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.
-DEMAND THEIR GUNS BE RETURNED By Brakere Birinimighan Ex-militants from the coastal area of Ondo state have threatened to seize peace and order in the area over supposedly failure by the State and Federal Governments to keep to their side of promise made to them if they surrender their guns on Nov. 27 2017, for
By Shina Badmus The refugee camp in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State which was initially established for four thousand refugees, have been overflooded with no fewer than ten thousand refugees with most of them from Cameroon. GbaramatuVoice gathered that members of a socio-cultural organisation, National Association of Sea Dogs that visited the camp
By Brakere Birinimighan Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV), has stated that the allegation leveled against the company by some members of Ugborodo community in its Escravos operations that the community was neglected in the provision of social amenities, employment and
By Prince Akpo Abugo It was a gathering at a news-stand, with members united by their frustrations at the economic stagnation and injustice that the Nigerian state has meted out to the Niger Delta the despite human and economic contributions it has made since 1956 when oil was discovered in the area. Crude oil is
By Brakere Birinimighan Operators of OML 29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line, NCTL, Nigeria’s Aiteo said on Friday, May 3, 2019, that it has in no doubt finished emergency repairs on the strategic pipeline. The company assured oil companies transporting crude via the pipeline that they have nothing to fear and should go ahead
By Loveth Ojogun The Headmistress of Kunpa Primary School, Ubafan, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State, Mrs Egodo Sandra has cried out that teachers in Gbaramatu are teaching in un-conducive environment. Sandra who made the statement on Wednesday May 1, while receiving stationery and other learning materials from the National Association of
A former Nigerian head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has slumped at the occasion marking the funeral of late Major General David Akpodiete Ejoor in Ovwor-Olomu Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. GbaramatuVoice can report that Gowon slumped near the grave side of the deceased, while the funeral oration was ongoing. According
By Daniel Domotimi Bayelsa State has witnessed the presence of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for farmers affected by the 2018 flood in the State. While considering distributing seedlings to the affected farmers, the Agency’s Team Leader in the state, Mr Eric Ebhodaghe told our correspondent in Yenagoa on Wednesday, May 1, that over
The Traditional Ruler of Ele Kingdom in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State, King Felix Tamunoseipirila Okuru VII, has thrown his weight behind the re-election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, describing it as a victory for people of the state and democracy. While speaking with GbaramatuVoice in Port Harcourt, the capital of the state,
By Enaibo Asiayei The country home of ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State, Oghara, has been thrown in pandamonium as a headless body of a woman was found yesterday. Eye witnesses told GbaramatuVoice that the shocking discovery was made early hours of yesterday, May 2, 2019. The woman who was said to be in her late 50s,
By Loveth Ojogun Journalists across the world have been urged to take the occasion of the 2019 World Press Freedom Day to practice journalism without bias. Comrade Mulade Sheriff who is a Niger Delta born human rights activist cum environmentalist made this call in Warri, an ancient town in Delta state. As a United Nations
Over the years, Nigeria has misled the world with its ineffective gas flaring prohibition bills and deadlines,ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE writes. Nigeria has been flaring gas since the 1950s in the Niger Delta, where Co2 and several pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere at will by the multinational oil companies. In order to halt the illicit activity, in
By Enaibo Asiayei The residents of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) in Warri North council area of Delta state have cried out of the racing fire at oil terminal in their area. Polobubo residents which is an Ijaw community said the fire has posed a threat to their lives and environment. They have made this danger known in a
By Brakere Birinimighan A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State who happens to be one of the founding fathers of the state, Hon. Ofoni Williams has described Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as suffering from election fever. Ofoni made this declaration on Tuesday, April 30, in Yenegoa, following Dickson’s rejection to give
