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.
…Senate Committee to investigate Niger Delta governors The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has claimed that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states N100million each as COVID-19 palliatives. Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Patrick Ayo Akinyelure, told reporters in Abuja that NDDC officials made the claim.
A paramount ruler in Niger Delta, His Royal Majesty, King Obukowho Whiskey, has renewed the call for President Muhammadu Buhari to return the supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Presidency for proper monitoring of the agency. King Whiskey, Udurhie I, Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of
By Our Correspondent The integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into mainstream oil and gas sector promotes the inclusion of more local content in the industry and advance the use of home-grown technology in the refining of petroleum products, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Osinbajo stated this today (Tuesday) in an address
By Ebi Perekeme The Polobubo/Opuama Communities in Delta state are counting their loses following an oil and gas spillage which ravaged the area last weekend. It was learnt that the incident which left casualties, occurred in the early hours of Sunday, March 14, 2021. The deceased victim is Pa Anthony Ebiogbo of Opuama community who
All is set to launch the entire Delta state into the new and current digital age with the launch of Vision X digital service, GbaramatuVoice reports. The CEO and Managing Director of Vision X Crypto Services Limited, Mr. Amare Nelson at a pre-launch ceremony in Warri, to educate stakeholders on the advantages of the product,
Finally, the remains of late oil magnate and renowned philanthropist, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, were yesterday laid to rest in his hometown, Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Patience; wife of President Muhammad Buhari, Aisha; and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, were among dignitaries
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Women for Justice Initiative (WJI) has appealed that Mrs. Seinye O.B. Lulu Briggs should be allowed to play prominent roles in the burial activities of her late husband. In a statement in Lagos, the group said Mrs. Seinye O.B. Lulu should not be sidelined in the burial activities of her late husband.
By Our Correspondent Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has drawn the battle line with Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the latter’s recent verbal attack on South-South governors. Wike threatened to deal with Akpabio if he dared speak negatively about Rivers State, insisting that Akpabio had no authority to talk about his state.
By Ebi Perekeme The Acting Director Health Services, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr. Clarkson Agagha has said that the management of the Institution never abandoned a 100 level civil engineering student of the Institution Okpeku Emmanuel Oyi Osalobuah to die. Dr. Agagha said on Wednesday that
By Faith Madogwe Elder Statesman in Benikrukru United Community, Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Pa Officer Samson Kalaposiwei-Ojogun, has died at the age of 80. His daughter Loveth Ojogun, a GbaramatuVoice journalist based in Warri, said her father died Wednesday morning. Pa Ojogun is survived by wives, 17 children,
Preparations for the 2023 general election have begun in earnest with a directive yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to commence the inventory of all election materials. The commission also said it would review its deliberations with
By Our Correspondent The United Kingdom is set to return £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said this while delivering his speech on Tuesday at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the government of
By Ebi Perekeme The students of Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Kurutie Campus, have shut down the institution to protest the death of one of their colleagues, Emmanuel Oyi, a 100 level student of Civil Engineering Department, who died reportedly due to alleged poor healthcare system in the institution. Full details shortly… https://youtu.be/dwg4b7K2x2E See photos below…
Senator James Manager, who represents Delta South at the National Assembly, has advised Mr. William Angadi, the chairman-elect of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, and the 20 elected councillors to leave indelible footprints while serving the people. Manager, who spoke to journalist at Bomadi shortly after Mr. Sylvester Odogbo, the returning officer of
There were reports of irregularities in some areas of Warri South, Udu, Bututu, Warri South West, Patani and Ethiope East council areas in Saturday’s Local Government elections in Delta State. While the People Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be coasting to victory, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), pulled out of the council polls over
By Faith Madogwe Atuwatse II College, Warri, has emerged the best Senior Secondary School in the year 2021 Chief Sheriff Mulade’s Quiz competition with 30 points. Announcing the result at the grand finale of the competition that was held at Hussey College, Warri, Delta State on Wednesday March 3, the quiz Master, Dr. Christy Okerie
Former Akwa-Ibom northwest senator, Emmanuel Ibok Essien has been appointed to succeed Idongesit Nkanga, as chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum. In a statement issued shortly after a meeting of the Board of Trustees of PANDEF on Wednesday, the forum expressed concern over the situation of insecurity and breakdown of law and order in
By Faith Madogwe & Bella Moses In a keenly contested competition, Miss Success Joel, a sixteen year old student of Gbaraun Grammar School, Oporoza, has emerged the overall winner of the 2021 edition of the Chief Sheriff Mulade Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in rural/riverine communities in Delta State. She clinched the first position
