Imo Trumpeta newspaper

By Innocent Onyeukwu   Former Minister of Interior, Capt Emmanuel Ihenacho (Retd) has denied that he has plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another political platform in his quest to actualize his much rumoured governorship intention in Imo State in 2015. Reliable sources had told Imo Trumpeta that Ihenacho may be loosing the battle to pick the PDP governorship...

Some aggrieved contractors handling some of the contracts in Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Programmes in partnership with Imo State Universal Basic Education Board (ImoSUBEB) have raised an alarm, alleging that UBEC projects meant for local contractors in Imo State has been diverted to a popular foreign company owned by a high profile public office holder in Imo State   The...

I eased my  car into Mmahu-Egbema  last week  Sunday as  fierce looking  police officers  of the Operation  Rescue team  in the middle of the road signalled me to pull over. I rolled down my window, greeting one of the officers with a "morning." "Do you live here? Where are you coming from? Who is the owner of the car"...

  Changing a Horse in Midstream   In our circumstances neither a horse nor stream is involved, it depicts a scenario of policy discontinuity with its enormous waste of scare resources. When Governor Owelle Rochas  Okorocha unveiled his road map anchored on the Rescue Mission Agenda, many knew that the task ahead is arduous. Some matured ones in mind and age distanced themselves...

.  As Govt, Builders, stakeholders Brainstorm on Quality and Safe Building By Obioma Reagan The Nigerian Institute of Builders (NIBO) has stressed the need for the adherence of the National Building Code. This is in line with its commitment to the search for an enduring and lasting solution to the problem of Building Collapse in Nigeria. This was disclosed was in a...

As Nigerians continue to mourn the death of frontline politician in the country, Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and ANPP national Chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu are the latest Nigerians to commiserate the Saraki family Governor Okorocha in his condolence letter to the Saraki family, expressed his heartfelt sympathy on the death of the patriarch of the...

Local Government workers have been charged to work collectively as indivisible entity to achieve common goals. Imo State President Nigeria Union of Local Goverment Employees (NULGE) Chief Ambrose Onuoha gave the charge during the election of Ahiazu Mbaise Branch NULGE executive at the LG council Hall, Afor Oru. He advised them to be their brothers' keepers and discharge their functions effectively. Chief...

Youths  have been charged to abhor crime and be in the vanguard of fighting social vices. The Dean of St. Cyril's Denary, Ahiazu, Ahiara Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Ted Uwakwe gave the charge during the celebration of 2012 Youths Cultural Day at the Trinity Catholic Church, Ogbe Ahiara. He said the day was set aside to remind the youths on the...

  FOR THE BETTER part of this year, (from June to the end of October) this column has carried lessons on the law of God on the two tables of the Decalogue culminating in exegetic desertions on the Ten Commandments given at Sinai and our Lord Jesus Christ’s summary of their application in the Great Commandment. Readers have reacted in various...

In an article published on this page in September, I wrote on my encounter with an octogenarian, a senior citizen of Imo State, a first Republic politician, a man of yesteryears, a political seer whose identity I  concealed because he pleaded with yours sincerely to do so. In that piece titled The Man Who Sees 2015, he predicted that Imo...