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Oct212017 by Julius Eras-Olabowu, (BigPen Online)No Comments

Rep Member, Oboro Accuses Omo-Agege Of ‘Stealing’ Her Intellectual Property In Recently Sign Petroleum Varsity Bill

A Nigerian Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege has been accused by the member representing Uvwie/Okpe/Sapele constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Evelyn Omavovwan Oboro, of stealing her intellectual property in the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) bill, recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. BigPen Online learnt that Oboro allegedly accused Omo-Agege of claiming credit over the bill which she said was her brain child and work at the House of Representatives where it was first passed. Oboro spoke at the weekend while receiving delegation of management, staff and students of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), who were on a thank you visit for her efforts in ensuring that the FUPRE bill was signed...

Labour Party New Delta Chairman, Nkwoala Warns Aspirants From Collecting Forms From Imposters

POLITICS

Emeka Nkwoala, is the newly elected Delta state chairman of the Labour Party. Nkwoala who had before now occupied the position until the 2014 when crisis erupted in the party. He was re-elected during the Special National Convention of the party in Abuja, held in October 3, 2017. In this interview with our political Editor in Abuja, Nkwoala, who spoke on wide range of issues, thanked God for reclaiming the mandate once more even as he warned those still parading themselves as the chairman of the party in the state to desist from such illegal act, threatening that "Henceforth anybody who parades himself as chairman of Labour Party will be arrested and prosecuted." Excerpts: We Understand That There Has Been Crisis In Your Labour Party In Delta State. What Is The Current Situati...

2019: Fuss About Akpoyibo’s Defection Shows PDP Is Loosing Grip Daily – Delta APC

NEWS, POLITICS

The leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC Delta State chapter has said the fuss being exhibited by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa about the weekend defection of Chief Friday Akpoyibo, who was Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s key benefactor, shows that both PDP and Okowa have actually lost grip of the political machinery of the state. Acting Publicity Secretary of the APC, Engr Leonard Obibi in a statement on Sunday made available to BigPen Online, stated the said Akpoyibo whom PDP is celebrating as 'big win' was inconsequential to APC as an opposition party in the state. "As far as our party APC in Delta State is concerned, the recent declaration of Chief Friday Akpoyibo for the PDP is a matter of personal interest to him, and honestly is of li

Oct152017 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Two Years After, Voters Are Yearning To Remove Okowa From Office, Says Senator Omo-Agege

NEWS, POLITICS

Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State, Olorogun Ovie Omo-Agege on Saturday said that there is intense yearning by electorates in Delta State to flush out Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from Government House, Asaba. Omo-Agege who spoke to newsmen in an interactive session in his country home, Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area, said that Governor Okowa was on his way out of Government House Asaba because according to him the governor has failed in his performance to get the electorates to vote him again come 2019. He said that it is very unfortunate that Governor Okowa has squandered the goodwill he enjoyed in 2015, stressing that come 2019 he will be voted out because his poor performance is so obvious a...

Oct152017 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

2019 : Okowa May Face Stiff Gang Up

NEWS, POLITICS

Indications have emerged that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state may be facing titans come 2019, BigPen Online can report. Our source said a recent meeting between former governor, Chief James Ibori and former Speaker, Rt. Hon Victor Ochei hosted by Warri-based business man, Chief Ayiri Emami was a pointer to the plot to unseat Okowa come 2019. Dependable Government House source told one of our correspondents that the governor was losing sleep over the development, particularly when he learnt of the recent romance between Ochei and Ibori. Ochei, an ally of Ibori who is said to be warming up to challenge Okowa in 2019, was hosted by flamboyant Warri business magnet, Emami who has been critical of the Okowa’s led administration. Our source said that immediately Okowa heard

2019 : APC Loses Over 5000 Members To PDP In Delta

NEWS, POLITICS

Over 5,000 members of All Peoples Congress, APC, in Orogun, the country home of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Saturday dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party. BigPen Online learnt that one of the decampees, Hon. Friday Akpoyibo, who was received by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state alongside his followers in Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area was a former ally of Omo-Agege. It was gathered that while Governor Okowa was at Orogun receiving him, some APC leaders in Ughelli North gathered at Senator Omo-Agege Constituency office and described the new decampee, Akpoyibo as good riddance to bad rubbish, saying he was a mole in the APC who has since been suspended from the party. However, receiving the decampees, Governor Okowa observed that the APC and most

2019: South-South leader, Ogbetuo, 3000 Others Dump PDP For APC In Delta

NEWS, POLITICS

Ahead of Delta State 2019 general election, a chieftain of the South-South Peoples Assembly in Delta State, Chief Godwin Ogbetuo (JP) and teaming supporters numbering over 3000 have dumped the ruling party in the State, PDP, for the All Progressive Congress (APC) the main opposition party in the State. Chief Ogbetuo in his speech at Samagidi-Kokori said that he has decamped to the APC in the past, but he has to formally declare it to his people in Ward 10 and win all his followers and potential PDP members to the APC. Ogbetuo said that to move forward in Nigeria, APC remains the only party with meaningful programmes for development. He noted that most of the roads that are not constructed or abandoned by PDP would be done by APC government in Delta State come 2019, adding that...

PDP Sitting On Keg Of Gunpowder In Ughelli North – Group

NEWS, POLITICS

The reign of the People's Democratic Party, (PDP) in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State is gradually coming to an end, following the alleged imposition of candidates on the electorates by the party hierarchy. This is coming just as the members of the party around the state are aggrieved over the alleged imposition of un-preferred candidates on the people throughout the wards and units in the state. Following the development, youths under the aegis of Ughelli North Youths Vanguard led by Vincent Adjanakpo as Chairman and Ogagaoghene Lloyds, Secretary on Thursday held that Ughelli North PDP is sitting under the keg of gun power as it is about witnessing tsunami of mass defection. According to them, "Our unprejudiced stand, the subject above is about ridiculing th

Council Polls: Delta ALGON Boss, Ikpokpo Declares To Run Again With Thanksgiving Mass

NEWS, POLITICS

The chairman of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state, Sir Constantine Itiako Ikpokpo, popularly known as Malik, has declared his intentions to be reelected with a special Catholic Church thanksgiving mass to wind up his first term in office. Ikpokpo who is the outgoing Chairman of the Association of Local Government Of Nigeria, (ALGON), Delta state chapter, had on Tuesday invited his political associates, family members, friends, well wishers in a special thanksgiving mass for his successful tenure in office. BigPen Online reports that the service held at St John de Baptist Catholic Church, Oleh, headquarters of the local government area signified the end of his first tenure which was dedicated to God and the beginning of another three years term.

Oct92017 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Delta Deputy Governor, Otuaro Loses 4,000 PDP Members To APC In Gbaramatu

NEWS, POLITICS

Delta state deputy governor, Barr Kingsley Burutu Otuaro on Saturday lost close to 4,000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) across Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri Southwest council area of Delta state, to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Among those who left the PDP for APC was the brother of the Deputy Governor. Gbaramatu Kingdom, an enclave of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s ally, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo has been a PDP stronghold during elections in the state. BigPen Online reports that a chieftain of the APC and an indigene of the kingdom, Chief Michael Johnny, who is the deputy chairman of the Mainstream Delta APC (MDA), a pressure group in the party, received the decampees at the weekend. Receiving them, Johnny

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