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.
Mr. Tare Godfrey Pondi, the General Manager (Operations) of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), is leading the charge in the Niger Delta region to combat crude oil pollution and revitalize the local environment. His dedication to this cause has been further strengthened as he joins forces with the Chairman, Managing Director, and board members
World Environment Day 2022: Chevron Nigeria’s commitment to a sustainable future Every year on June 5, the world commemorates World Environment Day (“WED”) to celebrate and promote environmental awareness and sustainability across the globe. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), and held annually since 1974, each edition focuses on raising awareness and mobilizing
Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a non-governmental organisation, was joined by other NGOs on Wednesday, to clean up Warri and the surroundings as part of the activities to commemorate the 2022 World Environment Day. The participants picked refuse from Enerhen Junction through Hausa Quarter to Igbudu market under a carnival-like atmosphere. The World
Environmental activist, Mr Azibaola Robert has decried indiscriminate cutting of natural trees in the deep forest across Niger Delta region and Nigeria at large, saying the practice is affecting the quantity and quality oxygen now available for both human and animal breathing. Robert, a lawyer-turned entrepreneur and innovator, who disclosed this on Saturday while speaking
The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year. Urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the UN body, ranking its burden of disease on a par with
…Enlightens stakeholders on the dangers of climate change As part of its efforts to create awareness about climate change and promote environmental sustainability, the Cleanpick Green Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organization, has launched environmental sustainability programme in Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. This was revealed to GbaramatuVoice, on Saturday August 14, 2021, during a chat with the
By Our Correspondent About 121 local government areas spread across 28 States of the Federation will likely experience heavy flooding in 2021, the Federal Government said on Thursday. Minister for Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, who announced this at the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook, said another 302 local government areas across the 36 States and the
By Ebi Perekeme All hell has broken loose in the Niger Delta as members of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have warned Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to hastily conduct the JIV over the recent oil spill within 24 hours or they will cripple the operations
By Ebi Perekeme The Ibe-benemowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Double Chief Kestin Pondi, has expressed profuse gratitude to the Paramount Ruler of Ogulagha Kingdom, HRM, Elder (Capt.) King Joseph Timiyan (JP), Torububor I, Agbonu, for conferring on him the traditional chieftaincy title of the Dikeremowei of Ogulagha Kingdom. Chief Pondi’s words of gratitude to the paramount
In a bid to ensure the protection of mangroves and oceans in the country, the federal government is considering a National Mangrove Restoration Project that would deliver environmental and sustainable livelihood benefits for the Niger Delta region. Minister of State for Environment, Barr. Sharon Ikeazor, announced this as Nigeria joins the rest of the world
An International Non Governmental Organisation, Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN), has appealed to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to save the Niger Delta from an ecological disaster. It also urged the president to collaborate with the National Assembly to pass the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Amendment Bill. SDN in its report, “2018
The member of the House of Representatives representing Degema /Bonny Federal Constituency, Farah Dagogo, has said that the people of Niger Delta are dying slowly from environmental pollution in the region. Dagogo, in his statement by his special assistant on media, Ibrahim Lawal, decried the impact of environmental pollution on the socio-economic well being of
“We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.” These words of Edward Wilson underscore the emerging conversations as we mark yet another World Environment Day (WED). The World Environment Day (WED), which takes place annually on June 5 is
By Badmus Shina Warri is set to experience an explosion of untamed entertainment come Sunday, Dec. 1 2019. Various popular musicians from all walks of life in the Niger Delta would be converging at the popular Manuex Place for the maiden edition of Pinaza Concert. Audience would gain from the popular Niger Delta-born artiste, Harrysong
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is set to distribute 32 waste disposal trucks and 64 waste bins to the ministries of environment in the nine Niger Delta states to help in the campaign for a clean and healthy environment. This was contained in a press statement by the Director, Corporate Affairs of NDDC,
By Our Correspondent Climate change is hitting the Niger Delta badly with heightening flooding that has been displacing a number of inhabitants. Apart from the inhabitants being dislodged, climate change has also brought untold hardship in the area and by extension across Nigeria, where over 80000 persons have also been sharing in the fate such
