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.
Ogbuku takes NDDC to Niger Delta creeks By Willie Etim A visit to Oporoza, in the Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, gives one the eerie feeling of drifting in the middle of the ocean. In the days of militancy in the Niger Delta region, the mere mention of
GBARAMATU RAINSTORM: How Delta state government abandoned the people of Kunukunuma community It is no longer news that rainstorm on Monday, May 22, 2023 at about 4am, destroyed over fifteen buildings and rendered over seventy people homeless, in Kunukunuma community, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. What is however most
2023 PRESIDENTIAL POLL: Why Delta State Fell For Peter Obi Of Labour Party The Saturday, February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections may have come and gone, but the order it has introduced in Delta state, South-South political zone of Nigeria may linger for a very long time as the people of the state
Anger, frustration, tears as scarcity of new naira notes persist in Warri despite CBN directives In this report, GbaramatuVoice writes that despite the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directives to commercial banks to start paying the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter, subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000, customers
"So, now if I want to buy pepper for N200 or chin-chin I will now ask the pepper seller for her account details to make the transfer? They should extend the deadline because it won't work"
For Tompolo’s Tantita, it is a case of new day, new discoveries
Niger Delta: Timeline of oil spills in Ogoni, from 1958 to date Below is a timeline of oil spills and related activity in Ogoniland, Nigeria, from 1958 to date. 1958 Oil is discovered in commercial quantity in Ogoniland. Shell commences operations. 1970 An oil spill, possibly the first documented one, occurs in the Boobanabe community
Bulou-ama, local commercial community in Warri where residents search for survival By Tamar Soroghaye The residents of Bulou-ama community in NPA, Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state, is presumably a small community known undoubtedly for a specific lifestyle. Over decades, a vast population has lived there for nothing but mere survival. The
Prophet Omoto Fufeyin’s kindness to flood victims, sign of practical christianity By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, Delta born televangelist and billionaire Prophet/President, Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, CMDM, Effurun- Warri, Delta state has recently demonstrated that he is not just a Pastor, Prophet but a practical Christian that lives according to the
Searchlight on Robinson Plaza where landlord forces tenants to join his campaign train in Warri There is a blanket belief that in Nigeria, the majority of public office holders (both past and serving) are often always reputed for circumventing the nation’s constitution while infringing on the rights of the poor and lowly. There is also
DELTA: Tears, sorrow and blood as Patani community battles flooding …we are going through tough times – Pere of Kabowei Kingdom ..says he will remain in the flood with his subjects “I will be the last person to flee the kingdom while my subjects are suffering” GbaramatuVoice on Thursday, October 13, 2022, as it has
Warri South West Local Government: Councilors, workers, indigenes lament infrastructural decay, poor leadership of council’s chairman GbaramatuVoice reliably gathered from a serving councilor that the administration of the current local government chairman appears to be the worst the council has ever recorded.
International Day of the Girl 2022: GbaramatuVoice felicitates Niger Delta girls …Says it’s no longer fashionable for girls to travel miles in a canoe to access education. …Calls on Niger Delta governors to invest more in girls child education The GbaramatuVoice Newspper writes to felicitate with every girl child in Nigeria particularly in the Niger
Meet Tompolo’s man that rejected N25m bribe from owners of the intercepted vessel in Delta It is no longer news that Tantita Security Personnel on Thursday, October 7, 2022 successfully arrested a crude oil tanker, MT Deinmo, with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) number 7210526, loaded with an unspecified quantity of crude oil at the Escravos
EXCLUSIVE: Egbema communities where Okowa is not considered as their governor By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board It was meant to be a conventional fact finding mission by the GbaramatuVoice team to Egbema communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, on Sunday, September 25, 2022. But at the end, the visit to the communities
New report reveals how Niger Delta communities lived in depressing, deplorable conditions A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how “communities in the Niger Delta continue to live in depressing and deplorable conditions, despite the fact that the wealth derived from these areas is the main economic mainstay for
Matters Arising from the 13% derivation fund to Delta state By GbaramatuVoice Newspaper According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Delta, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Imo, Ondo, and the Rivers States received N377.93billion in the first half (H1) of 2022. This amount is 46.9 percent higher than what was received in
How Okowa received largest share of 13% derivation fund in six months, got N114.75billion The eight oil-producing states in Nigeria received a sum of N377.93 billion as 13% oil derivation fund in the first half of 2022. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Delta, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Imo, Ondo,
FARAH DAGOGO: 50 days in detention and still counting Hon. Doctor Farah Dagogo, the embattled People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Rivers State, and a serving House of Representatives member, has been detained for 50 days at the Port-Harcourt Maximum Security Correctional Centre. GbaramatuVoice reports. Dagogo, who is representing the Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in
Menace of erosion on Niger Delta people On a sweltering Friday afternoon last April, Kenneth Omokahire sat close to four neighbours outside his house in the Anibeze community in the southernmost Nigerian state of Bayelsa, lamenting to the men about coastal erosion in the town. “What else can we do?” asked 65-year-old Omokahire, whose former
World Malaria Day: How Chevron Nigeria Limited supports the fight against malaria World Malaria Day is celebrated annually on the 25th day of April. It is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment in malaria prevention and control programmes. Malaria has become a major source of concern in our society, and defeating this
Ogulagha Fishing Hub OGULAGHA, Nigeria – It is no longer news that over 90% of Nigeria’s earnings come from oil exploration activities in the country. The United Arab Emirates is also an oil-producing country but she has been able to diversify and, today, tourism is also one of her major sources of revenue. Since oil
Nigeria has continued to lag in human capital and infrastructural development despite being the world’s tenth-largest producer of crude oil and Africa’s largest exporter of petroleum. The Niger Delta region which harbours these natural resources, like other regions of the country, is marred by youth unemployment, environmental degradation and other forms of socio-economic and political
Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary “bush” refineries hidden deep in the creeks and swamps of the Niger delta is less polluting than the highly toxic diesel and petrol that Europe exports to Nigeria, new laboratory analysis has found. Shell, Exxon, Chevron and other major oil companies extract and export up to
By Ebi Perekeme On Saturday, May 9, Sunday Ebikeme Omuze, a Niger Delta oil magnate, philantropist and the CEO/MD, Sunny-Ebi Multi Systems Limited, clocked 50. During the occasion marking his birthday, Omuze celebrated the day with orphans in Warri and Efffurun, Delta State Omuze could had chosen to hold an elaborate party to herald his
By Abosede Omowumi Babatunde In the Niger Delta’s coastal communities, oil pollution of the marine environment has depleted the fishing and water resources that people have traditionally depended on for their livelihoods. This has led to a complex pattern of conflicts in the region since the late 1990s. Oil spills, gas flaring, and other activities
High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, on Sunday, April 12, 2020, was 49 year old. Tributes were in torrents celebrating him. GbaramauVoice has to document the messages in celebration of the man known as a former Niger Delta warlord. They are as follows: High Chief Godspower Gbenekama (JP), For the Gbaramatu Traditional Council of
While Nigerian shoppers have been stockpiling essential goods and food, sex toy sellers in Lagos and Abuja say their sales have also shot up. Findings by PREMIUM TIMES have shown that in most online stores where sex toys are sold, the items are either in short supply or sold out. A cross-section of sex toy
By Henry Iheancho With 8 oil producing states in Nigeria and the South-South geo-political zone having the highest number, the country is without a doubt one of the biggestoil producers in Africa. Given how the country is benefiting from these states – Akwa Ibom, (the largest oil producing state that produces about 504,000 barrels of oil per day), Delta,
