Imo Trumpeta newspaper

I had last year written on this same caption, which elicited a lot of calls and nostalgic feelings from within Nigeria and over seas. One of my callers was Bar Ozims. Bar Ozims is a scion of the late Educationist, Chief Ozims, who owned one of the earliest “Commercial Schools” located at Oparanozie street, off Royce road Owerri, where the...

I n line with my promise to asses other governorship aspirants eyeing Douglas House for 2015, my attention was attracted to a legal luminary, Sir Ken Njemanze, (KSJI), who political watchers suggest is eminently qualified to be at the helm of affairs of the state. Njemanze is not a political neophyte since his name has not been ringing bell like...

By chinyochaobi israel uhuegbu duru 08137921022 Cause: We, men and women of goodwill stand by him, come rain, come sun. Mr. Ken Saro Wiwa, may his patriotic spirit rest in perfect peace, rose in defence and for the cause of his people, Wole Soyinka, postulated that the man dies that keeps mute in the face of tyranny, Prof. Awojobi of...

Ahead 2015 general elections, several politicians are warming up for various positions. One of the contestable seats is that of the office of the Executive Governor of Imo State. At present, the office is occupied by Owelle Rochas Anayo Ethelbert Okorocha, who came into power in 2011 using the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA before defecting to...

The Other Side Of Owerri Night Life Though a clearer picture of who originated a popular cultural song peculiar to Owerri people, called Owerre wu Oke Mba is not the issue of discussion but suffice it to state that the emotion-laden song traced to one Bongo musician of the 70's called Abiba evokes memories of great Owerri Nchi-Ise people and...

by amaechi kingsley The Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical province, Arch. Anthony Obinna, has planned to have a Catholic University for Owerri Archdiocese with the aim of minimizing immorality in tertiary institutions and the plight of Imo candidates seeking admission all over Nigeria. The Archbishop, who disclosed this during this year Obiri Odenigbo meeting held recently at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, stated that...

By ihejieto anderson; 08096000613 Nigeria prides herself as being the giant of Africa. Our leaders brainwash themselves with emotive optimism, denying and rationalising away the relevance, significance, or importance of the glaring reality about the declining state of the nation. Wake up compatriots, our beloved country is at the brink of failure. Many have questioned the foundations of our existence...

Chief Jerry Chukwueke, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP's Mobilization Committee in Imo State, has extended a hand of help to bell out Governor Rochas Okorocha from his present quagmire, as according to him, the Governor of Imo has finally admitted he has failed by acknowledging in Oguta LGA last week that poverty is ravaging the state. Speaking to...

by Thompson Agu, Abuja Indecision and confusion seem to have taken over the camp of Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha as he toys with the idea of staging a return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the realization of his second term ambition in office come 2015 general elections. Impeccable sources told Trumpeta reporter in Abuja that Okorocha had...

By chijioke hilary The crisis rocking Imo House of Assembly has persisted as Lawmakers of PDP and APGA extraction insist on removal of Chief Benji Uwajumogu as the Speaker of the House. Trumpeta investigations indicate that it is not yet Uhuru in the Imo Legislature as Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Lawmakers accuse one another of bungling the plot to remove Uwajumogu. This...