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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has released the 2019 General Elections timetable in Abuja during a press conference recently. According to the INEC Chairman, the early release is aimed at engendering certainty in Nigeria’s electoral calendar adding that it would enable all stakeholders to prepare adequately for elections as obtains
• Calls on relevant agencies to ignore memo • Declare to join 5 million man-match organised by ijaw youths The Delta state chapter of the Ijaw Welders and Fitters Association has condemned in strong terms the controversial memo purportedly sent to the National Assembly advising that the name of the host community of the Nigerian Maritime University
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has finalised plans to set up training programmes that would ensure the creation of jobs for women and youths in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, outlined the plans on Wednesday at the flag-off ceremony of the 6th Empowerment Support Initiative, ESI, and NDDC Skill Acquisition Training
….surrenders to military in Delta State Wanted kidnapper, Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo, aka, Kareowei, who has been alleged to be terrorising some local government areas in Bayelsa and Delta states, has been captured this morning by soldiers attached to “Operation Delta Safe”. The dreaded militant who hails from Buturu Local Government Area of Delta state, surrendered himself to
A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Rt. Hon. Festus Ovie Agas indicated that the skirmishes between military personnel and members of a criminal gang led by one Mr. Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo (aka Karowei), in the Ijaw communities of Ogriegbene, Endoro, Edegbene, Ojobo and Torugbene in Delta state has been reported, which had
…protest billed for same day at National Assembly There is an imminent clash between the Ijaw youths and their Itsekiri counterparts, when the two groups stage protests at the National Assmbly complex, Abuja over the renaming of the Maritime University, located in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The Ijaw youths across the Niger Delta, under the aegis
Ex-freedom fighter, General Freedom Adowei, has warned that attempt by the Itsekiris to undermine the efforts of the Ijaws, to rename the Maritime University, located in Okerenkoko, Delta State, is a call to war, which will be unpleasant to the Itsekiris. Gen. Adowei, who spoke through his Media aide, Mr. Ekpemupolo Frank, in a statement
Here is the list of the dreaded felons, cultists and criminals on the heads of whom Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has put a record bounty of N640 million, far more than the N200m he offered for the Omoku killer, Don Wani. The men according to their local council areas of operation are: Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local
•Maritime University is for all, not for Ijaws alone •Provoking an Ijaw man is synonymous with provoking a tiger A former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Broderick Bozimor has warned the Federal Government not take the peaceful nature of the Ijaws for granted, but rather, address the injustice being visited on them, on the issue of
…Award ceremony billed for Frankfurt, Germany March 17, 18 …Award will avail GbaramatuVoice International Networking Opportunities-BID Niger Delta’s flagship newspaper, GbaramatuVoice has been selected for an international award by the renowned Business Initiative Directions (BID) for its leadership roles, together with its top quality innovation and excellence. The nomination was as a result of the research
A housewife, Bayonle Bamidele, on Tuesday told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court in Agodi, Ibadan, that she denied her husband, Adeyemi Bamidele, sex for fear of contracting HIV. Bayonle said this in court while defending herself in a divorce suit filed by her husband over her refusal to have sex with him. She said her husband
…condemns the Presidency’s criminal silence on the burning issue ….Group urges security agents to steer clear of protest …says, Malami must apologize, resign or face sack Following the volume of support and successes it has so far recorded, the conveners of the campaign, with hashtag #OkerenkokoNotOkerenghigho#, has concluded arrangements to storm the National Assembly complex,
A spontaneous reaction like wildfire during the harmattan period has greeted various social media platforms on the campaign tagged #OkerenkokoNotOkerenghigho recently launched by Mr. Jacob Abai. Mr. Abai who doubles as the Publisher of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper and the Chief Executive Officer of GbaramatuVoice Television developed the hashtag to function as a vehicle of protest against the planned
….worldwide condemnation greets attempted injustice …..Minister fast becoming an embarrassment to Buhari’s govt Just a day after the senate humiliated the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over his attempt to prevent the prosecution of Abdul Rashhed Maina, who is being accused of mismanaging Pension Funds, a concerted and coordinated media campaign, #OkerenkokoNotOkerenghigho,
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Mallam Abubakar Malami has been accused of taking sides with an ethnic group against the interests of another, in the ongoing imbroglio over the siting of the Maritime University. The immediate past Chairman of Kokodiagbene Community in Gbararmatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State,
…speaks on Maritime University location issue …Ijaw Nation Have Benefited A lot From This Programme – Rev. Imeleye The Executive Council of Izon Christian Fellowship (ICF) has picked Saturday 13th January, 2018 for their 21st Ijaw Day of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving with ‘The Prince of Peace’ as the theme for this year’s programme. The ICF
•Warns Buhari over consequences of actions of Ministry officials •We must resist every move by our Itsekiri brothers-Gbenekama •Change The Name Of Okerenkoko Maritime University At Your Peril, Gbaramatu Traditional Council Warns FG •Calls On The Federal Lawmakers To Ignore The Memo The alleged attempt by officials of the Ministry of Justice to alter the
…IYC warns against repeat of Odi, Ajapa military invasions Reports from Bayelsa State has claimed that several houses have been razed in the Toru-Ndoro community, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. The soldiers were said to have shelled the community for about ten hours between 10pm on Saturday and 7am on Sunday morning.
