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The Aborted Catholic Church Debate; A Post Mortem

Strong apologies to readers for the absence of my regular commentaries which appear as articles at the back page off Trumpeta newspapers every Thursday of the week. For a while, Agwodinuju and Babanababa on 2015 Vibes could not maintain their regular spaces at the back page, no thanks to serial...

2015: Okorocha And The Imo Electorate

In the 2011 election in Imo State, there was a political earthquake. For the first time in the history of the state, an incumbent Governor of a ruling party was defeated in an election, without completing his second term. And this singular history was made using Owelle Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to dislodge Chief Ikedi...

Fire -for-Fire 2015 Election in Imo As APC, APGA, PDP Beat Drums of War

Undoubtedly, Imo State will be one of the hottest spots among the states in Nigeria where the fast approaching 2015 elections will hold. Strong indications that residents of the Eastern Heartland, as the state is fondly called, are sitting on a keg of gunpowder ready to explode any moment have emerged. The fiasco that characterised Wednesday's botched debate arranged by the...

Court Orders Fresh Arrest of APC Chair, Hilary Ekeh

By Thomson -Agu -Abuja Fresh trouble awaits the Imo State Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Hilary Ekeh as for the umpteenth time he is on the wanted list of men of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF. Eke who was conspicuously absent at the resumed hearing of the court case where he has been charged for two alleged offences could not...

Charly Boy Blows Hot Again, Joins Imo APGA Campaign Train

Maverick music maestro Charles Oputa, aka Charley Boy who caused uproar in Imo state last year during the burial of his father late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, is in the news again concerning Imo politics. The last time news about Charley Boy was heard was when he reportedly jolted the congregation by embarrassing the governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha...

Retired Primary School Teachers In Imo Cry Out

By stanley amadi Barely one month after the retired primary school teachers in Imo State under SUBEB took to the streets of Owerri on the 10th of February to protest the non-payment of over 40 months pension arrears, the group yesterday, 12th March registered their protest over the same issue despite promises by the state governor to see to their...

Aborted Catholic Debate PDP Accuses Imo Commissioner of Attacking Rev Fr. Rochas Has No Hand in Political Thuggery, Says SSA Public Affairs, Ejiogu Stop Using Youths Against The...

By kelechi ugo What appeared to be moral misconduct in the sight of every living being may have been recorded on Wednesday at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, Imo State during the governorship poll debate organised by the Catholic Church as the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the image maker of the Imo State ruling...

Unpaid Allowances: Imo Lawmakers Issue Okorocha Fresh Threat ..Vows Not To Pass 2015 Budget

The unending disagreement between the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and members of the Imo State House of Assembly has worsened with the lawmakers dishing out fresh showdown against the number one citizen of the state. There have been prolonged altercations between the two arms of government since late last year warranting the legislators to approach the court asking...

Disrupted Imo Guber Debate: Gov. Aide Accuses Archbishop Obinna Of Projecting Ihenacho

For people who are pitching the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressive Congress, APC over the show of shame at the Obiri Odenigbo Pavilion of the Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri recently, this revelation may shock them. The APC members fired the highly respected Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Anthony JV Obinna as they accuse him of supporting and working...

For The Records; FULL TEXT OF LETTER FROM ALHAJI SHEHU SHAGARI TO BUHARI

My brother, you have contested the Presidential elections 3 times in this country and in all these times,you have never asked me or my people at Shagari village to support your bid. It is very obvious why you can't do that. You don't have the courage after what you did to me. You truncated democracy with a dastardly coup...