BEFORE TRUMPETA IS CRUFIED (FINAL PART).
Expectedly, the concerned fellow who always reacts to my views was the first to remind me last Thursday that it was “Agwodinuju” day at the back page of Trumpeta newspaper. While I was getting set for the day’s work, the person’s text message entered my phone inbox, which states “thank you for treating my text message in today’s edition,...
OTOKOTO SAGA; 16 YEARS AFTER I WAS ACCUSED OF EATING HUMAN FLESH.
By; ibezim samuel
16 years after he narrowly escaped death, the General overseer of Over Comers Christian Mission (OCM) worldwide, Archbishop Alexander Ekemuba, on Sunday recalled how he was unjustly accused of eating human flesh during the Otokoto saga.
He said that the Otokoto saga almost led him to the world beyond, as he was erroneously accused of such barbaric act.
Ezeugo...
AHEAD OF 2012 IMO LGA POLLS ISIEC To Delineate New Wards.
By Casca.
The much anticipated Local Government Election in Imo state is inching closer, following the resolve of Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) to revalidate all ISIEC Wards in the state and also create new ones.
Chairman of the Commission, Bar Teddy Akwari, told members of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) who paid him a courtesy call in his...
D/GOV, CHIEF OF STAFF AT WAR OVER IMSU PERM SITE – As Eze Ohiri Backs Ogbaku.
The prediction by Pundits that the search for another permanent site for theImoStateUniversity, IMSU would tear Owerri zone apart, is gradually coming to fruition.
Reaction? Imo Trumpeta was informed that three prominent sons of Owerri Zone in the current administration in the state are literally at war over which Local Government attracts the permanent site of the Institution.
They are the...
OWERRI SHOOPING PLAZA TO BE SHUT DOWN OVER FACE – OFF BETWEEN GOVT AND TRADERS,
By Joshua Ahaneku.
The ever bursting Owerri shopping plaza may be closed down for commercial activities by traders, following reports of a face - off between officials of government ministries and agencies and traders.
This coming on the heels of the warning of Owerri municipal council executive chairman, Hon Emma Odor, who warned the state government officials to desist from harassing...
PAYMENT OF MAY 2011 AND JULY 2012 SALARIES TO LG CHAIRMEN…….An Attempt To Bribe Us ALGON………
The Elected Chairmen of the 27 local government areas ofImoStatehave described the recent text messages ostensibly circulated to journalists in Owerri by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr Chinedu Offor to come and collect salaries for the months of May 2011 and July 2012 as an attempt by the state government to bribe them.
In a statement issued in...
APGA Njaba Repositions: Appoints Patrons, Apex Leader.
The All progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Njaba Chapter, have repositioned itself to attain enviable heights and dominate the political landscape in Njaba LGA.
At an enlarged Executive Committee meeting of the party held on Friday, August 10, 2012, the party appointed Otunba, Chief, Chike Bliss Asonye (Promaxx) as the party’s Apex leader in Njaba. It also elevated Chief Rueben Okoro...
Imo To Burn If.. . As Ex Militants Blow Hot Over Dibiagwu.
In what appears a new dimension to the controversy trailing the non- swearing in of the member elect of Oguta State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, Oguta ex militants have threatened to unleash terror in the State, if Hon Eugene Dibiagwu is not sworn in as member of the House, come Wednesday, 29th August, 2012.
A short e...
STILL ON CHALLENGES FACING IMO LEGISLATORS
By John Mgbe
In the first part of this viewpoint which appeared in the Nigeria Newspoint newspaper of August 13th, 2012 page 5, I expressed certain reservations about what I perceive to be the actions and inactions of the legislators in the Imo House of Assembly (IMHA), Owerri. This second and final part serves as a way of proffering solutions...
EMMANUEL IWUANYANWU AT 70
BY ETHELBERT OKERE
I first heard of the name Iwuanyanwu (I mean Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu) during my undergraduates days (in the second republic); a day after a certain event organized by the Imo state government, then headed by the late Sam Mbakwe. How the name came was that there were discussions about a certain young man who donated the sum one...
