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.
—Directs further protest to Commissioner for Oil and Gas — Bush bar opposite Midwestern Oil & Gas should be pulled down By Ebi Perekeme The Delta state Government has issued strong warning on protests, meetings or negotiations by youth associations within the premises of oil prospecting companies working in Delta state. The directive was given
By Ebi Perekeme Youths of host communities of Chevron Nigeria in collaboration with Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) on Jan 9, 2020, said that the call for the removal of Mr. Jeffrey Ewing as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Chevron Nigeria Limited for alleged impending sack of 32 workers, racism and discrimination of Nigerian workers
National Chairman Host communities of Nigeria, HOSCON, Dr Mike Emuh has inaugurated the Delta Ijaw working committee of the body with an appeal to the Federal Government (FG) to pay 13% derivation fund to host communities. Speaking at the ceremony in Warri, Delta state, Dr Emuh said the FG had approved some money from gas
Nomalcy has returned to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Beniseide Flow station as Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has waded into the crisis between the company and Ojobo community in Burutu Local Government Area. The governor met representatives of Shell and the community at Government House Annex, Warri, on Friday, Dec. 27 and appealed
By Ebi Perekeme The recent Escravos Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) Project Settlement Agreements entered into by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture is expected to boost Nigeria’s domestic gas utilization. The Settlement agreements were signed at the NNPC Headquarters in Abuja on December 24, 2019 on
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) might shutdown crude oil production following an industrial action embarked upon by its workers in protest against non-payment of their entitlements. Chevron Nigeria produces over 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day from around 30 oilfields. The company has interests ranging from 20 to 100 per cent, in three operated and
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Ijaw Youth Movement for Political Advancement (DIYMPA) has fingered the ongoing Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in Lagos orchestrated by the Neconde/NPDC JV operating in OML 42 communities as hocus-pocus and waste of time. In a press statement and signed by the president of the group, Comrade John Dekawei,
By Badmus Shina Odidi community, hosting OML 42 in Warri South West Local Government Area in Delta State has furiously kicked against the NPDC/Neconde Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) process holding in Lagos. During a press briefing with GbaramatuVoice, the financial secretary of Odidi, High Chief Lawrence Okrikpa who represented the community chairman, Chief Johnny Aribogha hinted that the GMoU
By Ebi Perekeme Delta Ijaw Youth Movement for Political Advancement, DIYMPA, has rejected the proposal of the Delta State Government and NPDC/Neconde JV to introduce Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in OML 42 communities, describing it as fraudulent. Details shortly…
…Community wants Chevron to pay land fee By Shina Badmus Opuama, oil-rich Ijaw community in Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, has cried out over what it foresees as impending crisis between itself and a neighbouring Itsekiri community due to neglect by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL). This was made known to
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says crude oil and products worth $11 million is lost to theft and pipeline vandalism daily. In a policy brief titled ‘Stemming the increasing cost of oil theft to Nigeria’ released on Wednesday, Nov. 6, NEITI said crude oil and refined product worth $41.9 billion was stolen between
By Ebi Perekeme Hundreds of indigenes from 14 communities in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas in Bayelsa State at the weekend barricaded the offshore facilities belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to protest their neglect by the oil firm. The angry stakeholders, led by their Chiefs, traditional rulers, youth leaders, women and
The Nigerian Army Oct. 25 commenced Operation Crocodile Smile 4, in the Niger Delta, through reaching out to residents of communities where the exercise is scheduled to take place with medical assistance and other humanitarian gestures. The operation, an annual army level exercise carried out in the South-south geo-political zone, began October 8 and would
By Our Reporter Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday, Oct 22, warned against an attempt by workers to disrupt oil production activities at the Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Forcados Export Terminal in Burutu Local Government Area of the state. The governor gave the warning at a meeting in Government House, Warri Annex after
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the suspension of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation ongoing job recruitment pending the determination of a suit filed by one Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Olajengbesi, a public interest lawyer, had commenced the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of all potential applicants to set
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has announced its diversification into the oil and gas industry by acquiring a 20 per cent equity stake in Petralon Energy Limited. The firm said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 14, which was made available to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, that the acquisition was in line with its strategic partnership
By Enaibo Asiayei Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), in its capacity as Sellers’ Representative for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and itself, has signed a Gas Sale and Aggregation Agreement (“GSAA”) with Olorunsogo Generation Company Limited, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (“NDPHC”) and Gas Aggregation Company Nigeria Limited (“GACN”). In a press statement by the General
