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 Ebi Perekeme The family of Wilson Okotie, Senior Pastor of High Impact Christian Centre, Sapele, Delta state, has refuted a trending story of June 10, where many news platforms published that the pastor died of COVID-19. In a press release by Oti Okotie, for the family, dated 18 June, 2020, the following was stated:
The Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19, says the State has recorded 42 new cases of Covid-19 in three days, another 6 deaths and 1 discharged within the same period. The Deputy-Chairman of the Covid-19 Task Force, Dr. Inodu Akpoku, who disclosed this in a statement in Yenagoa, weekend, said the new cases brings to
By Ebi Perekeme More than 40,000 Nigerians from the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta will take their legal fight against Shell to the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The case will be heard via video link and will be live-streamed online. The hearing is listed for one day. The
Worried by the continued delay in the Ogoni clean-up exercise, right groups, Amnesty International Nigeria, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), and Friends of the Earth Europe said there will be no justice from Shell’s pollution in the Niger Delta unless clean-up is carried out. The groups raised the alarm that so far,
By Ebi Perekeme The headquarters of Cherubim and Seraphim Church was thrown into shock culminating into protest as its leader worldwide, King of Zion, Rev. Dr. Princewill Epistle Jemine JP, the Spiritual Leader and Supreme Head of Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Zion Worldwide, was taken away by men suspected to be military men on
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Thursday in Lagos said the agency’s floating dock would generate N1 billion monthly for the country. Its Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known while presenting his achievements in his first 100 days in office. According to him, the agency is also expecting huge influx of
By Ebi Perekeme Barely 24 hours after Odidi community gave Neconde Energy Limited 48 hours to vacate OML 42, another community has again decried negligence, insisting that the company should leave the facility. Kantu community is one of the chief hosts of the OML 42 oil facilities, Odidi flow stations, in particular, Warri South-West Local
By Ebi Perekeme Odidi federated community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has on Wednesday, issued a 48 hours ultimatum to Neconde Energy Limited to vacate OML 42, over failure to pay indigenous contractors on executed projects. The community also accused the company over its failure to remit dues on the
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will re-open its head office on Thursday, June 18, after a two week lockdown to allow for the fumigation of the premises. A press statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, June 17, 2020, said the lockdown was in obedience to public health directives from
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says nine vessels laden with fuel and other items are expected at the Delta ports. NPA made this known in its daily publication, ‘Shipping Position’ a copy of which was made available to Newsmen on Monday in Warri. The port authority listed some of the expected vessels to include: MT
By Ebi Perekeme Stakeholders from the nine States of the Niger Delta region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately replace the five-man probe panel into the alleged fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme with a substantive coordinator for the programme. The stakeholders made up of groups under the aegis of the Niger Delta Restoration
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairmen of Gbaramatu-Ocean Marine Solutions Ltd communities have called on the Federal Government to investigate the activities of a self-styled group, Warri Escravos and Forcados Central Youths to unravel their mission. The call was contained in a press statement yesterday signed on behalf of the Chairmen by their leader, Chief Moses
By Loveth Ojogun The 21st Century Youth of the Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review the 16-point demand tabled before him, 2016, by the people of Niger Delta through Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF. Leader of the group, self-professed “General” Izon Ebe, in a statement, Sunday,
By Ebi Perekeme A rights group, Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG), has threatened to sue the Rivers State Government if it failed to provide detailed explanations on the deployment of N117bn its officials allegedly withdrawn from the state’s accounts between 2015 and 2017. EFCC has been at loggerheads with the state
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have listed fresh conditions for Ondo State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi before he will be allowed to run for governorship on the party’s platform. Part of the conditions is for Ajayi to agree to serve one term and hand over to a core PDP loyalist. This is just
By Ebi Perekeme The Paddle of Niger Delta, Chief Barrister Smooth’s super pack album launch party was electrifying as family, friends and fans gathered in Warri to celebrate the successful release of the super pack four albums titled; “The Creek Message, Coronavirus, Mie easy mo opiri and Ebiyosua”. It was an intense atmosphere at his
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline surveillance and security contractors have cried out over the nonpayment of their salaries for 10 by UTM Offshore Limited. Some of the workers, who spoke exclusively to our reporter but pleaded anonymity, said that as a result of the situation, life had become very difficult for them. “Life
By Ebi Perekeme A group, Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Lagos State Chapter, has urged the Federal Government to stop the reckless destruction, auctioning and exploitation of resources of Niger Delta region and its environment. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Barrister Efiye Bribena and Engr Ben Okoro, IEF said the ecosystem
