Imo Trumpeta newspaper

In those days in the early 80s when I visited one of my Aunties in Lagos, she usually asked me to accompany her to the market, with me carrying a plastic basket which she threw in whatever she bought. And there were two particular markets she takes me to. They are Aswani and Jankara markets. But I developed a particular interest...

  From the directives of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, days stipulated for conduct of party primaries to select candidates for 2019 election ended on the 8th of  October, 2018.   In Imo State, a potpourri of mixed reactions have continued to trail the exercises which saw the leading parties witness a sour taste of action.   Worst hit was the ruling All...

  I bubbled with an atom of excitement and relief of brighter days ahead when the 2015 Presidential Election favoured Muhammadu Buhari.   My joy was neither related to any partisan inclination to APC membership before the last general election nor instigated by pecuniary benefits the ascendancy of the retired army officer to the highest office in Nigeria would put on my...

Except there will be an out of court settlement or those involved in the ongoing court case opt to back out from going forward in the matter, the judiciary may play a role in who will be finally entitled to fly the ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the 2019 Governorship election. Trumpeta reports that series of court...

By Onyekachi Eze Irrespective of the complaints trailing how conduct of APGA governorship primaries was handed, Trumpeta has been informed how Senator Ifeanyi Araraume emerged winner of the exercise conducted on Sunday. Reports have it that APGA Returning Officer, Mrs. Eberechukwu Ejikeme, who announced the result after the primary election that held at Kanu Nwankwo Stadium, Owerri, the state capital, said...

By Onyekachi Eze The seeming disagreement between the Imo State Government led by Governor Rochas Okorocha and the Imo Pensioners have resurrected again, following government demand on the Pensioners to provide their fresh personal bio-data. The crux of the matter borders on a request by Okorocha led administration to the retired civil servants to provide sensitive information before they could be...

As the political parties end their primary elections, and with the submission of names of candidates now dominating the political air, Trumpeta took a deep look into the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP with the view of unraveling how the two parties fared in its primaries. Before the party primaries which ended this week,...

By Onyekachi Eze The immediate past Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, to Imo State Government, Hon Engr Uju Kingsley Chima has emerged the All Progressives Congress, APC flagbearer for Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru West Federal Constituency for the 2019 general election. He emerged victorious after a keenly contested primaries held across the State on October 6,2018, which was headed by General...

A frontline Governorship Aspirant under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Imo State, Hon Uche Onyeagocha has redirected his political energy towards an Owerri Governorship project come 2018, even as his ambition to run as a Governorship candidate was thwarted by APGA. Welcoming the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governorship candidate in Imo State, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha to...