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 immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, and the governorship candidate of ZLP in the last election and immediate past Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. The running mate of the ZLP’s candidate, Engr. Gboye Adegbenro, also joined the main opposition party. Mimiko, after the stakeholders
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned for hearing and possibly ruling on the appeal filed by the suspended national chairman of the PDP till Thursday. At the resumed hearing Tuesday, PDP lawyers asked for time to respond to the appeal, but the Court of Appeal judges refused to grant their request,
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has declared that the party would produce the next Governor of the state which is the person of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing Fred Latimore, the Executive Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communication as a man deserving of mental evaluation and should not be
A group, National Coordinator of Frontier for Peace and Unity (FPU), has canvassed support for the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator, FPU, Mrs Ikalama Owadiktorusinya, said in Buguma, Rivers, on Monday that the group had adopted Amaechi, after consulting widely
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta Leaders’ Council has charged the party’s faithful across the state to remain focused and steadfast in the face of any provocation. The council in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, also assured members of the APC in Delta that they would be redeemed and rescued from the hands of those who
Chief Dennis Otiotio, a political associate of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged Bayelsa Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC). Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DSP) Yusuf Adejo and Chairman of the state congress planning committee disclosed this when he announced the results of the congress on Saturday in Yenogoa.
The Special Adviser on Legislative, Plenary Matters and Political Affairs to the Deputy President of the Senate, Omeni Sobotie, was on Saturday, elected as the Chairman of the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress in Asaba. Sobotie was elected at the party’s state congress to lead the 35-man executive committee to run the affairs
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, received the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, who recently left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the ruling party the All Progressive Congress (APC). Okeke was presented to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by the APC caretaker chairman and Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni. Also
Prominent northern politicians, academicians and opinion leaders stormed Kano yesterday to drum up support for the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, ahead of 2023 general elections. Although the coordinator of the group, Senator Godswill Akpabio for Common Good (SGACG) that hosted the event tried to convince the audience that the event was
The BRACED Governors’ Council also known as South-South Governors’ Forum said it has approved a joint regional security outfit which would be floated soon. Chairman of the Forum and Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said this was part of the resolution reached at the end of their meeting held at Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers
The proximity of the presidential candidate of the main opposition party in Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to emerge from the Southern part of the country could be considered to have been maximised with the recent decision of the party on zoning. It could be recalled that some leaders and members of the main opposition party
President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State were at the weekend being mentioned in the new permutations for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following the planned rezoning of party offices in the opposition party. In that dimension and for the first time, political gladiators from the North were
The Northern Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) has appealed to Nigerians to support northern candidacy for the 2023 presidency in view of ending myriad security challenges bedeviling the nation. According to the group, it’s only president from the north that has the needed courage to fight insecurity without stepping on toes. Speaking on the state of
By Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the composition of a National Reconciliation Committee to be headed by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said that Otunba Moses Adeyemo would serve
By Our Correspondent The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has told the governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to contest the presidency of the country come 2023. The senior lawmaker who made the call in Asaba, Delta State on Saturday, stressed that Governor Okowa has all it takes to
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Ovuakpoye Evivie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the bye-election for Isoko South Constituency 1 in the Delta State House of Assembly. The by-election held on Saturday across five wards in the constituency, was meant to fill the vacant
President General and Founder of Nice Esther Alamieyeseigha Rescue Initiative and Nice Esther for All Foundation, that caters for the aged, widows and Orphans, High Chief Nice Alamieyeseigha, has been appointed as the South-South zonal woman leader of the Atiku Support Organisation (ASO). The announcement was made in a letter received by GbaramatuVoice and signed
