Imo Trumpeta newspaper

By Peter Uzoma An air of uncertainty is pervading the Imo State political climate ahead this weekend’s Local Government election to elect council chairmen and councilors in the various LGAs and autonomous communities in the State respectively. The Imo State Government, under governor Rochas Okorocha after seven years has finally scheduled this Saturday for the LGA polls. However, tension is heralding the...

By Tunji Adedeji and Onyekachi Olugbue Crisis of confidence has crept into the Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, with some leaders of the party expressing discomfort over the purported endorsement of one the aspirants, Senator Sam Daddy Anyanwu, even as the man at the centre of the storm, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has denied making a statement...

By Thompson Agu, Abuja Fresh dimensions about the desire of strongmen of APC taking control of the party structure in Imo State are being witnessed as the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and Senator Representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Hope Uzodimma are reported to have engaged in a discussion over possible means to have firm control of party. Going by...

There is the belief that in 2023, it would be the turn of the Igbo Nation to produce the next President of Nigeria. The closest Igbos have ever gone to Nigerian Presidency was during the Alhaji Shehu Shagari regime, when Dr Alex Ekwueme, from Oko in Ekwulobia Local Government Area, Anambra State, was the Vice. Ever since then, the North...

  Youthful Governorship Aspirant in Imo State, under the platform of Action Democratic Party, ADP, Chief Paschal Ikenna Ejiogu has headed to Abuja, the federal capital, with his teeming followers to pick the Governorship form of his party today. Accompanying Ejiogu to Abuja for this epic event is the Imo State chairman of Imo ADP, Dr Ezeala, with the entire State...

By Hon. John Ucheoma Leadership is a concept that has been misunderstood by many people, especially Nigerians and this has been the major or root cause of all our problems in this country. We confuse leadership with position but this is essentially wrong. We also confuse leadership with wealth and this is also wrong. An analysis of the regimes or...

By Justice Nwafor Monday to many heralds a new week full of anticipated success, but for 112 alleged Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Women who took part in a protest on Friday in Owerri, it heralded a week to be spent behind the bars. They were remanded in prison custody by SK Durumba’s Owerri Magistrate Court. A mild drama, however ensued as...

The trouble associated with last weeks chieftaincy title conferred on the cgief of staff to the Imo state governor, Chief Uche Nwosu, by a section of traditional rulers from Mbaise at the 2018 Iriji Festival is yet to abate. In the latest development, one of the groups strongly opposed to the conferement of the title to Nwosu, Ezuruezu Mbaise Global...