Category: Community

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of the Igbogbo Muslim Community and the Aare Adinni of the Igbogbo Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiu Kehinde Olubodun, on Thursday (yesterday) distributed food items to 200 families to assist in cushioning the effects of the current COVID-19 lockdown on residents of Igbogbo/Bayeku  Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The exemplary social scheme was done in conjunction with the Igbogbo Muslim Community. Food items such as rice and garri were distributed to the beneficiaries who were 60 years and above and cut across members of Community Development Associations,…

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Kunle Adelabu The Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (Oba) Barr. Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, has urged privilege individuals in the society to be their brothers’ keepers by providing social aid, in form of food and other assistance, to those that cannot afford to fend for themselves and their families during the lockdown necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic. The monarch, while stating that government cannot share money, as being demanded by some people, to cushion the effects of the lockdown which has taken serious toll on the economic and social…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos Emergency Food Market in Ikorodu will be operational on Friday (tomorrow), a senior State government official has reliably informed THE IMPACT. The official, who is a soft-spoken and respectful woman, spoke with our reporter on phone late on Wednesday. She pleaded for the understanding of residents of Ikorodu, especially those that trooped to the venue (Technical College, Oke Ota- Ona, Ikorodu) in the early hours of Wednesday (yesterday) to make purchase of food items but were left disappointed as the market could not take off as…

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Kunle Adelabu Residents of Ikorodu, on Wednesday (yesterday) continued their lamentation over their inability to get food items as the COVID-19 inspired lockdown of Lagos State entered the second day. Some of the residents that were at the Government Technical College, Ikorodu, venue of the proposed Lagos State Emergency Food Market, were left disappointed as the market could not take off as scheduled. They expressed anger over the absence of the officials of the State government in charge of the market at the venue for the takeoff despite placing a…

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Kunle Adelabu & Jare Babatunde -Residents clamour for social aid It was a massive compliance across Ikorodu division on the first day of the 14 days total lockdown ordered in Lagos State and Abuja by the Federal Government in a bid to effectively contain the spread of CONVID – 19 (Coronavirus) as shops, markets, banks, palaces and other public and private establishments that usually enjoy large traffic of human patronages and presence were completely shut down. Our reporter monitored the compliance level in four local council areas in Ikorodu division.…

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Kunle Adelabu The Ranodu of Imota, His Royal Majesty Oba Ajibade Bakare Agoro, has added his voice to the call on government, especially the Federal Government, to provide social and economic supports for citizens who have suffered hardship due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The royal father declared that the health challenge that is ravaging the entire world is now a pandemic while also warning people to be careful and heed all the precautionary measures issued by the government in their own interest. Oba Agoro, a first class traditional…

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Kunle Adelabu Ikorodu Heroes (I-Heroes), a group of young professional indigenes in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has launched community/developmental projects for 2020. The projects were unveiled at the 10th anniversary celebration/4th Annual General Meeting of the group held at the Admos Hotel, Imota, on Saturday, March 21, 2020, while the scorecard of the group, which has impacted positively on the development of the division, was also presented. Addressing our reporter at the event, Mr Seun Eleso, the I-Heroes President, stated that his administration swung into action after…

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Kunle Adelabu The traditional ruler of Ibesheland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Richard Ogunsanya, and the Regent/Olisa of Ijede, High Chief Musediq Alliu, have both warned their subjects to strictly heed the directives of the Lagos State Government in containing the spread of the Coronavirus and to, more importantly, stay at home as ordered by the government.  Oba Ogunsanya and High Chief Alliu gave the warning on Sunday (yesterday) at his palace when Team SOB visited the Olubeshe palace over the Coronavirus presently ravaging the country. Oba Ogunsanya, while speaking on…

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