The GbaramatuVoice would commemorate its 10th anniversary with a historic two-day event featuring a public lecture and the Niger Delta Night of Honour 2025.
The anniversary celebration is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
The event would highlight a decade of impactful journalism, cultural preservation and consistent advocacy for peace, justice and sustainable development in the Niger Delta.
The event is expected to attract Nigeria’s foremost leaders, policymakers, diplomats, industry stakeholders, traditional rulers, civil society and cultural icons for conversations on pressing national issues and to honor distinguished contributors to progress in the Niger Delta and the nation.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would serve as the Special Guest of Honour. Also expected are the Vice President Kashim Shettima; the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio; and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Other eminent dignitaries include Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil); Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); and Dr. Dennis Otuaro, Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).
Governors of the Niger Delta states are also expected to attend the event alongside a delegation of federal and state legislators.
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, and Rt. Hon. Julius Gbabojor Pondi, nember representing Burutu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, will lead lawmakers from the Niger Delta to the gathering.
Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali, national chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), will chair the events, while Professor Benjamin Okaba, President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), will deliver the keynote address.
His Royal Majesty, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, Pere of the Ancient Gbaramatu Kingdom, will serve as host.
Other royal fathers expected at the event include His Royal Majesty, King (Capt.) Joseph I. Timiyan, JP, Ebenanawei of Ogulagha Kingdom and chairman, Delta State Ijaw Traditional Rulers Forum; His Royal Majesty, Pere S.P. Luke Kalanama VIII, Pere of Akugbene Mein Kingdom and First Vice President, Delta State Traditional Rulers Council; His Royal Majesty, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, OFR, Amanyanabo of Twon-Brass; His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV, FANA, Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom and Chairman, Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council; His Royal Majesty, King Obukohwo Monday Arthur Whiskey, PhD, Udurhie I, Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom; and His Royal Majesty, Barr. Shadrach Erebulu, Aduo III, Pere of Kabowei Kingdom, among others.