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.
National leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark yesterday declared that the $308 million recently recovered Abacha loot were proceeds of oil and gas produced in the Niger Delta. He, therefore, maintained that the funds should be invested in infrastructure development of the South-South zone. Clark, who spoke in a statement he issued
The Federal Government has said up to 9,000 abandoned projects in Niger Delta will be completed by the Major General Muhammadu Buhari government. The Minister of Niger Delta, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, said the government would also build nine housing estates in the
Over five years after its botched attempt to create additional 30, 027 Polling Units, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has hinted of plans to create more units across the country before the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the hint yesterday in Abuja when he received Geographic Information System
Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the failed litigation seeking to disqualify him on account of allegedly being an ex-convict in the United States as a mere distraction. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the All Progressives Congress (APC) Leader for the South-South geo-political zone,
— Grills other MDAs The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee on Monday ordered the Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, to appear before it within 48hours over the inability of his Agency to tender its audited accounts to the Auditor General of Federation in the last four years.
By Our Reporter Former Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu’s name will not be submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari when he sends the list of Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) Board Members to the Senate any moment from now. Sources close to Odubu disclosed that someone from Delta was likely going to occupy the commission.
A coalition of Ijaw concerned groups in collaboration with the Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Lagos State chapter, has condemned the recent military attack on the Bilabiri community in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, describing the destruction of lives and property of innocent citizens as barbaric and unnecessary. In a statement jointly signed
By Ebi Perekeme Niger Delta Civil Rights Movement (NDCRM) has kicked against the proposed amendment of the Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the National Assembly to include Lagos State among member states of the commission. The proposed amendment if passed, according to the group, will negate the reasons for the establishment
A professor of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Emmanuel Oladipo, has cautioned that if proper measures are not taken to harness the effects of climate change, the Niger Delta region could be submerged in flood. Oladipo, who is an expert in climate change, stated this at a two-day North Central regional sensitisation workshop
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that a new Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be composed at the completion of the ongoing Forensic Audit of the Commission. President Buhari stated this in a letter to the Senate read on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary. The President said that
GbaramatuVoice engaged its audience recently on its different social media platforms on a heartfelt issue concerning the Presidential Amnesty Programme, implemented by the Federal Government in 2009 to tame uprising among youths in the Niger Delta, who were given for Resource Control. The thrust of the discourse was ’11 YEARS AFTER, HAS THE AMNESTY PROGRAMME
The presidency has said that its efforts in repositioning the Niger-Delta region for accelerated development was on course. In a statement made available to newsmen yesterday by the spokesman to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, significant progress has been made in the Ogoni Clean-Up project. He said progress made had been variously commended locally
The military thwarted 419 attempt to attack pipelines in the Niger Delta last year alone. The pipelines are operated by Shell and other oil multinationals. Commander of the Joint Military Task Force operating in the Niger Delta, ‘Operation Delta Safe’ Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, while speaking as the Special Guest during the West Africa Social
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs says it will start a sports festival in the region this year, in its bid to discover youth potential and foster peace among the people. A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations at the ministry, Patricia Deworitshe, on Thursday said this was disclosed by the Permanent
By Ebi Perekeme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnC6xdrvW4Y Bilabiri community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state has been deserted following an alleged military invasion. According to investigations, the people of the community fled on Friday after troops allegedly invaded the community in search of some suspects. Sources said the suspects were fingered in the killing of some
By Ebi Perekeme The Save Niger Delta Group (SNDG), has said that its members numbering over a million in all the states of the country have been mobilized to converge at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, headquarters in Lagos over the planned relocation of the Floating Dockyard from Okerenkoko in Delta State.
