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Prince Tajudeen Odofin 1941 – 2024: How Ikorodu Celebrates Exit Of Royal Prince, Icon

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Kunle Adelabu Although, the death of former Commissioner for Finance, Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Adedapo Odofin, FCA, KCOC, came to many as shock and surprise, it was, however, generally believed that he lived a fulfilled and accomplished life. Odofin, who served as Member of the Lagos State Executive Council under the administration of the late Captain Gbolahan Mudashiru administration from 1984 to 1986, died at the age of 83, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and was buried same day at…

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Aroyewun Lauds Rep. Benson Over Sodara, Adeyanlu Roads Construction

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Kunle Adelabu Ceaseless commendations have trailed the flag – off of Shodara and Adeyanju Streets that connect the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way and Ogunlewe Crescent, the streets that hosted the Nigerian Immigration Office (Passport Office), Igbogbo, on Friday. One of such is from a Chairmanship aspirant for the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) for the 2025 Council elections, Mr Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA). Aroyewun lauded the federal lawmaker in a statement released on Friday, titled, ‘Happy for One, Happier for Two; Thanks Aplenty, JB’. “We are overjoyed and happy…

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AFCON 2024: Ijede LCDA Chair Sponsors Free Viewing Centre To Cheer Super Eagles To Victory

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Motunrayo Gbadebo – Alogba, has lent her support to the national team of Nigeria playing in the 2024 African Nations Cup (AFCON) in Cote’divore, urging the players to aim for victory. Super Eagles will, today,face the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the Round of 16 stage of the football competition. In a statement on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Gbolahan Rafiu Omotosho., the sport – loving council boss pledged her continuous support to the national…

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Ikorodu Federal Lawmaker Gets Commendations For Flagging – Off Igbogbo Passport Office Road

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Kunle Adelabu The Nigerian Immigration (NIS) Office (Passport Office) sited in lgbogbo, and commissioned by the NIS Comptroller – General, Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, last December, has continued to attract developments as construction of roads linking the facility, has commenced. Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense who facilitated the NIS office in Igbogbo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, is also facilitating the construction of the roads to compliment the passport office. The construction of the roads –…

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Lagos Revolutionise Land Acquisition With e – GIS Portal

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Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday launched an electronic Geographic Information System (e-GIS), as the state government commences electronic registration of lands in the state. Sanwo-olu said that the portal would enhance land administration and that, it was part of plans to make Lagos a 21st-century economy. The Governor said this at the launching ceremony held at the Land Bureau Office in Alausa. Sanwo-Olu said the portal had transformed land allocation in the State, while bringing precision to the economic value of land. The…

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Golden Jubilee: Ogun Governor’s Spokesperson Celebrates Jumoke Benson

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Wale Jagun The Yeye Otun of Ikorodu Kingdom and wife of frontline Lagos politician, Chief (Mrs.) Jumoke Benson, has been described as an exemplary woman whose conducts as the wife of a leading public office holder should be emulated by others. Otunba ‘Dare Odufowokan, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Communications to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, stated this today in his birthday greeting to Mrs. Benson. According to Governor Abiodun’s spokesperson, Jumoke Benson, who shares the same acronyms, JB, with her husband, has shown that importance of…

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Lagos Plans Commercial Airline Operations

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Wale Jagun Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, Governor of Lagos State has revealed plans by the state to establish airline for passenger operations. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Thursday, at the Lagos West Senatorial District People’s Town Hall Meeting, where he rendered stewardship and presented a catalogue of achievements recorded by his administration in the West of Lagos. He also revealed that the state is preparing for the construction of its own airport in Lekki. At the no-holds-barred meeting, Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, mounted the stage…

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Styrofoam: No Going Back On Ban, Usage In Lagos – LASG

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government on Thursday maintained that there is no going back on the total ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam in the State. The affirmation was made at a consultative meeting of the State Government with representatives of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Restaurant and Food Services Proprietor Association of Nigeria (REFSPAN) at the Alausa Secretariat. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who spoke on behalf of the State, said enough damage has been done already to the health…

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New Alajede May Emerge Next Four Months

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Kunle Adelabu Barring any unforeseen circumstance, new Alajede of Ijede Kingdom in ljede Local Council Development Area, may emerge this year, going by what transpired at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, as the legal battle over the vacant stool, which has been going on for about 11 years since the last Alajede, Oba Fatai Adeboye Oresanya, Ladega II and Alajede of Ijede, joined his ancestors, is nearing a conclusion. Oba Oresanya passed on August 13, 2012. At the last court sitting, the presiding judge, Honourable Justice Lawal…

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15th GAFAAR BOLOWOTAN CUP: Sponsor Donates New Jerseys To Last Eight Teams As Infinite FC Emerges First Semi -Finalists

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Kunle Adelabu The sole sponsor of the Gafaar Bolowotan Memorial Gold Cup and Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Prince Oluwatoyin Gafaar Bolowotan, on Wednesday, fulfilled its pledge to the eight teams that progressed to the quarter final stage of the competition, by presenting them with new set of jerseys. The new jerseys were presented to the Infinite FC Academy of Igbogbo and Sharon FC of Owutu, which they wore while playing the first quarter final match of the 15th edition of the competition which started last year at the…

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