Category: Community

Kunle ADELABU -Join us in riding Ikorodu of criminals – Onyabo Provost Marshal appeals to other security outfits It was another victory for Onyabo Vigilance Group, the local security outfit in Ikorodu, over criminal elements as three suspected armed robbers were apprehended around 3am at the weekend, at Sabo in Ikorodu. The suspects who had robbed an Alfa, his brother and others at Adaraloye Street in Ikorodu ran into the patrolling  vehicle of Onyabo men who gave them a chase after suspecting their movement at that odd hours. The suspects…

Jare Babatunde Comrade Wasiu O. Raji and other new members of the executive council of the Isiwu Youth Development Movement(IYDM) have been inaugurated. They were inaugurated at a ceremony held at the Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Secretariat on Thursday, June 27, 2019. The inauguration lecture themed, “Youths, instrument for community development” was delivered by Comrade Adeleke Akadiri, former Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu Local Government. The Chairman of the Electoral and Inauguration Committee, Hon Jumoke Olukoga, presented the newly elected officers to the large…

Wale JAGUN -Representatives in Ikorodu division commiserate with victims’ families, communities, assure of safety on waterways According to sources at the scene of the ferry accident that involved 21 paasengers in Ijede on Saturday, June 29, 2019, 15 bodies have been recovered so far while 3 are still missing. The ill fated overloaded commercial ferry, which was involved in the accident that occurred mid-sea, was carrying 21 passengers when it was allegedly hit by heavy waves. The unfortunate incident happened at about 11 pm while the ferry was commuting passengers…

Wale JAGUN & Jare OLUKOTUN A 20 years old notorious cultist and robber, Shokunbi Elias, an indigene of Ikorodu, who has been unleashing violence and robbing residents of Ikorodu, was on Saturday, June 29, 2019, arrested alongside two of his group members by the local security team, Onyabo vigilance group. They were paraded at the security outfit’s headquarters at Ireshe, Ikorodu, where residents trooped out to en masse to watch. Just last weekend, 12 Eiye cult members, one robber and three other suspected criminals were arrested and paraded by the…

Kunle ADELABU When every effort to get the Lagos State Government and Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to fix the Igbe road, which has collapsed for about two decades,had failed to bring the desired result, the residents of the area, who have been ensuring that regular palliative repair is done on the road, are back in action to make it motorable . The hugely dilapidated condition of the road has badly affected the social and economic lives of residents of the area located within  Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA of Ikorodu Division…

Kunle ADELABU As part of the designs to further consolidate the relationship between Remoland and Ikorodu Kingdom, the traditional rulers in the two kingdoms have agreed on the candidacy of Otunba Yinka Lawal Solarin as the Bashorun-Oga (traditional ambassador between the two independent towns). The Akarigbo of Remoland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, LLM, BL, FCA, presented the nominee to the Ayangbure of Ikorodu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Engr.) Kabiru Adewale Shotobi, during the historic visit of the paramount ruler of Remoland to Ikorodu on Tuesday, June18,…

Kunle ADELABU -Establishes diplomatic relations Eighty years after the last visit of the then Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Adedoyin (1916 to 1952), to Ikorodu Kingdom, a town populated by the Remo people, the reigning Akarigbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, re-established contact with the people of Ikorodu. The visit, which further cemented relationship between the two ancient kingdoms, was a carnival of sort going by its festivity and colourful nature. Gbedu drummers, masquerades and various traditional groups in Ikorodu were on ground to…