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.
Shettima’s Presentation: Tinubu Free To Sew Clerical Garments For Hired Mechanics – CAN The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissociated itself from bishops who attended the presentation of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima. The Vice President of CAN, 19 Northern States and Abuja, and its chairman
CADA and possibility of a sustainably developed Delta state coastal area By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Throughout the early decades, the world paid little attention to what constitutes sustainable development. Such conversation, however, gained global prominence via the United Nations introduction, adoption and pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, which lasted between the year 2000
PETER OBI: Prospects and Challenges By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with
Why is King Robert Ebizimor’s remembrance day different? BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE The common accreditation known to man which does not need the approval accreditation of the Nigeria Universities Commission is that thinking is a Jewel in any society that believes in growth because no society moves forward that devalues thinking and moves dismissively towards it.
THE INSPIRATION OF 2023 ELECTION: IT’S NIGERIANS TURN (WO KE LATEI) In the annals of human existence, historical facts has shown over time that, the biggest political wars/battles are not fought and won on the battlefields but on the minds of the individual. The victory envisioned will determine the length of planning and strategies to
Spin Doctors And Governor Diri By Samuel Ebiowei In the last two weeks, mischief makers appear to have gone into overdrive. They have apparently fallen over themselves to outdo each other in churning out fake news about the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the social media space. The Miracle Governor’s rising political profile
NIGERIA 2023: Lord, give us a criminal for president By Tunde Odesola To all intents and purposes, Nigeria shouldn’t be compared with Australia. Because there’s nothing to compare. But if a crazed member of Nigeria’s ruling feudal class or any of their serfs feels otherwise, such an unfortunate fellow should be handed an apple and
A dance of desperate politicians by Ekanpou Enewaridideke Desperation in politics pursued singlemindedly with a chronically pathological forgetfulness of Isaac Newton’s third law of motion that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’, and Maria Daniels’s thesis that ‘life has its ups and downs, and problems arise when we want life to
African leaders, gender equality and demographic dividend By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Recently, MS Keiso Matashane-Marite, the Chief Section, Gender Equality, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says Africa is making progress on issues around gender equality and youth empowerment. Matashane-Marite, going by media reports, said this when a team from UNECA paid a courtesy visit
Deplorable State Of Udu Road/Enerhen Junction: Why Delta State Government Must Act By Vera Enuesike Monday June 22, 2023, started like every other normal day. In the early hours of that day, I prepared for work as I usually do and had the intention of passing through the ever busy udu road to connect the
International Widows’ Day 2022: Raj Loomba and Governor Okowa’s examples By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi As the world on Thursday June 23 celebrates the International widow’s day, the Credit of the celebration, going by reports, goes to Raj Loomba, an Indian national/ member of the House of Lords in London. He is the founder of the
PDP VP Slot: SMBLF, Okowa’s Decision and Our Nation By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi One of the major booby traps placed on the Nigeria’s political route to hyper modern nation, that will require masterly innovative/creative strategies to waltz through, is the fact that each time electioneering season approaches in the country, the issue of where the
AN EPITAPH FOR CHIEF COACH LOKOJA SUOYE BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE LOKOJA SUOYE THE SIXTEEN was Solemnly, somberly and soulfully ‘sirened’ and serenaded home and away from Ndoro on sixteen June 2022. It was the story of a man soulfully sirened and serenaded home away from his Ndoro home – a man whose thoughts centred on
Okowa: The coming of an authentic leader as Vice President By: Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi If there is any statement in recent time that had not only laid to rest the controversy but answered the question as to whether Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor Delta state, is an authentic leader or not, it is
ADIEU NIGERIA’S ICON OF POSITIVE ACTIVISM TONY URANTA (1953-2021) BY GODKNOWS IGALI On Friday 27th May, 2022 the Nigerian state laid to rest one of its veteran social activists, patriots and inveterate nationalists, Comrade Anthony Ipriye Uranta in his hometown, Queenstown, Opobo in Rivers State. The funeral obsequies spread between Lagos and Rivers States lasted
2023: Resonating Pa Awo’s political ideologies through Atiku/Okowa joint ticket By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Aside from the general discontent with the quality of governance, frustration and disappointment of the citizenry who feel betrayed by the All Progressive Congress(APC) led Federal Government elected into power, and anger, at the deplorable state of the nation, Nigerians (students,
In defense of Governor Okowa’s vice presidency quest By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Barely 24hour after a piece titled ‘PDP, Atiku and Imperatives of Okowa’s Vice Presidency’ by this same author was posted, it elicited a torrent of reactions from readers and political stakeholders particularly in Delta state and the general public. While some people hailed
Vice Presidency: Straw poll result and Okowa phenomenon By Jerome-Mario Chjioke Utomi If there is any reason in recent times strong enough to suggest why Atiku Abubakar, the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must resist the temptation/calls by some fellow countrymen still stuck in the old normal of yesterday, and pick Senator
