Demolition Of Ama Hausa Owerri Community Battles Govt .As OCDA GM, Abaekwume Denies Fraud Allegations
As the seven days notice issued by Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) to Hausa inhabitants to vacate Ama Hausa headquarters in Owerri Municipal in the State Capital, land owners of the area have vowed to resist attempts by OCDA to demolish the place.
Youths of Umuokorie kindred in Umuihua Umuodu in Owerri, owners of the land where Ama Hausa headquarters...
Ezeship Tussle Claims Life In Mbaise
By ikenna orioha
Following Ezeship struggle in Imo state, Mr Christopher Ibe, a driver to Mr B.B Ohanaga, the Eze-elect of Umuaghara Onicha Nwenkwo autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, was said to have been shot dead at his residence on Sunday 13th June, 2013, about 2 am, by assassins.
Narrating the incident to Trumpeta Newspaper, Mr Emmanuel Ahaghotu, the...
Oguta Re Run Polls: A Mirror For 2015 In Imo
By the time I was writing this piece, two text messages from unknown persons flung into my phone. The content of the messages were the purported results of the Oguta House of Assembly re run elections.
One of them contained details of the results with the PDP polling the highest number of votes, while the other text was...
MYSTERY OF MARRIAGE (1) God Solemnized First, Wedding
THE SIMPLE definition of the English word “Marriage” as “the union of the man and woman by a ceremony in law” and the “state of being so united” do not go far enough, and, it appears too difficult a task to attempt to define the relationship comprehensibly enough to encompass its divine import what it is divinely intended...
Trumpeta Editorial
Oguta H/A Re-Run: A Challenge to Imo Security
Since 2011 when the election into Oguta state Assembly was conducted, won and lost, the people of that state constituency has not heard any peace as well as had “any” representation at the state House of Assembly.
This is because of the court litigations which has trailed that election. First was when the...
Trumpeta Sports
Team Mates Pour Tributes for Oliha
Suddenly the Golden Generation of 1994 is thinning out no thanks to the death of another squad member, Thompson Oliha on Sunday. Already, Nigeria has lost two members of that team, Uche Okafor (in 2011) and Rashidi Yekini (in 2012).
In the third successive year, Nigeria have been thrown into mourning over the death...
The Emeka Ihedioha I Know
My suspicion for english language began when I was thought that the past tense of 'shake' is 'shook'; that of 'take is took' and in the turn of 'make' they said it is 'made' instead of 'mook' following the pattern of shake and take. I hear now that the plural of stadium is now 'Stadiums' instead of...
Of Leadership And Followership: Nigeria And African Perspective
Chief Cele Ehirim 08033055568
Leadership begets followership. And in the same way, followership begets leadership. With these two propositions in mind, the question must be asked: which accounts for the other?
Fundamentally, the answers are not too far to find. In the real sense, the Greeks, who were the forerunners (fathers) of modern democracy hinted exclusively in their choice of...
Random Mudsling (Part 1)
My approach to this week's edition of Agwodinuju column will wear a different colour from the usual style. Instead of dealing with a single topic, I will reflect on several issues where there would be short stakes. Therefore, I am branding this week's topic “Random Mudsling”. This sampling will afford me the opportunity to touch certain contemporary matters affecting...
Imo Traditional Rulers Chairman Escapes Prison Sentence over N1,000 Theft.
A High Court sitting in Owerri on the 27th of June 2013, cautioned and discharged Eze Mathew Onweni, the traditional ruler of Ogbor autonomous community, in Isiala Mbano LGA, and the Chairman of Okigwe Council of traditional rulers over theft of N1000.
Delivering judgment on the case between Mathew Onweni, (the accused) and Mr Livinus Okoro, the (complainant) who is...
