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 Ebi Perekeme One of the younger brothers of the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro is set to marry his heartthrob, Miss Elohor Jennifer Olade, from Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. The marriage of the Deputy Governor’s brother, Barr. Jerry Otuaro was billed to take place on Sunday Nov.
By Ebi Perekeme The Ijaw Women of America has eased the pains of victims of the recent flooding in parts of the Bayelsa State as it donated relief materials worth millions of Naira to thirteen communities in Biseni clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area. The relief materials were presented to the people of Biseni Clan,
By Loveth Ojogun Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s ex-finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The former minister According to TheCable, polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her South Korea’s trade minister opponent, at the final stage
By Ebi Ebikeme Leaders of oil-bearing communities, under the aegis of Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas, HOSCON,Tuesday, said they have pulled out of the ceasefire agreement and peace accord entered into with youths and militants in the Niger Delta. This is coming on the hills of a threat by militant groups from
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, described the sum of N26,592billion allocated to the ministry in the 2021 budget as meagre and grossly inadequate. Akpabio gave this indication when he defended the ministry’s 2021 budget estimates before the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, chaired by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North)
Ex-militants, under the Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, have threatened to go back to the creeks over the plight of beneficiaries whose training, empowerment and reintegration programmes have been suspended abruptly. The third phase ex-agitators, under the auspices of the United Amnesty Delegates, yesterday frowned at the abandonment of the reintegration and empowerment
By Joshua Williams The people of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have reported an oil spillage at an oilfield operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). A community spokesman said the pollution was causing untold hardships to the predominantly fishing population in the community. The spokesman, Chief Inikio Sele-Dede, who
—Directs FG to implement 2014 Confab The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) has warned that it would not allow any secessionist group such as the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to cause chaos in Bayelsa and other Niger Delta states in the name of #EndSARS protests. It condemned the attacks on the police and security
By Ebi Perekeme The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Education, Gentle Emelah has explained why the state government ordered the closure of schools in the state. Emelah had in a public statement, announced what he called “emergency closure of schools” in the state with effect from October 19, 2020. According to him, a yet to be
By Ebi Perekeme The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) has announced the postponement of its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for October 29. Chief Sheriff Mulade, the Foundation’s General Secretary, stated this on Monday in a notice to the public, stakeholders and communities. “Due to the Security challenges in the Nation’s EndSARS Protest and
By Ebi Perekeme A close ally of foremost ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo, popularly known as Tompolo, Bello Bina, has debunked reports that Tompolo’s reappearance six years after of being declared wanted by the Federal Government was a new plot to launch an attack against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Niger Delta. Bina,
—We have been on this for over 25 days – Residents —Let govt sandfill our communities – Community leader —Over 5,000 displaced after weeks of flooding By Enaibo Asiayei and Loveth Ojogun Heavy flooding has submerged over 14 communities and displaced over 5,000 people from their houses in Gbekebor Federated Communities, Burutu Local Government Area
The Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), Mr. Clement Nze, has said that the Federal Government provided a lot of relief to cushion the effects of flooding in the affected states. Nze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, that the relief followed the setting up of a Presidential committee on
By Ebi Perekeme The people of Inikorogha community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have cried to the state government to save them from the flood in the community. Both fishing and business activities have become difficult in the community when it rains, as residents have to battle to
Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. 2. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well – intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country,
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has imposed 48-hour curfew on the state begining from 6pm today Thursday, October 22. Details shortly
By Ebi Perekeme The Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta state has said that there is no rancour in the area as the #EndSARS protest escalate. The Kingdom said that it would support any genuine cause and that the general public should eschew fake videos in circulation in which gunmen were being seen. Spokesman of the kingdom
By Ebi Perekeme The headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has been set ablaze by angry youths who invaded the premises, chased out the workers before set the facilities on fire. The building was razed as the NPA fire fighters run for their dear lives and therefore unable to arrest the inferno. A staff
As the protest enters its second week with about 23 demands on the table of the Federal Government to deal with, we gather some of the best pictures from flashpoints across the oil city of Warri and its environs.
