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 Joshua Williams Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, GbaramatuVoice held its 5th Anniversary, Lectures and Awards, on Wednesday September 30 at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt. The occasion had in attendance the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, represented by the Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro; Honorable Minister of State for
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited has said it will slash its workforce by 25 percent as it is reviewing its manpower requirements in the light of the changing business environment. CNL disclosed this on Friday in a statement entitled ‘Chevron Nigeria Limited reviews workforce in accordance with business exigencies’. The oil major said it
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upturned the August 17, 2020 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which had sacked Governor Duoye Diri from office and ordered fresh poll to be conducted within 90 days. A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Adezila Mshelia set aside
The John Dekawei Foundation has awarded Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) university scholarship to the new Face of Gbaramatu International 2020, Her Majesty, Queen Alice Emmanuel. The founder of the foundation, Comrade John Dekawei made this known to GbaramatuVoice in Warri on Tuesday September 29, when it presented letter of the scholarship to the beauty
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Hon. Timipre Sylva has said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will not be scrapped but commercialised if the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed into law. Sylva, who spoke with newsmen on Monday evening after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the National
The Rivers State Executive Council has reviewed some COVID-19 protocols with particular emphasis on burials and weddings, imposing a fine of N100m to violators of the directives during such ceremonies. This is even as it approved reopening of schools in the state with effect from October 5, 2020. A statement, signed by the Commissioner for
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said a country whose leaders do not practise justice, fairness and equity is at risk of the very slow pace of development. Senator Diri made the assertion on Sunday at a special church service in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th and Bayelsa’s 24th anniversary at the King of Glory
By Ebi Perekeme His Excellency, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the Immediate Past Governor of Delta State has officially returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, mammoth supporters and PDP Exco stormed his native Abigborodo, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State where he officially picked up his party card at Unit
By Ebi Perekeme Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC), returning to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Details shortly
Big brother Naija housemate and top finalist, Laycon has emerged the winner of the Lockdown edition 2020. Laycon was declared the winner of the 2020 lockdown edition of the show on Sunday after he beat other housemates with the highest number of votes from viewers.
Big Brother Naija housemate, Nengi has emerged the 2nd runner up in the lockdown edition of the show 2020. Nengi was the third housemate to be evicted among the 5 finalists
By Ebi Perekeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says that the ministry is committed to harmonizing the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan with the Niger Delta Action Plan to produce one regional road map for development in Nigeria’s oil-rich region. Akpabio, who spoke at the new Niger Delta Development Commission,
Govovernor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said that the 258-bed capacity Mother and Child Hospital in Port Harcourt would be completed in record time. Wike gave the assurance when he led the State Executive Council members to inspect the facility and other ongoing projects in the city. The governor stated in a statement issued
The newly appointed Interim Administrator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio Dixon (rtd), has promised to live to expectation. He also said he will clear the cobwebs in the programme and work with the stakeholders in the Niger Delta. He said the narrative about the Amnesty Programme must change. Dixon, who spoke while
September 26, 2020, witnessed the historic induction and conferment of the prestigious United Nation Award of Eminent Peace Ambassador to the Fiyewei of Gbaramatu kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama and other eminent Niger Deltans. At a well-attended ceremony in Warri on Saturday, September 26, 2020 the president of the International Association of World Peace Advocates, Per
Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has denied media reports that he assaulted and stripped naked four staff of Signatious Hotel describing the reports as political arrangements ahead of the Delta State 2023 governorship election. Gbagi during a media briefing at his Oginibo country home in Ughelli South local government area of
Rivers State Government has expressed unhappiness over the pace of work by the contractor, Raffoul Nigeria Limited handling the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road. The state Governor, Nyesom Wike, who inspected the road at the weekend in the company of some of his appointees, decried the work rate despite paying 80 per cent of the contract sum.
