Imo Trumpeta newspaper

    The departure programme of the Imo State National Sports Festival Team was on Sunday morning delayed for hours due to unpaid camping allowances.   Trouble started when all the athletes billed for the “Eko 2012” games that is scheduled to commence officially on Tuesday November 27, refused to bored their buses in protest of the 7 days camping allowance that was...

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Imo State Chapter has condemned in all ramifications the leadership style of the Gov. Rochas Okorocha led APGA government over certain issues of public interest that include demolition of monumental structures in the State. the party also questioned the rationale behind the armed government security outfit, the government denial of knowledge of the abandoned...

  State Secretariat Complex Going/ Political Appointees To Forfeit 25% salaries, workers 1% To Imo Foundation.   In what would appear a novel idea but unknown practice in governance, various ministries and government parasatals occupying the modern state secretariat complex on Port Hacort Road, Owerri Imo state capital may soon vacate their respective offices to give way for privatization of the multi-million...

  The 2012 Ozuruimo festival may lose its appeal and colour following indications that traditional rulers in the State may boycott the event, Imo Trumpeta can authoritatively reveal. Also, the festival which kicks off on December 12, 2012, may not meet the intentions of the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who revived the festival to enhance the State’s rich cultural heritage...

  By Innocent Onyeukwu Contrary to media reports that Imo Transport Company is on the verge of going comatose, the management consultancy firm, Ginikana Global Services, last week, unveiled its tireless efforts to ensure it revives the State owned ailing transport firm. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, the Director, Ginika Global services and MD/CEO of the Corporation, Emeka Duru, said his firm...

  By Ohanele Casca There is pandemonium in one of the autonomous communities in Mbaise clan of Imo State as one of the aspirants for the Ezeship throne of Okirika Nwenke in Ahiazu LGA Theophilus Onyegbule Ikenga Akpim has suddenly met his untimely death.   Chief Onyegbule who has been having running battle with another aspirant Chief Hilary Okonkwo, owner of Hilman...

  By Ohanele Casca.   As friends and well wishers of Barr Enyinna Onuegbu gathered at his Ixora cottage Umuokoro Ngor-Okpala for the burial of his late father, Pa Mark Onuegbu last Friday 23rd November, 2012, the duo of former Governor Ikedi Ohakim and the Deputy Speaker House of Representative, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, accompanied by retinue of their aides which include...

  A SECOND USE of the law under the New Covenant of Grace, is that which Gal. 3:24 states “The law was our school master to bring us unto Christ”. By showing man’s penal debt; and high terms of the Covenant of Works, now impossible for the sinner to fulfill, the law prepares the soul to submit to the righteousness...

Contractors handling roads in Imo State have been ordered to get back to sites and ensure speedy completion of the projects. The Chairman State House of Assembly Committee on Joint State and Local Government Projects, Bro. Stan Dara gave the ultimatum during the road project inspection in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA recently. He pointed out that the rain has subsided, insisting that the...

A call has gone to parents and care givers to take full advantage of the Maternal New Born and Child Health Week to immunize their children irrespective of previous immunization status against diseases, deformity and death. The Deputy Head of Department Health Ahiazu Mbaise LGA, Mrs. Chidinma Nkwocha made the call at the kick-off of the exercise in the area,...