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.
…Our target is to bring together and reorient the youths of the Niger Delta By Loveth Ojogun Gbaramatu Youth Council, GYC, has accused the government and multinational companies of paying lip service to peace advocate. This was made known today during an official visit by the GYC Planning Committee headed by its Chairman, Barr. Jerry
…pledges compensation for victims The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has repaired the Trans Ramos Pipeline that ruptured and spilled about 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment on May 17. Mr. Bamidele Odugbesan, Media Relations Manager, SPDC, in an email update said integrity tests were being conducted on the pipeline. Odugbesan
By David Owei The Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said about 34 ex-agitators would be called to bar this year. Dokubo, who stated this during an interactive session last week in Asaba, said the welfare of the beneficiaries of the amnesty programme was
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State and the state government were yesterday engaged in diatribe over an alleged fraud in the International Cargo Airport built by the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson in the state. The party threatened that it would jail the governor after his tenure over the matter. The APC described the
By Loveth Ojogun Comrade Rosemary Naingba, the President of the Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) worldwide, has stated that Ijaw people can never be conquered. She made the statement on the occasion of its 2018 Ijaw women’s day annual celebration held on Tuesday, November 13th in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. According to her, “I think it is a challenge that
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy said it would on Thursday commence “Ani-Oforifori’’ exercise in Niger Delta creeks to rid the area of bad elements “Ani-Oforifori’’ means “Chase Thief’’ in Kalabari language in Rivers. The command announced this in a statement by its Information Officer, Commander Thomas Otuji, on Wednesday in Calabar. According
By David Owei A group of Niger Delta agitators have asked multinational oil companies to pack out of Akwa Ibom State or risk being attacked as it will soon commence ‘Operation Deliver Akwa Ibom Campaign’. The group, under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, said its decision was based on dissatisfaction with the
By Loveth Ojogun It was a moment of celebration and joy on Tuesday, November 13th for Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited, GPCL, publishers of the Gbaramatu Voice newspaper and operators of Gbaramatu Voice TV station. The acclaimed Most Patronised Indigenous Media establishment in the Niger Delta region was honoured with an award by Ijaw Women Connect, IWC,
All is now set in Ikoro community, headquarters of Olodiama Kingdom, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, for the celebration of the one year coronation anniversary of His Royal Majesty, King Godwin Oguyenbo, Pere of the Kingdom. Details shortly…
…Distributes relief materials worth millions of naira to the victims By Shina Badmus President Amnesty Programme (PAP) office has lavished millions of naira on relief materials for flood victims in Delta communities. The materials which were estimated to worth over N90million were distributed to the affected people over the weekend to serve as a source of
A Niger Delta based peace and environmental rights advocate and the National Coordinator of the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that practical peace is experienced across Nigeria before, during and after the 2019 general elections calling on the Federal Government to ensure that arrangements are
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is collaborating with the European Union, EU, through Niger Delta Support Programme, NDSP, to resuscitate dysfunctional and abandoned water infrastructure across the nine Niger Delta states. This was stated by the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), at a two-day
By Abai Francis Guest speaker at the 2018 Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) Annual Convention and Institution of the Niger Delta Media Hall of Fame/Awards with the theme; ‘Managing Fake News’ which held recently at the David’s Event Centre in Asaba, Delta state, Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, a professor and Chevening Scholar in the Department of Mass
By David Owei Bayelsa State militant leader and kidnap kingpin, late Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo (aka Kareowei) who was killed, early this year by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Niger Delta after he beheaded a security operative in the creeks, have resurrected. The militant leader reportedly resurrected through the regrouping of remnants of his group in
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of ignoring the Niger Delta Region in the schedule of visits by the Prince of Wales and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall. According to him, the visit of the royal couple to Nigeria could have been another opportunity to bring the devastation in
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) said its five-year collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave rise to a framework for reform that promotes inclusive economic growth in the Niger Delta. At the winding down programme in Abuja yesterday, Charles Abani, Chief of Party of Strengthening Advocacy and
By Shina Badmus Emomotimi Guwor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the 2019 House of Assembly seat in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state, has said he will unite the Ijaws and Itsekiris if he emerges victorious at the 2019 general elections He said this during his appreciation visit to Warri
