Day: June 18, 2020

Residents Lament Flooding, Call For More Attention On Road Reconstruction, Drainages

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Kunle Adelabu Despite the fact that rain has just started, residents in various parts of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have lamented the effects of downpour in the last two days in their respective areas. From Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area to Ikorodu LG, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Ikorodu North LCDA and Ijede LCDA among others, the situation is the same as residents found it difficult to move in and out of their houses due to flood. They called on the Lagos State Government to focus more on road…

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Acting Commissioner for Agric, Olusanya Inspects Imota Rice Mill

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Wale Jagun The Acting Commissioner of Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya was on an inspection visit to the Imota Rice Mill, Ikorodu on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Olusanya’s visit to Imota was to inspect and gauge the level of progress of work done on the site – especially around equipment installation. According to Ministry officials, Civil work at the Rice Mill is already at about 85% completion, with just external work left to be completed. THE IMPACT also gathered that, work is also ongoing on the casting of the treated water…

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Ketu – Mile 12 Road Reconstruction: LASG Opens BRT Lane For Temporary Use By Motorists

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Following outcry by residents and other users of the Ketu – Mile 12 road, the Lagos State Government has approved the temporary use of the BRT dedicated lane by motorists plying the Ketu to Mile 12 section of Ikorodu Road during the on-going construction work in the axis. Announcing the new development, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Mr. Oluwatoyin Fayinka explained that the move is necessary to reduce the inconvenience presently being experienced by motorists travelling along the route. The Special Adviser stated that the…

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Conference 57 Mourns Senator Osinowo’s Death

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Wale Jagun The body of the 57 Chairmen of the Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State known as ‘Conference 57’, has joined millions of sympathisers across the country and beyond to mourn the sudden death of the Senator representing the Lagos East Senator District at the National assembly in Abuja, Senator Bayo Osinowo. The Council helmsmen described the late political leader as someone who sacrificed and rendered selfless service to the development of progressives. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the…

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Sanwo-Olu Lauds HelpNow, A Social Intervention Platform

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lauded the initiative of HelpNow, a social intervention platform deployed to support at least two million Lagosians through a crowdfunding model that rallies support of well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies. This effort is geared towards mitigating the debilitating effects of COVID-19 on the income and livelihoods of millions of households in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Gboyega Akosile. HelpNow, is an initiative of Softcom,…

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Late Senator Osinowo’s Widow, Son Hale, Hearty – Hon. Agunbiade

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Kunle Adelabu The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade who was a political ally of the late Senator Bayo Osinowo has disclosed that the widow and son of the late political strategist are hale and hearty. Agunbiade was responding to the story published by Today News African, an online news medium, which claimed that widow of the late Senator, Alhaja Mariam Osinowo, is battling with COVID-19. The news medium also claimed that Dr Tunde Osinowo, son of the late politician, has fully recovered from…

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“Where Do We Go Now?” – Senator Osinowo’s Political Group Coordinator Laments

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Wale Jagun The Coordinator of the Senator Bayo Osinowo political group (Team Pepper) in Ikorodu Local Government, Alhaji Rilwan lshola Jinadu, has lamented that it is very hard to accept the death of the Senator. Alhaji  Jinadu, who was a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Local Government and who himself has been under medical care before the death of the loved Senator, said that he received the news of his death via a popular Television station at a private hospital where he was admitted. He…

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