By Our Correspondent Staff of Television Continental, a private television station on Ikosi Road, Lagos, have cried for help as hoodlums have reportedly set the station on fire. The station is linked to a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu, who is a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). A reporter
By Our Correspondent Some youths in Edo State continued with their EndSars protest on Tuesday despite the 24-hour curfew announced by the state government. The protesters converged at Ugbowo Main gate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC) junction, Ugbowo road, on Tuesday. Youths came out, as usual, to
Watch video of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) appearance in Egbesu temple six years after going underground.
—Tasks Oil Coys to Respect MoUs —We are happy with Otuaro –Communities By Ebi Perekeme Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Monday, secured agreement to shelve planned shutdown of Forcados South Bank flow station by Ogulagha community in Burutu Burutu Local Government Area. In a statement by Bulou Kosin, Senior Special Assistant
—Gives Thanksgiving at Egbesu Temple By Ebi Perekeme Oporoza Community, Headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government of Delta State came alive yesterday Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, following a sudden appearance of High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (popularly called Tompolo), at the Egbesu Shrine in Oporoza. ALSO READ: GbaramatuVoice releases never-before-seen pictures of
See never-before-seen pictures of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo after 6 years from Egbesu Temple. Photos by GbaramatuVoice
By Ebi Perekeme Hundreds of #EndSARS protesters on Sunday blocked all major entrance to the oil rich city of Warri, Delta State in continuation of the opposition to the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and the newly created Special Weapons and Tactics unit. The youths, who caused heavy traffic along the Effurun Road-About in Uvwie
The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of a nationwide “cyberwarfare” operation, as protests against police brutality continue in the country. The army said the operation will be under the banner of Exercise Crocodile Smile, which it said is an annual exercise and traditionally holds in the last quarter of the year. It made the announcement on
By Loveth Ojogun The second runner-up in the recently concluded Big Brother Naija (Lockdown Edition), Rebecca Hampson, better known as Nengi, has opened up on why she did not sleep on any man’s bed during the reality television show. The former beauty queen, who hails from Bayelsa State, noted that she decided to create boundaries
By Ebi Perekeme The two communities which are in Isoko South and North local government areas of the state are presently embroiled in renewed hostilities. GbaramatuVoice learnt that the two communities have been having an intractable dispute with intermittent clashes. The incident caused pandemonium in the two communities with the victims of the clash from
By Our Correspondent Fresh agitation is building in the Niger Delta region following perceived inequality in the implementation of the law guiding ownership and exploitation of solid minerals in the country. Niger Delta leaders and prominent interest groups are reportedly angry that indigenous artisans in Zamfara State and other parts of the north were allowed
Leaders of Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta region have restated their demand for the stoppage of the recently launched bidding processes for the allocation of oil licenses by the federal government. They described the bidding process without addressing the concerns of the affected people of the oil-rich states as insensitive. They also vowed to institute legal
By Ebi Perekeme The remains of renowned emeritus professor of literature and poet, Professor John Pepper Clark, was committed to mother earth at exactly 11.30p.m., on Thursday in his island country home in Kiagbodo town, Delta State, after a brief lying in state for few family members. Clark was buried after few words of prayers
The 2023 presidential election will hold on February 18, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed. Chairman of the Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday. In his goodwill message at the inauguration of the special adhoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, the INEC Chairman told members of
By Ebi Perekeme The body of renowned Nigerian literary icon, Professor John Pepper Clark, who died on Monday, will arrive his hometown Kiagbodo today, for burial. Chief Ebikeme Clark, former chairman of Burutu Local Government Council and son of Niger Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark, disclosed this to GbaramatuVoice in a telephone. According to him,
JP Clark: GbaramatuVoice condoles with Pa Edwin Clark It is with a heart full of tears that we, at GbaramatuVoice, the most trusted and leading newspaper in the Niger Delta, recieved the passing on of Professor JP Clark, a renowned literary guru. Our heart goes out to the family members but especially, to Chief Edwin