Frontline Ijaw Youth group, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for a stop to the overnight military bombardment of some communities in Bayelsa State. The group claimed in a press release signed by its President, Eric Omare, claimed that there has been heavy shelling at Toru-Ndoro Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State,
The Police in Delta say they have begun investigation into circumstances that led to burning of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) in Ughelli North Local Government Area. The command’s Spokesperson, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday night in Warri. He also assured that perpetrators would
The Supervisor for Ayakoromo Ward 7, Burutu Local Governement Area, in today’s LG election has been whisked away by some unknown hoodlums, who stormed the polling unit around 3pm, this afternoon. The where about of the staff of the state electoral body, is unknown as at press time. Efforts to reach the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr
There was uneasy calm in some parts of the Delta State today as the local government election turned violent, with the latest casualty being an ad hoc staff of the State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, who was reportedly killed at the Onitsha-Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the man in his
GbaramatuVoice is Reporting that as of 3:30pm this afternoon, many communities in the riverine areas especially the Burutu Local Government Area are yet to collect voting materials. The Delta State election council has been bombarded with a deluge of complaints over the delay in the delivery of voting materials.
Some Thugs suspected to be loyal to a certain political party, have attack electoral officials in the Ayakoromo Ward 7 (12), even as PDP and APC trade blames. Earlier in the day, some gunmen have stormed the Ughelli Local Government headquarters and snatched electoral materials meant for the area. In the Ayakoromo Ward 7 incident, some thugs
Few hours after some gunmen stormed the Ughelli Local Government Secretariat and set the complex ablaze, a Returning Officer has not shown up at his allotted polling unit. There was apprehension when six hours after he was supposed to have resumed duty at the Ayakoromo Ward 7, the Retuning Officer attached to the ward in the Local
There was almost full compliance in Warri and environs with the restriction of movement order by the Delta Government as the council polls began on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that only very few persons and vehicles on special duties were seen on the ever busy major roads in Warri and environs.
Temitope Balogun Joshua, founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, says 2018 will be a battle for survival. In a video of the church’s service on December 31, 2017, posted on YouTube, the cleric said he was waiting for ‘divine directives’ before releasing revelations for 2018. However, he said the year would be filled with
Students of Gbaramatu kingdom, which hosts the Nigeria Maritime University, under the aegis of the National Association of Gbaramaru Students (NAGS) has flayed the office of the Attorney General and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for its interference in the location of the institution. In a statement it issued on Friday, which was signed
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said there was no going back on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, assuring that the rule of law, peace and order will be maintained in the state as government pursues its programmes and policies. Obaseki said this when elders and leaders of thought from the
The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Friday ordered the release of N5.6billion out of N14.8billion Paris Club Refund he received in December last year for the payment of one- and- half month salary arrears owed workers during the economic recession of 2016. It was gathered that the governor called a meeting of top
Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said there is no cause for alarm, calling on fleeing members of Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state to return home as everything is now under control. The assurance is coming in the wake of a meeting between Governor Seriake Dickson, security chiefs, officials of the
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Friday, said without the rule of law, peace and order, there would be no progress and the realisation of individual and collective ambition in any society. Obaseki made this disclosure at the Government House when he met with the elders and leaders of thought and the leadership of the
•Asks Buhari to sack Malami “Ijaws and people of Okerenkoko would never accept any attempt to cede their land to anybody” A statement made by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over the location of the Maritime University, in the Niger Delta, has been generating a lot of reactions, that may lead to
…condemn FG’s interference in Institution’s issues Ijaw’s frontline youths group, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the attempt by officials’ illegal attempt to effect the relocation of the proposed Maritime University. In a tersely-worded press statement titled “RE: CORRECT LOCATION OF PROPOSED MARITIME VARSITY IN DELTA STATE: A INVITATION TO CRISIS IN THE NIGER DELTA
Fresh tension has started mounting between Ijaw in Delta State and their Itsekiri neighbours over a purported memo from the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami (SAN) advising the National Assembly not to change the name of Maritime University, Okerenghigho to Okerenkoko, as proposed in a bill to the National Assembly. In a memo
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