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Kunle Adelabu The Igbogbo Development Association (IDEA), has revealed that the community will be collaborating with the government in completing the passport office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in Igbogbo. The project was facilitated around 2018, while the building for the passport office located behind the Mikky Onas Hall, around Ogunleye area of Igbogbo, was completed about two years ago, but has since been abandoned. It was gathered that Rep. Babajimi Benson and the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Orimadegiun Kasali, played major roles in bringing…

Kunle Adelabu A leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Senatorial leader, The Mandate Group (TMG), Nigerian and Diaspora, Primate Charles Odugbesi, JP, has denied that the leadership of the group are against any nominee from lkorodu, for Commissionership position. Odugbesi was a former State Secretary, APC, emphatically stated that the group is not staging any protest against the nomination of Ms Abisola Olusanya, for re-appointment as a Commissioner, by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu. The party leader, in a statement titled, ‘The…

Wale Jagun -Sympathises with the deceased family, media industry Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi. He described Ibiyemi’s death as shocking and a colossal loss to journalism and the media industry in Nigeria. Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi died on Tuesday at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State of pulmonary embolism. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Ibiyemi’s death is painful and heartbreaking,…

Kunle Adelabu The Ag. Head, Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Science, Dr. AbdulAzeez Anjorin, who is currently on a short course in the United States of America (U.S.A, ), has done himself and the Lagos State University, proud by winning the Global Virology Network (GVN) 2023 Training Scholarship/Award for a short course in Basic and Translational Virology at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Baltimore, USA. The award-winning researcher has also been selected among the Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC)…

Wale Jagun The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointment according to the Head of Service takes immediate effect. Before his reappointment, Akosile had served as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sanwo-Olu during his first term. He was also the Media Adviser to the Governor since the inception of the second term of Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration on May 29,…

Kunle Adelabu The new President of the Rotaract Club of Ikorodu Golden, Rotaractor (Barr.) Adeleke Aroyewun, Esq., has unveiled his agenda for the Rotary Year 2023/2024, during which he will be serving. While stating that his administration will key into the principles and programmes of the Rotary International, Adeleke emphasized that he will focus on Sustainability, Welfare, Collaboration and Creativity (SWCC). His administration kicked off the year immediately he was sworn into the office, with training for members of the club in agric – prenuership, opportunities in ICT and graphics…

Wale Jagun The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Mikhail Tokunbo Abiru, has condoled with the family of the late Iya – Oloja of Ikorodu Division, Alhaja Taofeekat Abiodun Alison, on her death which occurred on Sunday (yesterday). Abiru, in a statement that he jointly signed with his wife, Mrs Feyisola Abiru, described the late Iya-Oloja as an illustrious and educated market leader who touched many lives while alive. “I condole with the Allison family, over the passing of their matriarch, Alhaja Taofikat Abiodun Allison, the Iyaloja General…