Imo Trumpeta newspaper

By amaechi kingsley The Sole Administrator of Okigwe, Hon Pastor Frank Onwumere in collaboration to Xtraval Leadership Solutions last Tuesday flagged-off a three day leadership training seminar at the hall of Okigwe local government council headquarters. In his opening remark during the flag-off ceremony, Hon Pastor Frank Onwumere stated that the leadership seminar which was a project organized for all the...

By ikechukwu ucheoma Commercial Motorcycle operators popularly called Okada or ina-aga in Imo State, plying the Orogwe/Ndegwu route in Owerri West local government area of the state have lamented of the deplorable state of the road. Speaking to Trumpeta, some of the motorcycle operators in the area lamented that the bad state of the road has brought nothing...

By adedeji tunji The People of Eziokele and Eziobodo Autonomous Communities in Owerri West LGA, Imo have cried out to Gov Rochas Okorocha over victimization, Intimidation and denial of their right by Eze Lucky Okoro. The two autonomous communities leaders and women pointed accusing fingers at Eze Oha 111 of Ezibodo Autonomous community for what they described as victimization of his...

Few days to the Supreme Court decision on the interest of PDP candidate and ex-Governor Ikedi Ohakim joining the ongoing case instituted by the ACN candidate, Sen Ifeanyi Ararume, over the conduct of 2011 Supplementary election, PDP has come hard on Okorocha. It would be recalled that the camp of Owelle Okorocha have been using various forms to draw attention...

By kelechi ugo The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has performed creditably well and should be given a second chance by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Nigeria electorate in 2015. This was disclosed by Chief Jerry Chukwueke, the Mobilization and Contact Committee Chairman of the PDP in Imo State, while speaking at...

by amaechi kingsley The popular axiom that “everyday na for thief, but one day na for owner of the House, manifested in Owerri, the Imo state capital when a suspected thief was caught stealing chicken from a cage in Relief market, Owerri. Relief Market, is a poplar market in Owerri Municipality where the stock in-trade of traders is food stuffs and...

The ancient kingdom of Nekede in Owerri West LGA is boiling over sharp disagreements between HRH Eze Godwin Merenini (Dibia 1 of Umudibia) and Umuerim Welfare Association. The basis for the altercations is the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede. The Welfare Association accuses the Monarch of enjoying the goodies accruable from the institution alone, to the detriment of his kinsmen. According to Engr...

By thomson agu, Abuja Chief Joe Ndu, a former Commissioner with the National Population Commission, representing Imo State, has been arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over alleged sale of Land belonging to the Commission. The former Commissioner who appeared before the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State, was allegedly accused of selling the Land at...

By onyeukwu innocent Commissioners nominees cleared in Imo State by the Imo State House of Assembly, yesterday, swiftly obeyed the instruction of State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by reportedly showing up at the Imo State Council of Ndi Eze Secretariat, yesterday for screening and confirmation. Okorocha had announced to the chagrin and consternation of Imolites recently, that his newly appointed commissioners...

Today's piece will take a multi dimensional approach. I wanted to make a comparative analysis of political dispensations orchestrated by the three civilian administrations we have had in the State since 1999. But I had to change topic on the basis of the submission of a regular reader of this colunm, whose identity I will...