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.
—As he declares for Councillorship position in his ward A renowned Niger Delta Activist, Comrade James Dekawei, has declared his interest to contest for the position of a Councillor in the forthcoming Local Government Council elections. Dekawei, an indigene of Okerenkoko community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State made this declaration today in a chat
After weeks of speculations and denials, the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Mr. Serena Dokubo-Spiff, has resigned his appointment. Governor Seriake Dickson, who announced the formal disengagement of Dokubo-Spiff on Thursday, said it was to enable him return to his private legal practice. Dickson made this known at the end of the 79th session
Governor Seriake Dickson has described the late Chief Gordon Bozimo as a great Ijaw son who gave his best to the service of the nation. The governor spoke at the Port Harcourt residence of the late Chief Bozimo when he paid the family a condolence visit, saying the death of the late Bozimo was a
The Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, has quit the post following his decision to return to law practice. Members of the state executive council were shocked when Governor Seriake Dickson announced the SSG’s decision on Wednesday. The cabinet members gathered for the 79th state executive committee meeting when Dickson, in an emotion-filled
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, said on Thursday that recent reports of a rift between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsan State Governor, Seriake Dickson, are mischievous. Clark, who is the National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), stated this in a statement in Abuja. He said reports making the rounds on the rift
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says it is not true that five delegates to the second meeting of the National Council on Niger Delta died in an auto accident on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses had told journalists that five persons lost their lives in the accident on the Okitipupa-Ore Road. In a statement on Wednesday, the
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says the state government will conduct local government elections in 2018. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Markson-Iworiso, in Yenagoa on Tuesday, said the governor blamed financial constraints for the delay in conducting the elections. He said that the delay was not deliberate, but due to
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Niger Delta leaders to unite for the rapid development of the geo-political zone. The governor said that unity is needed in the geo-political zone to check the current situation where outsiders take advantage of the disunity of the area to deny the people benefits of their
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Preye Aganaba, has described an unfair remarks attributed to a serving member of the President Muhammadu Buhari cabinet. Minister of Women Affairs Aisha Alhasan, had told a BBC Hausa Radio that she would rather support former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar for the party presidential ticket, if
—I will bring democracy dividends to the doorstep of Uvwie people EFFURUN – As part of his early preparation for the forthcoming Local Governments elections in Delta state, an aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Napoleon Akpomiemie Iffie, on Wednesday 6th September, 2017, at the party’s secretariat in Effurun, declared his ambition to contest
Activities of oil thieves have yet to abate in the creeks of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa stated on Thursday. He bemoaned the activities of oil bunkers despite several sustained destructions of their hardware’s by security operatives. Okowa, however, observed that measures were being put in place to stop the activities of the oil thieves.
In what could be viewed as an early preparation for the 2019 general electioneering campaign, the Okowa Mandate Group (OMG), a political pressure group has called on Deltans to replicate the volume of support given to Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State during the 2015 governorship election. In a recent release signed by
A Civil Society Organisation, Bayelsa Patriotic Watch has accused the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere, of diverting vital projects meant for Bayelsa to Akwa Ibom state. The BPW President, Empire Otuzi, in a mailed statement on Tuesday, alleged that Ekere was diverting the projects to his home state because he
President Muhammadu Buhari, at the closed-door meeting with state governors at the Presidential Villa on Friday remarked to the Delta state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa that he is the favourite of the Nigerian Press. In the meeting attended by at least the 35 state governors except Governor Fayose of Ekiti, President Buhari is seen in
The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has said that the Commission will budget more than N4bilion this year for renovation and upgrade of learning environments across the Niger Delta. Mr. Ekere, who spoke during the 30th Anniversary of Akwa Ibom Association of Nigeria, AKISAN, in the United States, stressed the need for a revisit
As Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) prepares to organise local government election in the state, a Warri based banker, Ms Ebi Adams, of Okerenkoko ward in Warri South West Local Government Area has declared her intention to contest for councillorship position on platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ms Ebi Adam in an interaction
At least one person has been reported killed during the inauguration of the Acting Chairman of the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. A source said that this follows the violence that erupted at the venue of the event as many supporters of the party gathered for
