Former Governor of Benue State, Senator Dr. Gabriel Suswan, and the Chairman of Benue State Football Association (BSFA), Chief Dr. Paul Edeh Esq FCPA, have undertaken to power the administrative block of Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi with 24-hour solar electricity. Both Senator Suswan and Chief Edeh made the joint pledge after they were bestowed with Honourary Doctorate Degrees by BSU at the weekend. Others who were honoured with same degree include a renowned Professor of History, Politics, Human Rights, Humanities and African Studies, Prof. Toyin Falola, Engr. Chief Sylvanus Gbasarah, as well as Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo and Lt. Colonel Joseph Akahan who got posthumous honours. Responding on behalf of the Honorees at the Convocation ground, Chief Edeh expressed gratitude to the Governing Council, Senate and entire management team of the prestigious University for the recognition. He said, “Honours like this are not given lightly. They are earned through acts of service, through contributions that uplift our people and nation at large. The four of us being honoured and celebrated today, along with the distinguished personalities conferred with honorary degrees, are recognized because of the good we’ve worked to do. These awards remind us that small acts of goodness, layered one upon the other, can build something extraordinary, something far greater than what can be achieved by what we get from the National cake. “I am told that I am the first alumnus of this University to receive this honour in its 33-year history. That is a privilege I do not take lightly. It makes me proud, but more importantly, it makes me responsible.” He then charged the alumni of the institution to toe the path of notable globally-reckoned higher institution like Havard University in entrenching needed development at BSU, adding, “No institution grows beyond the contributions of its alumnus... BSU has the potential to achieve greatness, but it starts with us, its alumnus”. Then came the official announcement that he and Senator Suswan have decided “to undertake the installation of 60 kilowatts of solar power in the Administrative Block of the University. He will undertake 30 kilowatts while I will undertake 30 kilowatts at a combined cost ..... A consultant will be sent to immediately conduct a needs assessment so as to commence work as soon as possible.” Chief Dr. Edeh Esq who later dedicated his new attainment to the the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State, visited their camp located along University of Agriculture road in North Bank to make donations, with a call on all stakeholders to “lend their voices towards resolving this crisis and help these families return home.” Earlier, the BSU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tor Joe Iorapuu, who went down memory lane on how the school was conceptualised and has been on, informed that “The students of Benue State University have been spectacular among others in Nigeria and globally. Their academic and leadership performances have been top notch. Their records are available for all to see. “I must say that Benue State University is blessed and will continue to excel academically with a resolve to set the pace always.” Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Dr Hyacinth Alia, in his speech announced his administration’s readiness to rename BSU after Rev Fr. Moses Adasu, a former Governor who established the citadel of learning that produced 44 first class graduates at the 22nd, 23rd and 24th Combined Convocation Ceremony. He immediately announced scholarships for all the first class graduates and donated 500 Computers to BSU. He also revealed that his government will embark on the expansion of BSU with a campus at Adikpo town, Kwande Local Government Area, an area sharing boundary with Nigeria’s neighbouring country Cameroon. While commending the BSU Vice Chancellor-led management team for its visionary and focused leadership which is already yielding positive fruits, the governor announced that the present state government will establish a new higher institution to be known as Benue State University of Technology and Agriculture. Both the new Chancellor of BSU, His Royal Highness Alhaji Dr. Najib Hussaini Adamu (Emir of Kazaure) and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the school’s Governing Council Sir Paul Chukwuma spoke of the various recent far-reaching programmes and projects geared towards entrenching scientific research which the institution embarked on. The Pro Chancellor particularly enjoined BSU alumni to shelve their individual interests and unite to lift the school in unity. Friends, former school mates and allies later gathered to celebrate Chief Dr Edeh at a special reception, where each of them took time out in dishing out glowing tributes on the popular philanthropist who is the only Proprietor of two Women Football Clubs in Nigeria – Naija Ratels and Honey Badgers. Among them were Prof. Toyin Falola who has bagged 25 Honourary Doctorate Degrees from different higher institutions in parts of the world and the most decorated scholar in Africa, the member representing Apa and Agatu federal constitutuency Hon. Ojotu Ojema, Majority leader of the Benue State House of Assembly Hon. Saater Tiseer, a serving lawmaker and Deputy Minority Chief Whip Hon. Blessed Onah, a Chief Supritendent of Police CSP (rtd) and interim President Benue State University Alumni Association (BSUAA) Dr. Vandefan James, a globally-recognised scholar and a guest lecturer of BSU Convocation event. Others are BSFA Vice Chairman Sir Alex Awuna, , a Professor of Economics, Prof. Sam Ominyi, Special Adviser to Benue State Governor on Youth and Sports Hon. Dr. Elizabeth Idoko-Okogun, former BSUAA President Mr. Lawrence Vihimga among others
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(The Center Square) – Prosecutors introduced secretly recorded audio and video along with a troubled star witness at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis returned to the Everett McKinley U.S. Courthouse Monday. Solis is facing one federal count of bribery under a deferred prosecution agreement. The ex-alderman began cooperating with federal investigators in 2016. Separately Monday, former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Madigan codefendant Michael McClain enter the federal court building in Chicago Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. U.S. government attorney Diane MacArthur first introduced a recording of Madigan and Solis nearly two years before the alderman started cooperating with the government. The recording involved a conversation with Chinese developer, See Wong, who wanted to build a hotel on a parcel of land in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood. The land was owned by the state of Illinois at the time, but Solis said a zoning change would be required from the city in order for a hotel to be built. At Madigan’s request, Solis said he facilitated the meeting on Aug. 8, 2014, at Madigan’s law firm, Madigan and Getzendanner, about the land along Wentworth Avenue between Archer Avenue and Cermak Road. Madigan’s law partner, Bud Getzendanner, discussed how successful the firm had been in working with hotels to make sure they were