has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for buying a six-year-old boy in Uyo, the state capital. The convict, Gertrude Thompson Akpan, was said to have transferred the boy after buying him, to Owerri in Imo State where she sold him to one Kate Ojukwu Ogbonna, a native
A 40-year-old father of six, Patrick Markson, has reportedly killed his wife with sledge hammer, over alleged protracted marital dispute. The incident occurred Thursday morning, at Odede Street, in the Tombia Amassoma Road area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The 35-year-old wife, simply identified as Hannah, is from Okotiama community, in Gbarain Clan, Yenagoa, the state
By Joshua Williams Senator Stella Oduah dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Oduah, a former Aviation Minister, represents Anambra North in the National Assembly. A statement by APC Director of Publicity, Salisu Dambatta quoted Oduah as saying she defected to co-change the “political narrative” in the Igbo-speaking States. “She
By Daniel Kokoricha A Kebbi State High Court has ordered Prince Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A vacation Judge, Justice Nusrat Umar, gave the order in a suit brought before her in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital. In the case, cited as KB/AC/M. 170/2021,
…Such claim not only false but vexatious, Ogbokor-Etaluku, INYA President By Gbenga Nicholas The Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA) has refuted the claim by Isoko Development Union (IDU), Youth Wing, who recently alleged that Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC of owing them N80 million Social Security Funds, describing it as not
The GbaramatuVoice Management is alarmed that after over 48 hours news report of how seven innocent Deltans who were said to be returning from a wedding feast perished in a fatal motor accident along Orogun road in Ughelli North Local Government Area, the state has not deemed it necessary to visit the deceased families or
The burial for the seven wedding guests who perished in a fatal motor accident along Orogun road in Ughelli North Local Government Area, have been scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, 2021 in Bomadi town. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna with about nine passengers on board. The occupants who were from Bomadi
