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 Martha Appeal & Rosemary Umeoha The governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has advised Urhobo people to prune down the number of gubernatorial candidates they are presenting by 2023 in order to brighten their chances. He said this on Friday, December 3, 2021, at the 90th anniversary of Urhobo Progressive Union, UPU, held
The family of late Sylvester Oromoni Jr, a student of Dowen College, Lagos marked his 12th birthday with a cake and picture. See photos below posted by his Cousin perrisonoromoni on Twitter.
By Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha A story was brought to you by GbaramatuVoice last week about an Urhobo man, named John Erere Nana, who was getting married to two pregnant women at the same day in Delta State. The traditional marriage was held at Ishere Primary School in Oviri-Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area
Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has vowed to ensure justice was served in the case of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), who was allegedly tortured to death by his colleagues. In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday, Okowa explained that the Delta State Government will work in partnership
Prominent sons and daughters of the Ijaw ethnic nationality will today, Saturday 4th December, 2021, converge in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital for a one-day All Ijaw Summit. The summit which will hold at the Ijaw House is organized by the Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide. Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is expected to grace
By Funsele Tusemone, Martha Appeal, Tuemi Governor & Rosemary Umeoha His Excellency, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Executive Governor of Delta State, acting as the Special Guest of Honour, on Friday, December 3rd, joined other eminent personalities within and outside the state to attend the 90th anniversary celebration of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) at the
The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, located in the Lekki area of the state. This follows the controversy of accounts that led to the death of the 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. [Watch Video] SYLVESTER OROMONI: Father of late Dowen college student narrates how son was killed Lagos announced
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN, will on Sunday, December 5, 2021 begin live services at its Ikotun-Egbe headquarters 21 months after it was closed. The church made this disclosure in Friday, stating that life will begin to beam again at the Synagogue from Sunday as its gate will be open for its global
…School Management Claims He Died From Football Injuries …Family releases final hour video of 12-year-old boy A 12-year-old boy, Sylvester Oromoni Junior, was allegedly beaten to death for refusing to join a cult group in Dowen College, Lekki Phase One, Lagos, GbaramatuVoice has learnt. A relative of the deceased, identified as @Perrisonoromoni on Twitter, posted
No fewer than 12 women from Agobiri community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have been arraigned by the Police for allegedly plotting to scuttle the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road by the state government with juju (charms). The accused women are Nerisa John, 43; Christiana Famous, 36; Dolphina Ochai,
Traders and passengers travelling from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Aba, Abia State by train may experience difficulties as suspected hoodlums have stolen and destroyed some railway facilities around the Elelenwo axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. There have been complaints of theft of rail tracks and other facilities at the rail
A former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has berated Governor Nyesom Wike for the decay of Rivers-owned agencies and parastatals he inherited from his predecessors, an action which he said, has rendered thousands of youths in the state jobless. Dr. Peterside, who was the 2015 governorship candidate of the
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said it has arrested 35 suspected vandals of petroleum pipelines. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Mohammed Abu, told reporters in Ibaka on Wednesday that the base also impounded 408 drums of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) from the
The Ondo State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of fourteen new commissioners. Recall that Governor Akeredolu had, in March this year, appointed four commissioners including that of Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, Finance, Wale Akinterinwa, Justice and Attorney General, Titiloye Charles and Works and infrastructure, Aminu Raimi. The number of commissioners in the
A man identified as John Erere Nana is set to marry two pregnant women on the same day in Delta state. According to the wedding invite, Nana from Orhokpokpo, Agbarho, Ughelli Local Government Area of Delta State will be getting married to Patience and Elohor, both from Udu Local Government Area of Delta on
…Says things are getting better in the Niger Delta region In its effort at repositioning the Niger Delta Region to meet the needs of the people as directed by President Mohammadu Buhari, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on Thursday, presented and launched the Strategic Implementation Work Plan( SIWP), in Abuja. In his speech at
The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state, describing it as worse than what happened in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 edition of the Calabar Carnival. The Governor explained that the health concerns arising from the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the prevailing security situation, are his reasons for the suspension. He made the announcement on Monday at the State Executive
