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.
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus Ward 8, Burutu Local Government Area, Kiagbodo town, Delta State, on the platform of Ward 8 Integrity Group, has reaffirmed its vote of no confidence on the leadership of Mr. Isa Clark. The Ward 8 PDP Caucus, at an enlarged meeting in Kiagbodo, headquarters of the ward, said that the
By Loveth Ojogun Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme currently studying at the Western Delta University in Oghara, Delta State, have sealed the school gate in protest over unpaid stipends. The students, who locked up the main gates to the school, alleged that the amnesty office had not paid them monthly stipends for eleven months.
…avoid statements that will ignite trouble By Shina Badmus Comrade Jude Ukori, Chairman, Egbama/Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) has made a clarion call to youths in Delta state to shun any form of electoral violence in the forth coming election. He made this call in an exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice during the opening prayer to
Immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, who is also the senatorial standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta South District, has promised to teach the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Chief Great Ogboru, how to win election. He said this during his inauguration as the chairman of
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the House of Representatives, has accused northern elders of being silent in the face of the insecurity in the region. The speaker said while the elders in Borno and other northern states criticised former President Goodluck Jonathan over killings, they have kept mum under the current administration. Dogara said this on
…We have risen in unity …We have to enthrone a new Delta Chief Great Ogboru, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, says the crisis that engulfed the party in the state is over. Ogboru, who stated this on Friday in Asaba at the launching of the Delta APC Campaign Council,
The Nigerian Army has flagged-off Operation Egwu Eke (Python Dance) 3 and inauguration of 63 Division in Asaba to ensure a smooth 2019 electoral process. It also vowed to ensure security of lives and property in the Niger Delta. Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, represented by General Officer Commander (GOC), 6 Division, Delta,
…neglected Niger Delta is reference point for Nigeria’s economy By Enaibo Asiayei A non-governmental organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, has raised concern over looming hunger in oil impacted communities in the Niger Delta. National coordinator of the NGO, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, who recently embarked on environmental tour around some communities in the
…We will start rewriting the story of Delta – George Timinimi, DG Campaign Council. By Brakere Birinimighan Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will inaugurate its governorship Campaign Council/Organization on Friday, January 11, 2019. In a statement signed by the Media Director, Delta State APC Campaign Council, Zik Zulu Okafor, it said the inauguration which
By Shina Badmus Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of Delta State, has accused the former governors of the state, Chief James Ibori and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, for the abandonment of the Trans Warri Ode Itsekiri Road and Bridges in Warri South of Delta State. Okowa said the abandonment was as a result of the government
By Shina Badmus On Monday members of host communities to the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) in Warri, Delta State carried out a peaceful protest against the alleged planned move of the company’s headquarter from Delta State to Lagos. The speculation had various tribes from the region comprising of Ijaws, Itsekiris, Urobos amongst others converging around
By Isaac Olamikan The Creative Director of Face of Gbaramatu International (FOGI) 2019, Elizabeth Tonghan, has stated that the showstopper scheduled for Sunday, March 31st, 2019, at the highbrow events centre, KFT Place in Warri, is aimed at showcasing the talents of the Niger Delta girl-child – the girls in the creek of the Niger Delta
Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that 90 per cent of roads rehabilitated in Cross River between 2016-2018 were carried out by the commission. Ndoma-Egba, a former Senate Leader and the current candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Cross River Central Senatorial District, disclosed this on Sunday
A Niger Delta militant group that styles itself as Koluama Seven Brothers, on Sunday, said it carried out a “warning” strike on an oil facility owned by energy company, Conoil in Bayelsa. The attack was carried out on Friday, by the new group. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps confirmed that a blast was
By David Owei Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State commenced lectures on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 with 196 students registered as its first intakes. Announcing the commencement of academic activities in the institution, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande in
…Buhari has done well, says Uduaghan …Direct your question at ex-president Goodluck Jonathan – General Abbe …Buhari’s bailout fund a good gesture – Joseph Evah …We have not seen anything from the govt. – Oweilaemi …The claims are unverifiable – Annkio Briggs By Isaac Olamikan Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari came up with a list of projects
By Isaac Olamikan Spokesman for the Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation, Ogbonna Nwuke says Governor Nyesom Wike has no moral right to ask Rivers people for a second tenure. Nwuke said in reaction to the Governor’s new year address that the present PDP government has squandered whatever is left of its goodwill. “Governor Wike has no
