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 Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has arrived Oporoza town, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom as part of the moves to appeal with the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the Minister who landed at Osubi Airport, Warri and used speed boat
By Ebi Perekeme Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has invited all ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region with a view to addressing issues causing unrest in the oil-rich region. The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), last week, disrupted the peace in the area over government’s failure to reconstitute a substantive board for
Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has initiated frantic moves to stop the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat of a catastrophe in the oil region if the government did not inaugurate the substantive board of the interventionist agency by June 6. Meanwhile, the ranks of Niger–Delta militant
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has said Nigeria stands the risk of dying if it is not restructured quickly. The National leader of the forum, Chief Edwin Clark, while giving his opening remarks at the expanded meeting of the SMBFLF in Abuja on Sunday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to
By Ebi Perekeme Another building belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Sunday set ablaze in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The INEC office is located at Njaba Local Government Area of the state. “Although no life was lost, the building was substantially burnt down, along with electoral materials, office equipment and furniture.” Festus Okoye,
PHOTOS: President Muhammadu Buhari with former President Goodluck Jonathan and other Africa leaders in Accra, the capital of Ghana, participated in a one-day emergency Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS leaders, convened to discuss recent political developments in Mali.
Niger Delta warlord and freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to inaugurate the substantive Board of the Niger – Delta Development Commission, NDDC READ FULL STATEMENT BELOW… PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO SHOULD AS A MATTER OF URGENCY CONSTITUTE THE SUBSTANTIVE
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has demanded for a new constitution for Nigeria noting restructuring will pave the way for economic and political autonomy for the Niger Delta. The organization position was presented to the Senator Betty Apiafi-chaired Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Port Harcourt, the Rivers
By Gbenga Nicholas Ojo The most widely read and leading newspaper in Niger Delta, GbaramatuVoice, has been nominated for an award in the category of the best newspaper in Niger Delta at the 8th edition of the Peace Legend Award. Founder of the Peace Legend Award Nigeria and the Project Director, Mr. Jesse Amiri, while
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Friday announced the suspension of the three days protests staged against the refusal of the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) after the expiration of the 30-day ultimatum. The spokesman for the council, Ebilade Ekerefe who announced the
By Ebi Perekeme Asaba centre of the South-South zone of the proposed alteration of the 1999 constitution as amended, was destructed by women who bombarded the centre on Wednesday in their hundreds. It was learnt the women that came from Bayelsa, Delta and the Edo States were mobilized from various umbrellas, including the 100% Lobby
By Our Correspondent South-south geopolitical zone has demanded decentralisation of power, resource control and creation of additional states in the region at the ongoing public hearing on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The hearing was organised for Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers states by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Amendment of the Constitution,
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This is according to a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of
By Our Editorial Board 1. Of what direct use or benefits will consistuting the NDDC’s Board be to our communities/Niger Delta? 2. Is NDDC’s Board the problem of the Niger Delta region? 3. If yes, how has the outgone NDDC’s Board, impacted positively to the development of the region? 4. What is the link between
By Ebi Perekeme Nigeria’s accountant-general Wednesday said the £4.2m looted by the former governor of Delta State James Ibori has not been received. Mr Ahmed Idris also walked back on the comments to a committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the fund has been returned to the accounts of the Delta State
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC), has raised concerns on the rise of insecurity, activities of Herdsmen and Unknown Gunmen in their territory, while they challenged Oduduwa, Biafra, and others for including Ijaw communities within their listed regions. This was disclosed to GbaramatuVoice in statement released on Monday 24th May, 2021 by the
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash in Kaduna on Friday. Impeccable aviation sources had earlier told newsmen that Attahiru, who was appointed Chief of Army Staff on January 26, died alongside 10 others who were on board the aircraft with him. The incident occurred at about 6pm
By Our Correspondent Abuja stood still for hours, as Ijaw nation gathered for the 53rd annual celebration of late Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro on Saturday 15th of May, 2021, GbaramatuVoice reports. The well attended event that was put together by Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) Abuja Chapter, in remembrance of Major Boro was tagged
