Lawmaker Fingered in Alleged Kidnap of Constituent
House of Assembly, Hon Simeon Iwunze (Whiteman) of threat to his life, intimidation and assault on his person.
The youth leader told our reporter that he was kidnapped on Sunday 26th January, 2014 by an unknown gang suspected to be working under the instructions of the legislator and was released by his abductors on Tuesday 28 January after efforts by...
Rev Fr Madu Will Ruin Imo Poly, Host Communities Tell Catholic Church
Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Ohaji/Egbema LGA have embarked on street protest against the continued stay of the Rector of the Institution, Rev Fr Wence Madu.
Imo Poly has been in the news in recent times bordering on several issues especially the plan by the state government and management of the school to balkanize it and take several existing courses away...
Obowo Man Offers 7 Children For Sale, The Okorocha Connection As Women Affairs Ministry Intervenes
Wonders they say shall never end. That again is playing out in Owerri, the Imo state Capital when a middle aged man named Israel Dike, who is a native of Odenkume in Obowo council of the state attempted to offer his children for sale to willing bidders.
Residents of Owerri and indeed passers-by were stunned when they noticed a man...
No Douglas House For Okorocha In 2015 Says APGA Deputy Chair, Ejike Uche
The opposition kicking against the second missionary journey of the Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is growing daily with one of his former associates and ex-commissioner, Chief, Sir, Chris Ejike Uche joining the cue to assert that Government House, Owerri, will not habour the present governor beyond 2015 general election.
Ejike Uche who was Okorocha's first Commissioner for Housing...
Exco- Legislature War EFCC, ICPC Ambush Imo Lawmakers Over Alleged Contract Kickbacks, Non Completion of Paid Projects As Members Shift Defection To APC
The battle of wits between some Imo lawmakers not deposed to joining the Imo state governor, Owell Rochas Okorocha in All Progressive Congress, APC, is degenerating to frightening dimension with several tactics being deployed to outwit each other.
It would be recalled that there is rumpus in the Imo State House of Assembly following rumoured defection to APC and resolution...
Ten Perish In Owerri -Mbaise Road Car Crash
Not less than ten persons met their untimely death on the ever busy Owerri-Mbaise road in Imo State, when a lorry vehicle carrying blocks smashed a fully loaded 18 seater bus.
The incident happened on the sloppy Azaraegbelu Hill yesterday afternoon. Our reporter who witnessed the fatal accident noted that the 18-seater vehicle overtook the lorry but suddenly marched break...
Eze Ilomuanya Attacks Ohiri, Warns Obi Orodo To Stop Blackmail
The defacto Chairman of Imo Council of Traditional Rulers and Chairman, South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Eze Cletus Ilomuanya (Obi of Obinugwu) has berated Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri over what he termed deceitful publication in the Announcer Express newspaper of Wednesday January 22, 2014 and also in the Daily Sun and Daily Nation Newspapers of Thursday, January 23,...
Host Communities Drag FUTO, Imo Govt To Owerri High Court, As Land Owners Battle Okorocha Over Alleged Acquisition
The problem between the host communities and the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, over a portion of land meant for a Housing Estate, assumed a new dimension at an Owerri High Court presided over by Justice M B Ukoha, as the Counsel to the defendants; FUTO, Imo Govt and others, Mrs Adindu claimed that her office was not...
2015 Imo Guber Okorocha Plots Owerri Zone Downfall, As PDP Chieftain, Agukwe Flays Governor Over Non Respect To Charter of Equity
There are strong indications that Governor Rochas Okorocha would be Owerri Zones stumbling block to their dream of producing governor in 2015 election, even as a PDP Chieftain, Chief Elvis Agukwe has blasted the governor for working against the established Charter of Equity for the number one seat in the state.
Indications that the governor would be Owerri Zones stumbling...
Resignation Wahala! PDP Emerges Majority Party In Imo Assembly Eight Lawmakers Set To Join APC, Six APGA Members Fight Against Suspension Threat Fear...
A great political upheaval is about to occur in Imo State as the party lineage of members of the Imo State House of Assembly begins to tumble with some members defecting to APC.
As at the time of this report, Trumpeta exclusively gathered that not less than eight lawmakers mainly of the APGA have concluded arrangements to cross-carpet to APC...
