Category: Education

Wale Jagun The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiatives Limited (IDPIL), has called eligible students across various public higher institutions in Nigeria who are residents of Ikorodu Division (indigenes and residents) to apply for its 2025 Scholarship and Bursary Awards. The registration which is now opened on the IDPIL’s site will be available till June 2025. To apply, interested candidates should click on the link below: https://idpil.org/sbscheme/ The award which is the 4th edition is worth N50million, as announced by the IDPIL Chairman, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, SAN, the Odofin of Ikorodu, at…

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Mariam Akinloye Members of the House of Representatives’ committee on TETFund have paid a scheduled visit to the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, for an on-the-spot assessment of TETFUND funded projects in the university. The committee which visited on Wednesday, commended the institution for its prudent utilisation of public funds. The delegation, comprising Mr. Uduma Nnaechi, Engr. Aliyu Muhammed, and Arc. Ugochukwu Ndukawuba, remarked that the purpose of the visit was to ascertain the university’s compliance with TETFUND project approvals and to inspect the quality of…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Ikorodu Rep pledges a storey building, classrooms It was a grand exit for the outgoing Chairman of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, as a block of six classrooms, 12 toilet facilities and long-abandoned administrative building at the Jamatul Islamiyyah Primary School, Ikorodu, which have been fully rehabilitated and upgraded by association were commissioned on Friday. At the commissioning by the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Rep. Babajimi Benson, commendation was accorded IKODASS for its impacts.…

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Our Reporter Principal officers and managers of Lagos State-owned tertiary institutions convened for the annual retreat organized by the Ministry of Tertiary Education, focusing on strategic approaches to managing higher education within a rapidly evolving digital economy. The Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Mr. Tolani Sule, set the tone in his opening address, underscoring the critical need for tertiary institutions to embrace modern technology as a catalyst for growth and development. He urged participants to utilize the retreat as a vital platform for knowledge exchange, the strengthening of inter-institutional collaborations, and…

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Jare Olukotun The outgoing chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Ikorodu Local Government, Comrade Oluwafemi Fakolade has been promoted to Level 17 as a Director of Education by the Lagos State Government. He earned the promotion on Wednesday as the outgoing Tutor – General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, Mrs Adenike Adekanye, presented him his promotional letter. Fakolade who announced his promotion on his Facebook handle today, said that he joined the teaching commission as Level 7 (Master Grade 111): “Wednesday, the 2nd of April 2025,I received my promotion letter with…

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Jare Olukotun The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye has once again added another feather to her already feathered cap as she bagged the prestigious award of the ‘2025 Best Outstanding Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary’ at the Africa Top Schools Hall of Fame award ceremony held recently at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja. The award, which was presented by the Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Honourable Jamiu Tolani Ali-Balogun, was to celebrate Mrs Adekanye’s exceptional leadership, dedication, and transformative impact on education within the district and…

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Kunle Adelabu -Its Principal gets outstanding awards The premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the best colleges in Nigeria, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu has emerged as the 2025 Top Performing School of the year in the senior school category of the African Top Schools awards. Its award – winning Principal, Mrs Iyabo Idowu Elusakin, also emerged as the 2025 Outstanding Principal of the Year and she was equally inducted into Africa Top Schools Hall of Fame. The school had in 2016 and 2017 won the Africa Top…

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Wale Jagun -Inaugurates a multipurpose sports court In line with his administration’s commitment to provide quality education for students in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inaugurated the ultra-modern block of classrooms with a mini football pitch and a multi-purpose sports court at Keme Balogun Junior/Senior College, Ibeshe, Ikorodu. Governor Sanwo-Olu also commissioned a modern block of classrooms and other facilities at Ajegunle Junior High School, Owode-Onirin in Kosofe and Odogunyan Junior Grammar School in Ikorodu. The inauguration heralded the commissioning of 16 ultra-modern blocks of classrooms of secondary…

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Kunle Adelabu The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), has granted the Mass Communication Department, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), full accreditation to produce advertising graduates in Nigeria. This accreditation is valid for five years, expiring in January 2030. The ARCON approval was contained in a letter dated March 4, 2025, directed to the Vice Chancellor, LAUSTECH. In the said letter, the advertising regulatory body emphasizing the effects of the approval, said: “The implication of this accreditation is that holders of your Bachelor of Science in Mass…

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Our reporter Following the provisional approval for the establishment and operation of LASUSTECH International Secondary School by the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Education, the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC), has given the school the go-ahead to conduct 2025 WAEC Examination In a letter dated 18th February, 2025, the Council conveyed its formal recognition and approval of the secondary school as worthy to present candidates for its examination in 24 O’Level subjects (including core subjects of English, General Mathematics, Data Processing, and Civic Education) with effect from year…

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