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.
*Says 13% derivation be used to develop oil producing communities Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has appealed to New Delta Avengers to withdraw the ultimatum given and give peace a chance, stressing that action taken by the group would have adverse national consequence and may jeopardize the seemingly good intentions the Federal Government has for the
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday verbally attacked his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, and threatened to expose the governor’s wife “if he (Wike) does not shut up his mouth.” Amaechi, who was visibly angry at the allegation levelled against his wife by the Rivers governor, also described his successor as
A Federal High Court, in Lagos, on Monday, further adjourned till July 14, to deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. Tompolo, who had been declared wanted since Feb. 12, 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is seeking court’s protection against prosecution over an alleged N45.9
Member representing Burutu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Julius G. Pondi today moved a motion for the resuscitation of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, floating stations in the coastal communities of the Niger Delta. The motion was seconded by Hon. Adedapo Dauda Kako Lam-Adesina, member representing Ibadan North- East/South- East Federal Constituency. While moving
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to go ahead and sign the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Monday. Shehu said Buhari who is currently receiving medical attention in London, the United
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has condemned the ultimatum issued by some Arewa youth groups to Igbo residents in the North, noting that the quit notice was treasonable offence and portends great threat to the nation’s unity. PANDEF which is under the leadership of Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said the group considered the statement
The leaders of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, have said that the threat of arrest by the government of Kaduna State will not stop them from insisting that people of Igbo extraction should leave the north. The group, a coalition of some northern groups, insisted on its stance that Igbos leave the 19 northern
A coalition of Igbo groups, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, on Thursday, said Igbos should be allowed to secede in peace, if Nigeria was not restructured ‘immediately’. The coalition, comprising professional bodies, youth, student and Christian organisations, town unions, traders and women groups, among others, made the demand in a communique issued after a meeting
Justice Hassan of the Federal High Court orders final forfeiture of $43.4m, £27,800, N23.2m discovered in an air-conditioned flat in Osborne, Ikoyi to the Federal Government. Details later…
The Chairman of Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Environment, Hon Christian Ahiakwo, has accused the federal government of insincerity with its claim to encourage Niger Deltans to invest in modular refineries, saying it granted 56 licenses to operators with non from the region. Ahiakwo who spoke ahead of the Environment summit slated by
The Chairman of the Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has said that the frequent visits of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the Niger Delta reaffirms the current administration’s commitment the region. Ndoma-Egba said this in a statement signed by Special Assistant Communication, Office of the Chairman, Clara Braide,
AS part of concerted efforts to resolve the nation’s electric power challenge, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Bayelsa State government are to build a power plant in the state. Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Corporation, made this known on Thursday while receiving Henry Seriake Dickson, state governor, at the NNPC
The Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has said no date has yet been fixed for the signing of the 2017 budget by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Enang, in an electronic mail to our correspondent on Wednesday, in Abuja, said consultations were still being held on the budget. He stated,
DAKUKU Peterside, director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has restated the commitment of the agency to ensuring that all beneficiaries of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP, conclude their programme by getting sea time training. Dakuku, who made this commitment while speaking at the second edition of the maritime students
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday said he would still take a shot at the presidency if the opportunity presented itself. Duke spoke at a programme “The Nigerian Symposium for Emerging Leaders” held in Lagos. He said though he once aspired to the position but did not emerge the candidate
The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom, to join her husband who has been on medical vacation since May 7. According to a statement by her spokesperson, Bisi Olumide-Ajayi, the President’s wife thanked Nigerians who have been praying for her husband. The statement read, “The wife
A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages across the country. The court, in a judgment, declared that the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate was unknown to law and therefore unconstitutional, null and void. A Certified True Copy of the judgment by Justice I. O. Harrison of Court 37, General Civil
