Imo Trumpeta newspaper

    Another dimension is beginning to emerge in the controversy surrounding the alleged N548m bribe which led to the impeachment of the Imo State Deputy Governor, Sir Jude Agbaso and his replacement with Prince Eze Madumere.   It would be recalled that Agbaso was impeached for allegedly collecting N458m bribe from Joseph Dina of JPross, a firm handling road project in Imo....

    By Onyekachi Eze   Some Owerri based Keke Operators, Friday, besieged ENTRACO Office, along Owerri-Okigwe road, to protest the indiscriminate removal of tarpaulin in their tricycles designed to protest passengers from harsh weather conditions.   Trumpeta, who witnessed the crisis, observed that men of ENTRACO and some keke riders engaged in a face-off and this caused serious traffic logjam along the busy road.   Speaking...

    The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu is said to be very angry with the Governor of the State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.   Reason: The number one Lawmaker is said to have felt “used and dumped” by Okorocha who was alleged to have promised to appoint him the Deputy Governor, the moment his former Deputy, Sir...

  As women in Ohaji community protest choice of Woman Leader As controversy continues to trail the recent compilation of members of the Community Government Council, CGC, in Imo State, the profile and background of some people holding CGC positions has become a source of worry and concern to autonomous communities in the state.   In troubled Ochia Autonomous Community, Awara Court Area...

    From all indication, the last is yet to be heard on the Oguta State Constituency seat two years after the 2011 general elections. While other LGAs are busy enjoying representation from the legislators, the people of Oguta State Constituency has remained in the law court since the 26th April State Constituency election.   The legal battle has once again shifted to...

  Ikenna Collins   What appears to be desecration of the alter was recorded at Blessed Tansi Catholic Church, Ugwu-Orji, Owerri, Imo State on Saturday 6th April, 2013, as pandemonium rocked Special Eucharistic celebration to mark the First Saturday of the month which is always attended by the Catholic Women Organization (CWO), as two women were forced to leave the church...

    Pensioners in the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation, (IBC), for the umpteenth time have cried out over the inability of the rescue mission administration in the state to pay their pension arrears, which has entered into its 29th month. One of the pensioners who pleaded anonymity revealed to Trumpeta, that despite their peaceful protest and appeal to Governor Rochas Okorocha, they...

  By Ikenna Collins   The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Imo State chapter, has continued to wallow in crisis and confusion as its state congress where new officers to pilot the affairs of the party in the state were elected ended in a fiasco. The party has not remained the same since Governor Rochas Okorocha quit its fold and pitched his political...

Heartland have petitioned CAF after they were told by hosts US Bitam in Gabon they have been walked over in a Confederation Cup tie. Heartland were abandoned in Libreville when they arrived the Gabonese capital city late Saturday as no official of the home team was at the airport to welcome them. ‘The Naze millionaires’ are now heading home after they...

    CHRIST AND BELIAR are the opposing leaders in the great controversy between righteousness and unrighteousness (Rev. 12:7-9). Sin is not an abstract thing. Along with all that is true, holy and righteous are the supernatural forces of the universe led by Christ. Conversely, along with all that is evil, and worthless are the supernatural forces of darkness led by...