Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu -Scholarship awardees to get N200, 000 each throughout academic careers The Scholarship initiative of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE is targeting 12 distinction students who are indigenes or residents of Ikorodu Division with the sum of N200, 000 each every academic session as Scholarship awards, THE IMPACT authoritatively gathered. While beneficiaries who are indigenes must show proof of their indigeneship as stated in the guidelines for the application, it was gathered that, those that are residents must provide their LASRRA registration card to show that they have…

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Wale Jagun -96.0% accreditation success unprecedented, says VC National Universities Commission (NUC), has approved 31 out of 37 courses presented to it by the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, for accreditation. 31 of those courses, it was gathered represented 96.0 per cent got NUC full accreditation status. Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu has received encomiums for bringing sustainable reforms to the state education sector, which were fast yielding positive results. The Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this while reacting to the excellent 96.0 per…

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Kunle Adelabu In its efforts to further support youths and make them productive for positive developments in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/Guarantee (IDPIL/GTE), has endowed education with N20million naira. The endowment is expected to provide educational support in form of Upgrading of Schools, Bursary and Scholarship to students in Ikorodu Division. The group which was launched and unveiled few months back with focus on four critical interventions of development namely: Security, Education, Health, Environment and Roads Rehabilitation (SEHER), has been focusing…

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Kunle Adelabu It is definitely a new dawn at the newly created Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) which used to be centre for agitations, divisiveness and crisis ridden, until recently, when there was change in the leadership position in the institution formerly known as Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH). The new found love among the new management and staff unions has brought cooperation, unity and new ways of engagements within the institution. The implication of the present state of relationship is that the institution has been able to…

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Jare Babatunde The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, on Wednesday joined the Lagos State Education District 2 which covers Ikorodu, Kosofe and Somolu zones in celebrating exceptional teachers who have distinguished themselves in the discharge of their duties. The event which was the 16th Annual Merit Award Ceremony held at the Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu. Senator Abiru who was represented by his Special Adviser on Constituency Matters, Dr (Otunba) Saheed Oladapo Ibikunle, informed teachers and other invited dignitaries that the Senator placed huge premium…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has opened door for collaboration with the government and the industrial sector in developing the institution and the nation at large. LASUSTECH, which recently transmuted from a Polytechnic, organized  an interactive session with government and industrial functionaries to find ways of working together in a way that is mutually beneficial to all. This tripartite forum, according to the institution, would also bring about engaging the government to continue to make policies that would enhance the seamless collaboration between the…

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Wale Jagun Mrs Agnes Iyabo Elusakin, Principal, Baiyeku Junior Community Secondary School, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has been awarded the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award 2022. The National Productivity Award, according to President Buhari, was designed to stimulate productivity consciousness, reward innovation, dedication and hardwork among Nigerians across fields of human endeavours. Elusakin was the winner of the 2019 Overall Best Teacher Award in Nigeria, and her new feat was coming 23 years after the award was first received…

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), under the Chairmanship of Senator Adeseye Kingsley Ogunlewe, former Minister of Works, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, continued its developmental and educational support initiatives by distributing Textbooks, Revision  Books, Graph Boards and Meter Rulers to Schools across the Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The distribution exercise took place at the Gbadamosi Conference Room of the Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall, with Principals and other School representatives in attendance. The Group presented textbooks in Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Economics, Chemistry, Further…

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Our Editor Caleb University, located in Imota, Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has been given the professional accreditation by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) for its Bachelors and Masters programmes. The approval is in line with Section 9 of the Architects (Registration, Etc) Act CAP A19 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. According to a statement signed by Dr Elvis Otobo, PhD, Deputy Director, Public Relations and Marketing, Caleb University, the approval was contained in a letter dated 31st January 2022 and signed by the…

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Mariam Akinloye As part of its contributions in ensuring that many secondary school leavers get into higher institutions, the National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS), on Saturday, March 27, 2022, distributed free JAMB forms to 90 students in Ikorodu. Beneficiaries were selected across the six Local Government and Local Council and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) within the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The forms were distributed to the 90 beneficiaries at the HOMAT CBT Centre in Igbogbo by the NAIDS executive Council led by the President,…

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