Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu The fight against drug abuse in Ikorodu has been intensified as Ikorodu Heroes (I – Heroes) joined forces with the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), to curb and if possible, eradicate the menace. The sensitization programme is part of the 2024 NYCN programme, which has seen the collaborating groups visiting schools to engage students on drug education. To achieve this, students from over 15 schools were brought together at the Ita Elewa Youth Centre last week, where they were comprehensively education…

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Kunle Adelabu The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun, has commended the leadership of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), and pledged the ministry’s support for the Group’s educational and technological initiatives in Ikorodu. Alli – Balogun, who in the company of his counterpart in the Ministry for Tertiary Education, Mr Tolani Sule Akibu, received the IDRDG and the Ikorodu Division Human Resources Development Board (IDHRDB), last week at their office in Alausa, gave the pledge during the returned the visit to the Group, on Wednesday.…

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Kunle Adelabu -Advanced Technical Colleges to cater for trainings coming soon – LASG The Ikorodu Division Human Resources Development Board (IDHRDB) has urged the Lagos State Government to create another Polytechnic to replace the defunct Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), to address the lack of admission of thousands of students who ordinary would have been admitted if there is a polytechnic in place. IDRDHB, which is arm of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), emphasized the need for another Polytechnic to accommodate large chunk of students who were not admitted…

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Jare Babatunde The Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), has unveiled the official logo for the 75th Anniversary Celebration of one of the best public secondary schools in Nigeria and the premier college in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, Oriwu College Ikorodu. The foundation for the school, which is today known as the Oriwu Senior & Junior Model Colleges, Ikorodu, was laid on May 29, 1949, and this year’s anniversary is scheduled for the same month. Kunle Oshodi, FNIVS, RSV, National Deputy President, OCOSAN/Chairman, Oriwu College…

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Wale Jagun -Entrance examinations hold February, April, June Are you ready to take your children and ward’s academic journey to extraordinary heights? Look no further because, Kith & Kin International College is where their dreams become reality. The school is holding its Year 7 Entrance Examination program which is the ticket to success and a stepping stone towards a brilliant future. The Entrance Examination into year 7, popularly known as Junior Secondary School I, holds at Kith & Kin Educational Schools (KKES), 7/11, Kaoli Olusanya, Owode – Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos,…

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Kunle Adelabu -Calls for applications for its Launchpad Season III The initiative of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) to set up the Oteju ICT & Innovation Hub with 230 systems, has received commendations. The hub, which is an initiative of the Alogba E – Library & Research Centre, under the IDRDG, will also serve as a Computer Based Test (CBT) examinations centre for JAMB, WAEC and NECO. Aside the senior secondary and post senior secondary school examinations, the centre will also serve resource centres for the National Open…

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Kunle Adelabu -Donates modern textbooks to all 33 senior secondary schools The Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), has charged the Principals and entire Senior Secondary School students in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, to produce top students in WAEC and JAMB this year. To motivate the students, the Group through the Town Hall Management Board (ITHMB), on Friday, donated textbooks on various subjects and compilation of WAEC and JAMB questions to all the 33 senior schools in the Division, at the Ikorodu Town Hall. The Group also charged the…

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Kunle Adelabu The Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), is ready for another landmark celebration of the premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the best secondary schools in Nigeria, Oriwu College Ikorodu. The school, which will be 75th on May 29 this year, is now known and called Oriwu Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Ikorodu, following the restructuring of the educational system some years back. To achieve this, the OCOSAN National President, Alhaji Muhammad Busari Soyebo Arole, FCNA, inaugurated a 21 – man planning committee to…

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Kunle Adelabu The overall best student in Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH) for the 2022/23 session, Master Ogunbiyi Jubril Olamilekan, a 200 level Accounting student in the Department of Accounting, College of Applied Social Sciences, has attributed his excellence performance to the need to be great in life, having come from an average background. Ogunbiyi, who emerged as the institution’s scholar with a reward of free tuition announced by the institution and N75, 000 as scholarship by Prof. Adebisi Balogun of the College of Agriculture, also pointed…

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