Mele Kyari, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the country is working on building a condensate refinery towards the goal of self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products. Speaking on Friday at a virtual conference organised by Atlantic Council, Kyari said the corporation aims to have a total refinery capacity of
By Ebi Perekeme The management of Global West Vessels Specialists Ltd has said its attention has been drawn to a publication by a group known as Central Youths of Escravos and Forcados, that GWVSL had once handled pipeline surveillance activities in the area. The insinuation which was contained in a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI) has called for the termination of the pipeline surveillance contract of Warri-Escravos, Trans-Focados and Egbema awarded to Ocean Marine Solution Limited. IPDI, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mayor Timi Ogobiri, on Friday, maintained that the company had been meting out poor treatments to the
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, revealed that his administration has restored peace in the Niger Delta region. The President said the maintenance of oil production levels and engagement of youths by his government had restored peace in the region. Buhari said this during his nationwide broadcast on Friday in celebration of Democracy Day. “With sustained
The Oil and Gas Producing Communities in Nigeria (HOSCON) has said a total of N44 trillion had in the last 20 years accrued to states in the Niger Delta region through the 13% Derivation Fund. HOSCON, in a statement issued by its National Director of Media and Publicity, HOSCON, Chief Okakuro Monday Whiskey, said paying
All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee for Edo State Governorship election has declared Governor Godwin Obaseki unqualified due to some discrepancies in his educational certificates and NYSC. ALSO READ: Obaseki expresses fears over reelection Others also disqualified are Hon. Matthew Iduoroyekemwen and Egnr. Chris Ogiemwonyi. The committee cleared Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, Dr. Pius Odubu
By Loveth Ojogun Chairmen of Gbaramatu OMS-Communities in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, and other organisations to ignore the Central Youth Body of Warri Escravos and Forcados. The Chairmen also passes a vote of confidence to Ocean Marine Solutions Limited. Ocean Marine Solutions Limited is
By Ebi Perekeme Renowned Niger Delta poet and playwright, Ekanpou Enewaridideke, on Friday, called on the police authorities in Zone 5 to investigate a petition against him by some persons from Ayakoromo and Akparemogbene in Burutu LGA of Delta State thoroughly. This came even as he urged the police authorities to expose the frivolous ‘petition-writers’.
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said his re-election bid under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) is narrowed because of the interest of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in the state. Obaseki expressed his fears at a news conference shortly after he was screened by the seven-member screening committee headed
Ex-Niger Delta militants are threatening to shut down oil pipelines, government houses, and the National Assembly, over plans by National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, to end the Amnesty Programme. The ex-militants claimed that the NSA was planning to shut down the Presidential Amnesty Program in a bid to cover his tracks after allegedly looting the
By Loveth Ojogun The new chairman of Ode-Itsekiri Community’s Employment/Development Committee, Jonathan Ameye Golly, has vowed that his leadership would eradicate cultism and gambling among youths in the Itsekiri ancestral home, promising to also sustain the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the Warri-South Local Government coastal community. Golly, who gave the assurance at Ode-Itsekiri during
By Ebi Perekeme The people of Ovwor-Olomu and Effurun-Otor communities in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State are full of joy as the historic bridge linking both communities has been completed by the state government. The project, whose contract was first awarded 39 years ago, was abandoned by previous administrations in the state
There was a mild drama and confusion at an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Wednesday, when two human heads were brought to the court as exhibit. The two heads which were found in possession of the suspects who are grave diggers were brought to the court as exhibit caused some stir. Four
A bloody clash between two rival cult groups, Icelanders and Bobos, in Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has claimed the lives of five persons. Residents have been lamenting the incessant cult wars in the state capital lately. Residents said the clashes have defied all peacemaking efforts by the state government. A teenager,
The Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Nelson Ayewoh, has denied knowledge of a letter purportedly written by him which seeks the probe and possible arrest of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. Ayewoh, according to the letter, which found its way to the social media on Sunday, allegedly wrote the letter on the
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will soon conduct the second series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. This was made known in a press statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES by the spokesperson of the council, Demianus Ojijeogu, on Wednesday. “We have done the first series
Almost 1,000 died in West African country of Nigeria in 5 weeks due to mysterious disease At least 979 people, including health care workers and high-level officials, died in North-Western Nigeria Kano State due to a mysterious disease, said the country’s health minister. Osagie Ehanire said all patients, including high-level officials and health staff, died
