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.
An advocacy group, Save Niger Delta Group (SNDG), has revealed plans to stage a massive peaceful protest at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) head office in Lagos. The protest is due to the Federal Government refusals to relocate the multi-million dollar floating dock to the Niger Delta region, the group said. In
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has revealed that training projects for ex-agitators have not commenced because he is not willing to be part of corrupt practices bedevilling the system. The PAP boss made this known in a statement signed by his special assistant on media, Nneotaobase
By Joshua Williams A Non Governmental Organisation, Ernest Bebenimibo Foundation (EBF) has launched an educational support programme for underprivileged children in riverine communities of Delta State. The project that is set to kick start on Monday, 4th to Tuesday 5th, October 2021 was born out of the prevalent rate of out-of-school children in rural parts
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for the reformed Niger Delta militants has been undergoing reforms in the last one year, an official has said. Mr Nneotabase Egbe, Special Adviser on Media to the Interim Administrator of PAP, rtd. Col. Milland Dikio told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. He said the reform is
The Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri says it is “unfair” that international oil companies (IOCs) extract oil in the state but their employees pay income tax to states where they have their headquarters. Nigeria adopts a Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) system to calculate the personal income tax of employees. It is called PAYE tax. Workers
By Ebi Perekeme As part of its efforts to provide potable water and reduce communicable disease in riverine communities, the Delta State Government has approved the construction and reticulation of a major water scheme in Okerenkoko town, Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, told journalists at the end
By Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the composition of a National Reconciliation Committee to be headed by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said that Otunba Moses Adeyemo would serve
Three years after the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) spent taxpayers’ money to buy a multi-million dollar modular floating dock, is currently lying idle in Lagos, with the cost of maintenance estimated at about $30,000 daily. The dock which is said to be purpose-built for its approved location in Okerenkoko, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta
By Our Correspondent The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has told the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to contest the presidency of the country come 2023. The senior lawmaker who made the call in Asaba, Delta State on Saturday, stressed that Governor Okowa has all it takes to
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Ovuakpoye Evivie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the bye-election for Isoko South Constituency 1 in the Delta State House of Assembly. The by-election held on Saturday across five wards in the constituency, was meant to fill the vacant
Ayakoromo town stood still on Friday, as the Mr. Franklin Ebiama Brialade, Chief Protocol Officer to the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro laid his late mother, Mrs. Theodora Oruberi Brialade to rest. The deceased passed on Friday, August 20, 2021, after a brief illness. She was aged 70. The ceremony that took
By Ebi Perekeme An elder statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Samson Youkore Mamamu is dead; he reportedly died on Friday morning The development was however confirmed to GbaramatuVoice by a family member of the Ijaw leader, Chief William Mamamu. William noted that the elder statesman died “at the ripe age of 91 years”. He
President General and Founder of Nice Esther Alamieyeseigha Rescue Initiative and Nice Esther for All Foundation, that caters for the aged, widows and Orphans, High Chief Nice Alamieyeseigha, has been appointed as the South-South zonal woman leader of the Atiku Support Organisation (ASO). The announcement was made in a letter received by GbaramatuVoice and signed
Even though he has appeal the order of high courts sitting in Rivers and Cross River states stopping him from parading himself as the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, was nowhere near the party headquarters on Thursday, where the National Executive Committee (NEC) of PDP appointed governors to head its
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has handed over the keys to its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government, concluding the phased movement of the Commission to its new headquarters at the Eastern Bypass. Presenting the keys of the building
By Our Correspondent The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has expressed the state government’s appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari recognizing it as one of the Oil-producing states. This is contained in a statement by Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Bello on Wednesday. ALSO READ: Kogi, Anambra join league of oil-producing
By Our Correspondent The Gombe State Government has appealed to Southern State Governments to reconsider their push to keep Value Added Tax (VAT) generated from their states. Muhammad Magaji, the state’s Commissioner for Finance and Economic Creation, made the appeal at the start of a Technical Workshop on the development of the state’s Medium-Term Sector
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday shared the letter Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami wrote to the National Assembly “to amend the Constitution and empowered the Federal Government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT)”. Wike is asking the FIRS in the oil-rich South-South state
…Says Rivers VAT not for Abuja people Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, insisted on going on with his move to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state. Wike, who said he does not care if heaven falls, insisted that Rivers money is not meant for “Abuja
Anambra and Kogi States may have finally joined the league of Oil Producing States in Nigeria as their oil wells have been recognised by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation And Fiscal Commission. The development was sequel to a letter from RMAFC to a request by Alhaji Yahaya Bello for due share of revenue accruing to the
A Non-Governmental Organization, Clever Minds Educational Foundation, has built the first free Private Primary School in Iyara community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The school that was opened on Saturday, September 4, 2021, was built for orphans and underprivileged out-of-school children, the founder revealed. Among the dignitaries that were present includes Chairman
By Ebi Perekeme Ahead of the full implementation of the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in 2022, civil society organisations have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a permanent head for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Addressing a press conference in Abuja, a coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis Peace For Niger
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the government may be constrained to re-impose lockdown if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said daily figures released from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that both the transmission and death
By Our Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja has urged Federal Government to Prioritised the Itakpe-Lokoja-Abuja standard gauge rail line. Onoja who revealed thisn Sunday in an interview after riding the Warri-Itakpe train in Itakpe, Kogi state, noted that the route is linking both the Northern and Southern states of the
The federal government has inaugurated a Ministerial Performance Delivery Unit (MPDU) for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) to facilitate processes aimed at ensuring that reports to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) conform with the required standards. Members of the MPDU, drawn from various projects department of
By Enaibo Asiayei There was a widespread jubilation in Warri, on Sunday as Niger Delta activist and National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief Sheriff Mulade, officialy declared his intention to contest for 2023 Governorship in Delta State. Mulade who made this known before some Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders at the
Godwin Stephen, also known as Steve Winners, a 27-year-old entertainer and event planner based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State who was arrested and remanded in prison for three years for using the photo of a child he found online for publicity for his birthday. You were remanded in prison for three years. What led to
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said work will soon start on the Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed this when he visited the proposed site for the project. The minister noted that in choosing the site, considerations
By Joshua Williams Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has approached a Court of Appeal in the Abuja Division to demand an affirmation that his four-year tenure will end on December 9, 2021. Secondus who has been having a running battle for his position, asked the appellate court to
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Olamilekan Adegbite, has commissioned two aircraft for Airborne Geophysical Survey to identify mineral deposits in Nigeria. Mr Adegbite, who inaugurated the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Thursday, said the survey became imperative as it would help determine the quantum of minerals available in
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
