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HEARTLAND ON A FAMILIAR TERRAIN.

Heartland football club of Owerri for the second year running has qualified for the final of the Federation Cup. The team which has suffered all kinds of distractions, ranging from unstable contract agreement for their technical adviser (Lordwiegk De Kruife) to unpaid entitlements as well as low morals and strike actions from the regularly hungry cum angry players, yet they...

SPORTS PAGE 24TH AUGUST. HEARTLAND PLAYERS STILL WAITING FOR THEIR MONEY.

As the people ofImoStateand fans of Heartland football club are still celebrating the qualification of the club for the finals of this years Federation cup inLagos, all is still not well with the players. Reports reaching Imo Trumpeta show that the players are yet to receive the money promised them before they departed toIlorin for the semi – final game. The...

Before Trumpeta Is Crucified Part (2)

In fulfillment of my promise, the second part of my earlier write up “Before Trumpeta is crucified” takes centre stage again. While I tried to expatiate on the discussion I had with a fellow who expressed reservations about where I was between 2007- 2011 and if I was blind within that period, another interested person joined to task me...

Forgery: House of Rep member, Igbokwe wins

  The certificate forgery petition brought against Hon Nnanna Igbokwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the APGA candidate for the Ahiazu/Ezinihitte federal constituency Chief Chidi Ibe was yesterday dismissed for lack of merit by Hon Justice Adebara A.A led election Tribunal sitting at the Owerri High Court. In their painstaking Judgement/Ruling, the Panel took a constructive, in depth and...

Liz Benson returns to Nollywood

      Nollywood actress turned evangelist, Liz Benson is back to acting. The legendary movie superstar is currently on movie set with Nextpage Production and the movie is set to be released before the end of the year.

Battle for the soul of LGA’s in Imo Court Restrains government pending Judgement

Anthony Anyanwu             The battle for who takes control of the Local Government Areas inImoStatehas shifted from courts in Owerri to theFederalCapitalTerritoryas the Federal High Court sitting inAbujayesterday restrained the Imo state government from dissolving and interfering with the office of the elected Local government administration in the state. When the matter came up on Wednesday on the controversial issue of the...

SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE. …Ex – lawmakers floor Okorocha.

The litany of woes visiting the Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, in the law courts increased recently with the embattled number one citizen of Imo state loosing his case against some former members of the Imo State House of Assembly who he denied payment of their severance allowance. In a ruling by Hon Justice A Ibrahim of the National...

SOLDIERS, POLICE TAKE OVER IMO ASSEMBLY – As Dibiagwu’s Inauguration Fails Again.

Pandamonium, tension and chaos ruled the premises of Imo House of Assembly located at new Owerri yesterday as the inauguration of the member representingOgutaStateconstituency, Hon Eugene Dibiagwu could not take place again for the second time. Crowd of supporters mainly PDP supporters, friends and well wishers who trooped to the Assembly premises for the occasion were shocked to see stern...

Imo Guber 2015. .Anyanwu, Ihedioha, Amadi set to Contest.

The quest by Owerri geo political zone to produce Imo State Governor come 2015 has intensified following strong indications that some notable politicians in the zone have begun to put in place structures to aid the success of their respective governorship aspirations. Imo Trumpeta exclusively learnt that the likes of the Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha...

Cease fire! Labour halts mass rally, strike …Opts for dialogue with Okorocha

By Robert Mbeyi     Labour in the state, yesterday, halted temporarily plans to embark on strike and a mass rally earlier scheduled to begin yesterday, August 22nd, 2012. This development, according to watchers of the labour/government face – off in the state, does not signal the end of the crisis rocking the relationship between organised labour in the state and the Owelle...