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Impact Newspaper is a community paper based in Ikorodu Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. This blog is basically for the soft copy of news, events etc. covered by the paper.

Birthday: Gov’s Aide Congratulates Yinka Ajenifuja

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Kunle Adelabu The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on Social Development, Comrade Olalekan Biliamin Oba, has extended birthday congratulations to Barr. Olayinka Ajenifuja. Ajenifuja, who has been described as one of the bright young minds in Ikorodu, celebrates his birthday every August 29. The Governor’s aide, in a statement, commended the celebrant for the numerous lives that he has touched and impacts that he has been able to make. “Happy Birthday, Barrister Mustapha Olayinka Ajenifuja. “This is to wish you many happy returns as you mark…

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Rep. Benson Felicitates Ikorodu Illustrious Son, Yinka Ajenifuja On Birthday

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Kunle Adelabu An illustrious son of Ikorodu, Barrister Olayinka Ajenifuja, has been described as a brilliant legal mind and a key figure in the democratic growth of the country. The representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, who gave the description of Ajenifuja, in a statement celebrating his birthday today, also added that the celebrant, in his quiet but impacting ways, has been promoting justice, good governance and nation building. Ajenifuja, a quiet but highly connected personality, has been around the power circle in Abuja, for some time and…

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Oro Traditional Festival Holds In Imota Saturday As Council Boss Felicitates Monarch, Residents

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Wale Jagun The 2025 edition of the Oro Traditional Festival in the ancient kingdom of Imota holds tomorrow, Saturday, August 30. The Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA), made the announcement today to the members of the public while also felicitating the Ranodu of Imota, HRM, Oba (Dr.) Mudashiru Ajibade Bakare-Agoro and traditional chiefs and residents of the town on the occasion of the festival. In accordance with traditions, the Chairman stated that the traditional festival will commence 12:00 midnight when women folks…

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ASUU LASUSTECH Chapter Champions Revitalisation Of Nigeria’s Public Universities

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Our Reporter The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) Chapter has reaffirmed its resolute commitment to rescuing Nigeria’s public university system from collapse. Led by Comrade Yisa Oluwatoyin Anthonio, the chapter’s chairperson, the union at a press conference held at the Ikorodu campus of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), underscored that its struggle transcends salary disputes, focusing instead on securing the future of higher education as a cornerstone of national development. Comrade Anthonio articulated that ASUU’s prolonged battle, spanning…

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OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWO-OLU, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE

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By Abiodun Awosanya Subject: URGENT NEED TO REGULATE TEXTBOOK AND WORKBOOK POLICIES IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE Your Excellency, I write to you today as a deeply concerned parent, speaking not only for myself, but for countless families across Lagos State who are silently struggling with the increasing financial pressure imposed by private basic and secondary schools through excessive, and unsustainable textbook and workbook policies. While your administration deserves credit for its investments in public education such as infrastructure upgrades, recruitment of qualified teachers, and digitization efforts, it is…

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Hon. Sunday Benson Unveils “Hi – SEE” Transformation Agenda For Imota LCDA

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Kunle Adelabu A month after his assumption of office as the Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA), has unveiled what he termed as a transformative agenda for Imota LCDA. The agenda tagged, “Hi – SEE”, as acronym for Healthcare Services, Infrastructure, Sports Development, Education, and Environment, was released today by the LCDA chairman. In a statement from the Office of the Chairman announcing the agenda stated: “The administration of Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele and Hon. (Princess) Bisoye Omowunmi Jimoh presents a transformation agenda…

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Banjo Appreciates State APC Chieftains, Divisional Chairman For Support, Providing Leadership

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Wale Jagun The immediate past Chairman, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. (Dr.) Adeola Banjo, continued his thank you visit to notable leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other critical stakeholders that supported him during his 10 years stint at the helm of the council administration. After visiting some of the notable political leaders and traditional leaders in Ikorodu, Hon. Banjo on Monday paid a thank you visit to state secretariat of the APC, where he also acknowledged the support of the state party chairman of…

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Family Hosts Grand Burial Party In Ikorodu For Late Patriarch, Alhaji Kola Akinsanya

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Mariam Akinloye & Olaleye Taiwo (Trainee) -How we have sustained his legacy – Son It was nothing but a grand final party for the late incorruptible retired police officer, excellent sports administrator, philanthropist, human and community builder par excellence, Alhaji Kolawole Saheed Akinsanya (Baba Pepc), as wife and children threw a befitting and colourful social gathering in Ikorodu last Saturday. At the ceremony, Barr. Luqman Akinsanya, founder of Pepc Foundation, who spoke on behalf of other children, said that the family has been preserving the legacies of late Alhaji Akinsanya…

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Ikorodu Residents Describe Rep. Benson As ‘Messiah’, Quality Rep Whose Impacts Are Unparallel

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Kunle Adelabu -Warns Oshodi against unverified assertion Residents of Ikorodu Federal Constituency have widely attest to the impactful performance of their beloved and performing federal representative, Rep Babajimi Benson, in a swift response to a disturbing call by a popular social media influencer , Mr Abisoye Oshodi, and not waiting for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to constitute a panel or get intelligence report on the performance of the three term lawmaker, regarding his efforts in bringing the dividends of democracy and facilitating impactful projects and programmes to the grassroots people.…

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Sanwo -Olu Moves Against Illegal Beach Houses Along Lagos Coastline

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Our Reporter -Hands over 30MVA electric transformer Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, took an unscheduled five-hour working tour of key towns along Lagos State’s coastal areas, taking on-the-spot assessment of chaotic developments sprawling across the riverine communities. The Governor’s visit to the coastline came on the heels of proliferating physical developments along the coastal corridor, most of which encroached on approved setbacks and were done in violation of the state’s physical planning regulations. Sanwo-Olu, accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the Lagos State Executive Council,…

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