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Lagos Youths Have Skills, Ready For Leadership Position – Rep. Benson

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has reiterated his position that youths in Ikorodu and Lagos State generally, do not only have the required skills, but are also ready for leadership positions. Benson, who is representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, reaffirmed his position when the Executive Secretary of Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy, Ms. Aisha Agbaje, led fellows of the academy on a courtesy visit to his Federal Constituency Office in Ikorodu, on Friday. The visit was the first of the…

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Int’l Day Of Sign Languages: Deaf Association Charges Council Boss On Employment, Empowerment

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu West Deaf Development Association (IKWDDA), has charged the Chairman, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju (SKO), on the need to fulfil its pledge on employment and empowerment for its members. Members of the association, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Comrade Kuku Tosin, Secretary, Mr Bima Abdullahi and PRO, Mr Opeyemi Onademuren, also expressed their support for the advocate for the recognition of sign languages in the country, as being advocated for by their national body. IKWDDA issued the statement…

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Hammed Aroyewun Lauds Rep. Benson Over Digital Innovation In Igbogbo School

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Wale Jagun Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has been lauded for the facilitation of a Digital Economy Centre at the Methodist Primary School, Igbogbo in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Southwest, Nigeria. The ICT centre, which is fully equipped, will serve all the primary schools in the council, for their computer education and prepared them for the Computer Based Test (CBT). Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), a former aspirant for the Ikorodu Constituency II, in the Lagos State House of Assembly, in…

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Ikorodu Federal Lawmaker Support 125 Traders With Financial Inputs

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Kunle Adelabu -50 residents also get N10, 000 each A total of 125 traders across the one Local Government and Five Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Federal Constituency on Friday, received N20, 000 each from their representative, Rep. Babajimi Benson, as support for their markets. The distribution of the business support money, which was held at the Federal Constituency Office of the lawmaker in Ikorodu, was the third edition of the scheme. Also at the event, 50 residents of ltun Layeode area of Ikorodu, were also presented with…

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APC State Secretaryship: Jokomba’s Emergence Is A Recognition Of Important Role Being Played By Council Chairmen – Ikorodu Council Administrators

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Kunle Adelabu Council Chairmen in Ikorodu Division, have described the appointment of a former Chairman of Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area, Hon. Adeola Jokomba, as the acting General Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Lagos State, as a welcome development and a recognition for the role being played by Council Chairmen in the development of the party. They described it as a clear departure from the time when elected Council Chairmen were not accorded another position of responsibility after serving, especially in Ikorodu. Since 1999, the…

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Lagos Gets New Head Of Service, Bode Agoro

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Mr. Bode Agoro as the 22nd Head of Civil Service of the state. The appointment take effect from September 30, 2023. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile made the announcement late last night through X. According to Akosile, Agoro joined the Lagos State Public Service on July 1, 2003, before being appointed as a Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, on August 3, 2015.  “To this end, all public servants are hereby enjoined to accord the…

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Under My Watch, Elements Involved In Mohbad’s Death Will Be Brought To Justice – Lagos CP

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Commends IDPIL initiative, directs Area Command to work with its operatives The Commissioner of Police, Lagos Police Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, has assured the royal fathers and people of Ikorodu and indeed, Nigerians, that the Command will get to the bottom of the circumstances surrounding the death of the Afrobeat star, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad), whose death has sparked protests across the country since he died a week ago. CP Owohunwa, who paid a courtesy call to the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir…

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Pursuant Of Justice For Mohbad Binds Nigerians Together As A Community – Rep. Benson

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Wale Jagun The representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has committed himself to the pursue of justice for Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad), whose death has continued to generate massive protest, a week after. Benson, in a statement today, described the untimely death of the late singer as tragic, while assuring that he would use his legislative power to further the pursuit of justice which Nigerian youths have been clamouring for, when the House of Representatives reconvenes. Mohbad body was exhumed on Thursday, by the Lagos Command of the…

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APC Chairman To Ikorodu Residents: Lets Accept The Appointments Given Us, While We Request For More

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Kunle Adelabu Otunba Tijani Jimoh Olasunkanmi, the Divisional LGA Chairman, Ikorodu Division, All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged members of the party and the generality of Ikorodu residents that they should accept the positions that have been given to Ikorodu so far, while the leadership would continue to ask for more appointments. Tijani, also said that the acceptance by the State structure of the ruling party, to allow another lkorodu man to replace the immediate past Secretary of the party in the State, Hon. Sunmi Odesnya who himself is an…

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GLOWFUX ’23: FANAFILLIT Sets To Break Barriers, Foster Love

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Jare Olukotun -This year’s concert holds December 28 Fanafillit Integrated Concepts, the driving force behind the annual GLOWFUX Charity Concert, has unveiled its ambitious plans for the 2023 edition of the eagerly anticipated Yuletide event. The concert, which usually holds during the Xmas celebrations, is aimed at mobilizing well-meaning Nigerians in a heartwarming endeavor to bring joy to the lives of special children, with this year’s edition billed to hold on December 28, 2023, at the Dan and Den Frontage, Elegushi Beach, Lekki, Lagos. According to the coordinator for this…

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