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King Kosoko Memorial Museum Gets Government Recognition

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Kunle Adelabu -Family unveils Logistics Company The Lagos State Government has granted the King Kosoko Museum recognition as one of the important centres that must be preserved and protected for the reconstruction of Lagos and Nigeria histories and a place where both local and foreign tourists can visit. The ancient palace of the late former legendary Oba of Lagos and later Oloja of Ereko, Oba Kosoko, was upgraded to a museum by the family in April this year after about five years of its rehabilitation. The palace was built in…

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Igbogbo Youth Coalition Formed To Protect Youths Interest, Cohesion

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Kunle Adelabu The newly elected executive members of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC) have been charged to continue to work towards further enhancement of the ideals on which the group was formed which is to protect the interests of youths in the community. Mr Olugbenga Odunniyi, the outgoing President of IYC, gave the charge while congratulating the new officers on their victory at the Congress election which was held at the Oba Oaltunji Fatola Pavilion located within the Adeboruwa palace, Igbogbo, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. The outgoing President’s charge…

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Lagos Red Rail Line Now At Completion Stage – Sanwo – Olu

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Our Editor Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, again went on an extensive inspection of the ongoing construction activities around the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project. It’s the fourth time in a year the Governor would be inspecting the pace of work on the 37-kilometre-long rail infrastructure wholly started by his administration, with Sanwo-Olu assuring Lagosians that the rail project would be delivered on its scheduled completion date. The transport infrastructure being developed by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) will have the capacity to…

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Over 400 Students Apply For Ikorodu Peace Initiative Scholarship, Bursary

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Kunle Adelabu Over 400 students across the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have successfully applied for the scholarship and bursary initiatives of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL)/GTE. A total of 266 successful applicants would get educational support at the end of the exercise: 12 successful scholarship and 254 bursary candidates. IDPIL/GTE, through its Executive Secretary, Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, had about two months ago announced the schemes endowed by the Chairman of the IDPIL/GTE and Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya who is also the Odofin…

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Double Celebrations As LASUSTECH Director of Information, Lanre Kuye Installed As Otunba Jiborisa, Clocks 60

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Kunle Adelabu The Director of Information and Public Relations, Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH), Chief Olanrewaju Kuye has been installed as the Otunba Jiborisa of Emuren Kingdom in Ogun State. He was installed alongside his wife, Chief (Mrs) Olanrewaju Kuye who bagged the Chieftaincy title of Yeye Otunba Jiborisa.They were both installed by the Elemuren of Emuren, His Royal Majesty, Oba Alowonle Adesegun Bolaji, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. Meanwhile, it has been deluge of congratulations for the newest Chief in town as he also clocked 60…

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Kazeem Ogunmuyiwa Emerges President, Igbogbo Youth Coaltion

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Wale Jagun A grassroots mobiliser and senior council employee, Comrade Kazeem Ogunmuyiwa has emerged the President – elect of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), an umbrella body of youths in Igbogbo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Ogumuyiwa, who was few days back elected as Trustee I for the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State Chapter, emerged as the President – elect with 49 votes at the IYC Congress held at the Adeboruwa palace on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He…

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We Are Determined To Give Consumers Good Products Despite The Challenges Of Rising Cost Of Raw Materials – Alhaji Sulaimon Adekunle, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Sula Delicious Bread

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Alhaji Sulaimon Adekunle, Alakoso Adinni of Igbogbo Central Mosque and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, City Deal and Sula Delicious Bread, is an outstanding community developer, philanthropist and investor with interest in confectionaries, construction and other businesses. He is also the Treasurer, Igbogbo Day Planning Committee since 2021 and member of the Adeboruwa think-tank. In this interview with the Publisher/Reporter – in – Chief of THE IMPACT, Kunle Adelabu, which took place at Alhaji Sulaimon Adekunle’s office in Igbogbo, he bore his mind on the crisis facing bread production in Nigeria,…

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Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall: Historic Architectural Masterpiece For All Engagements, Seasons

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Kunle Adelabu The magnificent edifice, which was initially named Ikorodu Town Hall and now, the Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall, is a historical monument and great architecture masterpiece which is one of the major landmarks in Ikorodu Division. Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town hall depicts the industrious nature of lkorodu people; their social status; their tastes and class, all of which are reflected in Ikorodu song of praise, ‘Oga’ (boss or master). The idea behind the construction of the Ikorodu town hall on a large expanse of land and…

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Just In: Council Scribes In Lagos Elect New Officers

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Kunle Adelabu Secretaries to the Local Government (LGs) and Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) across the 57 Councils in Lagos State, under the aegis of Scribe 57 Forum, have elected new Executive Council members. At the election, which took place at the Bagauda Kaltho Conference Centre, Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday, August 5, 2022, Comrade Akeem Dauda, Secretary to the Ikeja Local Government, was elected Chairman of the Forum, while Barr. Ade Ayeni, SLG, Igbogbo-Bayeku LCDA, emerged as the General Secretary. The two of them were inaugurated immediately,…

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Abiru Felicitates Hon Abiola Olowu On His Appointment As Special Adviser

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Jare Babatunde The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has congratulated Hon (Engr) Abiola Okanlawon Olowu (OKL) on his appointment as Special Adviser on Commerce and Industries to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, Senator Abiru’s media aide, Mr Enitan Olukotun, described Engr Olowu as an experienced technocrat and seasoned administrator who will add great value to the administration of Governor Sanwo-Olu. Abiru commended governor Sanwo-Olu for appointing Engr, Olowu who he said had paid his dues in the ruling All…

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