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.
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has raised hope in the Niger Delta saying that era of hues and cry now belong to history. It was when a group, Youth for Peace and Development in the Niger Delta, paid him a courtesy call in Abuja, that he gave the assurance . According to him,
By Ebi Oweikeme The Indigenes of oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta have protested against what they regarded as the refusal of Shell Petroleum Development Company to comply with the Senate resolution that they should be paid N6.9bn. The protestation took place in Abuja on Thursday, August 22, with the protesters showcasing placards and banners with
By James Brown The newly appointed Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has given his promise to abide by any positive measures that would attract development in the Niger Delta. Akpabio, who lamented on developing infrastructure, made the pledge at the reception ceremony to usher him into the ministry on Wednesday, August 21,
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta human and environmental rights advocate, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has congratulated with the Ministers, especially those from the Niger Delta. Comrade Mulade, who spoke with newsmen shortly after the inauguration of the Ministers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, August 21, cheered with Festus Keyamo (Delta), Timipere Sylvia (Bayelsa), Godswill Akpabio
— As a former Governor of the Bayelsa State, in the core Niger Delta region, H.E. Timipre Silva understands the core issues affecting Nigeria’s oil & gas sector The African Energy Chamber has welcomed the appointment of Timipre Silva as new Minister of Petroleum in Nigeria. In statement on August 22 distributed by APO from Johannesburg, South
By Our Correspondent Some analysts are bent to saying that the newly appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has apparently returned to a sector he had left indelible print before. Their position was that Sylva was appointed Special Assistant to Dr. Edmund Daukoru in 2002, the then Minister of State of Petroleum Resources.
By Shina Badmus When the GbaramatuVoice Newspapers held its 4th anniversary on Thursday, August 8 2019, at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro who was in attendance, lavished praise on the newspapers, while delivering a speech. He described GbaramatuVoice as an epitome of the saying that whatsoever a man conceives, he can achieve.
–Questions where billions of Naira allocated to the agencies are By Badmus Shina A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has lampooned the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and Niger Delta Amnesty programme. Sylva, who was recently appointed Minister under the President Muhammadu Buhari government alleged during the 4th GbaramatuVoice Lectures and Awards held
By Our Correspondent Climate change is hitting the Niger Delta badly with heightening flooding that has been displacing a number of inhabitants. Apart from the inhabitants being dislodged, climate change has also brought untold hardship in the area and by extension across Nigeria, where over 80000 persons have also been sharing in the fate such
By Loveth Ojogun Niger Delta environmental activist and scholar, Chief Dennis Otuaro has called on Nigerians to embrace peace for a harmonious co-existence in the country. Chief Otuaro disclosed this in his message to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir in Asaba on August 12. He said that promotion of peace among diverse ethnic and religious groupings in
Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency(NIHSA) has issued an alert warning Nigerians of imminent increased flooding, in September. This was disclosed by the director-general NIHSA, Clement Nze, on Wednesday during a press briefing in Abuja. The agency also accused state governments of failing to heed its previous warnings on floods released earlier this year. It, however, urged
By Odimegwu Onwumere The GbaramatuVoice 4th Anniversary Lectures and Awards have come and gone but the pomp and pageantry it has recorded in the minds of those who were at the occasion will take some time to sputter away. The event took place at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. It was full of people from all walks
By Our Correspondent President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli that he has not forgotten how Delta state voted for him in the February 23 presidential election, especially those from Itsekiri. “I have all the figures of votes I got and I know what Itsekiri people did,” Buhari said. Mr.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the Olu of Warri, Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The royal father arrived the Villa around 2.10pm The meeting started at the President’s office around 3pm. The Olu of Warri had led similar delegation to President Buhari on the 23rd of February, 2018. At that
By Our Correspondent One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees, Chief Timipre Sylva on Thursday, July 25 disclosed that he was the one who initiated Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. Sylva, a former Governor of Bayelsa State, said that after founding the Amnesty Programme, he “sold” it to the then Federal Government of
By Shina Badmus A former Governor of Delta State and Chieftain of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has congratulated with President Muhammadu Buhari for transmitting his ministerial list to the National Assembly in what he dubbed record time. In a press release by Monoyo Edon, Media Assistant to Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, on July
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the ministerial list to Senate. Some of the names on the list include Chief Timipre Sylva, Godswill Akpabio, George Akume, Festus Keyamo, Niyi Adebayo, Gbemisola Saraki, Olutayo Alasoadura, Rauf Aregbesola, Adeleke Mamora, Rotimi Amaechi. More to follow
The Founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Chief Asari Dokubo has shown his love for the actualization of Biafra. He made this known recently in a meeting with leaders of Niger Delta states. and also called on Niger Delta people to return home given threats to their lives and wardrums from Arewa youths. His
