Alhaji Oduntan Gets SLG Position As Agoro, Lawal, Aganga Return To Grassroots Governance In Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA

Kunle Adelabu ‎‎After fierce political battle, the Governor of Lagos Stare, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have approved the nomination of Alhaji Kudus Oduntan, as the Secretary to the Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA).‎‎‎Alhaji Oduntan, who was the immediate past APC Igbogbo/Baiyeku LGA Secretary, is one of the political soldiers of Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, former Minister of Works, a chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) and a political Field Marshal.‎‎‎The Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA Supervisors and Special Advisers list, aside from the…

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COLUMN: LIFE REFLECTIONS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY

Why Socrates Hated Democracy? A Case Study of the Nigerian Political System By Oluwole Solanke PhD, FCIB Democracy is often described as the best form of government ever invented. It promises freedom, equality, and the power of the people. Yet, one of history’s greatest philosophers, Socrates, was deeply skeptical of it. Why would a man committed to truth and reason distrust a system built on participation and liberty? And what does his criticism have to do with Nigeria today? This article explores Socrates’ suspicion of democracy and uses it as…

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Ijede Chair Hosts 5th Free JAMB/UTME Support For 100 Indigent Students

‎‎Our Reporter ‎The Chairman of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Motunrayo Gbadebo-Alogba, for the fifth consecutive year, distributed the free JAMB/UTME forms to needy though brilliant students in the continuation of her administration’s commitment to educational development and youth empowerment across the council area.‎‎100 candidates benefited from annual Free JAMB/UTME forms which were distributed to beneficiaries on Monday, at the Council Secretariat.‎‎‎Hon. Gbadebo-Alogba, in her remarks at the distribution noted that her administration attached importance to education.‎ ‎‎”Here in Ijede LCDA, we place a premium on education, as…

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Rep. Benson Donates Ambulance To General Hospital Imota

Jare Olukotun In fulfilment of his pledge, Rep. Babajimi Benson, representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, on Monday donated ambulance to the General Hospital Ijede. ‎ ‎The presentation of the global standard ambulance which was done by Mayor Muhydeen Sanwoola, Director- General, iCare Foundation, was witnessed by His Royal Majesty, Oba Mudashiru Bakare Agoro, the Ranodu of Imota. ‎ ‎ ‎The donation is coming a few years after Rep. Benson completed and commissioned the 80- bed hospital in Imota which the Lagos State Government has turned into a General Hospital. ‎…

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Fagbesan Returns As SLG, Oredoyin, Others As Supervisors In Imota LCDA

Kunle Adelabu Seven months after the inauguration of Council Chairmen across the 57 Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), after weeks of a prolonged waiting game over the release of cabinet lists for the council areas, on Monday, finally released names of Secretaries to the Local Governments, Supervisors and Special Advisers. In Imota LCDA of Ikorodu Division, Alhaji Fagbesan Muhammed Akeem was returned as the Secretary to the council’s administration. Alhaji Fagbesan had served in this same capacity during…

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Surprises As Jibike Salau Emerges SLG, Kalejaiye, Kuti Stage Come Back In Ikorodu West LCDA

‎Kunle Adelabu ‎ ‎The release of the cabinet positions in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has thrown up some surprises and revalidated the assertion that nothing is certain in politics. ‎ ‎In the list released by the Honourable Commissioner for Local Government Affairs & Rural Development, Lagos State, Mr Bolaji Roberts, on behalf of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, a former Supervisor for WAPA, Hon. Rukayat Jibike Salau, who was included in the list represented a surprise to many. ‎ ‎ ‎Jibike Salau, who is a highly connected…

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Rep. Jimi Benson Presents Financial Grants To 42 Law School Entrants From Ikorodu

Wale Jagun The representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson continued with his financial support for the Law graduates from Ikorodu who secure admission into the Nigerian Law School (NLS), as part of his efforts to encourage more lawyers from his constituency to excel. 42 students who have been admitted into different campuses of the NLS received N200, 000 financial support individually at the lawmaker’s Federal Constituency Office, Igbogbo-Ebute Road in Ikorodu. Over 30 Law School candidates received the same amount of financial grants instituted last year as an…

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Ikorodu Resource Group Inducts Yinka Majekodunni As Member

‎Wale Jagun ‎ ‎A senior official of the Lagos State Internally Generated Revenue (LIRS), and former Chairmanship aspirant for Ikorodu Local Government, Mr Ibrahim Olayinka Majekodunni, has been inducted into the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG). ‎ ‎ ‎He was welcomed into the resource and economic development and professional organisation, on Sunday, March 1st, 2026, during the monthly General Meeting of the group. ‎ ‎ ‎Majekodunmi was officially inducted by the acting Chairman of the Group, Dr Mobolaji A. Olukoya, former Medical Director, General Hospital, Ikorodu, and Commissioner at…

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Ikorodu Residents To Gbolahan Ogunleye: You Have Not Represented Us Well In Last Three Years

‎‎Kunle Adelabu In what could be likened to a case of vote of no confidence, residents of Ikorodu, have voiced out on public social media platforms in total condemnation of the representation  of Hon. Gbolagan Ogunleye, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA). ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Hon. Ogunleye who is a son of the former deputy governor of Lagos Stare, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, emerged through a controversial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s candidate and won the election…

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LG Cabinets: Olabiwoninu, Gbadebo, Oduntan, Others Make SLGs List In Ikorodu

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Wake-Up, Tijani being considered for Ikorodu North SLG -As Olosugbo, Alejo, Ajibike, Bobomi, Ogbe, Babayemisi among others touted for Super Days after some online news platform announced the release of list of Secretaries to the Local Governments (SLGs) and Supervisory Councillors for the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), by the Lagos State Government, no one has been able to ascertain whose names are on the list. With the look of things, the appointment list is being guided jealously by the Governor…

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