The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, on Sunday, November 28, 2021 attended the Annual Special Thanksgiving Service of Divinely Successful Christian Global Ministry in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state in grand style. He was accompanied by the Honourable Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Chief Emmanuel Amgbaduba, alongside other top
By Ebi Perekeme Amidst growing controversies over the non-inauguration of an already screened and confirmed board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, a first class traditional ruler in the Niger Delta and Ovie of Idjerhe kingdom – His Royal Majesty, King Obukowho Monday Whiskey JP, Udurhie 1, has said the National Assembly should urgently
…Chevron, NAPIMS describe implementation of the projects as fruit of partnership The Itsekiri Oil and Gas Producing /Impacted Communities Development Committee, IPCDC, popularly known as IRDC on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday November 23, 24 and 25, respectively, commissioned 72 projects worth over one billion Naira (N1,000,000,000). The projects included seventy, 2-bedroom bungalows spread
The Ijaw ethnic group, on Thursday, became the first to sign the Niger Delta People’s Charter on resource control and self-determination. The pact was signed on behalf of Ijaw indigenes by His Royal Majesty, King Frank Okiakpe, Agadagba X of Gbaraun kingdom. The ceremony took place in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, a statement by
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Wednesday said that, as part of his administration’s commitment to primary healthcare delivery, pregnant women were delivered free of charge, get a ‘birth pack’, plus N500 (Five hundred Naira). Ikpeazu spoke while fielding questions from a team of Channels Television anchors on its flagship programme, Sunrise. The Governor,
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, said the pollution caused by the Nembe oil spill in Bayelsa State, Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, is “massive” and could only be compared to the impact of atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the World War II. “It was like a Hiroshima site,” she
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the death of Mr. Tony Uranta, executive secretary of foremost advocacy group, United Niger Delta Energy Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), as a painful loss to Nigeria, Niger Delta and indeed the Ijaw nation. Mr. Uranta, who was a member of the defunct Federal Government Technical Committee
The new militant group in Rivers State, Bayan-Men, has attacked another oil facility belonging to the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Obosi area of Omoku, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area. The attack came following the expiration of the 24-hour ultimatum the group gave to Agip to address its demands. It was gathered that the violent
Popular Niger Delta activist and fierce critic, Tony Uranta has died after long battle with ill-health. Uranta, who was Executive Secretary of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 57. Sources closed to the deceased said Uranta died after serious battle with undisclosed ailment. On-Air Personality Jimi Disu announced
The Federal Government has directed Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, to visit a Bayelsa community and investigate the level of damage caused by the recent oil spillage. Sylva said this on Wednesday while speaking to the State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. A wellhead in the Santa Barbara
Governor Olurotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. According to the governor in a statement issued by his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, the curfew takes immediate effect. In the statement, the curfew became imperative following the
By Loveth Ojogun The remains of Madam Ebikeseiye Christiana Mulade nee Timiyan, mother of Comrade Sheriff Mulade, one of the 2023 Delta state governorship aspirants, will be laid to rest in Kokodiagbene town, this weekend. In a statement made available to newsmen by his media aide on youth mobilization, Dickson Agbor, Mulade specially requests the
As part of measures to address the recent unfortunate oil spillage at Santa Barbara in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the Federal Government has directed the exploration company, AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited (AEEPCo) to halt operations in the area until proper investigation is carried out and adequate measures put in
Nigerian music stars, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Femi Kuti and Made Kuti have been nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards in the Global Music Album and Global Music Performance categories. The Recording Academy revealed the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards in a live stream on Tuesday Wizkid was nominated in the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ category
Some women from the Niger Delta, on Tuesday, shut down the main entrance of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in protest over the delay in the release of the report of the forensic audit of the commission as well as the constitution of the substantive board. The aggrieved women sealed off the main entrance
With so much suffering being faced by communities from gas flaring and pollution in the Gelegele community, oil industry profits gained appear to have blinded companies to the negative impacts. The issue of gas flaring has been a major source of environmental damage and habitual loss in the Niger Delta region and has adversely affected
Esimaje Brikinn, General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA), Chevron Nigeria Limited has stressed the importance of transparency and accountability as part of the corporate governance for community development. The oil and gas chief, who was represented by Kayode Adeboye, communications coordinator, said this in his address at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of
