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.
President of the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, FNDIC Chief (Dr) Oboko Bello have called on President Mohammadu Buhari to emulate the late. South African leader, Nelson Mandela’s picture of genuine reconciliation. According to the Niger Delta great activist, Mandela on assumption as first black President of South Africa immediately promoted genuine national reconciliation of
5 injured in Sandfield two, Warri corner as residents cries out
Says we are running out of patience as there is a limit to everything
I knew Nigeria was in trouble when I saw DSS personnel raiding BDC cafes and forcefully negotiating the dollar exchange rates through playing to sentiments and regionalization. You don't use militarization or romanticism to negotiate currency parity, it is the strength of your economic policy that determines the cost parity market..
Receives massive support from lawmakers As Saraki refers bill to tertiary education and Tetfund committee ABUJA-The bill for establishment of Nigerian Maritime University at Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, have on Wednesday scaled second reading at the Senate, months after Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, announced scrapping of the project. The bill sponsored by
Bombs Agip, Oando, Shell pipeline in Bayelsa Says time is running out Pledges determination to continue economic war The most economically sophisticated group in the new phase of the Niger Delta armed struggle operating under the aegis of Niger Delta Avengers, NDA have today through its alleged strike team three bombed the Nembe 1, 2
Niger Delta Avengers have appealed to leaders and royal fathers under the leadership of Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark over the continuous attacks on oil assets. The elder statesman had led stakeholders under the umbrella of Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. At
Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton calls Republican candidate Donald Trump, to concede the election and to congratulate him on his victory.
Suspected militants on Tuesday bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the city of Warri, the second attack within a week, a community leader and army officer said. “The line which was undergoing repair after the previous attack was billed for commissioning either today or tomorrow,” before the latest attack, chairman of Batan community Dickson Ogugu
Calls on Buhari to withdraw troops Says Governor Okowa should play his role Appeals to militants to end bombings Following the alleged ransacking of communities and stationing of military houseboat in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, the Ibe-Benemowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom have cried out over alleged military
• Chief Gbenekama appeals to Buhari and Governor Okowa to do the needful OPOROZA—There have been reported case of tension and panic as the Nigerian Army deploys warship to the water front of Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to allegedly combat militants. A
Says PANDEF deserved commendation Institute a federal government dialogue team with International observers and representatives of IOCs, Avengers tells Buhari Following the presentation of 16 point demands by leaders of the region under the auspices of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF to President Muhammadu Buhari, the hitherto economically dangerous group, Niger Delta Avengers,NDA have commended
Three days after meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari by leaders of Niger Delta under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PNDF, Tebujor Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State is allegedly under attack by the military. GbaramatuVoice Newspaper gathered that heavily armed Nigerian soldiers have stormed Tebujor Community in
Presented to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Tuesday, 1st November, 2016 by Pan Niger Delta Forum INTRODUCTION With the renewed spate of militancy in the Niger Delta, several groups and platforms have been concerned with finding solutions to the crisis.
