Day: February 25, 2024

Sanwo – Olu Inspects Red Line Rail Ahead Of Commissioning

Impact Newspaper

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Saturday, took a test run of the Red Line, inspecting the tracks and the rail corridors for another time ahead of the of next Thursday formal commissioning of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) infrastructure. The 37-kilometre rail line, built by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), will be inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, along with its stations and other ancillary facilities. The Red Line traverses seven stations from Agbado, a boundary town in Ogun State, to Oyingbo in Lagos Central. Sanwo-Olu took journalists…

Read More

OPINION: State of the Nation: Original Sins

Impact Newspaper

By S.O.K. Shillings There is a global economic crisis, the immediate cause of which the Russia-Ukraine war can be fingered. There is a ‘swing’ crisis in Nigeria which is a consequence of systemic failure that has been there all along. The cries of anguish is becoming musical. It is hunger with no signs of abatement. Like the Israelites of the Mosaic epoch, there will be respite and everything will look normal until it swings again perhaps finally when we will have to settle it by war or a cry for…

Read More

IMPACT Newspaper Gets NYCN Most Supportive Community Media Award

Impact Newspaper

Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye -Publisher commends coordinator, exco members for developmental efforts THE IMPACT Newspaper, a leading community news medium in Nigeria, has bagged another award for its journalistic contributions at the grassroots level, with the conferment of honour as the Most Supportive Community Media Brand Award for 2023. National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu West Local Development Area (LCDA) branch, presented the award to the Publisher/Reporter – in – Chief, Kunle Adelabu, at THE IMPACT office, Colour Party House Complex, Rep. Babajimi Benson road (formerly Igbe Road),…

Read More