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.
The governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade has warned his newly appointed commissioners and other political appointees to desist from making public and policy statements on social media. The directive was given on Sunday, Jan. 4, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Christian Ita, who stated it in a statement.
By Ebi Perekeme The least might not have been heard of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as he had alleged his Bayelsa counterpart Seriake Dickson colluded with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to lose the just concluded Bayelsa governorship election. Dickson, he alleged, struck a deal with the APC to lose in state
By Wilfred Frank Ogbotobo As the All Progressive Congress (APC) prepares to take over the helms in Bayelsa State, all eyes are on the oil-rich enclave to see how the promised change shall begin to manifest. For a state that has had its own fair share of socio-political decadence and infrastructural decay orchestrated by bad
The altercation between the Ijaw ethnic nationality and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, continued at the weekend following the attack on the governor by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide. The IYC in a statement signed by the IYC Secretary-General, Mr. Alfred Kemepado, reminded Wike that 42 of its kinsmen in Rivers State died in
By Badmus Shina Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has congratulated Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on his Tribune Platinum Award as Nigeria’s Torchbearer in Infrastructure and Environmental Development. Aniagwu told journalists at the sidelines of the event organised by African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, publishers of Tribune titles, to mark the 70th anniversary of
By Our Reporters The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has pulled out of the forthcoming Akwa Ibom North West senatorial rerun election. Akpabio, who was a former Minority Leader of the Senate, in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, said the decision was due
By Our Reporter A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has said that politics of bitterness and division was adversely affecting the development of the state. Abe also hailed the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for taking measures to resolve the challenges facing the state. Speaking during a funeral of
The deputy governor-elect in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi has said that the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP , Senator Douye Diri lost the November 16 governorship election because his principal sponsor and incumbent governor of the state, Gov Seriake Dickson imported and engaged the services of Indian spiritualists ahead of the
Barely 48 hours before the polls opened, the federal high court in Yenagoa, the state capital, ruled that the APC had no candidate for Saturday’s polls.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Bayelsa State Governor-Elect, Chief David Lyon and his Deputy, Sen. Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated 44 candidates including the 7 Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri, to win a keenly contested election. The
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lyon was declared winner of the November 16 governorship election in the State. He won with 352,550 votes against 143,172 scored by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Douye Diri. Lyon was accompanied to the Villa by
Indications have emerged that David Lyon, candidate of the the All Progressives Congress (APC), may have won the Bayelsa governorship election, defeating Douye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would make its final pronouncement on the election, indications were that Lyon had won six out of eight
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its closest challenger, with 86,330 votes in six of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa state. While David Lyon of the APC has secured 206,260 votes, Duoye Diri, his rival, is trailing with 119,930 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
Voting has ended and collation of votes is in progress across Bayelsa in respect of Saturday, Nov 16 governorship elections, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN also reports that the election was generally peaceful, although pockets of violence were reported in some places. Sources across the state indicated that the card readers functioned smoothly in most
Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Area trooped out to celebrate the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 9. They took over the road leading to Ogbia Town immediately the results of the 13 units in Ward 9 were announced by electoral officials and APC was declared
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed disappointment at the handling of the voting process in his ward. He expressed dissatisfaction over the lateness of the arrival of voting materials at the polling unit. Jonathan spoke to journalists after he and his wife, Patience, had voted at Unit 39, Ward 13 at the Otazi Playground, Otuoke, in
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to remove the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, David Lyon, from the ballot, to enable him to participate in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State slated for Saturday. The court gave the order following an ex
The Bayelsa State Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Saturday’s election, Chief David Lyon, has called on security agencies in charge of the poll to stop the ongoing movement of thugs into the state. Lyon in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Chief Gift Ebiki, said he had it on good authority
By Our Reporter As Bayelsans go to the polls come Saturday the November 16 2019, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has called for a peaceful election. “All players should conduct themselves in a peaceful manner. Election is not a do-or-die affair. The election as we have said earlier is a brotherly contest. Political players should not
By Badmus Shina Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi has divulged his plan to join the Delta State governorship race come 2023. Gbagi, who is a business mogul, made this known to pressmen in Oginibu, his country home in Ughelli South of the state, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. He said he had been
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has ordered a rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State. Essien Udim is one of the LGAs in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District of the state where Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost to Senator Christopher
By Our Reporter The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised alarm over the challenges of flooding in most parts of Bayelsa state, saying it was posing a huge threat to the smooth conduct of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the state. The National Commissioner and Chairman, IVEC, Festus Okoye, Esq, made this known during
By Ebi Perekeme The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital, Monday, Nov. 4, upheld the victory of Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central; and Senator James Manager, representing Delta South. Omo-Agege, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Evelyn Oboro of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Manager of
The Court of Appeal, Benin Division on Monday affirmed the election of Senator James Manger of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 Senatorial election for Delta South. Details shortly
By Our Reporter The electoral materials for the conduct of the Bayelsa State governorship elections would be delivered across the eight local government areas with helicopter, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) who disclosed this in a press briefing to give an update on the preparedness of the Commission
Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has directed members of the militant body to mobilise support for the All Progressives Candidate (APC) candidate, David Lyon, in the November 16, 2019 polls in Bayelsa State. Henry Okah, who is in jail in South Africa over criminal charges, is generally believed
By Shina Badmus The National Secretary of the New Nigerian Democratic Evolution, NNDE, Engineer Olaye Messiah has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the people of Delta south, particularly the Ijaw ethnic nationality, in his appointments for proportional and equitable representation. Engr. Olaye made the call in a publication sent to GbaramatuVoice on Wednesday
The Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Markson Fefegha, who resigned his appointment and left the cabinet of Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, a few days ago, has made dramatic return. Fefegha, in a resignation letter letter dated October 18, cited political uncertainty for his decision to forgo the appointment. But the commissioner, in another letter returned to
The Department of State Security (DSS) has told politicians in the leading political parties that they were under the department’s security radar ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. DSS said it was particularly watching the politicians to know their involvement in any attempt to recruit thugs and move arms into the
Bayelsa Commissioner for Mineral Resources Markson Fefegha, has resigned ahead of the November 16 governorship election. Fefegha, who is a popular politician in Yenagoa, was a founding member of Dickson’s Restoration Government and had served in other capacities. The politician, who declared that he was tired of the government, was once a Commissioner for Education
By Odimegwu Onwumere Expectations are heightening among inhabitants and political watchers of Bayelsa state politics as the state gubernatorial election slated for November 16 draws nearer. The query is centred on whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should continue to rule the state or there should be a change of party. In another insight, many
Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief David Lyon, has assured that his party would win the November 16 election by a landslide. Lyon flayed the claim by Governor Seriake Dickson that the APC was not on ground in Bayelsa describing it as empty euphoria. The candidate in a statement by
By Shina Badmus Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has stated its stance on behalf of the Ijaw nation that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State would always be supported on his posture to be on the fence during 2023 governorship election in the state. In a press release a fortnight and signed by President, IYC worldwide, Pereotubo Oweilaemi,
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that God will determine who becomes the next governor of Delta State in 2023. Speaking at a media quarterly briefing in Asaba, Okowa expressed his personal view that his successor should come from Delta Central but the choice ultimately was beyond him, adding that PDP will