PDP, Atiku and imperatives of Okowa’s Vice Presidency By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi History does matter. ‘It has a way of repeating itself’, and has shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be upturned by extra-ordinary personalities. In the case of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta state, the ancient argument whether circumstance or
World Environment Day 2022 and Delta state Government By JEROME-MARIO CHIJIOKE UTOMI Going by information in the public domain, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and to encourage people globally to take positive environmental actions, to help
NigerSeason of money rain for delegates and empty promises By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah As the political parties move to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline of June 3 for their primaries, aspirants have intensified their move to woo delegates. Most of the aspirants, especially the presidential hopefuls, have been cross-crossing the country selling their
Kingsley Otuaro: Clear capacity to industrialize Delta By Bulou Kosin Deputy Governor of Delta State, and leading Guber Aspirant for Delta 2023, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has promised, principally, to Industrialize Delta. Industrialising Delta seems a tall order but here is a promise matched with Otuaro’s capacity to deliver! Admittedly, governments, especially of African states,
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan: Right choice for Nigeria now, By Miabiye Kuromiema Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has just been announced by Ikechukwu Eze, his publicist, to have been appointed into the Board of an European Advisory body, an NGO focused on building Relationships among Europe, Middle East and Africa. The statement from Ikechukwu Eze noted that, by
THE POLITICAL LUCIFERS, BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Strategically placed from the North to the South and from the East to the West of the universe and vice-versa are political haulers by whom adamantine followers and defenders of political leaders/political office holders are hauled willy-nilly into pitiable dungeon-like living conditions established as the centres for the production
THE TIMED MUTU AND PONDI BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Time often times people; and for even time that times people, its own time is also timed. This is what time may not know because it appears to be more interested in timing people than getting itself timed. And so time has just timed Rt. Hon. Nicholas
DAGOGO: Will Reps stand up for its own? By Adebiyi Adedapo I am not a lawyer, therefore, my position on this subject matter may not be apt. Nevertheless, it is pertinent to evaluate the response of the House to the arrest and detention of a serving member from Rivers State, Dr Farah Dagogo, who has
THE LORDS OF MAY, OTUARO, MUTU, PONDI AND ASUPA BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE In every year there are many months that file out and file away like ants in chronological order after the seeming corporate pulverization and disappearance of the sugar that usually brings ants together with a magnet-like propulsion. The most enigmatic and complex month
ONE WORD ON SUPER BUREAUCRAT YAYALE AHMED @ 70 YEARS By Godknows B. Igali The date April 15, 2022 passed almost solemnly, obscured by the celebrations of the Christians’ holy day of Good Friday which, interestingly coincided with the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover. Beyond these esoterics, is the fact that
WORLD WAR 3: THE MYSTERY OF NOSTRADAMUS’ PROPHECY By Kitua Dauyebo Anthony Michel de Nostredame (1503-1567) popularly known as Nostradamus was a French citizen with a streak of Jewish blood. Nostradamus was a reputed seer who was able to penetrate the distant future for the sake of man. He received public attention in Europe because
APC NATIONAL LEADER: An appellation of danger and illegality By Kitua Dauyebo Anthony Some titles or names are capable to draw the attention of the demons around us. Some titles are bigger than their owners. If a title is bigger than its owner it becomes very difficult to manage. And such person with bigger title
Earth Day 2022: Addressing Benikrukru Community Pollution Challenge By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi On Friday April 22, 2022, the world celebrated the Earth Day, an annual event by the United Nations, to among other things; demonstrate support for environmental protection, remind humanity that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance, that the
THE PLACE OF FATE AND FAITH AS OBASANJO TURNS 85 YEARS By Godknows Igali On Saturday, 5th March 2022, many friends and family, and even those who disagree with one of Africa’s most revered public figures and former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo rolled out the big drums, to celebrate him as he clocked 85
2023 Presidency: Why Niger Delta, Why Goodluck Jonathan? By Muhammad Argungu Nigeria has at different points in her history had democratic governments since she gained independence from Britain in 1960. After the first three attempts at democratic governance, all of which combined lasted less than ten years, the Fourth Republic has managed to last twenty
2023: The odds favour Goodluck Jonathan BY MAHMOOD JIBRIL In the next few weeks, the two main political parties in our country– the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP)– will bring out their presidential candidates for the 2023 election. In the game of wits necessary in party politics, it will
OTUARO’S TRANSFIGURATION ON OTUARO’S DAY BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Biblical scholars maintain that Jesus Christ once had a moment of transfiguration. Moments of transfiguration are historically rare moments weighted to communicate a significant message. Understandably, moments of transfiguration can only come upon one for whom God has a special message and assignment because transfiguration as a