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed surprise and disappointment with the deteriorating state of security in North-West Nigeria. Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, who said this in a statement on Thursday, pleaded with the country’s elite to show understanding as his administration was working hard with available resources at its
By Ebi Perekeme The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia LGA of Abia state has been set ablaze. Festus Okoye, INEC spokesman, said in a statement that the incident occurred on Sunday night. pic.twitter.com/G7DG1aAVQ3 — INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) May 10, 2021 This is happening a week after one of the commission’s offices in Akwa
—SEEKS HIS BLESSINGS AND SUPPORT By Ebi Perekeme As part of the plan for the forthcoming GbaramatuVoice 6th Anniversary, Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, slated for Tuesday August 10, 2021, at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, the management of the news organization, on Friday May 7, 2021, stormed/visited the Abuja home of Chief
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman to step aside from her role. Her suspension comes as the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Mr Rotimi Amaechi, sets up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the NPA management. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, an Executive Director at the NPA,
By Our Correspondent Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILoT, has congratulated Professor Benjamin Okaba and other selected with him as the new leadership of the Ijaw National Congress, INC. A statement signed by the Chairman of ILoT, Chief Edward Ekpoko and the Secretary, Sir Sunny Mene reads: “We, on behalf of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought (ILoT)
…receives federal lawmakers approval, enters next level By Ebi Oboko It is no longer a speculation but real. The planning of the much anticipated Lagos Edition of the GbaramatuVoice 6th Anniversary, Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, slated for Tuesday August 10, 2021, entered ‘next level’ on Wednesday May 5, 2021, with a seamless visit by the GbaramatuVoice
By Ebi Perekeme The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as ‘Tompolo’, on his 50th birthday anniversary. Senator Omo-Agege, in a felicitation message personally signed by him, noted that age 50 being a milestone in the life of any individual is also a fitting moment
By Our Correspondent As the world marks this year’s Easter festivities, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Attahiru Ibrahim, has paid courtesy visit to the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba. The Chief of Army Staff represented by Brigadier General A. Idris and accompanied by Colonel S. Ahmed and
By Our Correspondent The Army will soon move against separatist agitators such as Asari Dokubo and Sunday Igboho, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. -Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has stated. Attahiru’s warning was delivered in Uyo at the first Commanding Officers’ Workshop 2021. Igboho recently unilaterally declared the South west part was no longer part of
By Our Correspondent Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will spend N90b for the nine states of the region in its integrated agricultural programme to train youths in fish, rabbit and pig farming. Akpabio stated this when the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, visited
The federal government may consider selling the Port Harcourt refinery after the planned rehabilitation which is put at the cost of $1.5 billion, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has revealed. Speaking on Sunday diring Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’, the Minister who was responding to questions on why the federal government
By Our Correspondent Sole Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (red) has tasked ex-agitators in the Niger Delta to be ready to learn the modalities of owning and running modular refineries. Dikio stated this at a summit with the theme “Integrating local artisanal modular refineries to Nigeria’s mainstream oil sector” held in
By Our Correspondent A Milan court yesterday acquitted energy companies, Eni and Royal Dutch Shell, along with some of their past and present managers, including Eni Chief Executive, Claudio Descalzi, in one of the oil industry’s biggest corruption scandals. The judgment read out in court by Judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after
By Our Correspondent The house of representatives has directed its committee on petroleum (upstream) to investigate an alleged failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to address the challenges confronting the Warri refinery. The decision of the house followed a motion moved by Ben Igbakpa, lawmaker representing Ethiope federal constituency, during plenary session on
By Our Correspondent The Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, stated this while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential
…Senate Committee to investigate Niger Delta governors The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has claimed that it gave each of the governors of the nine oil-producing states N100million each as COVID-19 palliatives. Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Patrick Ayo Akinyelure, told reporters in Abuja that NDDC officials made the claim.
A paramount ruler in Niger Delta, His Royal Majesty, King Obukowho Whiskey, has renewed the call for President Muhammadu Buhari to return the supervision of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Presidency for proper monitoring of the agency. King Whiskey, Udurhie I, Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of
