Author: Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -As Dr. Oshinlaja donates 1000 pounds, another undisclosed sum As part of community development initiative and efforts towards supporting Omo’ba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun’s administration in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), members of the Achievers’ Crew, have made financial donations to the development of the council’s primary healthcare system. The support, which is to strengthen the health initiative and make the Free Optimal Wellness Outreach reach more residents of the council was greatly appreciated by the council boss, staff of the health department and hundreds of residents at…

Mariam Akinloye Organisers of the Mary Nwauju Foundation, a humanitarian body with focus on supporting the elderly and promoting community development, is set for the fourth edition of its annual food support for senior citizens. But in order to offer better satisfaction to its beneficiaries and ensure efficient service delivery, the foundation has engaged its volunteers at an orientation programme on the principles behind the initiative and what is expected of them, at the Kingsmead Group of Schools Hall, Erunwen, Ikorodu. The initiative tagged, “Elderly Nourishment Programme” is a pilot…

Jare Olukotun The Oro Liwe festival, which is the second annual festival that usually restricts the movement of the female folks, will be held in Ikorodu on Tuesday. The festival celebrated among people of Isele in Ikorodu is an ancient festival used in cleansing the community and women are expected to stay indoors from 12 midight on Monday till about 6-00am on Wednesday morning, after the eve of the celebration tonight. Women who have business in Ikorodu on Tuesday are enjoined to come into the community before 12 midnight today…

Mariam Akinloye Former Minister of Works and a chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Sen. Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe, representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep Babajimi Adegoke Benson and Dr. Steven Anu’ Adesemoye, a senior lecturer with the Mass Communication Department, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), are among eminent personalities honoured by the socio – political and developmental organisation – the Achieves’ Crew, at its 2nd Bi – Annual Retreat. The retreat which was held between Thursday, June 18th and Saturday, June 20th, 2026, at N.S. Sho…

Kunle Adelabu & Olatunji Ademola The Education Secretary, Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu, under the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB), Alhaji Taiwo Odumbo, has rolled out his achievements in the last one year of his appointment to oversee the primary and junior secondary school sub -sector of education in Ikorodu Division. Alhaji Odumbo described his administration in the last one year as “365 Days of Inclusive Leadership, Visible Progress, and Renewed Hope in Education”, a statement attested to by stakeholders that gathered to celebrate the anniversary. At…

Kunle Adelabu -Council chair lauds scholar Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adeyemi Anjorin, the immediate past Head of the Microbiology Department, Lagos State University and President of the Lagos State University Muslim Alumni (LASUMA), has been promoted as an Associate Professor of Medical Virology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases at the Lagos State University, Ojo. He hails from Imota in Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The scholar currently sits on the training and career development committee of the World Society for Virology, and Governing Board member for…