Day: May 23, 2025

Lagos Building Future Champions At Gateway Games 2024 – Fatodu

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Jare Olukotun While medals remain the ultimate prize at any competition, Lagos is doing more at the ongoing Gateway Games 2024 by also preparing its young athletes as future champions. In the women’s 4x200m Freestyle relay event, Team Lagos fielded an inspiring quartet of teenagers still in secondary school: Daniella Akanbi, Olutise Nedd, Nesomagh Nwizu, and Funmilayo Demehin. Competing against older, more experienced athletes, many of whom are twice their age. The team finished with a time of 11:26.28. Their performance resonated deeply with the Gateway Games LOC, spectators and…

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Ikorodu West Council Leader, Hon. Jessica Oba, Seeks Support For Re – Election

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Kunle Adelabu The Council Leader, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Jessica Enitan Oba, has sought the support of residents of her Ward for support towards her re – election as a Councillor. Hon. Oba is representing Ward A, Ipakodo in Ikorodu West LCDA. The Councillor who won the May 10 primary elections of her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to earn her another candidacy at the July 12 Local Government Elections, made her appeal for support in a statement today. “With deep humility and a heart…

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Wide Ranging Rural Development Initiated To Bridge Gap Between Urban, Rural Areas – Gov’s Aide

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Kunle Adelabu The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Rural Development, Dr. Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje, has stated that the administration of Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, has introduced a wide range of initiatives to bridge the gap between the rural and urban areas in the state. He highlighted that his office has been impacting on all the rural areas with road rehabilitation, the provision of transformers, and water projects among others, in Ikorodu, Ijede and Ibeju – Lekki. Dr Agbaje wrote today, on his social media handle. “The…

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ISU C.H.E.F Week: Students Walk Against Street Begging In Igbogbo

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Mariam Akinloye In continuation of its effort to ensure inclusive education for all children, the Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU), through the Children Education Fund Week (C.H.E.F) Committee, on Thursday, held the second event of the week by going on the street to call the attention of the public to the challenges of street begging. Chieftains of the ISU led over 60 students across various schools on the walk on major streets in Igbogbo to drive the message home, with participants carrying placards with inscriptions condemning street begging, encouraging mass school…

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500 Students Begin CNG Conversion Training In Lagos

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Our Reporter No fewer than 500 students from Polytechnics across South-West Nigeria have commenced a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion training programme in Lagos. The initiative, organised by the Mojisola Olayinka Fatungase Edema (MOFE) Foundation in collaboration with the South-West Zone of the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), is themed “The Future of CNG in Nigeria: Empowering a Sustainable Tomorrow.” Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, emphasised the environmental benefits of transitioning to cleaner alternative fuels…

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AAC Chieftain Declares LASIEC Sale Of Nomination Forms To Candidates Unconstitutional

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Kunle Adelabu -Urges Lagosians to come out in large number to vote A chieftain of the African Action Congress (AAC), Comrade Michael Olasoji, has described the sale of nomination forms to candidates and political parties by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) as wrong and unconstitutional. Comrade Olasoji, who is the Chairman of the opposition party in Ikorodu Local Government, also stated that his party is not expecting a free and fair electoral process from the electoral umpire. He spoke in a chat online with THE IMPACT: “The forthcoming…

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580 Night Clubs, Restaurants Penalised For Indoor Smoking Violations

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has sanctioned 580 nightclubs and restaurants in 2024 for violating indoor smoking regulations, marking a significant step in its aggressive campaign to bolster public health and safety standards across the state. Mr. Lanre Mojola, Director General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, made the revelations during the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing held on Wednesday at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja. Mojola stated that out of 2,024 public places inspected by the Commission last year, 580 establishments were found in breach of indoor…

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