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 Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has hailed Amnesty International for exposing human rights violations in Nigeria in its 2017/2018 annual report which was released on Thursday February 22, 2018. According to a release signed by the IYC President, Eric Omare, on Friday, the AI report was a true reflection of the so many human rights abuses committed under the Buhari administration.
The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released Wednesday by Transparency International has revealed that corruption is getting worse in Nigeria. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the new CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank 148 out of 180 countries surveyed — a significant 12 places below where it
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and former military President Ibrahim Babangida are not at the ongoing council of state meeting in the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. Also absent are former President Shehu Shagari and Ernset Shonekan, ex-interim president. The council of state is the highest constitutional advisory body in Nigeria. This is the third council of
A Federal High Court in Abuja will on March 7 decide the fate of Charles Okah and his alleged accomplices in the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja. Trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, wednesday announced that he would deliver his judgment on that day in the suit brought against Okah and two others over their
The federal government on Wednesday said it was talking with potential financiers, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to provide contributory finance to investors in modular refineries in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja, Mr.
…The House of Representatives says cattle colonies, as proposed by the federal government, will further cause issues …The lawmakers think such colonies would be against the constitution and the Land Use Act …They also argue that ranches are better and safe because the herdsmen could finally own them The House of Representatives on Tuesday, rejected the
The Association of Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has given the federal government a 14-day ultimatum to settle a N650 billion debt owed its members as it warms up for a strike that will further compound the present petrol crisis. The Executive Secretary of the Association, Mr Olufemi Adewole, gave the
Hearing in the N200m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against Skye Bank Plc and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began on Tuesday, with a former aide of the President, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, testifying for the ex-First Lady. Patience filed the suit in 2016 to challenge the ‘No
After over two years of what seemed like a cold war between former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the two Nigerian leaders on Sunday in Otuoke, Jonathan’s village, publicly reconciled and harped on the virtues of forgiveness and national unity. Obasanjo who was also treated to a luncheon in Jonathan’s country home in Ogbia
The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) has advised ex-militants, who have undergone various training under the programme, to desist from selling their empowerment tools. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, gave the advised in an interview with the News Agency of
After about five years’ absence due to alleged misunderstanding that was later described as “political,” the Catholic Church has announced its return to the Christian Association of Nigeria. The return was reportedly perfected on Thursday and Friday in Abuja when a delegation of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, led by Rev. Fr. (Prof.) Cornelius Omonokhua,
Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo sat next to each other at Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church, Otuoke in Bayelsa state, on Sunday. Both men are of the Anglican fold. Seriake Dickson, governor of the state and top officials of the Bayelsa state government joined the ex-presidents during the service presided over by James Oruwori,
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, alive or dead. The charge comes six months after Buratai gave his men a 40-day ultimatum to arrest the Boko Haram leader, “dead or alive”. Speaking when he visited soldiers at Camp Zairo, the former
Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa state, says oil blocks in the country are “ancestral properties” of the Niger Delta. Dickson said this at the foundation laying ceremony of Aziken Petroleum Refinery project at Obunagha Gbarian, Yenagoa, the state capital. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo laid the foundation for the project which is expected to take off
…as Boroh appeals for budgetary increment House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs on Wednesday asked the Special Adviser to the president on Niger Delta Affairs and coordinator of Presidential Amnesty programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) to furnish it with the comprehensive list of all ex-militants in the region. The meeting also demanded
Tension is brewing over a purported plan to award N3 billion contracts to three consultancy firms for the Ogoni clean-up exercise. Ogoni stakeholders including the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) have raised serious concerns about the consultancy contracts when pressing issues like provision of portable drinking water and health facilities that
The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Sen. Shehu Sani on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board in Bwari, FCT with snake charmers. Sani said, the visit, was with a view to getting to the bottom of the issue surrounding the reported case of missing N36 million from the JAMB
Revered playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is in a trance. Soyinka, while reacting to a question on the three things he would tell the President if he meets him, stated, ” I will say Mr. President you are in a trance.” He added that the sooner the President got out of
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned until Feb. 14 hearing of a motion seeking the forfeiture of funds linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had begun fresh moves to seize funds in 15 bank accounts linked to Patience, totalling 6.4 million dollars
The Presidency on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s extended family was bereaved with the deaths of two members in quick succession. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement made available to journalists. “President Muhammadu Buhari’s extended family has been struck by the loss of two senior
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather conditions over the central States of the county on Saturday. The agency said that the states would record 33 degrees Celsius to 41 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius to 24 degrees Celsius day and night temperatures. In the Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast
President Muhamamdu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice A. F. A Ademola of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court and the dismissal from office of Justice O.O Tokode of the Benin Division of the Federal High Court. The approval was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Friday by the Senior Special
A sister in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Mamman, is dead. Mamman, 75, died in the early hours of Thursday. The Information Officer of the Daura Local Government Council in Katsina, Alhaji Salisu Haro, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura. He said the deceased died at
Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has landed in Benue state to commiserate with the people over the clashes between farmers and herdsmen. Over 80 persons have been killed in the state this year alone. Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, was on ground to receive Fayose, who is chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC ) has said it will take delivery of two cargoes of petrol per day for the rest of February to boost supply and eradicate queues. A statement by the NNPC Spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu in Abuja on Thursday stated that two cargoes of 50 million litres each, making a total
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, says he is tired of the “calamity” that has befallen his sect. Shekau said this in a video released on Wednesday. The Boko Haram leader called on his members to shoot any Nigerian “if he is deliberately against us”. He said anyone who protects the interest of
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday donated N200m to the people of Benue who were displaced from their homes following herdsmen invasion of their communities. Wike also called for comprehensive measures to resolve the “unfortunate killing” of Benue people by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The governor said the donation was for the
Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops destroyed a large scale Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory and captured several Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region. Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement in Maiduguri. Nwachukwu stated that troops of Operation
Mr Kazeem Afegbua, spokesman to the former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, declared wanted by the Police, on Wednesday, stormed the Force Headquarters in Abuja, in a style with a team of lawyers and some of his family members. Afegbua, who arrived the Lious Edet Force Headquarters’ House around 10:32 a.m. in the company of a team
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said, it would begin a major deployment of troops to the troubled states of Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kogi and Niger to restore peace and orderliness. The exercise is tagged: Ayem Akpatuma (Tiv Language) meaning ‘Cat Race’. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the exercise which runs from
Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to ex-Nigerian leader, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement. Mr. Afegbua is also requesting N1 billion in damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses, according to court filings seen by newsmen. Mr. Afegbua’s legal representative, Kayode
Chief Edwin Clark has lashed out at former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for the formation of a Movement for the Coalition of Nigeria, describing the move as deceitful. The former president in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, had criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. He also urged President Buhari
Adewale Akanbi, oluwo of Iwo, has alleged that Adeyeye Ogunwusi, ooni of Ife, ordered his bodyguard to push him out of the way during a meeting of traditional rulers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. According to Akanbi, the incident happened at Hotel Presidential in the oil-rich city. He said it happened just as the
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, stormed the Ogun State Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Oke Ilewo area of Abeokuta, at exactly 12.44pm to inaugurate his much-touted Coalition for Nigeria Movement. Others in his entourage are former governors of Cross River and Osun States, Donald Duke and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Obasanjo later
…queries public agencies, oil coys on neglect of oil producing region …applaud Clark & co. on demand for restructuring Some Niger Delta agitators in a statement on Wednesday queried the inability of some Federal Government agencies charged with alleviating the sufferings of the people of the Niger Delta, to perform their statutory roles in the area.
