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 Joseph Nwoye The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a view to unraveling the cause of mysterious deaths allegedly recorded in Bonny Island, Rivers State. The upper chamber while urging the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has confirmed the health crisis in Bonny Local Government Area saying the oil-rich island was becoming the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wike, however, expressed delight at the decision of three oil multinationals to collaborate in establishing a COVID-19 treatment centre in the council. The governor in a statement signed
By Joseph Nwoye The Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the N40 billion corruption allegation against the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has presented an update on the matter to senators. The Senate and the House of Representatives are probing an allegation that the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC squandered N40 billion within three months. The
By Joseph Nwoye A bill seeking to tackle erosion across the country has scaled through the Second Reading in the Senate. The bill which seeks to establish the Erosion Control and Prevention Commission, with a special focus on the South-East. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP, Anambra South) in his lead debate on
As the Ondo State Governorship Election draws nearer, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has charged his supporters across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state to be ready for any mode of primary for the All Progressives Congress’s election scheduled to hold in July 2020. While addressing his supporters, Akeredolu, who expressed his readiness to partake
By Joseph Nwoye AS Nigeria’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 12,000 and the death toll hit 342 on Sunday, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the country may just be starting to experience the epidemic. The PTF lamented that Nigerians were avoiding being tested; a situation he said was responsible for the low testing ratio
A resident of Bayelsa State, Mr Oyinkro Miebode, has been bathed with hot water by his wife over a quarrel at their apartment on INEC Road in Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the state capital. Narrating his ordeal to SaharaReporters, Oyinkro said trouble started on the evening of June 2, 2020 when he slapped his wife
Over 1,300 oil spill incidents occurred in various parts of Nigeria between 2018 and 2019, latest figures compiled by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency have revealed. It was also gathered that most of the oil spills were caused by the activities of vandals who break pipelines to steal petroleum products. The Director-General,
By Ebi Perekeme Following the directive by the Rivers State Ministry of Health that staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, should self-isolate in view of the Commission’s index case, all suspected cases have been requested to present themselves for testing, line listing and contact tracing in order to ensure public health safety. A
By Ebi Perekeme The All Progressives Congress on Monday displayed the academic credentials of the six contestants in the forthcoming Edo State governorship primary. The six contestants are Governor Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Dr Pius Odubu, Chris Ogiemwonyi, Osaro Obazee and Matthew Aigbuhuenze Iduoriyekemwen. According to the document, Obaseki attended Saint Mathews Anglican Primary
By Ebi Perekeme The youths of Warri Escravos and Forcados in Warri South West Local Government Area and Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State respectively, have expressed their displeasure to draw the attention of the Federal and Delta State Governments, the Inspector General of Police, the general public, as well as the international community
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has told candidates who wrote the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to print their result notification slips. It also announced the 2020 policy meeting of all tertiary institutions will hold on 16th June, 2020. Stakeholders are expected to use the policy meeting to fix the cut-off marks
Elder Statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Senator Edwin Clark, who turns 93 years today, has said that everything he had looked for, wished for and prayed for in life, God gave all to him, therefore, he is grateful to the Almighty for keeping him alive. The South-South leader, who spoke to Vanguard on
The member of the House of Representatives representing Degema /Bonny Federal Constituency, Farah Dagogo, has said that the people of Niger Delta are dying slowly from environmental pollution in the region. Dagogo, in his statement by his special assistant on media, Ibrahim Lawal, decried the impact of environmental pollution on the socio-economic well being of
By Ebi Perekeme The Board of Editors of GbaramatuVoice, the Niger Delta leading and most trusted newspaper, has announced that the nominations of men and women of valour for various categories of the prestigious GbaramatuaVoice 2020 Niger Delta awards would close on Saturday, June 6, 2020, ahead of its 5th anniversary Lectures/Awards, holding August 11-13th,
The Rivers Government warned on Wednesday that some markets in the state might be demolished for flouting the order of the government that trading should stop at the markets because of COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Paulinus Nsirim, gave the warning in a statement issued in Port Harcourt. He lamented that
By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw communities in Warri have threatened a showdown with the Warri South Local Government council chairman, Michael Tidi, over what they described as clandestine and nepotistic appointment of an Itsekiri as market master in OgbeIjoh Market. Speaking to newsmen on behalf of Warri Ijaw communities, Hon. Comrade Ozobo Austin, the national president
The Federal Government has advised those above the age of 55 to stay away from congregational worships. This was contained in the guidelines released by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for religious centres to resume activities. During a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, PTF National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, said, “In view of the widespread
By Ebi Perekeme Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has announced the total closure of three popular markets in the state. The affected markets included Oginiba Slaughter Market, Oil Mill Market and Mbiama Market. The closure of the markets was announced Tuesday in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim.
