Category: Community

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…

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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,…

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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…

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Kunle ADELABU -Ikorodu West, North LCDAs to participate in 2019 Ikorodu-Oga festival Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, the re-elected chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS), has assured that the socio-cultural organization, which is responsible for the annual celebration of Ikorodu-Oga Day Carnival, has been positioned for the 21st century challenges. He made this revelation in the speech he delivered after he was sworn-in for the second term as IKODASS Chairman alongside other newly elected officers at the Oteju Mini-Hall, Ikorodu Town hall, Ikorodu on Sunday, June 16, 2019. Others sworn…

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Kunle ADELABU The immediate past Commander, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikorodu, Superintendent of Police (SP) Godfrey Sowerei, has been honoured with special recognition for his outstanding contributions to security in Ikorodu. He was honored alongside other people at a special ceremony organised by  O’Gunju Security Limited at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat hall in on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Other honorees were Chieftain of  Onyabo  Vigilance group, Mr Lanre Olabinjo who was recognized as the best  security man of the year and Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina…

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