Total has started production at the Egina field, located in around 1,600 meters of water depths, 150 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria. The Egina field will produce 200,000 barrels of oil per day, which represents about 10% of Nigeria’s production. The Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit used to develop the giant Egina
…Praises his mother By Abai Francis Executive Director of Fenog Nigeria Limited, Engr. Matthew Tonlagha has said that his life is as a result of the grace of God upon him. He made this remark during the housewarming ceremony for his mother, Deaconess (Mrs) Margaret Tonlagha, at her home town in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government
By Loveth Ojogun In what could be described as a reflection of the fondness he has for his mother, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro on Friday, December 28th, 2018, delivered a powerful tribute and biography to his mother whom he referred to her as “a great and super mother, a
…Donates foods and other items to prison inmates By Enaibo Asiayei His Excellency, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, the deputy governor of Delta State, at the weekend, during his visit to the Nigerian Prisons in Warri, disclosed that for over 12 years he has been ministering to inmates of the prisons. Deacon Otuaro, who is a minister
…Gives FG 7days ultimatum …Tells Shell to go offshore …Wants immediate take off of Gelegele seaport in Edo …We’ll crush them—JTF The coalition in a statement, yesterday, by its spokesperson, General Christ, said: “We, the various militants groups in Niger Delta, comprising Niger Delta Creek Warriors, Ogunuma Camp of Niger Delta, Niger Delta Republic Seekers and
By Loveth Ojogun No fewer than eight persons were feared killed Saturday afternoon when two vehicles rammed each other into a river along the ever-busy NPA Expressway in Warri metropolis. Eyewitnesses informed that the two vehicles were on the same lane of the dual carriageway, around the Ekpan community axis of the expressway when the
By Isaac Olamikan Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has mourned the death of ex-President Shehu Shagari and business tycoon, High Chief Lulu Briggs. In a statement signed by its President, Barrister Pereotubo Oweilaemi, the youth body said: “It is unfortunate for the nation to bear the news of the departure of these great and lengendary leaders,
The ambiance of the procession from a distance is a colourful blend of a variety of colors like those of the rainbow, gleefully casting an illuminating shadow of beauty over the small island in the mangrove swamp merged with the serenity and bliss that dots the atmosphere and landscape best experienced than imagined. That is
The founder of Moni-Pulo indigenous oil company, High Chief Olu Lulu-Briggs, has passed on at 91. The philanthropist, who died Friday, hailed from Abonnema-Kalabari, the headquarters of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The deceased, who was a regent of Abonnema, was the father of an oil magnate, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, who is the
Since the early 90s, the problem of militancy, oil theft and pipeline vandalism has been a recurrent issue in the Niger Delta region with several governments in power trying their best to ensure that the situation is curbed and for peace to reign in the region, so that the nation’s oil production could be boosted.
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is working to ensure the provision of solar power to communities of the Niger Delta region that are not covered by the national grid. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, said this when the leader of the Sustainable Energy Practitioners of Nigeria, SEPAN, Federal Ministry of Environment and
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday, inauguratd the “Traders’ Money Scheme”, an initiative of the Federal Government in Warri, Delta state. Osinbajo, who spoke at the palace of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, before the event, explained that the scheme was targeted at the petty traders who required little, to run their businesses. According
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Wednesday presented a budget of N275.8 billion for 2019 to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Dickson said at the resention that the budget that would help in the completion of all ongoing projects as well as ensure payment of remaining salary arrears of workers in the state.
…He has total hatred for Ijaw people By Isaac Olamikan Comrade John Dekawei, President, Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement (DIYMPA), has accused Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, of not having the interest of Ijaw people in the state. In a statement he made available to GbaramatuVoice, Comrade Dekawei stressed that Delta State
Shell has dismissed as untrue insinuations in several quarters that it has moved out of Delta State. Clearing the air at a training session for journalists in Warri, Delta State, General Manager, External Relations of the oil giant, Mr Igo Weli, said the company still has operations running in several parts of the state, adding that
By Isaac Olamikan Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta State and APC 2019 Delta South Senatorial candidate, has felicitated with the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli on the occasion of his third coronation anniversary adding that his reign has further entrenched the peace in Warri kingdom. In a
It was a horrifying scene Tuesday at Alesa, near Port Harcourt, in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, as a man killed his four sleeping children, after chasing his wife away, set his house ablaze and hanged himself. It was learnt that the incident happened around 1 a.m., when the escaping wife raised the
By Enaibo Asiayei Escravos zone of the Federated Niger Delta Communities has alleged hijack of the pipeline surveillance contract of the Warri to Excravos Evacuation Line by few individuals, who reside outside communities in the Excravos zone warning that failure to adhere to their demands that the process be reversed may lead to actions that will
