Category: Community

Residents of Ikorodu Lament Endless Wait At Bus Stops, High Cost Of Transportation As Police Intensify Seizure of ‘Okadas’

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Charge LASG to provide alternatives, call policemen to order on enforcement For residents of lkorodu, moving around the town to carry out their  respective daily activities has become an herculean task due to the current ban on the operations of the commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okadas’ by the Lagos State government as part of  the measures to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus. While operations of other means of transportation have been allowed to continue with some regulations, Okada riders have been banned from…

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Sekumade Road Rehabilitation: Concerned Residents Set Agenda For Lagos Government, Contractor

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Kunle Adelabu Concerned residents of Ipakodo who are the immediate beneficiaries of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Sekumade (Port Authority) – Ogolonto road in Ikorodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have set agenda for the Lagos State Government and the construction company handling the project, Arab Contractors. While commending the Lagos State Government for deeming it fit to reconstruct the road after several years of its collapsed with the attendant effects on the residents and thousands of other road users, they expressed their concerns over…

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Residents Still Displaced, Homes Waterlogged, Properties Destroyed Days After Heavy Downpour

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Kunle Adelabu, Wale Jagun &Mariam Akinloye -Igbogbo residents call for dredging of canals, drainages Three days after heavy downpour flooded many roads and houses across Ikorodu division, many residents are still displaced from their homes which are currently waterlogged. THE IMPACT had reported on Monday, June 28, 2020,  that many residents across the division were sacked from their houses due to the flood that took over many areas in the division following the early hours downpour that lasted till late evening. Our reporters, who covered the flood incidents in Igbogbo/Bayeku,…

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Sad Tales As Residents Wake Up To Flooded Environment, Displaced In Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye It was sad tales on the morning of Sunday, June 28, 2019, in various parts of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, as many residents woke up to see their apartments flooded and their properties submerged. Many residents were also displaced by the heavy downpour as water kept flowing back to their apartments despite scooping them. The rain which started around 4am, did not stop until evening with many areas across Ikorodu division heavily flooded. The entire six councils of the division were heavily affected…

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Photos: Floods Takeover Ikorodu Communities

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Wale Jagun Floods have taken over many communities in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, following heavy downpour since last weekend. Most of the affected communities/areas are those with bad road network and lack drainages and Gberige – Agura area is one of the parts of the Division that is badly affected with residents trapped in their flooded houses. Below are some of the pictures of the Agrua – Gberigbe road taken today:

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Guinness World Record Holder Laments State Of Isawo Road, Flood

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Kunle Adelabu The Guinness World record holder in the “Longest Marathon Reading Aloud” category’, Mr Bayode Treasures – Olawunmi, has lamented the state of the Agric – Owutu – lsawo road which has been flooded by rain in the last few days. The road, which is presently under reconstruction and expansion, has become heavily flooded since the rain started as residents find it difficult to move in and out of their residents. Bayode spoke on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform and also chatted privately with our reporter on the matter. The…

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Residents Lament Flooding, Call For More Attention On Road Reconstruction, Drainages

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Kunle Adelabu Despite the fact that rain has just started, residents in various parts of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have lamented the effects of downpour in the last two days in their respective areas. From Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area to Ikorodu LG, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Ikorodu North LCDA and Ijede LCDA among others, the situation is the same as residents found it difficult to move in and out of their houses due to flood. They called on the Lagos State Government to focus more on road…

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Sen. Ogunlewe, Hon. Benson, Otunba Abiru, Others In Ikorodu Mourn Sen Osinowo’s Death

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Kunle Adelabu Political leaders and other residents of Ikorodu in Lagos East Senatorial District have expressed shock over the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo, the Senator representing the district at the National Assembly in Abuja. Osinowo, popularly known and called ‘Pepperito’ by political friends, admirers and foes alike, died after brief illness in Lagos on Monday, June 15,2020. His remains was moved to his country home in Ijebu-Ode in an ambulance belonging to the Obalende Local Council Development Area on same day and buried at 11.00pm amidst wailing and grief…

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Ikorodu West LCDA Youths Get New Executives

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Mariam Akinloye -New Coordinator calls for library, rehabilitation of Vocational Centre in the council The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) chapter, has inaugurated its 4th Executive Council. Comrade Asoro Abubakri Olatunji, the new Coordinator, took over from the outgone Coordinator, Comrade Muhydeen Yusuf Olatunji, after taken oath of office with other elected officers at the Ikorodu West LCDA Secretariat hall on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Other officers that were inaugurated included Comr Ahmed Sokunbi (Deputy Coordinator), Comr Tony Afolayan (Secretary), Hon Shefiu…

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Oriwu College Land Encroachment: Ladugba, Liwe Families Challenge Lawyer To Reveal Identity Of Clients Demanding Portion Of School Property

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Kunle Adelabu – New lawyer gives 8-day ultimatum which lapse today, demands N50million damages, threatens court action -We are ready to prove you wrong in court – Sen. Ogunlewe tells lawyer, clients The last may not have been heard on the Oriwu College land crisis as the two families at the centre of the crisis, Ladugba Agala Egiri and Liwe familes of Igbogbo and Ikorodu respectively, have demanded that the new lawyer that is claiming to be representing the families in the matter and asking the college to cease trespassing…

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