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied allegations that he sought inclusion of his constituency as beneficiary of some Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) intervention projects. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Peter Nwaoboshi, had, at a press briefing last week, brandished some letters allegedly written to him by
By Loveth Ojogun Delta state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has appealed to the people of Delta state to follow the health protocols prescribed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC0 and the government as part of strategies to combat the lethal coronavirus pandemic. The call followed the continuous rise of the confirmed
By Ebi Perekeme The Ibe-sorimowei of Ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Comrade Sheriff Mulade has hailed the newly elected Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC for a peaceful and transparent election. He charged the new Exco led by its 4th President, Comrade Shedrack Onitsha Ebikeme to shun pride and sychophancy, but to be proactive and selfless in the
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 2020 Local Government election in the 18 councils and 196 electoral wards of Cross River. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the election, held on May 30 in all council areas of the state, was contested by the All Progressive Congress (APC); Labour Party (LP);
By Ebi Perekeme Elders and stakeholders of Okerenkoko Federated Community have extended the tenure of the Hon. Kingsley Akpos Oturubo-led Executive members of the community for another three years. Details later…
By Ebi Perekeme The people of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, ASALGA received the directive of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, (NCDC) to shut down for 21 days following the sudden demise of the executive chairman of Area, Odiari Princewill, who was said to have died from coronavirus with mixed feeling. A statement signed by
By Ebi Perekeme Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt was shut on Thursday following the death of the agency’s Acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Mr Ibanga Etang. He was a member of the NDDC Interim Management Committee (IMC). Etang died at about 2 am on Thursday at the Rivers State
By Ebi Perekeme THE Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF and the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Monday, restated calls for the Federal Government to relocate the mega dry dock, specifically designed for the region, from Lagos waters. The groups said the dry dock had been lying unused and should be relocated
By Loveth Ojogun Kurutie Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has inaugurated new youth executive to manage their youth affairs for the next two years. Chief Dickson Wereyesigha, the Amaokosuwei of Kurutie Community, who was flanked by Chiefs of the community, inaugurated the officers in the community’s town
The Federal Ministry of Education has approved the dissolution of the Governing Councils of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State and University of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State. The ministry stated on Thursday that the dissolution, which came from the Office of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, was with immediate effect. The Director
By Ebi Perekeme The acting Director of Finance and Accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang, is dead. According to Daily Independent, Chief Etang is said to have died at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital (BMH), in Port Harcourt after he allegedly took ill and gasping for breath at about 2am,
By Ebi Perekeme Barring any last minute intervention, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), a non-political organisation of the Niger Delta people, has warned that it would not hesitate to drag the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the United Nations (UN) over what it described as “an
By James Edet Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Cross River branch has raised concerns over recent possible coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in the state, demanding that the state government puts more effort in scaling up the level of preparedness and containment of the deadly virus. The group stated that it had received several reports from the Surveillance
No fewer than ten members of Akwa Ibom Government House Press Corps are reported to have tested positive to Covid-19. Members of the press corps were, according to our source subjected to test early Wednesday morning, following an earlier test result which confirmed one of the cameramen attached to government house to have been positive.
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has kicked off the distribution of medical supplies, relief Materials and Public Enlightenment Campaign to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease, covid-19, across the Niger Delta Region. In a statement by Charles Obi Odili, Director, Corporate Affairs, May 21, and made available to GbaramatuVoice, it was
By Loveth Ojogun A man whose name was given as Owei Edun from Ajakurama community in Egbema Kingdom of Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State has committed suicide, after impregnating his daughter. Edun was residing at Jones Creek in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. He was