not taxed more than necessary. ”A large component of your expense for hotels is real estate taxes,” Getzendanner said during the recorded meeting. Getzendanner said the firm charged 12.5% of the tax savings obtained. Madigan told Wong and an interpreter about the quality of service his firm provided. “We don’t take a second seat to anybody,” Madigan said. The developer then asked for a picture with Madigan and Solis. Solis told the group that Wong would benefit from working with Madigan. “If he works with the Speaker, he will get anything he needs for that hotel,” Solis said on the recording. Solis testified that he meant the city would provide the zoning change the developer needed from the city if the developer hired Madigan’s law firm. Solis said the zoning change was approved, but the proposed hotel was never built. MacArthur asked Solis about the bribery charge he is still facing, which Solis said involved the redevelopment of a property in Chicago from a restaurant to a residential building in 2015. Solis said two problems prevented the project from moving forward: labor unions’ perceived lack of representation in the development and residents' concerns in the ward. The former alderman admitted that he solicited a campaign contribution from the developer or from one or more of the developer’s vendors while the project’s zoning change was still under consideration. Solis said he believed the developer was on board and that he would be getting donations from the developers’ vendors. The zoning change was approved by the city council, Solis said. He testified he solicited and accepted campaign contributions from other developers who had matters pending before the city council’s zoning committee. Solis then testified about about a variety of things like massages that turned sexual, trips to Las Vegas, tickets to professional sporting events, no-paperwork six-figure loans he'd paid back. He even admitted to an extramarital affair he had with an interpreter. Solis said he was separated from his wife for about five years and their house went into foreclosure. He also confessed that he lied to a collection agency by saying he was out of work. MacArthur asked Solis about his sister, Patti Solis Doyle, who worked on campaigns for former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, former President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, D-New York. Solis Doyle also managed Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008. Solis said his sister was involved in a hotel project in which the developer offered her $100,000. Solis said his sister offered to split the sum with her brother. As chairman of the city’s zoning committee, Solis said he told his sister he could not accept money regarding a hotel development. Solis said his sister told him there would be another way she could compensate him. The former alderman said he did receive funds from his sister for referring her to his friend Brian Hynes’ state vendor assistance program. Monday afternoon, Solis testified that FBI agents visited his home on June 1, 2016, and played audio and video recordings. After considering an attorney, Solis said he decided to cooperate with the FBI a few days later and agreed to let investigators tap his phone. Solis also said he told an attorney friend that he was cooperating with the FBI in regard to an investigation of an organization he was involved in. More from this section Solis said he made recordings for several investigations he was involved in as part of his deferred prosecution agreement. He began communicating with Madigan after receiving a voicemail message on June 12, 2017. Solis said he discussed the Chinatown land deal, his interest in getting a state board appointment, and referring clients to Madigan’s law firm while cooperating with the government from June 2016 to December 2017. Solis admitted that he was not really interested in a state board appointment, but he raised the issue with Madigan at the direction of law enforcement. Solis said he began communicating with Madigan codefendant Michael McClain about the Chinatown parcel in the fall of 2017. He said he had to continue to perform his duties as an alderman while cooperating with the FBI because of “the farce” that he was involved in. Solis discussed a 2017 redevelopment project that required a zoning change involving a Union West development in Chicago’s West Loop. MacArthur played a recording, dated June 12, 2017, of Madigan asking Solis about the development. During the call, Solis told the speaker he would try to arrange an introduction for Madigan with the developers. In a subsequent call, Solis promised to arrange a meeting and said, “I think these guys get it, the quid pro quo and how it works.” When MacArthur asked Solis why he said that, Solis said he didn’t know and said it was “dumb.” MacArthur asked Solis if he used the words “quid pro quo” at the direction of law enforcement. “No,” Solis said. Union West developer Andrew Cretal agreed to meet with Madigan and told Solis, “confidentially,” that his company was working with Goldman Sachs as an equity partner and that he would “circle back” with Solis. MacArthur played a recording of Madigan privately telling Solis not to use the words, “quid quo pro.” The conversation immediately preceded the meeting Cretal and the Union West group had at Madigan's and Getzendanner’s law office. During the meeting, Madigan repeated to Cretal’s group what he had said to See Wong. “We don’t take a second seat to anybody,” Madigan said. Solis said he met with Madigan again privately after the meeting with the intention of discussing the Chinatown parcel. Solis said he had been having frequent meetings about the land with potential developers. During the recording, Solis said that nothing could really happen until the state transferred the land. Connie Mixon, professor of Political Science and director of the Urban Studies Program at Elmhurst University, served as an expert witness at the corruption trial of longtime Chicago Democrat Ed Burke, who served on the city council from 1969 to 2023. A jury convicted Burke in December 2023 on 18 counts of racketeering, bribery, attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion and using interstate commerce to facilitate an unlawful activity. Mixon said that Solis also testified as a cooperating witness during Burke’s trial. “It seemed as if, in the sentencing for the Burke trial, the judge did take a bit of exception to the fact that Solis, who also had potential criminal charges, was essentially getting away without any sort of repercussions,” Mixon told The Center Square. Mixon described Solis as a damaged witness. “He’s absolutely damaged, but as much as he’s damaged, you have the words on the wiretap. Having the defendants’ words played in the courtroom, they are really the witness against themselves when you have those wiretaps,” Mixon explained. Before the jury was seated Monday morning, prosecutors said they would provide the court with revised jury instructions by Dec. 3. Judge John Robert Blakey said he could deny admittance of new materials after that date if he deemed them to be untimely. Madigan and McClain are charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct. The trial is scheduled to resume Tuesday morning in Chicago.