Day: March 29, 2021

Ikorodu Youths Inspired To Go Into Farming, Help Food Production

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Kunle Adelabu Many of the young constituents of Ikorodu Federal Constituency who are currently undergoing training in Animal Husbandry and Crop Production at Army Forces Resettlement Centre, Oshodi, have resolved to go fully into farming. The youths, who are hundred in number, are currently receiving practical training at the NAFRIC Centre where they are being housed with free feeding for the duration of the training. The two – term lawmaker, Hon. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defense, facilitated the agricultural training…

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Elders Postpone IKODASS Elections, Avert Crisis

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Jare Olukotun After weeks of intense preparations for the 2021 elections into various offices of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), the elections have been postponed due to tension that was generated during the accreditation process. The Oteju hall of the Ikorodu Town hall, the venue for  the elections, on  Sunday, March 28, became turbo-charge as delegates, who have been on one another’s throats on the various platforms weeks before the election, arrived for the election proper. According to the report gathered, there has been serious tension between the…

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Security Operatives Arrest Traffic Robbers, Cultists in Ikorodu

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-Recover arms, charms, phones Operatives of the Lagos State Police attached to Ikorodu Division, at about 11. 30pm on Friday, March 26, 2021, arrested three (3) suspected traffic robbers, including their accomplice (receiver) , at the Ikorodu garage roundabout. The operatives, which included men of the Nigerian police and local vigilante, also recovered stolen phones from the arrested suspects. According to the Lagos Police Command, the security personnel, who were on patrol, sighted and arrested the suspects at the Ikorodu Round About while they were allegedly robbing innocent commuters and…

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Over 127,000 Persons Get COVID-19 Vaccine In Lagos

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Wale Jagun At least 127,885 residents have received the COVID -19 vaccine, 10 days after the exercise began, the government has said. Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi who disclosed on Sunday, after he received reports of Day 10 of the exercise from the State Primary Health Care Board, said with the figure, Lagos has vaccinated more persons compared to other States of the Federation and FCT. Highlighting the demography and categories of persons vaccinated, Abayomi explained that 39,959 health workers, 54,200 essential workers and 33,726 strategic leaders, representing 31.2%,…

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Sanwo – Olu Congratulates Tinubu At 69

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his 69th birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Sunday, described Asiwaju Tinubu as a visionary leader and a rare mentor with exceptional abilities in various areas of human endeavours, adding that the National Leader of APC is political pathfinder, nationalist and detribalised Nigerian, who has contributed in no small measure to the socio-political and economic growth of Lagos State…

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Super Eagles vs Lesotho Match: Lagos Sports Commission Issues Travel Advisory To Motorists

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) has issued travel advice to motorists to ease vehicular movement in Lagos during the match between the Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Lesotho that will be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere. The match is slated for Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Mr Sola Aiyepeku, the Chairman of the LSSC, in a release, said that there will be partial restriction of vehicles in and around Surulere on the day of the match. “This is to inform members of the Public that the …

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