Irete Ezeship Fracas Three Feared Dead, As Govt Team, Eze Chidume Okoro Escape Mob Attack
About three persons were feared dead in Irette Autonomous Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State following severe skirmishes between warring factions to the Ezeship tussle of the Community.
The exchange of blows and free usage of dangerous weapons by the warning factions characterized an exercise meant to select the traditional ruler of the Community.
Governor Rochas Okorocha...
Imo Communities In Disarray As Avuvu, Oguta Boils Over Ezeship, Autonomy
It was a submission and argument filed proceeding for Hon Justice Theresa Echeta led five-man Commission at the Magistrate Court 8 in the High Court Owerri, were several Imo Communities are fighting/challenging either the election, the attitude/conduct of their Eze or the grant of Autonomous status.
The people of Avuvu autonomous Community came out in their hundreds before the commission...
Okorocha’s Aid Accused Of Land Speculation As Court Restrains Parties
Anthony anyanwu
An Owerri High Court presided over by Justice F. Duruoha-Igwe has given an injunction restraining the Special Adviser to Governor Okorocha on Petroleum and Energy Chief Ralph Ekezie and four others and Carlin Concept International Nigeria Ltd, from entering or doing anything on a parcel of Land at the Irette Industrial Layout.
In the suit No. HOW/92/2013, Carlin Concept...
Nkwodinma (ABUMALAYA) Joins Owerri Municipal Assembly Race
Retired Shell Oil Company Manager, Hon Ambrose Nkwodinma (alias Abumalaya) has dumped the lucrative oil sector for the shark infested waters of Nigerian politics.
Nkwodinma who spoke to Trumpeta at his ancestral compound in Amawom Owerri, said he has thrown his hat into the ring to fight for the position of House of Assembly in 2015 general election.
He said he...
Agbala, Naze Communities Boil Over Ezeship Tussle, Lawmaker, SOLAD Fingered
Peace of the grave yard is hanging over Agbala and Naze both in Owerri North LGA, as the Communities stormed Government House, Owerri to demonstrate against imposition of Traditional Rulers in the Areas.
Agbala Community comprising old men and women, widows, and youths arrived the entrance Gate of the Government House Owerri, as early as 8am to register their protest,...
Guber Aspirant, Nzimako kick Against God -Fatherism
A legal practitioner and governorship aspirant, in Imo state, Barrister Bethel Chukwuemeka Nzimako, has berated god-fatherism in Nigeria politics, saying he is not a party to it as it negates the will and interest of the masses, and also counters electoral act.
Nzimako made the declaration while condoling General Rowland Ogbonna on the demise of his father-in-law at his residence,...
Why Single Term Is Best For Us
By Nnamdi Nwigwe 08037024609
When President Goodluck Jonathan, in his first year in office, mooted the idea for a single term of office for the President and the State Governors, one of the reasons he gave was to reduce the acrimony that usually trailed quests for second term.
The President suggested single seven-year tenure for the Chief Executive Officers, after which...
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Amuzi Immortalizes Prof Onwuliri With Cup Victory
Amuzi Community was on Sunday June 16 united in the community's 2 1 victory over Ahiazu fc in the final of the Prof. C E O Onwuliri Charity Football Competition which came to its crescendo at the St. Jude Catholic Parish field, Amuzi.
Captain of the victorious home team Uchenna Egbuzor informed Trumpeta after...
All Hail Security Oppression: Imo Orientation
Every State in Nigeria especially in these times of crisis and security woes needs the services of security operatives. It was postulated by Shakespeare that security gives way to conspiracy but in Imo State Security gives vent to oppression. We shall return to this later.
They come in various outfits and colours and at times seen at road junctions pretending...
Death Of Seven: Cherubim Church Debunks Report
The leadership of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Owerri, Imo State has refuted recent media report which insinuated that the seven family members who died after eating Ugba (oil bean) meal died at the Egbelu Nguru in Ngor Okpala LGA, Imo State branch of the church.
In a release signed by the Provincial Chairmen of Owerri...