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.
President General and Founder of Nice Esther Alamieyeseigha Rescue Initiative and Nice Esther for All Foundation, that caters for the aged, widows and Orphans, High Chief Nice Alamieyeseigha, has been appointed as the South-South zonal woman leader of the Atiku Support Organisation (ASO). The announcement was made in a letter received by GbaramatuVoice and signed
Even though he has appeal the order of high courts sitting in Rivers and Cross River states stopping him from parading himself as the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, was nowhere near the party headquarters on Thursday, where the National Executive Committee (NEC) of PDP appointed governors to head its
By Ebi Perekeme The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has handed over the keys to its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government, concluding the phased movement of the Commission to its new headquarters at the Eastern Bypass. Presenting the keys of the building
By Our Correspondent The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has expressed the state government’s appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari recognizing it as one of the Oil-producing states. This is contained in a statement by Mr Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Bello on Wednesday. ALSO READ: Kogi, Anambra join league of oil-producing
By Our Correspondent The Gombe State Government has appealed to Southern State Governments to reconsider their push to keep Value Added Tax (VAT) generated from their states. Muhammad Magaji, the state’s Commissioner for Finance and Economic Creation, made the appeal at the start of a Technical Workshop on the development of the state’s Medium-Term Sector
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday shared the letter Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami wrote to the National Assembly “to amend the Constitution and empowered the Federal Government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT)”. Wike is asking the FIRS in the oil-rich South-South state
…Says Rivers VAT not for Abuja people Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, insisted on going on with his move to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state. Wike, who said he does not care if heaven falls, insisted that Rivers money is not meant for “Abuja
Anambra and Kogi States may have finally joined the league of Oil Producing States in Nigeria as their oil wells have been recognised by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation And Fiscal Commission. The development was sequel to a letter from RMAFC to a request by Alhaji Yahaya Bello for due share of revenue accruing to the
A Non-Governmental Organization, Clever Minds Educational Foundation, has built the first free Private Primary School in Iyara community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The school that was opened on Saturday, September 4, 2021, was built for orphans and underprivileged out-of-school children, the founder revealed. Among the dignitaries that were present includes Chairman
By Ebi Perekeme Ahead of the full implementation of the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in 2022, civil society organisations have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a permanent head for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Addressing a press conference in Abuja, a coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis Peace For Niger
By Ebi Perekeme Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the government may be constrained to re-impose lockdown if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said daily figures released from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that both the transmission and death
By Our Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward Onoja has urged Federal Government to Prioritised the Itakpe-Lokoja-Abuja standard gauge rail line. Onoja who revealed thisn Sunday in an interview after riding the Warri-Itakpe train in Itakpe, Kogi state, noted that the route is linking both the Northern and Southern states of the
The federal government has inaugurated a Ministerial Performance Delivery Unit (MPDU) for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) to facilitate processes aimed at ensuring that reports to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) conform with the required standards. Members of the MPDU, drawn from various projects department of
By Enaibo Asiayei There was a widespread jubilation in Warri, on Sunday as Niger Delta activist and National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Chief Sheriff Mulade, officialy declared his intention to contest for 2023 Governorship in Delta State. Mulade who made this known before some Ijaw and Itsekiri stakeholders at the
Godwin Stephen, also known as Steve Winners, a 27-year-old entertainer and event planner based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State who was arrested and remanded in prison for three years for using the photo of a child he found online for publicity for his birthday. You were remanded in prison for three years. What led to
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said work will soon start on the Bonny Deep Seaport. Amaechi, in a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transport, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, disclosed this when he visited the proposed site for the project. The minister noted that in choosing the site, considerations
By Joshua Williams Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has approached a Court of Appeal in the Abuja Division to demand an affirmation that his four-year tenure will end on December 9, 2021. Secondus who has been having a running battle for his position, asked the appellate court to
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Olamilekan Adegbite, has commissioned two aircraft for Airborne Geophysical Survey to identify mineral deposits in Nigeria. Mr Adegbite, who inaugurated the aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Thursday, said the survey became imperative as it would help determine the quantum of minerals available in
From the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday, rains are expected over parts of Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Osun, Abia, Anambra, Ogun, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Oyo and Ekiti states, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said. The agency noted that the inland and the coastal cities in other southern states are expected to
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore the recommendations suggested by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on the just submitted forensic audit report, calling for immediate sack Akpabio. The IYC in a statement in Port Harcourt by its President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said sacking Akpabio
…charges politicians to lead with fear of God A Warri-based popular cleric, Pastor Simeon Obiobo Andafa of Shammah Divine Zion Ministry International, has disclosed that Niger Delta region has been significantly insufficient in the investment in youths. Andafa who is also a businessman and entrepreneur made this known while speaking with GbaramatuVoice recently. He explained
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the yearnings of the people of
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday submitted the Forensic Audit Report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The report was submitted to the President through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN in Abuja. Akpabio, who noted that although the exercise
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while
The Peoples Democratic Party Ward 5 in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has suspended the embattled National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus. Secondus is a prominent politician from Andoni in Rivers State. He was a former Chairman of the PDP in Rivers and a former National Organising Secretary of the
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the reason behind a reshuffle in the cabinet he formed on August 21, 2019. GbaramatuVoice had earlier reported that Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, were sacked. They were replaced by Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of Environment, and Abubakar D.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while
By Our Correspondent Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has dissolved all palace chiefs, traditional council, Committees, Sub- committees of the Warri Kingdom. This development comes barely 10 days after the monarch was enthroned. In a letter signed by the monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and dated 1st September 2021, under the hand and seal of
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimii Akeredolu, has signed the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law. The bill that was signed on Tuesday is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum at its last meeting, held in Lagos. This came few weeks after the bill has been passed by the State House of Assembly.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an order restraining Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have not taken COVID-19 vaccines will be prevented from accessing churches, mosques, banks, event centres and other public places from the middle of September. ALSO READ: Hundreds protest
Rivers state records 164 cases of COVID-19 infection, the Federal Capital Territory and 12 other states reported 296 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC disclosed on its official website on Tuesday that one COVID-19 related death was recorded. According to
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will today sign the Anti-open Grazing Bill into Law. GbaramatuVoice gathered that the state government has suspended all activities in the state forest reserves including free areas and flitches with immediate effect. The suspension was part of the far-reaching decisions made at the state executive council meeting on
By Ebi Perekeme Members of the civil society organisations (CSOs) in Edo State defied early morning downpour on Monday to protest against the state government’s directive on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination by residents before accessing a large gathering. Obaseki at a briefing had named such gathering to include church service, Juma’at mosque, banks, wedding or burial
The Edo government has given civil servants in the state’s ministry of health a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a memo issued on Monday by Fredrick Irabor, permanent secretary of the ministry, any staff member who fails to receive the vaccine within the period would not be allowed into office.
Two suspected armed robbers have been reportedly killed while two others injured in a gun duel with the Nigeria Police at the weekend along Egbo/Otokutu Road, Otu Jeremi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Police Delta State command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Asaba on
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