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Govt To Light Up Owerri Municipal Roads

By ikenna orioha The Imo state government has disclosed plans to install street lights in all the roads of Owerri capital city. The state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who stated this during a breakfast meeting with members of Dozie Owerri Association, a socio-cultural organization at the government House Owerri, said that the step is part of his administration's resolve to make...

Achom Ihim Vows To Change The Face Of Okigwe

By tunji adedeji The long held back- wardness of Okigwe Constituency will be a thing of the past at the end of four year legislative tour of duty by Hon Acho Ihim. The Deputy Majority Leader, and Chairman of Information Committee in the Imo House of Assembly Hon Acho Ihim made this declaration while speaking to Journalists in Imo state. The Lawmaker...

Osina Community Hospital Gets New Ambulance Emergency Services

the Osina Community Hospital (OCH) last weekend commissioned a new Hospital Ambulance Emergency Services bought by Osina Youth Convention (OYC) now known as Osina Youth Club. The commissioning which took place at the hospital premises in Osina, Ideato North LGA, of Imo state was chaired by very Rev Fr Dr Don Nnagha, the first indigenous priest of the land...

OPF: Ezinihite Chapter Holds One Day Prayer and Fasting Session

By ikenna orioha Owerri Peoples Front, OPF, Ezinihite Mbaise LGA Chapter, held its one day prayer and fasting session to commit the political agenda of Owerri Zone to God to occupy Imo State Government House in 2015. Delivering the sermon at the prayer and fasting session held at Okpofe Town Hall, Ezinihite Mbaise LGA, recently, Bishop Anthony Theo Ohia, told OPF...

Commissioner Nnanna-Okoro Commends Orlu-Zurumee Organisation

The Commissioner for Community Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Lady Barrister Ugochi Nnanna Okoro has commended members of Orlu-zurumee Social Cultural Organisation in their efforts to project the affairs of the people of the zone. Commissioner Nnanna-Okoro made the commendation when the Executive Members of the organization led by the President General Chief Engr. Chime Nzeribe paid her a solidarity...

Black Thursday: Death Too Painful

The news came to me like a thunderstorm. I could not believe it. The questions I asked repeatedly were, when did it happen? Where did it happen? What caused it? Did the bus somersault? Did the brake fail? These were the questions I asked my brother and friend, Hon. Ifeanyi Njoku, who broke the news of the sudden death...

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 a...

Trumpeta Campus Gist

Polytechnic To Be More Competitive This Over 1.7 million candidates registered for the 2013/2014 Jamb and close to 1million people scored below 200. over 500,000 also scored below 180 which is the minimum university requirement. Polytechnics are bent on having more applicants than the University this year, it is not possible for all the Polytechnic in the states to admit more...

Trumpeta Arabanko

LOLO JOINT This name may sound strange to those who are not used to boarding commercial buses along Mbaise-Owerri route. Lolo Joint has become a “talk of the town as commuters especially middle aged men discuss and relish the fun they derive at the joint. According to one red cap chief who was in a bus from Mbaise with Arabanko team, the...

Trumpeta Popularside

Former Chairman of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Chapter, Chief Dr Fidel Onyeneke can be said to be a restless media professional. After his tenure as the number one journalist in Imo State, the former News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, staff has been appointed Special Adviser to the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, on Media....