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THE PRESTIGIOUS VANGUARD PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARDS IS HERE AGAIN

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Today, Friday, 27th January, 2023, Vanguard will roll out the red carpet in celebration of men and women who have distinguished themselves as achievers of excellence in their various fields of endeavors.

Governors, Ministers, Heads of Organizations and Parastatals, Captains of Industries, and the Creme de la Creme of Nigeria are expected at this annual celebration of integrity, hard work, and service to the nation and mankind.

The Awards event promises to be a night of fun, glitz, glamour, laughter, great music, and of course, a celebration of our diverse culture.

Accomplished administrator with over 30 years of experience in public sector governance, Dr. Ajoritsedere Awosika, will chair the Vanguard Personality of the Year 2022 Award.

Holding at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites, Dr. Awosika will superintend the ceremony where a host of eminent Nigerians, elder statesmen, distinguished governors, and trailblazers in various fields of human endeavours will be honoured.

Chairman of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, will be honoured as Vanguard Personality of the Year 2022. Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Babagana Zulum (Borno) will also be honoured for changing the fortunes of their various states.

Iconic pharmacist, Dr. Awosika, at various times, was Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Power and Science and Technology. She is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacy.

With a doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, Dr. Awosika was appointed to the Board of Access Bank Plc. in April 2013 and served as the Vice-Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and Chairman of the Board Credit Committee, prior to her appointment as the Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Awosika sits on the boards of Capital Express Assurance Ltd., Josephine Consulting Ltd., Council of University of Warri, African Initiative for Governance, Med-In Pharmaceuticals Limited, and International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases. 

Artists of the night include award-winning artist DBanj and the famous live band group of Laolu Gbenjo.

The event will be transmitted live on Channels Television and streamed on all of Vanguard’s Social Media handles.

You may also log in to our Instagram handle for all the glamorous behind the scene moments of this great event.

It’s all happening at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. Time, 6pm. Red carpet opens at 5pm. Attendance is strictly by invitation.

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GLAMOUR AND GLITZ AT ESUT ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES PIONEER GRADUANDS DINNER

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It was all glamour, fun and sheer fanfare as the pioneer students of English and Literary Studies, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, had their graduation ball and dinner party.

The students who looked excited and stunning and very much bubbly, enjoyed every moment of the time.

It was easy to see they were all eager to go and explore the world having studied hard to equip themselves with the requisite capacities for that.

The event which took place at Hard Break, New Haven, Enugu, featured awards, pageantry, winning and dinning, parade, motivational talks, storytelling, poetry, dance, etc, all under unsurpassed conviviality.

Among the guests were Mr. Samuel Ndubisi Osefina, Mrs. Lawretta Aniagolu, Dr. Justice Chidi, Jeff Ejiofor, Dr. Dele Maxwell Ugwuanyi, Dr. Ugo Chinedu Noke, Ifeanyi Nnamani, among others.

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ABUJA CHURCH HOLDS CULTURAL DAY IN HONOUR OF THE FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA

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St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Pasali Kuje, Abuja has held a culture celebration in honour of St. Anthony of Padua

The Grand finale of the event which started with various Cultural activities and competitions last month held today Sunday, 18th June, 2023 at the church premises in Pasali Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Patrick Nwagbo Obi told WORDS AND SHOTS such activities with cultural aesthetics included thanksgiving by the communities, essay writing, Quiz competition and thirteen days prayer in honour of St Anthony of Padua.

In the community Thanksgiving, all the ethnic groups were in zones as Arewa, Benue/Kogi, South East, South South, South West, and Federal capital Territory.

The Communities in these areas danced to the altar for thanksgiving.

The essay writing saw the senior and junior Secondary student, write on theme St. Anthony of Padua as a model to the Christian Faithful. The Quiz Competition focussed on doctrines of Catholic Church faith, Bible study, catechism and current affairs in the Church.

The 13 days prayer in honour of St Anthony enriched the spiritual aspects of the event.

The Grand finale, the clmax of the Cultural activities started with Holy Mass at 8 am, during which the community thanksgiving will took place inside the Church.

Immediately after the Mass, reception followed with the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Alex Ogbanufe as the Chief Host and Dennis Uganden KSM as the Chairman of the event.

During the cultural parade, each ethnic group went round the arena with their cultural dance, decked on their costumes, accoutrements, icon etc.

There was also cooking competition, with prizes given to the winners as well as those of the quiz, essay writing competitions, in the senior and junior categories.

Below are details of the categories and the winners:

Southeast, won the Thanksgiving Competition, Tiv won the Dance and Vostume Competition, Edo/Delta won the Food Cooking competition.

The Spirit of Sportsmanship was won by Federal Capital Territory. In essay writing Senior Category: Nwanze Rita -1st position, Kalu Ibe Maximus- 2nd position, Innocent Ogbole- 3rd position, while in Junior Category: Adimonye Emmaunella- 1st won the position, Sylvia Dakup- 2nd position, Ororopere Anthonia-3rd position.

In the quiz, Competition
First prize went to Martha S. Shigaba and Christiana Timothy, Second prize to Ameh Confidence and
Egba Raphael, while the Third Prize went to Adimonye Victory and Ihenacho Michael.

The Cultural day which Sir Dennis Uganden, KSM was the Chairman of the day had Hajiya Lantana Ahmed, former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Nasarawa State and Francis Duru, a veteran actor, Nollywood as the Adjudicators for the cultural performances, while Mrs Beatrice Oguntuase and Ambassador Dorothy Ossai, were the Adjudicators for food and cooking competition.

Prof Daniel Omatsola of the Theatre Arts department, University of Abuja presented the Cultural day lecture, where he extensively discussed how the life of St. Anthony of Padua promoted the Christian Culture

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LANCELOT!

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Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen is a popular and award winning Nigerian film maker.

Also called D’Guv, he is very audacious with his creative imaginations. This he leaves as noticeable imprints on his works that enjoy wide and critical acclaim.

Today is his birthday and WORDS AND SHOTS join his numerous fans, friends, colleagues and family to wish him a happy birthday and many more years of beautiful story telling with the lens.

Congratulations!

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