IMO STATE CELEBRATES WORLD POPULATION DAY
The Chief Executive of the National Population Commission, NPC in Imo State, Chief Ohakpukwu Emmanuel Nwaogu has described social enlightenment in the use of contraceptives the only way to break through the barriers of the religious norms, belief and values.
Commissioner Nwaogu stated this during an interactive session marking this year’s world population day in Owerri.
The theme; Universal Access to...
Sacked LGA Bosses takes case to Abuja, petitioned IGP
By; Anthony Anyanwu
The embattled Local Government Chairman of the 27 Local Government Councils in the State has taken their case to the Inspector General of Police and the leadership of the National Assembly. The action Imo Trumpeta gathered is sequel to the refusal of Governor Rochas Okorocha to comply with the Court of Appeal judgement of Thursday 5th July...
EKEONUNWA FIRE CAUSES RIPPLES – SHOP OWNERS ALLEGE FOUL PLAY
- WE ARE NOT LIABLE – GOVT - By innocent onyeukwu A new twist has emerged over the inferno that destroyed goods and property worth several millions of naira at a section of Ekeonunwa market. Those whose goods were destroyed were mainly those who deal on sale of compact disc items and other acessories. One of the victims of...
SSS: WHY KIDNAPPING PERSISTS IN IMO
Except relations of kidnap victims desist from paying ransom to free their abducted family members, there is no end in sight for the kidnap menace ravaging Imo State. The State Security Service, SSS, Imo State office made the disclosure to print media publishers in Owerri yesterday. According to the Acting State Director of SSS, in Imo State, Shehu Saulawa,...
ILOMUANYA VS OKOROCHA AGAIN COURT FIXES JUDGMENT SEPTEMBER 26
. An Owerri Federal High Court presided by Justice Folashade Olubanjo has fixed judgment for September 26, 2012 in a suit filed by the Chairman of South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya against Governor Rochas Okorocha and ten other persons over an alleged unlawful invasion of his palace extension in Owerri by agents of the Imo...
Emekuku 9: The True Story
Even as people of the State especially residents of Emekuku are yet to recover from the tragic end of nine persons who died after a burial ceremony, reports of how they met their untimely death and processes that heralded their demise have continued to emerge.
Family sources close to wife of the deceased head of the family, paschal Njoku revealed...
Count government out on Ekeonunwa fire outbreak-Asugha
By: Ugochukwu Favour-Mayor
Contrary to rumour making round that the Imo State government has a hand in the fire outbreak last Monday night at Ekeonunwa market, Owerri, the Special Assistant to the Imo State governor on Public Affairs, Hon. Lisa Asugha has debunked the rumour saying it is the handiwork of rumourmongers who are bent at soiling the image of...
Sacked L.G.A bosses takes case to Abuja, Petitions IGP
During my critical appraisal of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s One Year Administration in Imo State, I scored the administration high in many areas like infrastructural development, road construction, Community Governing Council, free education etc. However, I did not give the administration very satisfactory mark in the area of Rule of Law. In that critique, I expressed my reservations on what...
South Sudan draw withUgandain first ever match
South Sudan's first officially recognized game since the country was admitted into the world governing body Fifa ended in a draw.
Known as the Bright Star, the team drew 2-2 with 10-manUganda, who are East and Central African regional champions.
The match in the capital, Juba, comes a day after South Sudan marked its first anniversary of independence from Sudan.
President Salva Kiir did...
Laffor is main Liberian threat- Keshi
Coach Stephen Keshi has explicitly named South Africa-based Anthony Laffor as the man that the Eagles will have to be wary of whenNigeriatakes onLiberiafor a ticket to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations inSouth Africa.
Keshi had already revealed on a television programme after the draws took place last Thursday that he was aware of the player who plays his...
