Igbogbo Day 2017 Day 3: Debate, Yoruba Quiz, Spelling Bees Take Centre Stage

Oluwaseun Ajayi & Ameenat Olanrewaju (SIWES Student) The second edition of  School Debate, Yoruba Quiz and Spelling Bees, which are parts of the annual Igbogbo Day Celebrations,took centre stage  on Monday,November 20, 2017. The event, which involved the participation of several schools in Igbogbo community,was held at the Adeboruwa palace in igbogbo. His Royal Majesty (Oba) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, Emugoriade I, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, was represented at the event by Chief O. Orepekan. The School Debate was keenly contested by the participating schools. However, in the Senior Secondary School…

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IKODEF Awards 18 Students Scholarship

Gabriel Isiwele, Okedeyi Adesina & Bisola Ogunleye (Ikorodu Division Office of the Ministry of Information) Ikorodu-Oga Day Educational Fund (IKODEF) has doled out scholarships to eighteen students from different tertiary institutions in celebration of the 26th Ikorodu Oga Day. Speaking on the rigorous process involved in selecting the eligible students out of the multitude that applied for the scholarship, Chairman, IKODEF, Professor Kunle Ade Wahab, stated that the scheme, set up in 1995 with ₦500,000 to assist indigent students in Ikorodu, was resuscitated with ₦1,000,000 by the current chairman of…

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Nigerian Teachers Must Immortalize Late Solaja Alagago – Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly

Kunle Adelabu -Hon. Akinsola receives Ikorodu NUT highest award The Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has challenged the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ikorodu branch, to immortalize a foremost educationist in Ikorodu division, Late Alhaji Abdularasaq Solaja Alagago, former Principal of the defunct Teachers’ Training College, Igbogbo.   The lawmaker, who was also a former classroom teacher, picked no less occasion to throw this challenge than the annual celebration of teachers worldwide, 2017 World Teachers Day, held at the Teachers House, located within the premises…

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