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, at the weekend disclosed that Nigeria lost an equivalent of $1.7 billion within two years of temporary shutdown of oil and gas production from Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25 following a disagreement between the communities and Shell Petroleum Development Company
—Also talk of employment and empowerment – King Timiyan By Loveth Ojogun The Managing Director, Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Askia Ogieh, has said the commission decided to embark on town hall meetings with oil-producing ethnic groups in the state in a bid to ensure that the people own projects established
By Esther Poweide The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with its joint venture partners, Shell Production Development Company and Belema OIL, has resolved the dispute on the operation of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25. According to a report by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the feuding group at the signing of the dispute closure agreement in Abuja, on
The Federal Government has revealed plans to deliver Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) on at least four key projects within the country’s oil and gas industry by the end of last quarter this year. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipreye Sylva, disclosed this while speaking at the ongoing 24th World Energy Congress (WEC) in
By Godwin Sunday The Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture 2019 scholarship has been awarded to thirteen natives of states in the Niger Delta that included Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers states. Ninety-two persons have benefited in the awards since its inception in 2010. The new recipients were to enjoy a one-year master’s degree in three top-ranked universities in
By Uche James One of the major stakeholders in the Oil Mining Lease (OML 25) in Kula Kingdom of Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State, the Opusingi Group of Houses, has declared that agitation by oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta over perceived neglect by multinational companies is not new. In a statement
By Esther Poweide The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has partly disclosed what he aspires to achieve in the Oil and Gas Sector of Nigeria. “We have to bring down our cost of production of crude, as we are presently a laughing stock in the way we do our business;
— As a former Governor of the Bayelsa State, in the core Niger Delta region, H.E. Timipre Silva understands the core issues affecting Nigeria’s oil & gas sector The African Energy Chamber has welcomed the appointment of Timipre Silva as new Minister of Petroleum in Nigeria. In statement on August 22 distributed by APO from Johannesburg, South
By Our Correspondent Olero Oil Field Communities in Warri North area say diseases and economic challenges which were worsened by pollution of environment require urgent remedial steps just as the Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro demanded patience on government response. The oil-bearing communities made demand on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over concerns that held security
By Brakere Birinimighan Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture (JV) between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV), has confirmed that the fire at the Ojumole Well No. 1 has been safely put out. In a statement of June 30 from Chevron’s corporate office in Lagos and made available toGbaramatuVoice, Ojumole field is
By Loveth Ojogun Chevron Nigeria Limited has sought for more stakeholders’ support to the implementation of Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) in its host communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. The General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs of Chevron, Mr Esimaje Brikinn made the call on Friday, June 14, in Yenagoa, on the
By Shina Badmus Chevron Nigeria Limited has attracted the wrath of the people of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, over what they described as aged-long neglect of the community by the company. They expressed disaffection in the hand of Chevron this morning, May 22, 2019, by
By Shina Badmus Residents of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has shut down Chevron’s Otunana flow station early this morning, May 22 2019. They demanded among other things that electricity should be extended from the flow station to the community, as well as drinkable water, and
By Loveth Ojogun The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government, NOSDRA, and International oil companies, IOCs, to look into the fire outbreak at the Trans-Forcados Pipeline around Chanomi Creek, Yeye community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The CEPEJ’s National Coordinator, Peace Amb. Comrade
By Enaibo Asiayei Fire has erupted along the Trans Forcados Pipine within the Chanomi Creeks in Yeye community of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta, at a spill site. The General Manager Community Relations, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, operator of the crude pipeline, Mr Sylvester Okoh confirmed the incident to newsmen in Warri on Monday, May
By Loveth Ojogun The people of Sarabubowei Community of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State might be plunged into crisis given failure of Ocean Marine Company under Pipeline Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC) to incorporate Sarabubowei in the ongoing oil spill clean-up exercise in the area, representatives said. Comrade Frederick Igere and
…Govt not helping matter By Loveth Ojogun A Niger Delta born environmentalist and peace advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has shown apprehension over the fire outbreak at Opuekeba flow-station well head in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, and called on American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited CNL, to act immediately to resolve the
By Brakere Birinimighan Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV), has stated that the allegation leveled against the company by some members of Ugborodo community in its Escravos operations that the community was neglected in the provision of social amenities, employment and
