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Adeboruwa Installs First Baale In Adegbose Town, Chief Jamiu Olawiyola Abube

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Jare Olukotun The Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Barr.) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, has installed Chief Jamiu Olawiyola Abube as the first Baale in Adegbose community under the Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. He was installed at a well – attended ceremony at the Adeboruwa Palace, Igbogbo. Adegbose shared boundary with Olu – Odo, another community in Igbogbo in Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA, sharing boundary with the Ikorodu West LCDA. At the installation ceremony were chieftains of the Adeboruwa – in – Council, Baales,…

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AMA Partners Lagos Youth Parliament To Transform Youths’ Mindset, Prepare Them For Future

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Kunle Adelabu It was a transformative experience a few days ago for the students across various public and private schools in Ikorodu Constituency II and other youths, as a member of the Lagos State Youth Parliament, Hon. Fathia Kolejo, convened an education fair. The session which was sponsored by the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), exposed its audience to life -changing opportunities in education, vocational skills and career development, as seasoned government functionaries, educationists, and experts dissected issues to inspire the youths in attendance to…

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Lagos LG Elections: APC Unveils Chairmanship Candidates, Running Mates

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Wale Jagun The All Progressives Congress, APC, has formally unveiled its chairmanship and vice-chairmanship flagbearers for the upcoming July 12 local government elections in Lagos State. The announcement follows the party’s recently concluded primaries held at its state secretariat at ACME, Ikeja, where candidates were picked to represent the party in the forthcoming elections across 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the state. While some aspirants secured their tickets through consensus arrangements, others emerged through delegate-based voting processes. Full list of chairmanship candidates and their…

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Dr. Oladeji Oluniyi Akinola: A Seasoned Teacher, Administrator Who Wants To Administer Ikorodu North LCDA On Labour Party’s Platform

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Wale Jagun Hon. (Dr.) Oladeji Oluniyi Akinola, is a seasoned teacher, proprietor, administrator and philanthropist who understands the feelings of residents and care about the people. It is in his quest to continue to care for the masses and develop their community that he has ventured into the Chairmanship race to administer Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The educationist intends to achieve this on the platform of a major opposition party, both in Lagos and Nigeria, which provided an alternative for…

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IDPIL Invites Eligible Students In Ikorodu To Apply to 4th Scholarship, Bursary Awards

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Wale Jagun The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiatives Limited (IDPIL), has called eligible students across various public higher institutions in Nigeria who are residents of Ikorodu Division (indigenes and residents) to apply for its 2025 Scholarship and Bursary Awards. The registration which is now opened on the IDPIL’s site will be available till June 2025. To apply, interested candidates should click on the link below: https://idpil.org/sbscheme/ The award which is the 4th edition is worth N50million, as announced by the IDPIL Chairman, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, SAN, the Odofin of Ikorodu, at…

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Igbe Lara Residents Plead For Intervention Over Bad Transformer

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Kunle Adelabu -Laments suffering since 2024 Residents of Banana Estate, Igbe Laara in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), have appealed to elected and appointed government officials in Ikorodu Division to come to their aid to assist in getting a new transformer to replace the damaged one which has put them in darkness for months, The residents lamented that they have been in total darkness since September 2024 and all their attempts to fix the transformer proved abortive. Mr Mellor.O Micheal (Oko OLOYUN INTL) who brought the community’s plight to…

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Hammed Aroyewun: People Rejoice With One Heart, Purpose, Renewed Hope – Young Achievers

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Mariam Akinloye The Young Achievers have described the emergence of Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA) as the Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Local Government elections in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) as a welcome development for the people in the council. Aroyewun made a decisive emergence at last Saturday’s APC primary elections held at ACME, Ikeja. Abdulsalam Tijani, in a statement on behalf of the Young Achievers, also stated that the victory of the candidate is for the liberation of the entire students, youth…

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Your Emergence Not A Personal Triumph, But A Call To Greater Service, Scholar Tells Winners Of APC Primaries

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Kunle Adelabu -Charges losers not to see the end The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria, OCOSAN, 1977 Set and Senior lecturer at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Dr Oluwole Sholanke (PhD, FCIB), has congratulated and charged winners of last Saturday’s primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos to see their victories as a greater call to serve. While also saluting the losers for entrenching democracy by their participation, the scholar also charged them not to see failures to clinch their party tickets…

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COLUMN: LIFE REFLECTION PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY

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True Life is Revealed by Your Character, Not by the Worth of What You Own By Oluwole Solanke (Phd, FCIB) In a world obsessed with material wealth, social status, and outward appearances, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly defines us. We are bombarded with messages that equate success with the size of our bank accounts, the brand of our clothes, or the grandeur of our homes. But beneath the glitter of possessions lies a timeless truth: true life is revealed by your character, not by the worth of…

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LASUSTECH Student Receives Gani Adams Scholarship Award

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Our Reporter Shakiru Oluwagbafunmi Samuel, a Mass Communication student at Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), has been awarded a scholarship worth N300,000 by the Gani Adam’s Foundation Scholarship Scheme. The award ceremony took place on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at the Whitestone Event Center in Oregun, Lagos State, as part of Gani Adam’s 55th birthday celebration. Speaking, Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland expressed that his foundation annually awards scholarships to deserving students from five tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria as part of his birthday…

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