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Lagos Disbands MOT Taskforce

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Our Editor The Lagos Ministry of Transportation has placed an indefinite ban on the operations of its enforcement team tagged M.O.T Taskforce. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Sola Giwa, stated that the decision was reached after a thorough appraisal and review of the enforcement teams operating under the Ministry of Transportation. Giwa explained that the ban is part of measures initiated to streamline transport enforcement activities in Lagos State to achieve the required effectiveness in line with global best practices, warning that the ban is not…

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2022 International Youth Day: Senator Tokunbo Abiru Charges Youth To Take Charge

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Wale Jagun Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, has joined youths in Lagos East and Nigeria at large in commemorating 2022 International Youth Day, and charged them to get more involved in the quest for a better country. The former bank executive, also urged youth to be at the forefront of the creativity and digital innovation that is currently shaping the world. This year’s International Youth Day is themed, “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages”. In…

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I Am Taking Care Of My People, Not Putting Pressure On Any Other Council Chairman – Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem

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Kunle Adelabu Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju, Chairman of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has said that the purchase of 17 Lexus Jeep as official vehicles, is his way of taking care of the elected and appointed political functionaries in the council. He said that it is through encouragement and motivation that they can be able to assist him in delivering on his mandate to the people of the council. The Council Chairman, who spoke with THE IMPACT was reacting to…

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National Open University Sets To Berth In Ikorodu Soon

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Kunle Adelabu A centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is set to berth in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, soon. THE IMPACT gathered that the centre would take off in September or the last quarter of the year within one of the properties donated by the HOMAT Group of Schools in Igbogbo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). It was also gathered that NOUN has secured a landed property beside the Primero Limited along the Ikorodu – Lagos Road for its permanent site. When it eventually…

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Igbogbo/Bayeku Road Remodelling: Demolition of Structures Begins To Pave Way For Construction

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of structures in lgbogbo to pave way for the remodelling of the deplorable Igbogbo/Bayeku road in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Thursday, August 11, 2022. The demolition, THE IMPACT gathered, commenced around 3pm today from Ojubode/Odofin/Awolowo Way junction in Igbogbo. Government had erected a project board at the Odofin junction in Igbobo in the second week in June, stating that the project would commence in July 2022. Residents of Igbogbo…

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Joint Automobile Plant In Lagos Will Produce 5000 New Vehicles When Ready – Sanwo – Olu

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Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, has assured that a vehicle assembly plant being jointly set up by Lagos State Government and CIG Motor will produce 5,000 units of new vehicles when it commences operations. The plant, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, will have a jointly-run factory for the production of different classes of brand new cars. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement on Thursday, said that the establishment of the vehicle assembly…

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I Jettisoned My 2023 Aspiration To Support Grassroots Development – Francis Shonubi, former Senatorial Candidate

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Kunle Adelabu Former Lagos East Senatorial candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 General Elections, Comrade Francis Mani Shonubi, popularly called ‘Senator’ and ‘Mani Kongo’, has said that he jettisoned his political aspiration in the forthcoming 2023 elections in the interest of development. Shonubi, who spoke with THE IMPACT during a chat, also said that there are many ways to serve and not necessarily through elective positions, while adding that he is fully back in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and working for the success of the…

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ALGON President, Council Chairmen Commend Lagos Councilors For Support

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Mariam Akinloye -As Igbogbo Council leader, others inaugurated as Forum’s excos The President, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), who doubles as the Chairman, Conference 57 in Lagos State, Hon. Kolade Alabi, has thanked the elected Councilors  across the 20 Local Government Governments and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State for their support and for ensuring that peace reigns in all the councils. Also speaking in the same vein, Builder Sesan Daini, Chairman,  Igbogbo/Bayeku and Public Relations Officer, Conference 57, also appreciated the councillors for their…

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Senator Abiru Innovation Lab Opens Application For Teachers Fellowship

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Wale Jagun The Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL) has opened registration for teachers, in both public and private schools, across the Lagos East Senatorial District to apply for the Lagos East Teachers Fellowship (Cohort 2). SAIL Fellowship Programme was designed to equip educators with new skills that would lead to better learning outcomes. In a statement by the Senator’s media aide, Mr Enitan Olukotun, it is also said that the programme is for teachers who are interested in inquiry-based learning, and want to use technology in their classrooms to the…

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Issues Of Party Candidates For 2023 General Elections Resolved, Lagos APC Tells Aspirants

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Wale Jagun The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has told party stakeholders and aggrieved aspirants that contested the last controversial primary elections on the platform of the party that issue of candidates for the party has been resolved. Sources at the stakeholders’ meeting attended by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, told THE IMPACT that the leadership of the party appealed to the aspirants to accept the decision of the party in the interest of peace and unity within the APC…

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