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Edo Vanguard Man Bags Award Of Excellence, Dedicates Medal To Colleagues, Nigerian Masses

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2 years ago

July 22, 2022

One of the Edo State Correspondents of Vanguard newspaper, Prince Alemma Ozioruva Aliu, has bagged an Award of Excellence in his reportage in the state.

Aliu, a Prince of Igarra in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State was on Friday awarded alongside Edo State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Monday Osaigbovo; Pascal Ugbomhe, former member, Edo State House of Assembly; John Osamede Adun, also known as Bobezuwa, among others by the Coalition of Registered Polical Parties (CRPP) Edo State chapter.

In his speech, chairman, CRPP, Edo State chapter, Samon Isibor said the award was given to encourage Aliu and other recipients to do more and also to let them to know that people are watching the Impacts they are making in the society.

Prince Alemma Ozioruva Aliu, Edo State Vanguard correspondent during the citation.

“Our main purpose of organising the Award is to let the outstanding personalities/individuals that have torched the lives of our people in one way or the other know that people are watching the Impacts they made on our society. So that it encourages and spur them to do more,” he added.

While reliving the award, Aliu who was Secretary, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Edo State council, said the award was a challenge for him to be more committed to his job, while dedicating the medal to his colleagues in the pen profession and the Nigerian masses.

A former Secretary of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ, Edo State council, Aliu was deployed to Edo State in 2008 as the Guardian newspaper correspondent before he joined the Vanguard in 2018.

As a graduate of Mass Communication who is committed to the profession, Aliu had received several awards including Award of Recognition for being the voice of the voiceless by Edo State Civil Society Coalition (EDOCSO).

He had also bagged Award of Excellence (Best Health Reporter of the Year, Print Media) by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Edo State and Award of Excellence by Critique Press Club, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi and several others.

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JUST IN: Court Clears Ex-AGF Adoke Of Money Laundering Charges

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April 19, 2024

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday discharged and acquitted former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, while delivering a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the former AGF, held that the EFCC failed to establish a prima facie (sufficient evidence) case against him.

“I find that there is no evidence to prove the alleged offences against the first defendant (Adoke),” the judge said.

However, Justice Ekwo ruled that Aliyu Abubakar, the second defendant, has to open his defence because he has a case to answer.

EFCC had preferred a 14 counts charge against Adoke and an oil mogul, Aliyu Abubakar.

In the charge, the anti-graft agency alleged that Adoke sometime in August 2013 in Abuja accepted a cash payment of the dollar equivalent of N300 million from Abubakar and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 16(2)(b) of the money laundering Prohibition Act 2011 as amended.

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Police Seal Off Benue APC Factional Secretariat

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April 19, 2024

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Armed policemen have sealed off the secretariat of the All Progressive Congress,APC, in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State.

The party secretariat belongs to the Austin Agada-led APC Working Committee located along JS Tarka Way opposite the Railway Market in Makurdi.

There are two party secretariats in the capital city.

The other one belongs to Benjamin Omakolo’s team which is located along Kashim Ibrahim Way.

The Publicity Secretary of the Agada faction, Daniel Ihomun, said that the sealing off of their secretariat may not be unconnected with the inauguration of members of the zoning committee for the forthcoming local government election.

“We are to inaugurate members of the zoning committee for the coming local government election today at our secretariat only for the government to send policemen and their thugs to seal off the secretariat,” Ihomun said.

It was learnt that policemen and Armour Personnel Vehicle were deployed to the Agada-led office as early as 6am on Friday.

Efforts to get the reaction of the state Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, to ascertain the reason for the sealing off of the party secretariat were not successful as her phone rang out at the time of filing this report.

The Agada-led faction had constituted a 21-men zoning committee drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state and was expected to be inaugurated on Friday.

But in a swift response, the Omakolo-led team had in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Terseer Agber, called on all party members and the general public to disregard the zoning committee constituted by the Agada-led committee.

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JUST IN: Army Releases Delta Monarch Arrested Over Soldiers Killings

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April 19, 2024

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The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler, Clement Ikolo, earlier declared wanted and arrested over the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on 14 March 2024.

The monarch was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters alongside seven others for alleged involvement in the act.

He was released to Senator Ede Dafianone who stood surety.

He was released during a brief at Army Headquarters by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.

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