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Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championship Sets To Get New Champs

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Wale Jagun with Kehinde Faleti (SIWES Student) Come Saturday, November 1, a new set of champions will emerge for the 2nd edition of Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championship, among the over 100 athletes that are competing. The Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, venue of the tournament which started last year, again, came alive on Thursday, when the tournament kicked – off, with the initiator and notable sports personalities across Nigeria and Africa, in attendance. The tournament is being organised in partnership with International Table Tennis Federation…

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Oriwu College Celebrates Excellent Performance In State, National Competitions

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Wale Jagun The premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the leading secondary schools in Nigeria, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, continues its academic excellence with laudable performances in state and national competitions. These feats have made the school to declare the month of October as a great one. Within the month, Rhoda Aluko and Oluwajomiloju Ajibefun emerged first in the National Festival of Arts and Culture Cultural Quiz Competition. The girls will represent Lagos State in Enugu State for the national competition. Also, Maryam Owolewa came first in…

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Transformer: Imota Chair Commends Lagos Rural Office Electrification Initiative

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Jare Olukotun The Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele, has commended the Office of the Rural Development, Lagos State Government for extending its rural electrification initiative to Imota. Iradelu Itesiwaju Community in Imota LCDA, is one of the four communities that benefited from the distribution of four new transformers done between October 28 and 29, 2025, by Dr. Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje, the Special Adviser on Rural Development to the Governor of Lagos State. Hon. Benson expressed his deep gratitude to the Governor of Lagos…

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Independent Political Group Emerges, Rally Support For Hon. Aro Moshood’s Re – Election

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Kunle Adelabu A new political platform – Amazone Group has emerged with the primary goal of ensuring political integration and mobilisation across Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), for Hon. (Dr.) Aro Moshood Abiodun’s re – election as the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II. The inaugural of the group in Igbogbo on Thursday, drew a large crowd of passionate supporters, political enthusiasts, and community leaders from across the LCDA. The group was convened by Mr Olushola Owolabi, popularly known as “Omo Teacher”, with six young and vibrant grassroots mobilisers as…

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Birthday: African Bethel Cathedral Celebrates Warden, Engr. Sunday Oshin

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Jare Olukotun The African Church Bethel Cathedral Ikorodu has extended warm felicitations to its Warden (Prime Minister), Engr. Sunday Adesanya Oshin, MNSE, R. Coren, on his birthday anniversary. Engr. Oshin, who is the first Warden in the history of the over 100 years old cathedral to be privileged to have been elected for the third term, celebrates his birthday every October 30. In a statement signed by Prince Adesoji ALAGBE, Secretary, Cathedral Council and Ven. Gbenga M. Babatunde, Provost/Chairman, Cathedral Council, the Church prayed for the celebrant’s safety and success…

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IKODASS’ Fanti Carnival Designed To Promote Unity, Ikorodu Cultural Heritage – Organisers

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), the umbrella body of all the clubs, associations and area bases in Ikorodu, and the organisers of the annual Ikorodu Oga Carnival, has explained reasons for the introduction of Fanti carnival. The carnival comes up on Saturday, November 8, along with Inter – Religious Service, Woro Processesion, and Heritage Performance. The Fanti, which is being introduced into the state recognized Ikorodu – Oga Carnival for the first time in the 34 years of its existence, has been said to be a…

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Lagos Rural Office Supplies Four More Communities In Ikorodu With Brand New Transformers

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Rural Development, has continued its rural impact and transformation as four communities in the Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have been provided with brand new transformers. According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Dr Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje, the initiative is part of the continuation of the state government rural electrification initiative. The transformers were supplied to the communities between October 28 and 29, 2025, with Heritage Estate CDA in Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA, Golden Paradise…

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Lagos Assembly Committee Tours Igbogbo Stadium

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Kunle Adelabu Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Youth, Sports and Social Development today toured the Igbogbo Stadium which is under construction. They were received by the Chairman, Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area, Omo’ba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun. Hon. Abiodun Orekoya, Chairman of the committee led Hon. Femi Saheed, Hon. Apata Samuel Olu, and Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II and the chief host. Also, part of the delegation were Mr Lekan Fatodu, Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission and representatives of…

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LTV Correspondent, Shakiru Adeleye Reaches 3rd Lagos Speaker’s Cup Final In A Row

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Kunle Adelabu Ikorodu – born Lagos Television Correspondent (LTV), Mr. Shakiru Adeleye, has again qualified to play in the final of the Lagos Speakers’ Cup. Adeleye, a former Vice Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Correspondents Association (LAHACA), defeated Dr. Onifade of the Health Commission in straight sets — 11-8, 11-9, 11-8, in the semi-final game to book his final ticket slated for November 11th, at the Assembly Complex. He won the tournament in 2023 and won silver last year. The Speaker’s Cup is an annual tournament organised to commemorate…

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African Church Cathedral Felicitates Mrs Opemipo Amusa On Birthday

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Wale Jagun The management and entire members of The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu, have joined numerous others in felicitating Mrs Opemipo Amusa, a member of the Cathedral Busy Bee Society. In a statement signed by the Cathedral Council Secretary, Prince Adesoji Alagbe, Cathedral Warden, Engr. Sunday A. Oshin and the Provost/Chairman, Cathedral Council, Ven. Gbenga Babatunde, the Church prayed for the celebrant’s success and protection as she added another year. “On behalf of the Church Pastorate, the Cathedral Council and the entire congregation of The African Church Bethel Cathedral,…

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