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Kunle Adelabu Another call has been made by concerned residents in Ikorodu, to the Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina, over the state of the Atan Cemetery, the official burial ground that is being managed by the council. Among those that made the appeal is His Eminence Fadhilat Sheikh Yahya Olorunosebi Oshoala, Chief Imam, Oriwu Central Mosque, who charged the council on the need to ensure that the final resting place for the dead is properly rehabilitated. THE IMPACT can authoritatively recall that the rehabilitation of the cemetery…

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Kunle Adelabu It was all smiles as over 700 junior academics and non – academic staff of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), got food palliatives from the Lagos State Government. The packs, containing 10kg of rice, 5 kg of beans and 5kg of garri, were supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ikorodu campus of the institution, on Thursday, October 26, 2023. According information gathered, beneficiaries were restricted to all the non – academic staff on CONUNASS/CONUAtss 01 to 09 and academic staff on CONUASS…

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Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has moved a motion on the flood disaster that ravaged several communities under Ikosi-Isheri Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Areas, and some communities under Ogun State, seeking urgent intervention of the Federal Government. Abiru, who is representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Senate, brought the motion under matters of public importance pursuant to the orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Orders 2023, as amended. The lawmaker brought the distress…

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Mariam Akinloye Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has urged Nigerians on the need to join hands with President Bola Ahmded Tinubu, in building a country where there will be economic prosperity and opportunities for its citizenry. Benson, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, while congratulating President Tinubu over the judgment of the apex court in the land, also stated that the Supreme Court has confirmed that Mr President received the mandate of the majority of Nigerians. The lawmaker made the appeal in a…

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Mariam Akinloye The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA has congratulated the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on the Supreme court judgement declaring him as the validly elected President of Nigeria. The Lagos East Senator in a statement issued by his media aide on Thursday described the verdict of the apex court as the true reflection of the popular will of Nigerians. Abiru added that history will be kind to all Nigerians, particularly…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has applauded the Supreme Court verdict, which affirmed the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu as the validly elected President of Nigeria in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Governor Sanwo-Olu described the Supreme Court’s judgment as a reaffirmation of the people’s mandate, which was freely given to President Bola Tinubu to lead Nigeria from May 29, 2023, to May 29, 2027. Sanwo-Olu, who expressed his delight at the Supreme Court’s ruling via a press statement issued on Thursday by his Chief…

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Wale Jagun Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the 2023 Presidential election, bringing to an end a legal challenge brought by his two main rivals, who challenged his victory as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate had challenged his victory stating that his emergence was marred by irregularities. The seven-member court ruled against the opposition’s challenges…

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Kunle Adelabu Mrs Abosede Aloba, the mother of the late songwriter and musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad), has said that he was meant to be a pastor. Mohbad’s mother, who was among the three witnesses that gave testimonies before the coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, revealed that she received a message while he was carrying his pregnancy that he would be a pastor when he grew up. The distraught mother made the revelation at the corona inquest at the Candide Johnson High Court Complex in Ikorodu, on Wednesday. Also at the…

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Kunle Adelabu -Organises special prayer session The chieftains and members of the Onward Movement of Nigeria, the working team of the former Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Chief (Hon.) Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle (SOB) Agunbiade, has, in commemoration of his birthday anniversary, donated to the orphanage home. Hon. Agunbiade, who represented the Ikorodu Constituency I, at the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2023, clocked 59 years on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. In celebrating his birthday, Mr Samson O. Shoneye, the Coordinator General of the Onward Movement…

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