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Don’t Gag The Media, Sanwo – Olu Tells Politicians, Public Officers

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom was important in a democracy. The governor made the appeal on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and Digitalisation: the imperative of Good Corporate Governance” at Ikeja, Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu, who was the Special Guest of Honour to declare the workshop open, said ensuring good corporate governance and self-regulation of the digital space would completely eradicate false and fake…

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SMEDAN Trains 200 Beneficiaries Of Grants Facilitated By Senator Tokunbo Abiru

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Jare Babatunde The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has organized a capacity training for 200 prospective beneficiaries of Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) facilitated by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA. The workshop titled, ’Entrepreneurship Development Training For Beneficiaries of Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) Programmes’, commenced yesterday in Ikorodu and Epe Local Government Areas respectively. In a statement on Thursday by Special Adviser to Senator (Media and Publicity), Mr Enitan Olukotun, he said that…

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Sanwo-Olu Tasks New Special Advisers On Good Governance, Service Delivery

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, swore in seven new Special Advisers into the State Executive Council. According to the Governor, the cabinet members were inaugurated to revitalise the administration’s effort towards improving good governance and service delivery. Five of the appointees are newcomers, who filled in vacant positions, following the voluntary resignation of previous occupants. Two, who previously resigned from the cabinet, were returned to take back their positions. Sanwo-Olu, while performing the ceremony at the State Banquet Hall in Alausa, Ikeja, said his government…

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Comrade Sunday Ogunfowora Emerges NULGE State President, As Ajose Group Records Total Victory

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Wale Jagun Comrade Sunday Sewanu Ogunfowora has been elected as the State President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State chapter. The State President – elect scored 302 votes to defeat his opponent, Comrade Pelaiye Jamiu who polled 205 votes, at the State Delegate Elections held at the NULGE House on Thursday, August 4, 2022. While Comrade Ogunfowora belongs to the Ajose Mandate Group (AMG) led by the outgoing State President, Comrade Pelaiye is leading The Progressives Group (TPG) led by the former State President, Comrade…

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Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Disqualification Of Aro Moshood Abiodun As APC Assembly Candidate

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Jare Babatunde The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the 2023 General Elections. Delivering Judgment, Justice Oweibo J, stated that the suit instituted by the plaintiff, Oluwatosin Onamade, was statute barred having been filed outside the time frame stipulated by section 285 (9) of the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.  In the suit which the All…

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Kith & Kin Students Reconstruct Ikorodu Origin With Stage Play, Gets Royal Commendations

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -As schools celebrate 25th Anniversary It was a beautiful performance when the students of the Kith & Kin Educational Schools (KKES) reconstructed the origin of Ikorodu Kingdom through a stage play to commemorate the school’s 25th year anniversary. The play, titled, ‘Ikorodu Oga’, was written and directed by Prince Adeolu Owolabi, with many some aspects of it disputed some of the aspects of the age – long source of Ikorodu people, especially, the generally acceptable version that Sekumade (a brother to the Oga, the progenitor…

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NULGE State Elections: After Weeks Of High Level Politicking, Maneuvering, Comrades Go To Poll Tomorrow

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Kunle Adelabu Barring any last minutes change, members of the National Union of Lagos Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State chapter, would on Thursday, August 4, 2022, to go poll to elect their State President and other members of the executive council. The election will hold at the Union House in Ikeja. Two groups have since locked horns in the past weeks and also campaigned vigorously against each other, in their bid to take control of the state NULGE, with both criss – crossing the 57 Local Governments (LGs) and Local…

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Igbogbo Celebrates 2022 Oro Abosan With New Masquerades, Fanfare

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Kunle Adelabu It was a great spectacle on Saturday, July 30, 2022, when male residents of the ancient kingdom of Igbogbo converged on the Igbogbo Night market to celebrate the 2022 Oro Abosan festival. The grand finale of the festival, which started on Thursday July 20, was held  on that Saturday and it reassured residents that the festival would continue to be part of the culture and tradition of the ancient Igbogbo town. A major feature, of this year’s celebration was the emergence of a new Masquerades – Panpa Lantan …

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Oriwu Model College: Premier School Outstanding Performances In The Last One Year

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Kunle Adelabu -Principal receives 2022 African Outstanding award. The premier college in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, is not resting on its oars as the school has continued with its excellence performances in academics and other activities. Oriwu College performances in the recent time have culminated into the school winning the  Presidential Award as  the Best Public School in Nigeria in 2020 and Presidential Excellence Award for Best School Administrator in Nigeria in 2015 under the immediate past Principal of the school. But…

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Jimi Benson Distributes Solar Power System To Over 2000 Vulnerable Residents

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Kunle Adelabu Over 2000 residents would benefit from the solar power systems being distributed by the  Representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep Babajimi Adegoke Benson. The solar light would be benefitted by old and senior citizens in Ikorodu who cannot afford to pay for electricity, as the gesture would enable them to have access to alternative power sources. Beneficiaries of the solar package were sourced from political, religious and traditional groups among others, while some were picked through notable social media platforms. The exercise, according to iCare foundation, the…

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