Day: August 12, 2022

APC Assembly Candidate To Youths: Never Surrender To Any Situation

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Kunle Adelabu The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, for the 2022 General elections, Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), has charged youths in his constituency and generally that they should never surrender to any situation. In his statement titled, ‘Build The Youth, Build The Nation’, commemorating the International Youth Day 2022, he said that the celebration should remind them that they are competent and motivated enough to do and achieve whatever that they want to achieve in life.…

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Sanwo – Olu Receives Lagos’ Odu’a Investment Company Share Certificate

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Our Editor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday (yesterday), received the Share Certificate of the State Government from the Odu’a Investment Company Limited, a company jointly owned by the six South-West states. The six governors of the South-West region, under the auspices of the Western Nigerian Governors Forum, in 2018, formally admitted Lagos State into the Odu’a Investment Company Limited and was given a total of 115 million shares. The Share Certificate was presented to Governor Sanwo-Olu by the Chairman, Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, during…

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LAWMA Unveils Plans To Create Transfer Loading Stations Across All Councils In Lagos

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Our Editor The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has disclosed that plans are afoot to create Transfer Loading Stations (TLS) in all the Local Government Areas of the State for fast and smooth evacuation of waste around the metropolis. Odumboni, spoke during a media parley held at the Authority’s Headquarters, Ijora-Olopa, Lagos, saying that the plan would enhance the operational capability of the agency for maximum efficiency. He explained that the forum was organised to inform the public about its efforts in tackling the…

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Lagos Disbands MOT Taskforce

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Our Editor The Lagos Ministry of Transportation has placed an indefinite ban on the operations of its enforcement team tagged M.O.T Taskforce. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Sola Giwa, stated that the decision was reached after a thorough appraisal and review of the enforcement teams operating under the Ministry of Transportation. Giwa explained that the ban is part of measures initiated to streamline transport enforcement activities in Lagos State to achieve the required effectiveness in line with global best practices, warning that the ban is not…

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2022 International Youth Day: Senator Tokunbo Abiru Charges Youth To Take Charge

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Wale Jagun Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, has joined youths in Lagos East and Nigeria at large in commemorating 2022 International Youth Day, and charged them to get more involved in the quest for a better country. The former bank executive, also urged youth to be at the forefront of the creativity and digital innovation that is currently shaping the world. This year’s International Youth Day is themed, “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages”. In…

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I Am Taking Care Of My People, Not Putting Pressure On Any Other Council Chairman – Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem

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Kunle Adelabu Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju, Chairman of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has said that the purchase of 17 Lexus Jeep as official vehicles, is his way of taking care of the elected and appointed political functionaries in the council. He said that it is through encouragement and motivation that they can be able to assist him in delivering on his mandate to the people of the council. The Council Chairman, who spoke with THE IMPACT was reacting to…

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National Open University Sets To Berth In Ikorodu Soon

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Kunle Adelabu A centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is set to berth in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, soon. THE IMPACT gathered that the centre would take off in September or the last quarter of the year within one of the properties donated by the HOMAT Group of Schools in Igbogbo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). It was also gathered that NOUN has secured a landed property beside the Primero Limited along the Ikorodu – Lagos Road for its permanent site. When it eventually…

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Igbogbo/Bayeku Road Remodelling: Demolition of Structures Begins To Pave Way For Construction

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of structures in lgbogbo to pave way for the remodelling of the deplorable Igbogbo/Bayeku road in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Thursday, August 11, 2022. The demolition, THE IMPACT gathered, commenced around 3pm today from Ojubode/Odofin/Awolowo Way junction in Igbogbo. Government had erected a project board at the Odofin junction in Igbobo in the second week in June, stating that the project would commence in July 2022. Residents of Igbogbo…

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Joint Automobile Plant In Lagos Will Produce 5000 New Vehicles When Ready – Sanwo – Olu

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Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, has assured that a vehicle assembly plant being jointly set up by Lagos State Government and CIG Motor will produce 5,000 units of new vehicles when it commences operations. The plant, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, will have a jointly-run factory for the production of different classes of brand new cars. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement on Thursday, said that the establishment of the vehicle assembly…

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