Imo Trumpeta newspaper

            FIFA during the week named the list of players shortlisted for the FIFA Ballon d’or 2012 edition, with a host of star names battling it out for the crown. The 23 man list contains 12 players who ply their trade in La Liga, including two-time winner Lionel Mesi, who received the European Golden Boot (shoe) award on Monday. Real Madrid...

          The Torch of Unity which has been travelling round the 36 states of the Nation will on Tuesday 5th November arrive Imo State. The Zonal co-odinator, South East Zone II, Nguru cntre Mr. Adokie Dans who made this known to ‘Imo Trumpeta’ did reveal that the Torch which is the symbol of unity for the National Sports festival games...

          A High court sitting in Owerri on Tuesday, 30th October, 2012 upheld the election which brought into power the Amanze Uchegbulam’s Led Board of the Imo State Football all Association. In her Judgment delivered at the State high court Owerri, Justice F.I. Duruoha upheld that the claimants are state Executives and stakeholders of Imo State Football Association under the...

I detest being distracted during Holy Mass on Sundays.  As a devout Catholic, I begin the week by attending the Sunday mass services.  Part of my biddings during the mass is either to switch off my phone or put it in vibration, to avoid unwarranted distraction that will enable me concentrate with the mass rituals.  However, Sunday the 21st...

My heart leapt with joy when I read on a channels TV footnote that Imo governor battles criminals, and kidnappers.  Many of my likes are eagerly looking forward to a Christmas celebration in Imo devoid of crimes. At least we all know that one of the principal functions of any government is to ensure the security of life and property. ...

One of the thorny executive actions inherited by the government of Owelle Rochas Okorocha is the legacy of 10,000jobs for Imo youths, a (political) fallout from the immediate past administration.  Given the figure on the ground as at now, 10,000 is like a tip of the ice-berg as thousands of young men and women continue to pour into the...

For involving in dishonourable acts, the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu has been asked to quietly resign his position as number one lawmaker in the state and quit from representing Ihitte Uboma state constituency in the state legislature. In apparent reaction to a recent statement credited to Speaker Uwajumogu, where he claimed to...

By Kingsley Amaechi Trouble burst out yesterday at the premises of Imo Transport Company (ITC), Owerri when staffers and franchise owners vent their spleen on the management consultancy firm managing the corporation-Ginikana. For several months now, the franchise owners and staffers have battled with the management consultancy firm over unresolved issues. Imo Trumpeta learnt issues such as deduction in salaries of staffers,...

Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in the April 2011Governorship election, at the weekend, fired salvos at some policies and programmes of the Rochas Okorocha Administration. The Senator, who spoke to newsmen at his Isiebu country home at the weekend, said there is no free education in the state as widely publicized by the Okorocha...

The immediate former Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly Rt Hon Goodluck Nana Opiah has opened up, saying that there was only one Speaker of the House in the last dispensation from 2007-20011, and that person is Goodluck Opiah. Speaking to Newsmen in Owerri on Sunday, Hon Opiah maintained that Hon Amaechi Nwoha who claimed to have impeached him...