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.
By Ebi Perekeme Nigeria lost an estimated N53.26bn in the first two months of this year as international oil companies and local players flared a total of 33.04 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas. The oil companies wasted 17.53 billion scf of gas in February, compared to 15.51 billion scf in February, according to
By Daniel Kokoricha The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has faulted the debate over the Petroleum Industry Bill allocation for oil-producing states. Governor Sule who was a guest on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, said beyond figures or percentages, what matters more is the wellbeing of the states involved. “You have to look at the
Chief Edwin Clark, Ijaw national leader, has alleged that only members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) benefit from crude oil revenue. Speaking with BBC Pidgin on Friday, Clark alleged that the north does not produce crude oil but enjoys the largest share of Nigeria’s oil revenue. He said the south-south has been neglected and made poor
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF) has called on the National Assembly to quash the obnoxious NBC, NPC Amendment Bills. Speaking through its secretary – Shedrack Onitsha, on the 14th of July, 2021, the group said: “The importance of free and unshackled media has been universally acclaimed as the bastion of freedom
By Daniel Kokoricha The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has endorsed the GbaramatuVoice 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards programme to be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. Gboyega Akosile, the amiable Chief Press Secretary(CPS) to Governor Sanwo-Olu dropped the message of his Principal in
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to upgrade the Maritime Academy, Oron in Akwa-Ibom state into a full-fledged University of Maritime Studies. Also passed was a bill to establish the Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ogoja, Cross River state. Both bills were passed by the upper chamber after the presentation and consideration of
By Ebi Perekeme The South-South caucus of the Senate elected its executive committee on Wednesday two years after the inauguration of the 9th Senate. George Sekibo from Rivers State emerged as Chairman. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The letter conveying the list of the executive members for the South-South Caucus
Niger Delta communities may stop oil companies from carrying out production activities in their domains if the National Assembly fails to reverse the newly passed petroleum industry bill that sliced revenue allocation to host communities, Edwin Clark, a former minister and leader in the region has warned. Mr Clark on Monday described the bill passed last week
Southern governors, on Monday, rejected the proposed allocation of at least 30 per cent of the profit generated by the proposed Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for the exploration of oil in ‘frontier basins’ as identified by Section 9 of the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill which will regulate the oil sector if signed by
“Ijaw Diaspora will explore all legal means to attain self-determination if the obvious issues presented are not addressed in a timely manner.” By Ebi Perekeme Leadership of the Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) with its global headquarters in New Jersey, USA with a global membership of Ijaw professionals in varying fields of economic and socio-political endeavors,
By Ebi Perekeme High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a former leader of the dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) better known as Tompolo, says there is tension in the Niger Delta region over the failure of the federal government to constitute the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board. In a statement on
By Ebi Perekeme The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has passed the third reading at the House of Representatives. The bill passed the third reading on Thursday after Mohammed Monguno, chairman of the ad hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), presented a report and the lawmakers voted on 319 clauses of the bill. Before the
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), has said the scheme would be changed from ‘Amnesty’ to the Niger Delta Stabilisation Programme as part of the strategies to rebrand the PAP and move the region forward. Dikio explained that the current nomenclature of the programme creates barriers and limits opportunities
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face his trial, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. At a joint press briefing on Tuesday with the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja, Mr Malami disclosed that international
By Ebi Perekeme President Muhammadu Buhari has described threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations in the south-south region as “unnecessary”. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, in a statement on Sunday, quoted Buhari as saying all issues raised by the group were already responded to when the president met with the leadership of
The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday June 3, 2021 at Oporoza, Gbaramatu kingdom, promised to commence the process of NDDC’s new board and fast track it, “so that everybody in the region will know that we have a listening government.” He said they have agreed that his office will fast track the
President Muhammadu Buhari today, June 24, 2021 met with the national executive and leaders of the Ijaw Nation Congress, INC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari at the meeting, commended the leadership of INC, led by Professor Benjamin Okaba. on their recent affirmation of belief in a United Nigeria and supporting the fight against
Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has noted that arrogance on the part oil companies and absence of Corporate Social Responsibility led to militancy in the Niger Delta Region. He also reiterated the commitment of the President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration to changing the negative narrative in the region. The Minister disclosed this in
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By Ebi Perekeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, says the final report of forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready by the end of July. He also said the National Assembly will soon get a list of the NDDC board members. Akpabio, who fielded questions from State House
By Our Correspondent Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, on Saturday, assured the speedy passage of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko Bill into law, GbaramatuVoice reports. Elumelu gave this assurance during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected executive members of Okerenkoko Federated Community in Okerenkoko town, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State.
Watch full speech delivered by Hon. Julius Pondi, the member representing Burutu Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, during the official swear-in ceremony of the newly elected executive members of Okerenkoko Federated Community, host to the Nigerian Maritime University, on Saturday 19, 2021 at the Okerenkoko Civic Centre in Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State.
By Our Correspondent The Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) to undertake immediate intervention on the damaged Aleto Bridge at KM 6+500 on the East-West road Section III(A) by Eleme, Onne Junction to alleviate the plight of motorists and reduce
Elder Statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call for a national dialogue to discuss the security challenges facing the country. He made the call while briefing newsmen in Abuja on the state of the nation. Watch video below…
The Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio’s genuine effort at sustaining peace in the Niger Delta region has been commended and described as legendary. In a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, National Development Group for Peace, with headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, stated that, “rather than vilify Akpabio
By Ebi Perekeme Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday held a closed-door meeting in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State. Those in attendance at the meeting include the host Governor, Udom Emmanuel; Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, and Samuel Ortom of Benue. Others are,
By Our Correspondent Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has approved the proposed site for the Federal Polytechnic Orogun, Ughelli North Council of Delta State and assured that academic activities being planned to commence in September 2022 will be achieved. Adamu, who announced the approval after inspecting the over 100 hectares site donated by the
The N10.5 billion Brass Petroleum Products Terminal project will generate 6,000 jobs, the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, has said. Kyari made this known at a ceremony to mark the execution of shareholders agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board
By Ebi Perekeme The Federal Government has signed shareholders agreement for the construction of Brass Petroleum Products Terminal Ltd (BPPT) to curb illegal refining and stabilise products price in the Niger Delta. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, at the signing ceremony on Friday in Abuja said the project would help to
By Ebi Perekeme Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on ex-agitators from the Niger Delta to hold their leaders responsible for any lapses in the implementation of the amnesty program, insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to developing the region. Governor Bello made the call on Wednesday in Abuja when he received
By James Williams “The events of the last few years and weeks all over the world have shown that life means nothing without God and every passing day we live, we should glorify the Lord.” Those were the words of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, while speaking at the birthday Celebration
By Ebi Perekeme The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Monday launched a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the ship began about 2 years ago and when commissioned will replace the first set of LSTs of the NN, NNS AMBE and NNS OFIOM which have been decommissioned.
…To deliver Keynote Address at the GbaramatuVoice 6th Annual Lectures/Niger Delta Awards in Lagos Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has officially endorsed the GbaramatuVoice 6th Annual Lectures/Niger Delta Awards event, where he is scheduled to deliver the keynote address. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit to
By Ebi Perekeme The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has issued the statement below to confirm the passage of its founder, the popular Prophet T.B. Joshua. Born June 12, 1963, he was 57. READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW. PROPHET TB JOSHUA – JUNE 12th 1963 to JUNE 5th 2021 “Surely the Sovereign LORD does
By Enaibo Asiayei The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has promised to commence the process of NDDC’s new board and fast track it, so that everybody in the region will know that we have a listening government. He said they have agreed that his office will fast track the process of the Constitution
