Category: Education

Our Reporter The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, Mr. Omotayo Layemo Sanni, has hosted students who emerged winners in various academic and co-curricular competitions within and outside the District. Leading the list of honourees were students of Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, who distinguished themselves by emerging overall winners in the AP International Women’s Day Debate Competition. The students also recorded remarkable success by clinching the Best Positions in both the Rotary Essay Writing and Quiz Competitions. Also celebrated was Aiyedere Ajibola Senior High School, which secured the third position…

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Kunle Adelabu The 15th Convocation Ceremony of Caleb University, Imota, was marked on Wednesday, with 1,924 students graduating, including 1,625 undergraduates, 299 postgraduate students, and 22 doctoral candidates. Among the undergraduates, 96 earned First-Class honours, 719 received Second Class (Upper Division), 728 Second Class (Lower Division), and 82 Third Class degrees. Postgraduate studies recorded 46 distinctions, 143 merits, and 88 pass grades. The ceremony, also witnessed the conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanities on Pastor (Mrs.) Foluke Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of…

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‎Jare Olukotun The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) reached a defining milestone on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, as it hosted the university community to its first-ever Inaugural Lecture, four years after its establishment. The event symbolised the institution’s growing reputation as a University of Excellence. ‎ ‎Opening the ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya. underscored the importance of inaugural lectures, describing the initiative as a platform where professors justify their chairs by showcasing impact, research, and contributions to shaping lives. He emphasised that such lectures are…

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Kunle Adelabu The Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu Local Government, under the leadership of Alhaji Taiwo Odumbo, scored another first when it successfully organized an orientation/onboarding for the newly employed teachers in Ikorodu. The ceremony, which was held at Methodist Primary School Hall, Allison Street, Ikorodu Garage, Ikorodu on Monday, witnessed the engagement of the 188 teachers that were recently absorbed into the primary schools in Ikorodu, on the civil service rules, principles of teaching and learning, and career progression. Alhaji Taiwo Odumbo, Education Secretary, LGEA Ikorodu Local Government,…

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Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday, commissioned the renovated and upgraded Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest. CGS Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, also assured that the interventions in the school are not going to be a one-off, by emphasising further support under the NCS’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and National Development Support Initiative. At the school, two blocks of classroom, an administrative block and Nursery & Kindergarten…

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Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye The Chairman, Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Alhaji Fatai Kolawole Olayiwola, has disclosed that 250 students from Ikorodu, will benefit from the socio -cultural and developmental group’s scholarship scheme this year. Alhaji Fatai revealed at the inauguration of a new scholarship committee chaired by the Dean Students’ Affairs, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Dr. Abiodun Fatai Abatan. Other members of the committee inaugurated last weekend, were Prince Rasheed Elemuren, IKODASS General Secretary, Mr Agbaje Quadri, IKODASS representative, Mrs Onafowokan IKODASS representative, Dr Taofeek Olawale,…

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Jare Olukotun‎ ‎The Executive Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA) , Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele, has commended the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, for the commissioning of a newly constructed block of classrooms at United Native Africa (UNA) Primary School, Igbalu, in Imota LCDA.‎‎‎The educational infrastructure was commissioned on Tuesday.‎‎Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Hon. Benson described the project as a significant investment in the future of the Igbalu community, noting that quality infrastructure remains a key driver of improved learning outcomes for…

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Our Reporter The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education District II, Mr. Omotayo Layemo Sanni, on Wednesday, received the South-West Zonal Best Teacher, Mr. Obafemi Peter Lawal, at the District Headquarters, Maryland. Mr Lawal, a tutor of Government at Oriwu College Senior Model College, Ikorodu, emerged the Best Teacher in South-West, Nigeria, last week. Mr. Sanni congratulated Mr. Lawal on the well-deserved recognition, describing the award as a reflection of dedication, professionalism, and commitment to quality teaching in Lagos State. He urged the award recipient to continue to uphold the standard of…

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Kunle Adelabu The pioneer Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Prof. Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya, has informed that the university which came into existence four years ago is deliberately and strategically expanding its infrastructures, building staff and students manpower to attain a world -class status and become an institution of excellence. Prof. Odusanya, who spoke at the 4th Founder’s Day of LASUSTECH, said that the new university has presented 39 of its 41 programmes for accreditation to the National Universities Commission, completed three academic sessions, and now…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -IDRDG chieftains reiterate education as primary focus The quarterly reading session of the Musediq Alogba E-Library & Research Centre, an arm of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), has continued to fulfill its primary objectives in mentoring, encouraging and inspiring students across Ikorodu Division. The session which is the fourth in its series was held at the Ultra -Modern Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu last Thursday, with about 300 students across public and private secondary schools in Ikorodu in attendance. A retired Permanent Secretary,  Office…

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