Imo Trumpeta newspaper

By Okey Alozie The Imo State government is planning to resuscitate and modify community government council in order to bring governance to the grassroots for administrative convenience. Based on this development, Governor Rochas Okorocha is said to have given out N5m each to political wards for the reactivation of its Community Government Council (CGC) and for administrative convenience. The governor intends for...

The little hull that existed in All Progressive Congress APC, Imo State, has sparked fire again following the recent inauguration of Mr Dan Nwafor as the State chairman of Imo APC. This latest development followed the earlier inauguration of Dr Hilary Eke as the Chairman of APC in Imo State. Nwafor was inaugurated on Tuesday in Abuja by the new APC...

By Okey Alozie The attempt of Imo State Governor to swear in Callistus Ekenze as Deputy Governor has trailed lots of controversies in Imo State and beyond, as prominent politicians in APC have condemned the idea. Among the APC stakeholders who spoke on the matter is Dr Hilary Eke who is one of the factional APC party Chairman in Imo...

  Late former chairman of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, LGA, Prince Chinonye Ikegwuruka never had the premonition that death was coming as he radiated glowing on Sunday during a mini party meeting in his locality. Trumpeta learnt that the healthy looking politician before his untimely death called who was of the PDP stock had left his Portharcourt abode to Imo State...

  By: Tochi Onyeubi In its continuous fight against illegal smugglers, a team of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Zone C in Owerri, intercepted and seized a 1* 40ft container with NO-MRSU 3040298, containing military camouflage and other items. Briefing newsmen in Owerri, the Assistant Comptroller General of Customs Zone C, ACG Sanusi Umar fsi, mni, informed that on examination, the intercepted...

The plan by the Mbaise Traditional Rulers Council led by Eze Leo Nwokocha to give a “Reserved” Chieftaincy title to Chief Uche Nwosu, the Chief of Staff, Government House Owerri, and son inlaw to the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has thrown monarchs in Mbaise Nation into crisis following allegation of Funds running into millions of Naira...

Imo State is now in a constitutional and administrative quagmire following problems arising from the impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere by the Imo House of Assembly, and the failed attempt to swear-in his replacement, Mr Callistus Ekenze, by the Judiciary. Meanwhile, Prince Eze Madumere has made it clear that Imo State has no other Deputy Governor except...

  Before I could understand what was amiss, four acclaimed traffic control officers emptied into my car in one full swoop. One of the uniformed men in the process of trying to force his way into the car destroyed the door handle. Location was Aba Road/Whetheral Road by Emmanuel College, Roundabout, in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, South East...

  By Sampson The quiet atmosphere in Imo State especially that of Awommamma in Oru East LGA was disturbed by the ghastly motor accident near the brewery junction in the area that gathered killed Fr Cosmas Chidi Aguocha instantly. According to an eye witness account the accident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday saw the car he was reportedly traveling...