By Ruth Oromoni The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO and a not-for-profit organization, is set to host the 5th edition of its Annual Peace and Unity Quiz and Essay Competitions also known as Sheriff Mulade Peace and Unity Quiz and Essay Competitions for Rural and Riverine Communities in Delta State. The
By Enaibo Asiayei In its determination to take justice to the grassroots and deepen peaceful co-existence, the Delta State Government has appointed 47 prominent Deltans including the Amatukpa of Ogulagha kingdom, Chief Emaye Benidiwei, Chief Linus Yeinanagbegha, Chief (Mrs.) Karawei Dora, were on Monday March 1, 2021 appointed as Justice of Peace (JP) at the
By Ebi Perekeme All is now set for the final journey of the deceased mother of Barr. George Turnah, Executive Assistant to the Governor of Bayelsa State on Public Affairs and Social Orientation, Deaconess Elizabeth Titi Charles, on Sunday February 28, 2021. Turnah, who made this known to GbaramatuVoice said that all necessary arrangements had
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it has completed the looping of the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System with a capacity to add 2.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas into the market. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Thursday at the virtual international conference of the Nigerian Gas Association. Kyari, who
By Our Correspondent Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has described as untrue, claims of oil spill in its Abiteye and Utonana fields around Benikrukru communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Chevron is the operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) (NNPC/CNL JV). GbaramatuVoice investigations
By Ebi Perekeme Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American oil giant facility – Chevron Nigeria Limited have hit more than 15 communities situated on the Benikrukru river in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. Benikrukru Community is host to Chevron Abiteye Flowstation in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the
By Our Correspondent Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters have threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos State and Abuja. In a video posted on Tuesday by AIT, members of the group were seen wearing masks and putting on a military uniform. One of them, who read a statement on behalf
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the Benikrukru United Community have disclosed that what looks like an extensive oil spill occurred in the late hours of Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Benikrukru communities, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The spill, according to them, came off a yet-to-be-properly-identified facility belonging to an oil
By Our Correspondent The Presidential Amnesty Programme has begun investigation of fraud perpetrated by some vendors and contractors to determine its spread and extent of involvement or connivance with staff. The organisation said while the investigation remained ongoing, it would not stop the payment of those whose contracts and documents had been verified and reconciled
By Ebi Perekeme The lawmaker representing Ese-Odo Constituency in Ondo State House of Assembly, Barr. Success Torhukerhijo, has condemned the recent approval of the adoption of an indigenous anthem projecting only the culture and tradition of the Yoruba tribe by the State Executive Council. The lawmaker representing the Ijaw-speaking communities in the state described the
By Ebi Perekeme Gbaramatu students under the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) sponsored scholarship scheme to study at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, College of Marine Transportation in Egypt, had send a cry of help to the Delta state deputy governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro and other indigenes of the Kingdom, on the
By Our Correspondent The Rivers State Executive Council has approved two contracts for construction of two additional flyovers in Port Harcourt City at the cost of N12.4 bn. It was gathered one of the flyovers would be sited at the intersection of Olu-Obasanjo road and Port Harcourt Aba Expressway popularly called Waterlines Junction at 800
By Ebi Perekeme Repentant militants in Akwa Ibom State have threatened to resume hostilities over the poor funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by the Federal Government. The former agitators, under the aegis of the Akwa Ibom Ex-Militants Forum, said the Federal Government had not provided sufficient funds to the Presidential Amnesty Office to
By Ebi Perekeme Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, this morning, deflated rumor flying around on its National Leader and Chairman, Board of Board of Trustees, Chief Edwin Clark, who recently recovered from Covid-19 attack, saying he is alive, hale and hearty. National Publicity Secretary of the South-South regional body, Hon. Ken Robinson, in a statement,
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta polluted land, wells and groundwater. The court ruled on Fridany that two Nigerian communities, of more than 50,000 people combined, can bring their legal claims for clean-up and compensation against
By Our Correspondent Mercury Maritime Concession Company Limited (MMCC) and Port of Antwerp are collaborating to build the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC), to boost economic and national development of the nation, particularly, Delta State. Speaking at a briefing in Lagos at the Sailing Club exhibition race 2021, the Chairman of MMCC,
By Ebi Perekeme The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has ordered contractors handling its projects to return to site immediately and complete the work for which they were engaged. Speaking during the inspection the Niger Delta Region Specialist Hospital, at Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa
