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.
…He is not our employee – Chevron By Isaac Olamikan Blessing Powede, a former contract staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited, has threatened to let the heavens fall if he is not well treated by the multi-national oil company. After what he perceives as an unjust treatment meted out on him by the company, Powede, who
By Brakerebina Birinimighan The Gbanraun Union (GU) has expressed delight with the spiritual trip to Agadagba-Bou by some Ijaw monarchs recently. In a statement signed by Chief Godspower Gbenekama, Fiyewei of Gbaramatu Kingdom and Barrister MacDonald Igbadiwei, Ibe-Bebefiyewei of Gbanraun Kingdom, Gbanraun Union stressed that “Agadagba-Bou (Ijaw Holy Land) is the cradle of our indigenous religious
The World Bank-sponsored State Employment and Expenditure for Result (SEEFOR) on Monday said it budgeted 70 million dollars (about N25bn) for its intervention in public works in youth engagements in Niger Delta States of Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers for 2019. Task Team Leader of the SEEFOR in Nigeria, Parminder Barr, said this at the
The Joint Military Taskforce (JTF) code-named “Operation Delta Safe” said on Thursday that it had destroyed no fewer than 436 illegal refineries in the Niger-Delta region. Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. John Agim disclosed this while briefing journalists in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. Agim said that the illegal refineries were destroyed in the operations
The Nigerian Air Force has deployed additional Special Forces to Bayelsa State to help in tackling security challenges in the state and the Niger Delta region. Area Officer Commanding, Mobility Command, Air Vice Marshal Napoleon Bali, who disclosed this during the 2018 Road March of the Mobility Command said the Nigerian Air Force would not
By Enaibo Asiayei Ex-militants in Ilaje and Eseodo Local Government Areas of Ondo state have threatened to recover their arms and return to the creeks where they belong, if the government failed to redeem its pledge immediately. They alleged that they were abandoned by the state government on their integration into the amnesty programme after submitting
By Eniabo Asiayei Comrade John Dekawei, the Chief Executive Officer of Toluware International Company Limited, an oil servicing and construction company based in Warri, Delta State, has charged the Face of Gbaramatu International Beauty contestants 2019 to act as good role models to young girls. He made the charge when the Face of Gbaramatu International
…Nobody can intimidate the Niger Delta people into submission By Isaac Olamikan A group, 21st Century Youths of Nigeria for Restructuring, has stated that all Nigerians must join hands “to rescue our democracy and our country, Nigeria, from impostors.” This was contained in a statement signed by self-styled General Izon Ebi and made available to
…All players in the region working without synergy By Loveth Ojogun PAN-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has accused the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbjo of causing confusion in the Niger Delta region. The group said Osinbajo has created confusion with his purported abandonment of the Strategic Implementation Work Plan, SIWP for development of the region. The
…Approves increase in takeoff grant of Maritime University from N2-N5billion …Set aside $170m for Ogoni clean up …Approves establishment of 9 modular refineries across the Niger Delta The Buhari led administration introduced the New Vision for the Niger-Delta which encompasses robust solutions, targets and initiatives aimed at ensuring that the people of the Niger-Delta benefit
By Shina Badmus In their quest to seek sustainable peace as well as to thank God for their reign, some traditional rulers in Delta state on Sunday stormed the Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, a pentecostal church in Warri, at its ‘Royal Thanksgiving’ service to pray for peace in the region as the 2019 election draws
The Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced the appointment of the immediate past acting Director General of the Department of State Services (DSD) Mr. Matthew Seiyefa, as the new pro-chancellor and chairman of governing council of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government. Mr. Seiyefa, who only recently retired from
By Abai Francis Mabel Ekpemupolo, wife of the former chairman of Warri South West Local Government Council in Delta State, Hon. George Ekpemupolo, has cautioned female entrepreneurs not to rely solely on their husband’s wealth. She gave the caution on Saturday at the occasion of the official opening of her shopping mall, M&G Shopping Mall situated
The get-rich-at-all-cost by young boys has rather made their female counterparts unsafe as their used panties now sold as high as N200, 000, N250, 000 and N300, 000 as the highest bidder gets it for ritual purposes. It was reliably learnt that ‘yahoo boys’ popularly known as G-Plus boys now go about looking for female
The Central Naval Command (CNC) has begun a riverine and sea exercise tagged: “Ex Toru-Gbown”. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) CNC, Saidu Garba, flagged-off the exercise on Wednesday at the Nigerian Ports Authority Jetty in Warri, Delta. Mr Garba said the three-day exercise would take place in Bayelsa and Delta states. Ex Toru-Gbown means ‘water
The Bayelsa State Government has moved against the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mukan, deployed to the state by the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris. The deployment of Mukan by the Force Headquarters had attracted criticisms by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bayelsa elders, alleging
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday sacked the Managing Directors of three television and radio stations in the state. According to Wike, they were dismissed because of their failure to attend a meeting organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) led by the Chairman, John Momoh. The stations whose MDs were
The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered an immediate crackdown on internet fraudsters across the state. The order came after condemnation of the gruesome murder of Miss Elozino Ogege, a first class 300 level student of Mass Communication, Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, by suspected ritualists operating as internet fraudsters otherwise known
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has blamed the thriving of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta on non-supply of petroleum products by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Rivers chapter chairman of the association, Emmanuel Inimgba, who spoke when he led members on protest yesterday to the Port Harcourt refinery over
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said there are strong indications that three out of the 40 planned modular refineries would come on stream by end of 2019. Kachikwu disclosed this at the three-day Biennial International Conference for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) organised by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday presented staff of office to the Orosuen of Okere Urhobo Warri Kingdom, Prof. Paul Okumagba, Idama ll. Newsmen report that the event took place 11 years after the death of the late traditional ruler, Benjamin Okumagba in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The new monarch,
By Enaibo Asiayei NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture has donated mattresses, food items, toiletries and other materials to assist flood victims in Warri South -West, Warri North and Igbogene in Yenagoa Local Government Areas, Bayelsa. This is yet another significant contribution to the well-being of people in Nigeria by the Joint Venture. At the Warri South West
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has presented award letters to 200 graduates from the Niger Delta region for its 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme. Making the presentations, during a pre-departure briefing and orientation at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, charged the scholars to be ambassadors
The burial plans for the late Chairman of Ogulagha Community, Capt Solomon Prebor who died on July 18th, 2018 in a ghastly car accident along Benin-Sapele road, has been released, GbaramatuVoice reports. The burial arrangement was released by the Prebor family on Friday. According to the plan, late Capt Prebor will be buried on Friday
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed displeasure over the hijack of his new book titled, ‘My Transition Hours’. Soft copies of the new book have been shared several times on social media especially Whatsapp. However, a scan through the book online, which is in Portable Document Format (PDF), shows that the book has been edited
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja hailed his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, for voluntarily conceding defeat in the 2015 general elections, describing him as a true democrat. Buhari said this at the unveiling of a book titled “My Transition Hours” by Jonathan. The book launch was attended by hundreds of guests from outside and
…GOVT IS PLAYING WITH FIRE, SAYS IYC By Isaac Olamikan Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC), has drawn public attention to what it described as the sorry state of the Nigerian Maritime University(NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta State. In a statement signed by: IYC president Roland Pereotubo Oweilaemi and made available to Gbaramatu Voice newspaper, the youth organization
By Loveth Ojogun His Royal Majesty, Elder (Capt.) Joseph Timiyan, Agbonu, Torububou 1, the Ebenanawei of Ogulagha Kingdom has said that the people of Ogulagha and Gbaramatu kingdom remain one, either maternally or paternally, including all the other Ijaw kingdoms. He made this remark during a surprise party organized by staff of Joetek Engineering and
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom and chairman of Traditional Rulers Council in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Edward Igho Otadaferua, Erhiekevwe 1, has joined his ancestors. Our correspondent gathered that the Urhobo monarch died after a brief illness. It was gathered on Saturday that the Idjerhe king, the
…I will carry everybody along, says Bebenimibo By Isaac Olamikan Stakeholders in Kunukunuma Federated Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom have endorsed the Chief Moses Bebenimibo led executive to pilot the affairs of the community for another three years. In a press statement made available to GbaramatuVoice and signed for the community by Chief Clark Gbenewei (the
…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
