Normalcy Return To Lagos Four Days After Hunger Protest

Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu chaired the Executive Council Meeting (ECM) on Monday as full government activities resumed following a four-day hunger protest also known as #EndbadGovernnace across Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu had urged protesters to cease demonstrations and engage in dialogue in a broadcast on Sunday. In response, Governor Sanwo-Olu praised the Lagos protesters for ending their actions in line with the President’s appeal. Speaking to journalists at the Lagos House in Ikeja, Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso confirmed that Lagos is currently peaceful and…

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Lagos Announces New Engagement Channels As Protests End

Wale Jagun The Lagos State government has expressed gratitude to the protesters for their peaceful demonstration and subsequent decision to end their action. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, he said that the Governor has directed the Ministry of Youth and Social Development; Ministry of Information and Strategy and Office of Civic Engagement to immediately open wider channels of engagement with various stakeholders, including leaders of protests in the state. The statement stated that the pronouncement by the Governor is a demonstration of…

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Tinubu To #EndBadGovernance Protesters: Suspend Protests, Embrace Dialogue

Wale Jagun President Bola Tinubu has called for the immediate suspension of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest across the country and charged the protesters on the need to embrace dialogue. The protest that rocked the nation since Thursday, has led to several dead and properties worth millions destroyed especially in the northern part of the country. Tinubu, who expressed pain over the loss of lives and properties in some states, made the appeal on Sunday during a nationwide broadcast. “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense…

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Full Text of President Tinubu’s Broadcast on Nationwide Protest

By President Bola Ahmed Tinubu My fellow Nigerians, I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states. Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and more progressive country where their dreams, hopes, and personal aspirations would be fulfilled. I am especially pained by the loss of lives in Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna and other states, the destruction of public facilities in some states, and the wanton looting of…

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Photo: Normalcy Returns To Ikorodu As Economic, Social Activities Resume

Kunle Adelabu With no sign that residents, particularly the youths, are willing to join the #ProtestAgainstBadGovernance since its commencement three days ago, people who had stayed indoors since day one of the protest as precautionary measure, have resumed their normal businesses. It was gathered that there was presence of security agents at the lkorodu garage roundabout in the morning just like on Friday, but only few of them were seen around when our reporter visited in the afternoon, as people were seen going about their businesses peacefully. The situations were…

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Rep. Benson Congratulates Newest Senior Advocate Nominee From Ikorodu, Idowu Benson

Kunle Adelabu Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has congratulated Mr Idowu Benson, on his nomination as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). When confirmed, Mr Benson will be third SAN from the Benson dynasty of Ikorodu. Rep. Benson, in a statement on Saturday, said that the newest SAN nominee is following in the footsteps of his father, late Chief Babatunde Benson, SAN. “Your nomination as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is pleasant news to me and the entire Ikorodu Federal Constituency. “You have, by this…

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LASG Serves Contravention Notice On Operators Of Containerised Cargo Terminals, Illegal Dredgers In Ikorodu

Wale Jagun In its continued efforts to protect the Lagos State waterfronts from environmental degradation and stop threats to lives and properties along the coastal areas of the state, the Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, issued a Stop Work Order to illegal dredgers and owners of illegal containerised cargo terminals along the Ikorodu Waterfront areas of the state. The illegal operators, which included 13 companies, four containerised cargo terminal points, one dredging machine fabricating company and eight illegal dredging/ sand stockpiling operators at Majidun, Itowolo, Ibeshe, Alogba and Ipakodo, were…

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Lagos Senator Congratulates Oba Shotobi On His 9th Coronation Anniversary

Mariam Akinloye The Senator presenting the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and wife, Mrs Feyisola Abiru, have congratulated the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, HRM Oba Engr Kabir Adewale Shotobi, on his 9th coronation anniversary on the throne of his ancestors. In a statement today, the Senator said that he and wife are joining others in celebrating the peaceful reign and the quality leadership that Oba Shotobi has been providing for lkorodu, in the last nine years. “We join the eminent personalities across Lagos State, and the good people of…

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10th Year Remembrance: Senator Abiru Extols Late Oba Salaudeen Afolabi Adekoya Oyefusi’s Legacies

Mariam Akinloye The late reverred Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Afolabi Adekoya Oyefusi, CON, Oguntade II, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, was, today, extolled by the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru. Abiru and his wife, Mrs Feyisola, extolled the former Oba, while paying tributes to his memory on the commemoration of the 10th year remembrance of his death. Oba Oyefusi died August 2, 2014. “Today, we affectionately remember our late revered royal father, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu and the paramount ruler of Ikorodu Division, late…

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NURTW Appeals To Youths To Shelve Protests, Embrace Dialogue

Kunle Adelabu -As Ikorodu branch commends Sego’s leadership The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ikorodu Local Government branch, has joined the leadership of the union at the state level in appealing to youths in Ikorodu and Lagos State at large, to embrace dialogue with the government and jettison the 10-day protest. The protest, tagged, #EndBadGovernance, started on Thursday, across the country. Ikorodu NURTW branch Chairman, Mr Adegoke Taofeek, aka Reliable, made the appeal on Friday, while speaking with THE IMPACT, alongside the Chairman, Tricycle Operators,…

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