Category: Community

Wale JAGUN -Committee asks Surveyor-General to provide map showing councils’ boundaries in initial petition. There seems to be no respite for Ikorodu Local Government concerning allegations of encroachments by other councils in Ikorodu Division on their lands. While the mother council is still battling with a petition from Ijede LCDA which is before the House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions & LASIEC of the Lagos State House of Assembly, the council is again facing another petition initiated by Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). THE IMPACT gathered that…

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Kunle ADELABU Residents of Odo-Nla have called on the government and police authority to save their lives and properties from attacks by hoodlums. The community , which is part of Odogunyan community in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, has been under siege of cultists, robbers and other crimes. The recent appeal was coming on the heel of the invasion of the community in the night of during the week, when some boys , numbering about 30 ,allegedly invaded the community. According an eyes…

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Seun AJAYI The ancient  town of Igbogbo community ,located in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State ,on Tuesday , August 20,2018,observed the annual cultural celebration popularly known as “Isese day”. The event was held at the Adeboruwa’s palace and was  well attended by traditional leaders, culture enthusiasts, while there were exciting displays by several traditional groups and masquerades like  Abilefo, Babalawo, Osugbo, Alangere, Wonpari ,Turupu, Mole Iseri and many more. Many residents also trooped out to witness the cultural and traditional celebrations. Oba Semiu Orimadegun…

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Kunle ADELABU It was commendation galore from the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for  Hon. Wasiu Adesina, Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, for his sterling performances in his two years in office. The commendations were delivered at the event organized to mark the two years in office of the chairman at the council secretariat hall recently. At the well attended event, Hon. Adesina  introduced three empowerment schemes and also presented one acre of land to 12 party men and women that have contributed immensely to the development of…

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Kunle ADELABU Residents across various communities in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have continued to embark on self-help intervention in making roads in their respective areas motorable. From Ikorodu Local Government to Ikorodu West, Ikorodu North, Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede and Imota Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the division, there has been huge public outcry over the conditions of roads most of which are currently in terrible states of disrepair and in need of quick  intervention from the government . But since such intervention is not forthcoming, residents have…

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Kunle ADELABU The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has stated that the IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation, organizers of the annual Asa festival, is receiving attention from the Lagos State Government towards a successful staging of the festival this year.  The four-term lawmaker, who is the Founder/Scout Master of the cultural group which was established to revive the dying cultural and traditional values of Ikorodu division, stated this in an interview he granted to THE IMPACT at the unveiling of the logo…

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Kunle ADELABU – Sets to institute empowerment scheme It will be five years on August 2, 2019, since the passage of Oba (Dr) Salaudeen Afolabi Adekoya Oyefusi, CON, the former Ayangbure of Ikorodu Kingdom, former Chairman, Ikorodu Division Council of Obas and Chiefs and former Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, and the foundation instituted in his memory has finalized plans to make the anniversary historic with the commissioning of institutions that would immortalize the legendary monarch. The foundation will on Friday, August 2,2019, commission an…

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