By Our Reporter The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Navy have concluded plans to put the agency’s controversial floating dock to commercial use with a view to raising NIMASA’s revenue profile. Speaking to journalists on the agency’s achievements in 2019, its Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said that the agency,
A coalition of nine Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, Jan. 13, accused the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, of perjury and, demanded that he resigns his position in the Senate. The coalition alleged that the Deputy Senate President was convicted in the United States of America, USA., by the State Bar Court of the State
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended the use of the National Identification Number as a requirement for registration in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The suspension also affected the Direct Entry registration for the year. Announcing this at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Isha-q Oloyede attributed the
—We are not irresponsible, consumers owe us N16.5b – PHEDC By Ebi Perekeme Ijaw youths have ended over two week feud with the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) following their decision to reopen the firm’s office. It was gathered that the youths under the auspices of the Kennedy Olorogun-led Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Central
Some Port Harcourt residents have expressed concern over their health as soot resurfaces in the state. Those most affected by the menace are the residents in the windward directions and those living close to the creeks such as Borokiri, Reclamation Road, Old Port Harcourt Township, Old and New GRAs, Agip Estate, Woji, Iwofe, Abuloma, Amadi-Ama,
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. It also dismissed the appeal by Great Ogboru of the APC challenging the victory of Okowa and his PDP’s victory at the poll held in Delta State. Deatils shortly…
—House To Approve PIB In March A House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee report has implicated the country’s Service Chiefs, in the continuing theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta, a member of the Committee told The Tide’s source yesterday. The source revealed that the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill will be passed by
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would commence the sales of its registration forms for 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from January 13, to February 17. Fabian Benjamin, the head, media and information of the board, disclosed this to NAN on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, arrangements for the commencement
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said Saturday, Jan. 4, that it has temporarily closed the runway of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, to operations as part of safety precautions. General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu announced the measure in a statement informing airlines, passengers and the general public that a bush fire
Flight activities were on Saturday, Jan. 4, evening disrupted by fire out break which occurred on the runway of Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers state, reports The Nation. The source added that the fire prevented a Max Air flight from taking off and Arik flight had to return to base. A Dana flight from Abuja
By Babatope Babalobi The Niger Delta is ingloriously described as the oil pollution capital of the world. The region produces Nigeria’s crude oil, about teo million barrels per day in 2019, supplies 95% of Nigeria’s export earnings and 80% of federal government revenue, ironically more than 50% of its youths are believed to be unemployed
By Our Reporter The Niger Delta Self Determination Movement (NDSDM) has said the South-South zone should insist on restructuring of Nigeria as against agitating to produce the nation’s president in 2023. Convener of NDSDM, Annkio Briggs, said South-South Elders Forum (SSEF) clamour that political parties should zone their presidential tickets to aspirants from the zone
National Chairman Host communities of Nigeria, HOSCON, Dr Mike Emuh has inaugurated the Delta Ijaw working committee of the body with an appeal to the Federal Government (FG) to pay 13% derivation fund to host communities. Speaking at the ceremony in Warri, Delta state, Dr Emuh said the FG had approved some money from gas
Some of those indebted to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are already making moves to redeem their obligations. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in an exclusive chat with The Nation in Abuja, also said millions of funds, in naira and hard currencies, had been disclosed by some banks
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. Prior to May 1999, when civil rule returned to Nigeria after decades of successive military dictatorships, fierce wars raged between ethnic and social forces in Nigeria over the ownership and control of oil resources in the Niger Delta. Then, such state of affairs was blamed by political on the military as they
An appeal court in Abuja has reversed the judgment of a Federal Hight Court disqualifying Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo as the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa State governorship election. Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, November 12 disqualified Degi-Eremienyo for allegedly supplying false
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has accused his Rivers State Counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, of inciting ethnic disharmony in Ijaw land in pursuit a wicked clandestine ethnic supremacist agenda in the politics of Rivers State. The governor said during a live media chat in Yenagoa on Saturday,
Residents of Ndokwa in Delta State have registered their displeasure over the delay in the passage of the Bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic, Kwale, in the area. In a letter forwarded to the leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly, the residents complained that while their wait to host a
… Says Interim Management team to oversee commission’s audit President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday December 19, approved the recomposition of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board after a forensic audit of the organization. The President also validated the existence of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission led by Dr Joi Nunieh. The
