Imo Trumpeta newspaper

The House of Representatives in its plenary session on Thursday November 8, 2012 adopted a motion sponsored by His Excellency, Hon. Bethel N. Amadi, member representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, calling on the Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to as a matter of urgency; commence immediate rehabilitation of the damaged portions of the Owerri – Okigwe Highway. Moving the motion...

  On Saturday Nov 10, 2012 a significant event took place throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It was the day the masses were called out in the 360 Federal Constituencies to make contributions in the Nigerian Constitution, which serves as the Bible for leadership of the country.   The exercise also took place at the state levels conducted by the Senators,...

  Mr Uchechi Amadi (not real names) is a citizen of Imo State but resident in Milan, Italy. After his primary and post primary education in his sleepy Umuaka-njaba community several years ago, Mr. Amadi who is in his late forties went to Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State to do business. In his quest for greener pastures, Mr...

Palpable fear has gripped inhabitants ofImoStateas what looks like the “Otokoto” era has returned with a female headless body found in Naze, Owerri North LGA, a male beheaded in Owerri and another murdered in Ohekelem, Ngor Okpala LGA. Imo Trumpeta’s roving reporters were shocked to discover the dead bodies dumped by the roadsides without heads. The dead body dumped at Aba-Owerri...

  Joshua Ahaneku   The battle for the soul of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) may have reached a crescendo following the deepening of a perceived rift in the party. This rift in manifested recently at a stakeholders meeting with key leaders of the party heed in Awka, Anambra State. The meeting was attended by who is who in APGA, including...

  Committee members tackle Chairman over award of contracts.   The reasons for abandoning of contract jobs and shoddy executive of projects littered around Owerri zone by Owelle Rochas Okorocha Government in Imo State have been identified. Apart from non-completion of certain contracts being handled by Owerri Mayorial Affairs, there is nothing to justify several millions of naira released to the committee...

  The Athletes in Imo State training for the up coming 18th National Sports Festival (Eko ’12) have called on the Government to come to their aid with funds as they have been training with empty stomach.   According to investigations conducted by ‘Imo Trumpeta’, the Athletes are yet to go into camping even when the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon....

  In those early years, the game gradually assumed the features we take for granted today. Goal kicks were introduced in 1869 and corner kicks in 1872.   In 1878 a referee used a whistle for the first time. Yet there was no such thing as a penalty up until 1891. In the Public Schools were morden football originated, there was an...

Dynamo Kiev’s striker Brown Ideye in the early hours of Thursday got his first international goal for the Super Eagles in a friendly tie against Venezuela in Miami, USA.   Nigeria over –came their Venezuelan counterparts 3-1 in their first Pre-African Cup of Nations friendly at the Marlin-Park in Miami, Florida.   The result will flatter the Nigerians as it was not a...

One of the very yardsticks for the measurement of effective governance in a democratic setting is how quick government responds to issues of public concern, whether initiated by that particular administration or otherwise.   It is a laudable trait in governance when a sitting government reverses any policy initiated by it, based on the public’s rejection or reaction towards that particular...