By Ebi Perekeme The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) has suspended a lecturer, Dr. Rowland Igwe for allegedly impregnating a student of the institution. It was learnt that the university indicted the lecturer for allegedly intimidating and assaulting the lady before impregnating her. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele confirmed the development
–Obaseki was firm — Wike Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state has thanked Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, for the “key” role he played in his reelection. Speaking when he visited Wike on Wednesday, the governor said Wike clothed and fed him after he was “pushed out” of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike was
By Joshua Williams The Face of Gbaramatu International Pageant is an auspicious move by its organisers, GbaramatuVoice, which finds its root in the “Promotion of the girl child education”. The maiden edition of the pageant held last year and has quickly become a solid platform through which the girl child is projected as it aims
By Joshua Williams Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, yesterday, insisted that the allocation of the 13 per cent derivation fund to the governors of oil-producing states was fuelling under-development, bitterness and rancour in host communities and Niger Delta in general. Enang stated this in Abuja, when members
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has appealed to security agencies to ensure that those who sabotage the government’s effort to eliminate bunkering are brought to justice. Wike made the appeal on Monday when participants of the Naval Warfare College Course Four paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Port Harcourt. He noted that bunkering
Delta Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro, has expressed apprehension over the high level of insecurity in the Niger Delta region. He said insecurity is a threat to national life, adding that efforts must be geared towards securing the region. Otuaro stated this when he received members of the Niger Delta Dialogue led by Judith Asuni at
By Ebi Perekeme The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described the governorship election in Edo State on Saturday as a fight for the destiny of the Niger Delta region. The governor spoke on Thursday during a meeting organised for leaders and elected representatives of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benin, the Edo State capital.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, Thursday, has commissioned the Delta State Intelligence Bereau building, donated by the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) for the Nigerian police, in Warri Area Command office for strategic due diligence gathering. The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Abubarkar Adamu was represented by the Delta state
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has called on the Rivers State government to show understanding in order to amicably resolve the dispute between Oluasiri Clan in Bayelsa and their Kalabari neighbours in Rivers. The Oluasiri communities in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa and their Kalabari Ijaw kinsmen are locked in dispute arising from the
By Enaibo Asiayei The military personnel operating within the axis of Gbaramatu Kingdom has been petitioned to the Federal Govt. The Fiyewei (spokesman) of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Gbenekama Godspower made this known to GbaramatuVoice, the Niger Delta most leading and trusted newspaper. The Fiyewei said it was necessary the FG called the military to order,
Following protest from some persons, that the executives of EGCDF awarded contracts worth billions of naira for themselves and children, the Executive Chairman of Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, Ambassador Jude Ebitimi Ukori has stated that the awarded contracts followed due process in line with the EGCDF’s guidelines. In a statement signed to correct
By Enaibo Asiayei The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, EGCDF, sponsored by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Warri South West and Warri North Local Government Areas, Delta State, has awarded projects worth N643, 608,485.22 million to contractors in the area, charging the contractors to complete the projects in record time. The projects included construction of bungalows,
A thick cloud of black smoke has hovered over the oil rich Gbaramatu kingdom, since on Monday morning, causing soot to pile up on every surface. Oporoza community, headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom looking black and polluted. See Photos below..
By Joshua Williams In a presentation in Abuja, at a webinar titled: ‘Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Amendment Bill: Reducing environmental degradation through improved oil spill response,’ the NNRC also disclosed that the Niger Delta region is currently suffering from poor response to oil spill. Program Coordinator of the NNRC, Ms Tengi
—CEPEJ gives awards to stakeholders The Aladja/ Ogbe-Ijoh Peace building novelty football match played today (Sunday) at Aladja in Udu Local Government Area ended in a barren draw with no victor, no vanquish. Also, the Center for peace and environmental justice (CEPEJ) gave awards to stakeholders in both players as well as other stakeholders in
By Ebi Perekeme The staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, under the umbrella of the Joint Consultative Forum of The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, have appealed to the Presidency to restrain security agencies from harassing workers of the interventionist agency. In a joint statement
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta region on Friday discussed the spate of abandoned and uncompleted projects in the Niger Delta region by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) calling for completion of the projects. The discussion was held during a Radio Town Hall meeting organised by the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG).
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, thursday cautioned against playing the blame game in the ongoing efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to tackle the challenges besetting the Niger Delta region. Gbajabiamila noted that while various stakeholders had unwittingly contributed to the region’s challenges in terms of policies and politics, there