President Muhammadu Buhari hosted stakeholders from the Niger Delta region at the presidential villa in Abuja yesterday. Below are 16 points which the elders presented to the federal government, as part of efforts to restore peace to the troubled region: The presidential amnesty Programme: the decry that out of the five components of the disarmament
ABUJA—President Muhamadu Buhari, on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja held a high-level meeting with leaders and other stakeholders to seek ways to end the militancy and the sabotage of oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The President, who did not read from a prepared speech, pitched a vision of unity and progress
Says he should respect territorial boundaries Urges involved communities to boycott job WARRI—The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation, NNPC Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru have come under a severe attack from a Niger Delta based group, Concerned Gbaramatu Youths over what they described as anomaly in the management of NNPC / PPMC
ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed door meeting with stakeholders from the Niger Delta region. The meeting is expected to resolve the crisis in the oil-rich region which has led to a sharp decline in oil production and affected Nigeria’s earnings. The meeting began at 12.00 noon, and it is being held inside
It is dehumanizing to reduce our Maritime University to a mere polytechnic —Gbenekama There have been indications of fresh tension in the volatile Niger Delta Region over the Federal Government plan to reduce the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko to a federal polytechnic awarding OND and HND. The plan for the purported downgrading of the University
In this interview with Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper in Kano, North West of Nigeria, Prof. Tosan Blessing Harriman, a distinguished scholar, academic activist and a social crusader of the Niger Delta while speaking on the proposed Niger Delta dialogue with the federal government have stated in this interview that, massive development, youth empowerment, employment and
All is reportedly said to be set as the prosperity governor, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa prepares to storm Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State to present staff of office to the revered monarch of the Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba. According to
The Executive Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa have charged other communities in the Niger Delta Region to emulate the people of Benikrukru Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State for their peaceful disposition in the transition process of the new community executives. The
Nigerian Navy says plans are underway to completely get rid of about 40 creeks in the Niger Delta region before the second quarter of 2017. The creeks have been identified by the Navy to be navigable and used for criminal elements in Nigeria’s south-south region. Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, disclosed this
Accused military of planning another onslaught against Gbaramatu Says military using Niger Delta crisis as a money making venture Don’t aggravate the Niger Delta crisis WARRI – The Chief Mobilization Officer of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama has appealed to President Mohammadu Buhari to withdraw the military houseboats stationed at the waterfronts of Gbaramatu
Ijaw youths in Niger Delta have on Wednesday, urged militants operating in the Niger Delta region to shield their swords and allow President Muhammadu Buhari to implement his developmental projects in the region. The youths under the aegis of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, said they were excited at the recent letter the President
WARRI-Youths operating under the auspices of Concerned Gbaramatu Youths in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have today raised alarm over imminent crisis between the Itsekiris and the Ijaws if the management of Ocean Marine Solutions does not correct what they described as anomaly in the pipeline contract. This was revealed in
Committed to the unity of the Country, a Nigerian based Non Governmental Organization, The Integration Summit Group (ISG-N) have convened a Summit to hold in Port Harcourt to allegedly discuss topical issues. According to a background statement on the programme, the summit is convened by Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President Emeritus Ijaw Youth Council, IYC to
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has declared that no military action will deter it from continuing the ongoing struggle for resource control for the people of the Niger Delta region. In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, the NDA said that agitations were the rights of component units in a federation
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says its ceasefire in the Niger Delta region has led to an increase in the production of crude oil and gas for the country, but the government is yet to keep up with its own bargain of releasing the Okah brothers, Charles and Henry. The group
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday said it was in support of the proposed meeting between the Federal Government and Chief Edwin Clark’s pan Niger Delta Group to resolve the Niger Delta crisis. It however, warned members of the PNDG not to bastardise the meeting into seeking personal interest and
“What is wrong in president simply producing a copy of secondary school leaving certificate instead hiring 13 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to suppress the judiciary?” Niger Delta Militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) says President Muhammadu Buhari should quit celebrating the Ogoni clean-up programme as he played a major role in the problem facing
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the full support of the Federal Government for the Royal Destiny Trust programme of the newly installed Oba of Benin, Ewuare II. Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, made the pledge at the coronation of the Oba in Benin on Thursday. The president who congratulated the new monarch also
Mrs. Portia Izu-Joseph, the wife of the murdered defender of Shooting Stars of Ibadan Football Club, Mr. Joseph Izu, has demanded justice from the government over the murder of her husband by a team of soldiers in Okarki Community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. Portia said her husband was killed unjustly by
Edo state has declared October 20, 2016 a public holiday as Prince Eheneden Erediauwa gets crowned. The government believes the public holiday would give Edo people the opportunity to partake in the historic installation of the new Oba of Benin. In fulfillment of the coronation rights of the Benin kingdom, the crown Prince on Tuesday, visited Useh Village in
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