Category: Community

Kunle ADELABU -Grades community access road Adegbose Phase 2 Community Development Association in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Southwest, Nigeria, on Wednesday, January 16, took delivery of a new 500 KVA, 33/0.415 KV transformer.   The purchase of the new transformer cost the community the sum of N2.5milion.   The transformer was purchased from the money contributed by the residents of the community who decided to address their epileptic power challenge since intervention from the government and electric company was not forthcoming.   Chairman of the CDA,…

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The family of the late Mutiat Okanlawon, who had been thrown into mourning after she got electrocuted by a high tension wire that fell off the pole in the Solebo area of Aga in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, has demanded justice for the victim. PUNCH reported that that Okanlawon, who was escorting a friend, Funmi, who visited her on Sunday, December 9, 2018, when the tragedy struck, spent over three weeks at the Gbagada General Hospital before she gave up the ghost on Tuesday, January 1, 2019.…

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Kunle ADELABU -Candle procession banned in the Council It would no longer be business as usual for cultists and other criminals in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) as the council’s Chairman, Comrade Sesan Daini, led the traditional institution, police and other security agencies in reading riot act to the people engaging in violent acts.   Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Security, Environment and 2019 Budget of the Council held at ICT Centre Igbogbo, on Thursday, December 13, 2018, the council chairman stated that “enough is enough”.   This…

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Kunle ADELABU -Asiwaju Basorun, High Chief Salis, Hon. Benson, Hon. Solaja, 15 others honoured with awards The traditional ruler of the ancient Igbogbo Kingdom, Oba (Barr.) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, Emugoriade I and the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom in Ikorodu division of Lagos  State, has charged sons, daughters and residents alike to use the enormous human and material potentials of the community to influence developments into the town.   The First Class monarch made the charge during the grand finale of the 2018 Igbogbo Day Celebration which also marked the 30th…

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Yetunde ANIPOLE Members of the Ikorodu Ambassadors Group, a socio-political and humanitarian group, on Saturday, November 24, 2018, again visited the Lagos State Rehabilitation and Training Centre at Owutu in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to donate clothes and other relief materials to the inmates.   Speaking during a brief ceremony, the leader of the Group, Ambassador, Mr Abdulateef Sholanke, stated that it is part of the yearly activities of the group to visit the centre and donate materials as their support for the centre.   “We are…

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Kunle ADELABU The Chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Otunba Olusegun Ganiyu Abiru, has assured stakeholders and other residents of Ikorodu division  that they would  start seeing the manifestations of the social and economic initiatives of IKODASS in the next few months.   Otunba Abiru revealed this in his address at the grand finale of the 27th Ikorodu-Oga Day Celebration which was held at the Ayangbure palace located on Ayangbure Road, Ikorodu, on Saturday, November 17, 2018, and was well attended  by  eminent  dignitaries  and residents  of the community…

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Kunle ADELABU -Calls on investors to tap into new opportunities in Igbogbo In the next one week, it would be celebration galore for the residents of Igbogbo Kingdom in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, as the community is set to celebrate the 30th edition of the annual Igbogbo Day. Several programmes and activities have been lined up to mark the celebration of the annual event which was first staged in June 1988. These programmes and activities were unveiled by the members of the Executive of Igbogbo Development Association…

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The Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) on Wednesday, November 14, honoured the Director of Rhoda Youth Centre, Mrs Oritsematosan Tititlayo Erogbogbo and Chief Executive Officer, Ikorodu-Oga Radio/TV, Omoba Akinyemi Adepeju Abraham, with the 2018 Role Model and Best Community Service Awards The award ceremony was held at Ikorodu Town Hall, Olubi Street, Ikorodu, during the Youth Activities/Children Day event of the ongoing 27th Ikorodu-Oga Day Carnival. The IKODASS Chairman, Otunba Segun Abiru, described Mrs Erogbogbo as a symbol of hope and an inspiration to youths “We are honouring today one of…

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Uthman AGBOOLA & Juliet IBE (SIWES Students) Winners have emerged in the Youth Activities and Children Day events of the 27th edition of the annual Ikorodu-Oga Day Carnival. At the event, which held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at the Ikorodu Town Hall, Olubi Street, Ikorodu, Olorunimbe Boluwatiwi representing Aga section of Ikorodu emerged as Miss Ikorodu for 2018/19, while Ajayi Babatunde (weigh 67.8kg) emerged as Mr Ikorodu after defeating others in the body building/weight lifting contest. Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, Odogunyan Junior Grammar School and Jamatul Primary School…

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