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Fresh Trouble for r Nnamdi Anyaehie, Dragged to Court Over PDP Chairmanship Position

This is not the best time for newly installed PDP Chairman of Imo State, Chief Nnamdi Anyaehie. Still in mournful mood after the father's burial last weekend, his party chairman designation is shaky follwing a suit filed by a stalwart of the party challenging his reported adoption In the High Court of Imo State, holden at Owerri Judicial Division,...

Free Education: Missing Pupils Stipend Rocks Imo LGA

The Transition committee chairman of Owerri-west LGA Dr Liz Ejiogu is not having any respite because of the alleged sudden disappearance of one hundred and sixty-seven thousand naira meant for the payment of stipend to pupils of Umudibia Nekede primary school. A source who took part in the payment exercise told Trumpeta that the supervisor for Education in the local...

Araraume’s Governorship Bid Splits Okigwe Zone As Party Leaders Plot Ex-Senator’s Downfall

hector obinna The Governorship ambition of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume for the 2015 election is generating heat in Okigwe Zone of Imo State as political Leaders from the Area are plotting to frustrate the former Senator's ambition. According to information available to Trumpeta, the leaders are holding constant meetings both in Okigwe and Owerri on how to thwart Araraume's move to grab...

Employment Scam Rocks Imo Health Ministry Imo PDP Guber Aspirants Blackmail Rivals In Abuja Seek Presidential Support In Aso Rock For 2015 Elections

By Thompson Agu, Abuja Indications that all unwholesome tactics will be deployed by aspirants for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship race in Imo State for 2015 election, have emerged, as the Presidency seems to be the source of power and destination for those willing to replace incumbent Owelle Rochas Okorocha. In the last count, not less than sixteen aspirants...

Latest on Impeachment Threat Lawmakers Abandon House Session As Parley With House Leadership Fails

By innocent osuoha The expected resumption of members of the Imo State House of Assembly, scheduled for yesterday at the temporary office of the lawmakers failed to hold. No clear reason was given for the failed sitting for plenary session. After embarking on a week break and adjourning to resume on Thursday, the House of Assembly chamber remained under lock and...

Host Communities, FUTO Battle Over Land Encroachment

By okey alozie Umuchima, Ihiagwa in Owerri West Local Government of Imo State on Tuesday went on protest over the encroachment on their land by Federal University of Technology (FUTO) authorities. The community according to sources received information that FUTO authorities have defied court order by bulldozing into their land in order to commence the building of their staff quarters. This...

Imo Finance Commissioner Faces Sack Over Largesse To Obowo People

The plot the sack the Commissioner for Finance, Imo State Deacon Chike Okafor by the Owelle Rochas Okorocha Government has thickened again as he will not survive the next few weeks. Impeccable sources from Government House Owerri told Trumpeta that Okafor had since been penciled down for sack, but only being kept in office for a covert investigation that...

Parents To Queue Behind Pupils For Free Education Packages in Imo

The Free Education stipends in Imo State have been reintroduced ones again. This was made known by the Imo State University Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Chairman Hon Mrs Gertrude Oduka in a chat with newsmen in Owerri. According to the chairman, the Governor this time around went extra mile to give free uniform, stockings and canvas to all school...