Wale Jagun -Appoints new ones President Bola Tinubu has sacked Service Chiefs and appointed new ones. Also sacked are the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali. These were contained in a statement on Monday evening by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) and made available by the the Director of Information in the office, Mr Willie Bassey. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of…
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Igbogbo Youths Call Out Sanwo – Olu After Lack Of Response Over State Of Roads, Other Facilities
Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Demand urgent actions The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo – Olu, has been called out by the youths in Igbogbo, over the state of roads and other infrastructures in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, and demanded urgent intervention. The aggrieved youths, under the aegis of Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), made the call at a press conference held at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo, on Saturday. The youths said that the call through a press…
Read MoreIKODASS Celebrates Lagos East Senator’s Wife, Mrs. Feyisola Abiru
Mariam Akinloye A socio – cultural and developmental group, Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), has celebrated Mrs Feyisola Abiru, the wife of Senator Abiru, FCA, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, on her birthday. In a statement released last Sunday, Asiwaju Rotimi Erogbogbo, described Mrs Abiru as an epitome of support for her husband, IKODASS and children in Ikorodu. “On this occasion of your birthday, we celebrate you, Mrs. Feyisola Abiru, as an epitome of support in Ikoroduland”, he said. “You give meaning to the old cliche…
Read MoreSanwo-Olu Swears-in SSG, Chief of Staff, Urges Effective Service Delivery
Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday swore in Mrs. Bimbola Salu -Hundeyin as Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, Chief of staff and Mr. Gboyega Soyanwo as Deputy Chief of Staff urging them to work harder for effective and efficient service delivery. The Governor at the swearing in ceremony held on Friday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, said that the re-appointment of Ayinde and Soyanwo is a testament to their high level of performance, competence, hard work and loyalty during his first term in…
Read MoreJust in: Tinubu Appoints Alake, Ribadu, Darazo, Others As Advisers
Kunle Adelabu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers. The announcement was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director Information, State House. According to the statement, the new presidential advisers are: Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy; Mr. Yau Darazo, Special Adviser, Political and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr. Wale Edun, Special Adviser, Monetary Policies and Mrs. Olu Verheijen, Special Adviser, Energy Others are Mr. Zachaeus Adedeji, Special Adviser, Revenue; Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, Special Adviser, Security, Mr. John Ugochukwu…
Read MoreHon. Agunbiade Remembers Late Mentor, Senator Osinowo
Mariam Akinloye One of the political Generals of the late Sen. Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo (Pepperito), Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the immediate past Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, is remembering the late political giant, three years after his sudden death that left many shocked. Osinowo was a ranking legislator and power – broker in the Lagos State House of Assembly where he formed a great bond with the former Majority Leader, before he was elected into the Green Chamber of the National Assembly where he died in active service. In…
Read MoreMusediq Alogba Library Holds Maiden Reading Session Friday
Kunle Adelabu The Musediq Alogba E-Library and Research Centre, which was established by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), as a community/public library to advance education in Ikorodu Division, is set to hold the maiden edition of its Reading Session, as part of its resource development objectives. The event, which is slated for the Oteju Hall of the Ultra – Modern Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, on Friday, June 16, 2023, would host the former Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and the Chief Learning Officer of Kith & Kin Group…
Read MoreThree Years After, Senator Abiru Remembers Late Predecessor, Senator Osinowo
Wale Jagun It’s exactly three years today that the late Senator that represented the Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly between June 2019 and June 15, 2020, Senator Adebayo Osinowo, passed away in active representative capacity to his people, and he’s being fondly remembered by his successor, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA. Abiru, who succeeded the late grassroots politician after winning a bye – election and inaugurated into the National Assembly in December 2020, in a statement today, described the death of the late State and Federal legislator,…
Read MoreAppointments: Concerned lkorodu North Residents Protest Marginalisation, Appeal To APC Leaders
Kunle Adelabu Concerned Ikorodu North Citizens Forum has written the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Division, over what they termed perpetual marginalization of the council area. The concerned residents of the Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, are protesting the failure of the leadership in considering the political zone for state appointments, since its inception. In a statement issued by the concerned group and sent to THE IMPACT, they said that they are compelled to write…
Read MoreTinubu Suspends EFCC Chairman, Bawa
Wale Jagun President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa. Bawa’s suspension, according to a statement by the Director, Information, SGF Office, Willie Basse, is to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. He was directed to immediately handover to the Director, Operations in the Commission pending the conclusion of the investigation. The statement read, “President Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from office of AbdulRasheed Bawa, CON, as the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to allow for proper…
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