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Former Assembly Member, Hon. Gbenga Oshin, Award Wining Teacher, Mrs Ogunmefun Share Oriwu College Experience, Impacts

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Kunle Adelabu More former students of the premier college in Ikorodu Division – Oriwu College, Ikorodu, have continued to share their experiences and impacts of the school on them, as the school celebrated its 75th anniversary. A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing the Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Gbenga Oshin and Mrs Ogunmefun Feyintola, an award – winning teacher with the Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo, both of whom are former students of Oriwu College, Ikorodu, took their turn to speak about their days…

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African Church Cathedral Ikorodu Celebrates 2024 Adult Harvest

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Mariam Akinloye The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu, played host to important dignitaries as it celebrated its 2024 Adult Harvest which is an annual event. The Cathedral Provost delivered the sermon at the harvest which was themed, ‘Harvest of Joy’. The honour of the Harvest Family of the year 2024, was conferred on the Awojobi Family of Ikorodu, which donated handsome sum of money during the special service. The Rt. Hon. Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa and former Governorship candidate, Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis,…

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President Tinubu Bows To House Of Reps, Confers GCON On Speaker Abbas

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Kunle Adelabu Following the motion sponsored by the 360 members of the House of Representatives, rejecting the conferment of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the Rt. Hon Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Bola Tinubu, has acceded to the request of the House by conferring the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the Speaker. In his 64th Independence Anniversary speech on October 1, President Tinubu had announced the conferment of the Commander of the Federal…

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Comrade Bodunrin Ogunbowale Inaugurated As 6th NAIDS President

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Jare Olukotun-Unveils three core agenda On Saturday, September 28, 2024, Comrade Ogunbowale Olatayo Bodunrin was inaugurated and stepped in as the 6th President of the National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS). He was inaugurated alongside other NAIDS executives and Senate President, Rt. Hon Sadiku Fawas Olorunkemi, by the Electoral Committee (IEC-Veracity Team) led by Comrade Ogunpeyin Oluwasegun. After their inauguration, the Senate President then inaugurated the newly elected Senators and consequently desolved the IEC. At the inauguration, which took place at the Admos Hotel and Suites, Imota, were royal…

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What You Know About Me As A Broadcaster Started From Oriwu College – Mrs Doyin Kukoyi, TV Personality

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Kunle Adelabu Mrs Adedoyin Kukoyi, a TV and Radio personality, event anchor and an actress, has said that her alma mater – Oriwu College, Ikorodu, made her what she is today. Kukoyi, who anchors ‘Gbajumo Osere’, a popular programme on Africa Magic Yoruba Channel on DSTV/Gotv, is one of the many important personalities that graduated from the premier college in Ikorodu Division. She was also in attendance at the, ‘A – Day with Oriwu Students’, an interactive session organised as part of the activities lined up to mark the 75th…

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Oriwu College At 75: We Are Backing The Milestone Celebration With 500 Capacity ICT, CBT Centre – Planning Committee Chair

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of the Planning Committee of the Oriwu College at 75 Anniversary who doubled as the National Social Secretary of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), Mr Abiodun Abari, has revealed the massive project that the association is pursuing to commemorate the anniversary of the premier college in Ikorodu Division. Abari revealed the project, which is a 500 – capacity Oriwu College ICT/CBT Centre, while speaking with THE IMPACT crew at the, ‘A – Day with Students of the School’, held on Wednesday. The…

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Mohbad: There Are Enough Evidences To Determine Late Music Star’s Death – Family Lawyer

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Wale Jagun, Mariam Akinloye & Bolu Orebajo (SIWES Student) -Court stays proceeding The lawyer to the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, a.k.a ‘Mohbad’, Barr. Wahab Shittu, SAN, has alleged that the pathologist that gave evidence at the last proceeding of the inquest before the coroner suspended further sitting on the death of the popular hiphop artiste, based on the order of a High Court, produced an inconclusive evidence. Shittu, who spoke with reporters outside the court, said that there are evidences before the pathologist from which he could have deduced what killed…

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Bill On IBILE Entrepreneurship University In Ikorodu Passes Second Reading

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Kunle Adelabu A bill to establish The IBILE Entrepreneur University in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday passed through the second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by Hon. Babajimi Benson, representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency, and Hon. Kalejaiye Adeboye Paul (Ph.D), representing Ajeromi/Ifelodun Federal Constituency, was first read on the floor of the House on the 30th June, 2024. The bill seeks to provide avenues for enhancing entrepreneurial education and fostering business innovation among the youths. Leading the debate on the bill, Rep. Benson said that…

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Lagos Education District II TG/PS Gets Governor’s Commendation

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Wale Jagun The Education District II has emerged as the most outstanding Education District in Lagos State, and has been presented with the Governor’s Commendation Award. The award was presented to the esteemed Tutor General/Permanent Secretary of Education District 2, Mrs. Anike Adekanye, in recognition of the district’s contributions to the development of children and support for Sexual and Gender Based Violence Awareness in Lagos State. The 2024 Governor’s Commendation and Awards Night, which was held at Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, on Monday, September 30, 2024, was organised by the Lagos…

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Oriwu College At 75: Ayangbure, Former Students Extol Premier College In Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu, Mariam Akinloye & Bolu Orebajo (SIWES Student) -As large crowd turns out for walk for fitness There was an outpouring of sense of satisfaction and acknowledgement of the contributions of the first college in Ikorodu – Oriwu College, established in 1949, as the school celebrates its 75th anniversary. The week – long milestone celebration kicked – off on Friday with a special Jumat prayer at the college mosque, followed by a Walk for Fitness/Class Sets’ Day on Saturday, September 28, both of which were massive events. The walk…

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