Category: Community

Kunle Adelabu A suspected leader of Axe cult group, Anuoluwa Mogaji, popularly known and called ‘Dada Kettle’ that has been terrorizing various parts of Ikorodu Division of Lagos, has been arrested. Dada Kettle was arrested on Thursday in Igbogbo township in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Many suspected members of Eiye and Axe cult groups were also arrested by the combined team of Police, Onyabo Vigilance Group, Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) and…

Wale Jagun The National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS), the umbrella body of all students in Ikorodu Division in various higher institutions across the country, has embarked on sentisation exercise for residents on COVID – 19 as part of its own contribution to the fight against the menace of the ravaging virus. At the weekend, the president of the association, Comrade Samuel Adeshina Soyiga, led the national executive officers and members of the body’s legislative arm and officers of the body at council and institutional levels to hoist information…

Kunle Adelabu -Council commences investigation into incident Tragedy struck at Ajagunro in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, on Friday, May 15, 2020, as about six persons died in a stampede during a food distribution exercise by Rosula Foundation. The unfortunate incident happened at Ajagunro Primary School, Isawo road, Asolo area of Ikorodu West LCDA. THE IMPACT gathered that the incident is being looked into by the Ikorodu West LCDA authority. The principal officers of the council, according to report, were not aware of…

Kunle Adelabu In its quest to ensure that it achieve the primary objectives for which it was created for, the Alhaji Kola Saheed Akinsanya’s led Tuagaga CDA Executive council has inaugurated developmental committees and Zonal CDA Committees. The committees – Development, Safety & Sanitation, Finance, Fund Raising & Education, General Purpose & Electrification and Welfare & Social Committees, were inaugurated at a special meeting of the CDA which was held at the Alhaji Enifeni’s house, Aga, Ikorodu on Saturday, May 9, 2020. The four special committees are to be coordinated…

Kunle Adelabu The first Mosque in Igbogbo kingdom, Araromi Mosque built 125 years ago, was on Thursday, May 14, 2020, demolished to pave way for an ultra-modern structure. The demolition, THE IMPACT gathered, was in preparation for the foundation laying ceremony for a modern structure scheduled to hold on the site of the old mosque on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Although, a section of the community argued that the old structure should have been sustained because of its historic importance, but the Imam of the mosque, Imam AbdulGaniu Gazali, explained…

Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government, through its agency incharge of building control, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, served a contravention notice to Oriwu College and those that unlawfully pulled down the college fence and erected a gate in its stead. The illegal pulling down of a section of the school fence and encroachment into the school land by some unknown persons have generated lots of condemnation from the members of the public with many describing the action as a blatant effrontery and invasion…

Kunle Adelabu Two of the notorious ‘garage boys’ in Ikorodu who have been molesting residents and dispossess them of their belongings, were apprehended on Monday, May 11, 2020, by the local vigilance group, Onyabo, and are now cooling their feet at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti Police Station, Lagos. They are expected to be charged to court soon by the Police. Ogunsanya Lateef, an indigene of Ikorodu resident who resides at 23, Pashokun Street, Aga, Ikorodu and Iresunkanmi Oshin, also an indigene of Ikorodu and resides…