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After a two-year break, Ojude Oba Festival has made a spectacular return in the  ancient town of Ijebu -Ode, Ogun State, where Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Monday urged the Southwest to support All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu was the special guest of honour. The palace of Awujale, the paramount traditional ruler of Ijebu kingdom, came alive with ceremonial parades of colourful Aso Ebi. Indigenes, attired in beaded materials, led processions in batches to pay homage to the king – Alayeluwa Sikiru Adetona. After…

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Jare Babatunde The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has charged young digital technology enthusiasts to develop solutions to myriad of challenges confronting the society. Abiru spoke at the Gen Z Hackfest, which is an annual conference that connects youngsters who belong to generation Z in tech space on a large scale. The well-attended event affords ambitious Gen Z techies to come together and put their creative and coding skills to test, building solutions to problems of Africa.…

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Kunle Adelabu A senior citizen in Ikorodu and community developer, Elder James Kayode Alabi, FCA, JP, who is popularly known and called ‘The Black Pope’, has blamed government and residents for lack of planning to tackle the issue of flooding that is ravaging lkorodu Division and other parts of Lagos State. The incessant rainfall has brought about flood across the state with many properties destroyed, communities abandoned and road impassable, especially in many areas of Ikorodu Division. Elder Alabi, who is a chieftain of Igbe community and official of the…

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Wale Jagun The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE, has announced the extension of applications for its maiden Scholarship and Bursary schemes. The new deadline is now July 31, 2022, and not the July 11 initially announced. The body, which is the security architecture in Ikorodu Division, had last month, announced a N20million scheme for both awards for indigenes and residents. In a statement signed by Hon. Adebimpe Akinsola, Chairman, IDPIL/GTE – SBC, she explained that the extension was necessary because of the ongoing ASUU strike which is preventing many applicants…

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Jare Babatunde The Chairman, Community Development Community (CDC), Zone 2, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mr Gbadamosi Adewale Fatai, has called for more government attention in Ikorodu in terms of physical developments to address the challenges of rapid increase in population in the Division which he said is adversely affecting the existing infrastructures in the division. The community leader who is also the Chief Administrator, The People’s Forum (TPF), one of the major WhatsApp platforms related to Ikorodu Division, said that government attention is imperative because Ikorodu is the…

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Kunle Adelabu Former aspirant for the Ikorodu Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun, has called on residents to come together to build a better community, State and Nigeria as whole. Aroyewun, while felicitating Muslims on the Eid-Kabir celebration, said that people should use the period of the celebration as a time to reflectect on what they are willing to offer the society. The young politician, who was nominated for a Commissionership position by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in lkorodu Division in…

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Kunle Adelabu Hundreds of Muslim faithful in Ikorodu on Saturday, July 9, 2022, defied the early morning rainfall as they trooped out to observe prayer in celebration of Eid – el – Kabir. Our reporter who went round the town witnessed faithful trooping out to different praying grounds in their respective areas. Many were seen carrying umbrellas to cover themselves. It was capacity at the Ikorodu Central Mosque praying ground along Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikorodu, where Alhaji Sefiudeen Ademoritan Olowooribi, the Grand Chief Imam, Ikorodu Division led His Royal Majesty,…

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Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District , Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA  has congratulated Muslims in the Senatorial district and across the country on the Sallah celebrations. Senator Abiru, in a goodwill message he personally signed  in Lagos on Friday implored Muslims and all Nigerians not to relent in prayers for the nation and also leave peacefully with one another regardless of their religious persuasions. The Senator also called on Nigerians to collectively support the government in stemming the tide…

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