The presidency has described as erroneous the claim that the amnesty programme for ex-militants is a process to buy peace to sustain increase in crude oil production in the Niger Delta. Coordinator of the amnesty programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, told participants at an entrepreneurial fair for ex-militants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday that the
The Police in Delta State have confirmed the kidnap of four Catholic Reverend Fathers by unknown gunmen around Umutu/Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Though sources claimed that the four priests were abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Police said the identity of those behind the abduction were unknown. The priests,
Hundreds of youths in the Igbokoda area of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, on Tuesday took to the streets of the town to protest against the alleged abandonment of various projects in the local government by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youth, under the auspices of the Ilaje Advancement Forum, alleged that
In a bid to get rich, a 21-year-old boy has reportedly killed his mother and had multiple sex with her corpse in Edo State. The bizarre incident occurred in their rented apartment at 8B Market road, Ologbo in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday, October 29, this year. The suspect, Samuel Emobor
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-affirmed the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the Commission to step up the completion of quality projects in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Executive Director Projects, Engr Samuel Adjogbe, FNSE, said this in an interview in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after
…CIVIL SERVANTS WHO RESIGNED REINSTATED The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has reinstated the positions of all political appointees who resigned their positions to contest the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party and lost. The Governor also reinstated all civil servants who resigned to contest in the primaries to their former positions
A truck-load of assorted food items and other relief materials were on Saturday donated to the the internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camped at the Ogbe-Ijoh Primary School, Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state by the Nigerian Army. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General
The Office of the Amnesty Programme headed by Professor Charles Dokubo, has disclosed that plans have been concluded to activate new training centres in Ondo, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Edo states. The aim is to provide training for some ex-Niger Delta agitators who are yet to be placed in either vocational training facilities or deployed
By Abai Francis Happy Men’s Club of Nigeria, a humanitarian organisation, has presented a collection of paintings to the people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to help preserve historical facts of the kingdom. The presentation was made on Friday (26/10/2018) by the chairman of the club, Mr.
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Governors of South South geopolitical zones at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Four out of the six governors of the zone came together about 2:50pm and proceeded straight to the President’s office. The Governors are, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Siriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta
By Shina Badmus The 12th edition of “Warri Again” went live last Friday night at the Brown Hills Event Center in Warri, Delta State, and had the best of comedians and musicians presenting their various craft. Warri Again is among one of the most talked about entertainment events in Nigeria, and this year’s edition brought
…asks Okowa to relocate to crises zone By Francis Abai A Warri based peace advocate and environmental rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has said the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is not doing enough to broker peace among the warring communities which has lingered for too long. This was made in a statement he
By Isaac Olamikan Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) and MIXTA Nigeria have assured subscribers for the 1800 housing-unit Emotan Gardens of a new experience as the garden is going to redefine housing landscape in the state. The joint venture project being executed by the EDPA and MIXTA Nigeria on Upper Sokponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has said his administration is not in a hurry to reopen shut schools in the state because of the need to protect children who are vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Dickson had ordered the closure of primary, secondary and tertiary schools in the state on September 29 as a
…Books to recreate attitudinal changes in the management, direction of national affairs – Ekanpou …It is a marvelous feat – Don Renowned Niger Delta poet and playwright, Ekanpou Enewaridideke on Friday presented his new book to the public. The books titled: Spiked Beyond Spikes, which is a novel, and Tapestry of a Dolphin, which is
By Brakerebina Birinimighan Immediate-past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has called on government and stakeholders to support the development of grassroots sports in Nigeria and also establish an active National Sports Commission, if the nation must excel in sports. Uduaghan
The Nigerian Army says it has commenced Operation Crocodile Smile III exercise across the states of the Niger Delta to stem the tide of pipeline vandalism in the region. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Tuesday by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will establish an industrial development centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Managing Director of the commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere disclosed this on Tuesday in Ikot Ekpene during the flag-off of the Entrepreneurship/Agricultural Disbursement Grants for Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District. The grant is initiated and sponsored
