Imo Trumpeta newspaper

  By Chibuzo Munonye   The Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri Staff Welfare Association has conferred on the Distinguished Excellence in Leadership Award on the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu.   The award was given during the end of year party/award presentation/grand finale of sports fiesta and send-forth party for retirees of the hospital held at the centre’s premises.   Speaking...

  Team Delta has emerged as the champions of the 18th National Sports festival tagged “Eko 2012”, after amassing the highest number of medals at the 13 day Sports fiesta.   For winning the competition, Delta will be rewarded with 20 million promised by President Goodluck Jonathan to the eventual winner.   Over 8,000 athletes competed in 25 events at festival, which started November...

  The honourable member representing Owerri Municipal  in the Imo State House of Assembly, Honurable (Dr.), Victor Mere, on Monday kicked of his football competition , tagged Owerri Unity Cup.   According to the Chairman of the Local organizing Committee, Mr Uche Ejimofor, a one time General Manager of Iwuanyanwu National (now Heartland), the competition pitches the five villages in the Municipal...

Chelsea will play Mexican club Monterrey in the semi-finals of the club world cup in Japan on Thursday.   Monterrey will play the European champions after beating South Korean club Ulsan Hyundai 3-1.   African champions Al-Ahly, who  beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima of Japan, 2-1 to set up a last four meeting against South American victors Corinthians.   The club World Cup is contested between the...

Drivers have been charged to be road safety conscious and obey traffic rules. The Chairman National Union of Road Transport Workers Ahiazu Mbaise Branch, Chief John Osuagwu gave the charge while addressing members at the Eke Ahiara Motor Park, recently. He warned against drunk driven and sale of alcohol and illict drugs in parks. Chief Osuagwu admonished drivers on use of GSM...

  3.     GOD’S TRUTH may be said to be an attribute which characterise all God’s other moral attributes, and His intellect. The word “truth” may be simply defined as: that which is agreeable to the reality of things. God’s knowledge is perfectly true; being exactly correspondent with the reality of the objects thereof. His wisdom is true; being unbiased by error...

  The Judiciary is an arm of government that is charged with the responsibility of interpretation of laws and settlement of disputes. It is commonly called ‘the last hope of the common man’. It also performs some other functions like probate matters, authentication of documents etc.   Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigerian (as Amended) vests...

I will take a cue from the postulations of My Editor-in Chief, Mr. Henry Ekpe, who in his piece ‘The Old Owerri I Know’ published in the Weekend Edition of Imo Trumpeta last Friday vividly made comparisons between Owerri of the  seventies, eighties and now. I decided to continue  from where he stopped as today’s piece will move a step...

The United Nations Developments Program (UNDP) within the last few years has emphasized and keeps emphasizing on human capital development. The Prince Noel Productions, Inc seemed to have heard this as they produced the first ever grassroots talent hunts tagged “Imo Got Talent”. The Grassroot talent search which was focused on Music, Dancing, Comedy acting and modeling had the...

        19-year old Rhodri Emeka Ihenacho, the second son of Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, foremost Master Mariner, ship owner and immediate past Minister of Interior, emerged one of the favourites at this year’s Mr. World competition held at the prestigious Kent County Showground, Kent, United Kingdom.   Though he did not win the crown, he  featured prominently at the grand finale which held...