The Imo State Correspondent of the Blueprint Newspapera and Founder of Eleazar Iwuoha Foundation, Comrade Chidiebere Iwuoha at the weekend, bagged the Holy Ghost College Owerri Merit Award fir his humanitarian services to the less privileged. His foundation, since inception about a year ago, has been engaged in activities aimed at bringing siccour to the less privileged by providong edibles, clothing, and giving them money to buy littlle things. Just recently, Comrade Iwuoha took the exervise to another dimension by printing and distributing exercise books and pens to secondary school…
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WHEN EQUITY IS BETRAYED, SILENCE BECOMES COMPLICITY: HON. OSITA OPARA STANDS FIRM AGAINST POLITICAL INJUSTICE, DOUBLE STANDARDS, AND THE ATTEMPTED BURIAL OF THE CHARTER OF EQUITY IN OWERRI ZONE
WHEN EQUITY IS BETRAYED, SILENCE BECOMES COMPLICITY: HON. OSITA OPARA STANDS FIRM AGAINST POLITICAL INJUSTICE, DOUBLE STANDARDS, AND THE ATTEMPTED BURIAL OF THE CHARTER OF EQUITY IN OWERRI ZONE In every democratic society governed by conscience and guided by political morality, there comes a moment when silence becomes betrayal and compromise becomes an assault on justice itself. For Hon. Osita Opara (Itoli of Mbaitoli), the decision not to step down from the Owerri Zone Senate contest, even as other aspirants bowed to pressure, was not an act of stubbornness but…
Read MoreBunyanga Cleared By NDC For 2027 Aboh Mbaise Imo Assembly Bid
By Nkechi Ojukwu The National Democratic Congress ,NDC, Nopolitical party has officially concluded the screening process for its House of Assembly aspirants, as Mr. Godson Nwachukwu, widely known as “Bunyanga,” was cleared as the party’s aspirant for the upcoming 2027 general elections in the Aboh Mbaise State Constituency. Speaking with journalists in Owerri on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026, shortly after his successful screening by national and state officers of the NDC, Bunyanga, a prominent youth activist and ardent advocate for good governance in Nigeria, revealed that his decision to contest…
Read MoreGowon’s Heartless Attacks On Ojukwu, Ndigbo
By Ori Martins For one to fully comprehend the reall extent Gen Yakubu Gowon has reached in his brutal propaganda as well as mindless physical and structural attacks on both Gen Odumegwu Ojukwu and the entire Igbo nation, it is absolutely imperative to recast two issues about his career. The first account is this. In 1962, then Lt Col Aguiyi Ironsi’s house who was the military adviser to the Nigerian High Commission in London, was home to the then Captain Gowon who was at the Staff College in Camberley. In…
Read MoreWorld Communications Day: Pope On AI Again
BY RICHARD ODU I share so much in the concern of the Catholic hierarchy over artificial intelligence (AI) and its consequences. This concern is once again echoed by Pope Leo XIV in his message at this year’s World Communications Day, Sunday, May 17. It was the 60th in the series of the annual event which is championed by the Catholic Church. There, the Clergy and the Laity gather to reflect on communication trends as well as to celebrate professionals in the business of communication. They discuss at length the developments in…
Read MoreImo APC Primaries: Whither Thy Ruling Party?
BY INNOCENT ONYEUKWU For the second time in barely one month, I return to the internal politics of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State because the party has, once again, handed political observers enough combustible material to interrogate its future. The last time, the central question was whether the primaries would merely become a ceremonial affirmation of predetermined outcomes after Governor Hope Uzodimma’s unmistakable body language at the stakeholders’ meeting held at Government House, Owerri. At that gathering, Uzodimma had clearly laid out two parameters for ticket allocation: zoning…
Read MoreOrluzurumee Confers Prestigious Lifetime Grand Award On Dike
Renowned legal scholar and elder statesman, has been honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Grand Award by in recognition of his role in restoring peace, reconciliation and unity within Orlu Zone. The award, formally conferred on Prof. Dike as the Grand Patron of Peace and Reconciliation of Orluzurumee, was presented at his residence in Owerri on Tuesday during a gathering marked by tributes, applause and strong declarations of renewed unity within the apex socio-cultural body. Leading the delegation, the President-General of Orluzurumee Worldwide, , described the honour as a collective acknowledgement…
Read Morerump To Nigerians, Others Seeking Green Card, Return To Your Home Country
United States President Donald Trump has ordered Nigerians and other nationals applying for green cards to return to their home countries and apply for the process except in extraordinary circumstances. The president disclosed this new immigration directives on Friday. A statement by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said the policy was aimed at restoring what it described as the original intent of US immigration law. According to the statement, foreigners aliens seeking adjustment of status would now be required to process their residency applications through US consular offices abroad…
Read MoreIf You Don’t Stone Us Politicians, They’ll Not Stop Stealing -Amaechi
Former Rivers State governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has defended himself against criticism over his recent comments on poverty and economic hardship in Nigeria, insisting that he has consistently spoken out against poor governance and corruption throughout his political career. Amaechi made the remarks during an interview on Arise Television on Friday, May 22, 2026, after being questioned about why he appeared more vocal about hardship now than during his nearly eight years in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The former minister was asked why the…
Read MoreKidnappers Told Me If I Was True Man Of God, God Won’t Have Allowed Me Fall In Their Hands -Nsofor
Hon. Chinedu Nsofor, a former senatorial aspirant for Anambra South, has stated that he was kidnapped in Kogi State around 3 a.m. while travelling to Abuja. In an interview from 11:31 with Lucky Udu Experience, Hon Nsofor said he told the kidnappers that he was a man of God, hoping they would show mercy to him. However, he stated that the kidnappers became more aggressive towards him. Nsofor said the leader of the kidnappers threatened to kill him and told him that men of God were always praying for kidnappers to die.…
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