Imo Trumpeta newspaper

As at the time of this report, Trumpeta can't properly state the situation of things in Imo State chapter of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. Reason is that the fight at the national level over who controls the affairs of the party especially that of the party secretariat is causing rumpus at the Wadata plaza in Abuja . In the heat...

..As Chapter Elects New Exco   By Onyekachi Eze  It is a breath of fresh air in the Imo State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, NITP, as TPl. Austin Ugoh Ukanwa FNITP, has emerged the State Chairman. This was an outcome of the general election held on Thursday, February 13, 2025, during the Chapter's meeting at the NITP Secretariat at...

The National Assembly has passed the N54.9 trillion budget for the 2025 financial year, increasing the initial proposal by N700 billion from N54.2 trillion. The budget breakdown includes: N3.6 trillion for statutory transfers, N14.3 trillion for debt service, N13.6 trillion for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, and N23.9 trillion for capital expenditure. President Bola Tinubu had earlier written to the National Assembly, requesting...

The Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court, has struck out the defamation suit against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi. The court’s decision followed the application and motion by Martins Akala, the police prosecutor, to withdraw the suit from the court. Reports have it that the Federal High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on January 29, 2025, struck out cyberbullying and defamation...

The Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, has handed over various arms and ammunition smuggled into the country that it intercepted from the Lagos airport. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, stated that some of the importers of the assault weapons have been convicted while other cases are still undergoing court process. He stated this on Thursday while handing over a total of...

The Labour Party, LP, says it would field former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as its candidate in the 2027 general elections The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi, stated this on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television, adding that Tinubu would not have a smooth sail in the next general polls. “Tinubu is not just going to...

Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN, has reversed its 15G data plan 200 percent tariff hike. The company disclosed this in a statement through its official X account on Thursday. Recall that on Tuesday, MTN commenced implementation of a 200 percent tariff hike for the 15G data bundle alongside other data plans. The hike had contravened the 50 percent telecom tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications...

Former First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has said that she would not have been a widow if the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had listened to her. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu stated this in an exclusive interview with StarNews Publisher, Olumide Akinrinlola, published on Thursday. Diagnosed with breast cancer 27 years ago, the former Ondo First Lady said her decision to seek medical care...

The educational promotion tactics of the lawmaker representing Onuimo State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly,  Hon Chief  Uba James Esile has been described as an aggressive one aimed at defeating the backward syndrome in the area. A frontline member of the All Progressives Congress, APC Ordinand Prince Bright Ekwebelem who made this assessment while exchanging views with newsmen...

The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Imo State, has been drawn in a heart wrenching petition from FID Asika Ilobi & Co, under the instruction of their Client, Chief Barry E.C Nwigwe. The petition borders on the alleged harassment, ill treatment and extortion of eighty thousand naira (#80,000) from Nwigwe's son, Mr. Ikemefuna Emmanuel Nwigwe by unknown men adorned...