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, July 16, paid a condolence visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. Olakunrin was reportedly killed along Ore-Shagamu Expressway by some hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, last Friday. Jonathan twitted
By Shina Badmus The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo on his official visit to Delta state on Friday, July 12, where he commissioned some roads, commended the state for its peaceful ambience. He extolled the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Oboro Gbaraun II, for building a peaceful environment in his kingdom, which he said saw to the
By Shina Badmus The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has shown its disgust to the agencies mandated with the role of developing the Niger Delta such as the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Ministry of Niger Delta for failing in their physical roles. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known on Friday, July 12, when he
By Shina Badmus Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the authorities to implement the 2014 national confab which his administration convened,adding that most of the problems facing the country would be addressed if the 2014 confab report was implemented. Dr Jonathan said this on July 11 in Lagos, during the public presentation of a 669-page book, titled: “The
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will submit the list of ministerial nominees for the consideration and approval of the red chamber this week. Lawan who stated this at plenary on Wednesday explained that the executive arm of government was working hard to ensure that the list was
By Brakere Birinimighan Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has called on the Federal Government to jettison any form of Ruga as reintroduction of it could disintegrate Nigeria. Clark, who’s also the convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, made this known in his Abuja residence recently while chatting with journalists, adding that he was not against
By Odimegwu Onwumere Life turned out to be miserable for Cosmas Maduka at the age of 4, when his father who was the bread winner of his family, transited to the great beyond. The world became a weird world, a heartbreaking world, and a troublesome world. He was not sure of whom to run to
After a glittering and lofty life’s journey straddling the twentieth and twenty-first centuries’ world of arts, creativity and public service, the remains of Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara were on Saturday, June 22, 2019, returned to his place of nativity – Bumoundi in Ekpetiama Kingdom of the Ijaw ethnic nationality — to take his final
By Enaibo Asiayei The Management of GbaramatuVoice newspaper has said that it will commence an environmental reporting tour of the Niger Delta on June 24 and needs the public cooperation. The Manager, Mr. Joseph Nwoye of this leading and best circulating community tabloid in the Niger Delta, made this known on June 20, at its corporate office
By Loveth Ojogun The Presidential Amnesty Programme has empowered 2,187 already trained beneficiaries in small and medium scale business enterprises. According to Murphy Ganagana, media aide to Prof Charles Dokubo, coordinator of the programme, over 110 vendors and contractors were engaged through execution of business contracts on various businesses and trades, which included wood and
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Tuesday gave a warning to its citizens on travel to some Nigerian states. Around 117,000 British nationals visit Nigeria each year. A statement on the UK government website said all travel to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River States and 20km of the
By Shina Badmus A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has called for unity among Ijaw people. Sylva disclosed this in an exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice on Saturday, June 15, 2019, while playing host at the 2019 Amaseikumor Festival held in Oporoza town, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of
Houses collapse in Nigeria without a gap of time leaving many killed and others with degrees of injuries, and government policies on this are better not imagined let alone hoped on, ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE writes. Building collapse has become a frequent occurrence in Nigeria with authorities paying lip service to arrest the situation. There had never
Gas cylinders are essential components in our kitchens and almost every home owns it. It is important to know that a gas cylinder could be as dangerous as its importance if certain factors are not checked constantly. There have been many cases of gas cylinder explosions and when this happens, lives are lost and properties
By Emmanuel Serigbena Transparency International and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre have accused the Nigerian military of providing cover for oil thieves in the Niger Delta while indulging in the illegal business. TI and CISLAC disclosed this in a six-page discussion paper in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 13 2019, at a one-day validation meeting
By Shina Badmus The Ijaw Youth Council has congratulated with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over his emergence as Deputy Senate President in the ninth National Assembly election held a fortnight. In a statement signed by its President, Mr Eric Omare, IYC, characterised the Omo-Agege’s position as a positive step towards integrating the people of the Niger Delta into
By Jonathan Eze The All Progressives Congress’s choice candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agegerepresenting Delta Central constituency, has emerged as the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, defeating former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu of the People’s Democratic Party. Omo Agege polled 68 votes to defeat Ekweremadu who polled 39 votes in the election at the Red Chambers held on
