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Kunle Adelabu The Class of 1997, Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), has inaugurated the first female Chairman, Mrs Modupe Adepitan, at its 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The new chairman pulled 94.1% of the total votes at the elections in April this year. At the AGM held at the HOMAT Event Centre, Igbogbo, on Sunday, ten other members of the new executive council, were also inaugurated. They are Bamidele Babatunde (Vice Chairman), Bada Temitope (General Secretary), Gladys Amiandamhen (Assistant General Secretary), Omoshola Fatunde (Treasurer) and Adabonyan Afusat…

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Wale Jagun The Iyaloja General of Ikorodu Division, Deaconess Busola Isikalu (Busiq), has appealed to youths in Ikorodu Division, not to participate in the planned rally starting from August 1 to 10. She enjoined the youths to embrace dialogue with the government instead of going on the streets which, according to her, can be hijacked by hoodlums. Deaconess Isikalu made the appeal in a conversation with THE IMPACT on the phone. “We are appealing to our youths and childen not to allow themselves to be used by people with an…

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Kunle Adelabu The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ikorodu Local Government, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, is using the traditional institutions to intimidate residents planning to participate in the protest against bad government. The party, in a statement by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr Sodiq Lamina, said that the APC is using Oro, Osugbo and other traditional cults to prevent citizens from the planed protest slated to hold between August 1 and 10, 2024. In the past few days, there have…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The Teenage and Youth Summer Career programme organisesd by the Focus Teens Foundation, in conjunction with the iCare Foundation of Rep. Babajimi Benson, Member, House of Representatives, kicked off on Monday in Lagos. About 150 youths and students from Ikorodu Federal Constituency are participating both at the physical venue at Regency Hall and virtual centre holding at Oriwu Senior Model College Hall, lkorodu. THE IMPACT covered activities a the virtual centre in Ikorodu. The summer programme was designed to engage the students in mentorship, career…

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By S. O. K. Shillings As protesters and Nigerians prepare for the activities scheduled for August 1 – 10, Government propaganda machinery has geared up to dissuade people from protesting. In fact, it seems that Government propaganda is the real publicity. Government has drawn our minds to the destruction that attended the EndSars protest and the Lagos State Government has pushed it to the level of an ethnic agenda of the Igbos to destroy Lagos citing the sparing of Alaba market and Igbo motor parks during the EndSars protest. The…

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Our Reporter The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin has charged Lagos residents to acquire waste bins for domestic storage of waste to promote a clean home and sustainable environment. He gave the charge at LAWMA headquarters, Ijora Olopa, on Tuesday during the demonstration of the evacuation of LAWMA smart bins by waste evacuation trucks. Gbadegesin stated that the introduction of the smart bins in the state’s waste management system, was a game changer, as it would quicken the process of waste collection by…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Builder Olusesan Mayokun Daini, has been felicitated by eminent personalities and others in Ikorodu and beyond, on the occasion of his birthday. Daini, who is the spokesperson of the Conference 57, is celebrating another year today. Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defense and the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, in his felicitation message, described Daini as an exemplary figure. “I extend my warmest congratulations to my brother and Executive Chairman of Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area, Builder Olusesan…

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