Day: January 19, 2026

My Journey To The Alajede Stool Though Challenging, But My Reign Will Be About Service – Oba Adefarasin

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Kunle Adelabu The newly installed Alajede of Ijede, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Hon.) Saheed Hassan Adefarasin, Ajanaku II, has explained how his 13 years’ struggle to mount his ancestors’ throne became challenging with several cases and long legal battles. Oba Adefarasin who was presented with staff of office recently by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo -Olu, however, assured residents of Ijede and stakeholders that his reign would be a continuation of his service to humanity which he has been rendering while he served for two terms of…

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PDP Loses Former Ikorodu LG Chairmanship Candidate, Saidat Odofin-Fafowora

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Kunle Adelabu ‎The candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for Ikorodu Local Government in the last council elections, Mrs Saidat Odofin Fafowora, is dead. ‎Fafowora, who also contested for the Senatorial position in Lagos East, on PDP platform, died at her Agbala home in Ikorodu, on Sunday night. ‎THE IMPACT gathered that she was rushed to the hospital after being found unconscious in her house, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. ‎The late politician, who was a major opposition figure in the state and an indigene of…

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Drama As Senegal Beat Host, Morocco To Lift AFCON Cup

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Kunle Adelabu The Teranga Lions of Senegal emerged winners of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, on Sunday, beating the host country, Morocco, in a dramatic final game of the tournament. Pape Gueye scored in the first period of extra time to give the Teranga Lions 1-0 win over Atlas Lions of Morocco, to claim their second AFCON title. While Senegal played its fourth AFCON finals, Morocco became the 15th African nation to reach a final on home soil. The game witnessed delay of the match by the Senegalese…

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