The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29, 2017 as a public holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), in a statement on Thursday in Abuja congratulated Nigerians for witnessing yet another Democracy Day which marked the second anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Dambazau in
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said the extremisms of the Boko Haram in the North-East and the Niger Delta militants in the South-South were not addressed on time by the government before they became monsters. Obasanjo, who said this at a workshop in Abuja on the prevention of violent extremism, noted that the Niger
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a godson to former President Goodluck Jonathan in prison for his alleged role in a N3bn scam. The accused person, George Turnah, is also a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Turnah, who was given the
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to apply for the final forfeiture of choice properties allegedly owned by former First Lady Patience Jonathan. But the commission has been having difficulty in getting the original titles of the assets. They include Aridolf Resort, Wellness and Spa and eight others. The anti-graft commission may
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, on his 90th birthday. He described the nonagenarian as a national icon and foremost Niger Delta leader who has worked hard to bring lasting peace to the region. The ex-President, who stated this in a message of felicitation, also praised Clark as a dependable
Niger Delta youths under the auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Youth Leadership Forum (PANDLEAF) have vowed to resist the proposed concessioning of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries to Oando Plc, Agip and MRS. The group made their position known at the end of a one day forum of the leadership of youth groups
…Excess crude account now $2.29b The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N415.730billion among the three tiers of government- Federal, States and Local Government Areas (LGAs) for the month of April 2017. According to the Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, who made the announcement after the meeting in Abuja, the gross
Channels TV State House correspondent Chukwuma Onuekwusi is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday at a private hospital in Abuja. He died at a private hospital in Abuja, in the early hours of today. He has covered several beats on Channels Television before he was seconded to cover the Presidential Villa as
Former Aviation Minister and People’s Democratic Party member, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at critics of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. It may be recalled that some people had claimed that the Jonathan administration did not do anything to better the cause of Ijaw Nation; and that he had no legacy that Nigerians could be proud
A lecturer at the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, Dr Oluseyi Adu, and a Dental Nursing student, Mosunmola, are embroiled in a row over who is responsible for the pregnancy that the nursing student is carrying. Mosunmola, who is nine months pregnant, alleged that Adu was responsible for the child in her
The Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, said engaging ex-agitators in sports activities would offer many opportunities that would develop their spirit of volunteerism and patriotism. Boroh disclosed this in Uyo on Sunday during a meeting with the SIA’one Soccer Academy to reintegrate some ex-agitators and youths in the Niger Delta region. He
Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, FNDIC, has called on the Federal Government to implement disciplinary measure on Brig. Gen. Sarkin Yarki Bello, now retired, whose action it described as excesses during the Gbaramatu bombardment of 2009 by the JTF whom he led. FNDIC said the call for military discipline and action against Major Gen Bello
AFTER months of repairs, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has started testing the Trans-Forcados crude export pipeline for a potential restart, with the Astro Perseus crude tanker expected to load the first cargo by the weekend. The pipeline has been largely shut since it was bombed by the Niger Delta Avengers NDA, in February 2016.
Ikebiri community in Bayelsa State has dragged Eni, the parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company, to an Italian court over oil spillage liabilities and pollution. Ikebiri, a coastal community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state is seeking clean-up and compensation for damages arising from an oil spillage that affected their community
It is best described as nemesis, the death of the last most wanted militant commander, Ossy Ibori who had been indicted in all the kidnap and robbery cases by militants in the Southwest especially within the Lagos – Ogun axis. Ossy Ibori became the most wanted criminal as far back as 2013 after the gruesome
Kingsley Kuku, former special adviser on Niger Delta to former President Goodluck Jonathan, says he is a victim of the rivalry between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Kuku said this in a statement he issued on Thursday. The EFCC had several times in 2015 invited Kuku,
The Presidency has ordered the resumption of activities towards the opening of the Nigerian Maritime University before the end of the year. Th Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday. Akande said the directive was part of the
The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta region, Operation Delta Safe, has dismissed the rumour that its men killed innocent persons and rendered many homeless during the Ajapa operation in Ondo State. The ODS explained that the troops invaded and destroyed shrines and militants hideouts in Ajapa community of Ese Odo Local Government