Delta State Government, yesterday, has urged opposition political parties in the state not to heat up the polity, insisting that the N10 billion received recently from the Federal Government as the state’s share of the Paris Club refund was used judiciously. Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, who stated this in
The Executive Director of Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Samuel Adjogbe, FNSE, has said the Niger Delta Region remains a viable place for foreign investment. Adjogbe, who represented the Managing Director of the Interventionist Agency, Mr. Nsima Ekere, made this remark during a meeting with a Consortium of Chinese Construction Firms at the NDDC Headquarters,
Security has been strengthened for the Acting Chairman of the EFCC Mr. Ibrahim Magu and his family, including his aged mother. It was learnt that some strangers have been prowling Magu’s residence in Maiduguri. Some policemen have been deployed in Magu’s uncompleted bungalow in Karshi, Abuja. According to a source who who pleaded not to
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government has drawn the line on hate speech. He described hate speech as a species of terrorism. Osinbajo disclosed this while speaking at an ongoing security summit organised by the National Economic Council holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the Terrorism Prevention Act
The National Union of Local Government Employees, Bayelsa State, has asked Governor Seriake Dickson to jettison any plan to reappoint local government caretaker chairmen in the state. The state Chairman, NULGE, Mr. Akpos Ekiegha, gave the advice during a news conference in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday. He said the cost of running the
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has commended the work, dedication to God and humanity, the Pastor and Prophet of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, Temitope Balogun Joshua which recently earned him the highest award in far away Paraguay. The Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay granted the National
The crisis rocking the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress is still far from being over, as the state government has asked the party to vacate its secretariat located along Melford Okilo Expressway, Kpansia, Yenaoga. The order to vacate the secretariat came barely a few days after the National Executive Committee of the
Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori was listed as member of the national convention planning committee for tomorrow’s special convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibori, who was recently released after serving a four-year jail term in a British prison was listed as No 41 in the main organizing committee of the party.
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday relieved all his Special Advisers of their appointments except one. A statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, said only the Special Adviser on Religious Affairs, Bishop Winston Iwo was retained. No explanation has been given by the governor why he sacked the Special
The governor of Galgadud in the central Somalia region, Mr. Mohamed Dahir Elmi, and his sibling have been killed in Yakshid, a northern suburb of the capital. They were reported to have been killed by Al Shabaab militants on Friday night in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Quoting the Africa Review, the News Agency of Nigeria reports that
Members of House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, led by the Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Bago were warmly received by the Pere of Gbaramatu kingdom, HIs Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, at Oporoza town, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. The chairman was accompanied by his deputy, Hon. Solomon Adaelu; Hon. Daniel
There is no doubt that there is a paradigm shift at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as the current board and management are now doing things differently by adopting new strategies. Indeed, it is a new dawn at the Commission and the era of underhand practices are over.
“In Southern-Ijaw, being the largest local government area in the state, we recorded the highest registration of 14, 110 eligible voters, with the least number of 2,724 recorded in Brass.
The Ijaw Youth Council has commended the Bayelsa State Government for its currents efforts at settling the backlog salary arrears owed civil servants in the State. The IYC in a statement by it’s Secretary-General, Alfred Kemepado described the recent directive by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson that, one and half months be paid, as a step
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned against any act that would lead to misuse of the second tranche of the Paris/London club refund to the state, which stands at N10 billion from the federal government. He noted that out of the money, N919 million is meant for the eight local government councils. This
The All Progressives Congress, APC, youth renaissance group has reacted to Peter Okoye of P-square’s perceived ‘insult’ on the Federal government of Nigeria. The brothers via their Instagram pages had questioned the federal government’s purported move to ban production of music videos abroad. They said the federal government was trying to control what it never
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling which affirmed Obaseki’s election. Pastor Ize-Iyamu, whose petition was dismissed for lack of merit, assured Governor Obaseki of his goodwill. ALSP READ: JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Obaseki As Governor Of
The Bayelsa State government has dismissed as “wicked rumour” the alleged plan by the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to dissolve the state executive council. The state government through the office of the commissioner of information and orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite said the claim was a wicked imagination of some politicians. According to Obuebite, “I
