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Kunle Adelabu The Executives of the national body of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), has announced that its 2023 Annual General Meeting will hold on Sunday, January 15, 2023. According to a release by the National Secretary, Mr Wasiu Tijani, the AGM, which will commence at 2pm prompt, is slated for the premier school’s college hall along the Ikorodu/Igbogbo road, Ikorodu in Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria. While wishing the old students, current ones and staff of the college a happy and prosperous new year, the…

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Our Editor The Lagos State Government has warned residents in the state against the unsafe sale and storage of fuel in homes, markets and workplaces which can result in fires with resultant loss of lives and properties. The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola issued the warning at the weekend following the SOS messages received from residents of Festac over the unsafe sale of fuel on some roads in the area which could endanger the lives of innocent citizens. Mojola declared that the Commission is working with the…

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Kunle Adelabu Prof. Olanrewaju Shitta – Bey, a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Maryland Global Campus, United States of America (USA), has attributed his doggedness which has seen him navigated the turbulence of life, to his late mother, Mrs Shakirat Enifeni, whom he said that he inherited the trait from. The former lecturer of Philosophy, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo campus, also stated that the impacts of his late mother on his life and that of others inspired the establishment of Shakirat Enifeni Foundation, named after her and…

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Kunle Adelabu A non-profit making organisation, Shakirat Enifeni Foundation, is set to support young people to achieve their dreams by engaging and guiding them through their aspirations. The founder of the Foundation, who is a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Maryland Global Campus, United States of America (USA), Prof. Olanrewaju Shitta – Bey, said that the mission of  the Foundation which he named after his late mother, is to make young people better persons to themselves and the society at large. Prof. Shitta unveiled the foundation’s agenda to…

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Our Editor The contention over the role of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the wave of infrastructural transformation being witnessed in Lagos State in the last two decades may now be put to rest. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, set the record straight, saying Tinubu was the brain behind the development master plan being implemented by successive administrations in Lagos, which has elevated governance in the State. This, Sanwo-Olu said, is a fact that could not be denied by anyone who worked closely with…

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Kunle Adelabu The Executive Secretary of Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL/GTE), Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru has charged royal fathers and political office holders in Ikorodu Division to ensure that the Lagos State Development Plan is redrawn to include the division. Otunba Abiru called for the redraft of the plan to adequately capture Ikorodu Division which is the 3rd largest city in Southwest and 12th in Nigeria. The retired Clerk of the Lagos Assembly/Permanent Secretary had, in a piece sent to THE IMPACT, titled, “Ikorodu Division: A Community Crying For…

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Our Editor Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, in the early hours of Sunday, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in three state-owned hospitals, namely Maternal Child Centre (MCC) Eti-Osa, Ebute-Metta General Hospital and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. Baby Ayinde, a Male who weighed 3.1 kg delivered at exactly 12:01 AM by Mrs. Ayinde is the first baby of the year at the Eti-Osa Maternal Child Centre (MCC). Baby Iromain, a Female who weighed 2.9Kg and delivered…

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