Even though he has appeal the order of high courts sitting in Rivers and Cross River states stopping him from parading himself as the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, was nowhere near the party headquarters on Thursday, where the National Executive Committee (NEC) of PDP appointed governors to head its
By Enaibo Asiayei There was a widespread jubilation in Warri, on Sunday as Niger Delta activist and National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief Sheriff Mulade, officialy declared his intention to contest for 2023 Governorship in Delta State. Mulade who made this known before some Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders at the
By Joshua Williams Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has approached a Court of Appeal in the Abuja Division to demand an affirmation that his four-year tenure will end on December 9, 2021. Secondus who has been having a running battle for his position, asked the appellate court to
The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the
By Our Correspondent As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a political support group, Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) has drummed support for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to contest the 2023 presidential election. For the purpose of re-strategising the priorities of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, enhancing progressive reforms and national unity, according to the group, Osinbajo is
By Joshua Williams Senator Stella Oduah dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Oduah, a former Aviation Minister, represents Anambra North in the National Assembly. A statement by APC Director of Publicity, Salisu Dambatta quoted Oduah as saying she defected to co-change the “political narrative” in the Igbo-speaking States. “She
By Daniel Kokoricha A Kebbi State High Court has ordered Prince Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A vacation Judge, Justice Nusrat Umar, gave the order in a suit brought before her in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital. In the case, cited as KB/AC/M. 170/2021,
“And so it seems that people who write about happenings in their environment both intended and extended, whose thoughts grip the perception being quantified, do not stumble accidentally into their status, they achieve it through the deep knowledge they have acquired often painfully about their society” The Center for Politics and Strategic Studies, a non-governmental
By Ebi Perekeme The Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, blamed the National Assembly members from the region for the three per cent approved for the oil-producing communities. Okowa, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olise Ifeajika, said, “They (South-South National Assembly members) went partisan. They
By Our Correspondent A non-governmental organisation, Better Delta State, has described zoning as a tool deployed by politicians to deceive participants while attempting to hold on to political control. Chairman of the group, Mr Onoriode Amrakpoyerin in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, said that zoning was merely a tool used by those who
Lagos based business mogul, Chief Brown Odeworitse Tesigimoje, has declared his intention to contest for the Nigeria’s presidency comes 2023, noting that his burning desire for the nation’s number one position was born out of his decision to empower Nigeria youths via job creation and save the nation from its current security and socioeconomic challenges.
By Gbenga Nicholas The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja has disclosed that the insecurity in the country is getting louder and vibrant youths are needed to calm down the situation. Onoja represented the Executive Governor of Kogi State during the 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards Organised by Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper held in Lagos
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has sworn in the former Commissioner for Oil and Gas in the state, Chief Emmanuel Amgbaduba, and 10 others as state commissioners with a charge to them to promote unity in their utterances and actions and eschew mutual suspicion. Others sworn in on Thursday
By Ebi Perekeme There are indications that a prominent Delta chieftain and Burutu leader, Dr. Anthony Ebitonmo Alapala, is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Alapala, former PDP House of Assembly aspirant in the 2018 primary for Burutu North constituency confirmed to GbaramatuVoice on telephone his
By Ebi Perekeme Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has stressed the need for press freedom in the country, saying it will guarantee right to freedom of expression and boost the nation’s democratic experience. Speaking to journalists in Abuja during the House of Representatives Press Corps’ Annual Dinner and Award ceremonies, Diri said the importance of a
By Our Correspondent The APC has reacted to the over politicisation of an event which was designed to promote open and transparent administration in Rivers State. The APC in a swift reaction in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, noted that Governor Nyesom Wike was expected to render an account of stewardship to the Rivers people.
The Prime Minister of Tuomo Kingdom, High Chief Loyibo has said that Ijaw’s argument is not ethnic rotations but justice and fairness. Noting that Ijaws have been part of supporting, complementing and making Governors in Delta State. He emphasized that it is time for Urhobo and Delta people to give them chance to also produce
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has distanced himself from the rumours making the rounds that is opposing the principle of rotating the governorship among the three senatorial districts of the state. Okowa also noted that it was not zoning that brought him to power in 2015. This was made known by
