Imo Trumpeta newspaper

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

          May I commend several callers who reacted differently to last week’s piece on this column titled ImoDrama. I must particularly mention a caller from Colorado, United States, an Imolite in Diaspora, Chief Reuben Onuoha, who read the piece on the newspaper’s website www. imotrumpeta.com. According to him, he said he was delighted with the article on the basis that it...

By; amaechi kingsley       The Imo State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha last week arrived Ihim Autonomous Community, at Isiala Mbano LGA, to condole with Eze Dr. Oliver .E. Ohanweh during the funeral ceremony of their mother Ezinne Felicia Ohanweh. Speaking at the funeral ceremony, the Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha thanked the people for their warm hospitality and expressed his happiness stating that...

St Michaels Catholic Church, Eziama Ikeduru LGA went agog at the weekend with the redemption of an Air condition seater Bus earlier promised by Prince Charles Amadi “Charlvon” four months ago to the Catholic Women Organisation. The presentation of the bus to Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) was made by the wife of the donor Mrs Yvonne Amadi at Eziama, during...