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Traders Defy Govt. As Illegal Trading Thrives Unabated At Ikorodu Sabo Market

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Kunle Adelabu Traders at the Ayangbure modern market, popularly known and called Sabo market, have continued to defy the directive of both the Lagos State Government and Ikorodu Local Government against illegal trading. On daily basis, hundreds of traders display their wares and goods in the middle of the road in the market preventing human and vehicular movements. Many of the traders display their goods and wares right from the main entrance of the market and spread across all the roads within the market. They operate on the road unhindered,…

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Insecurity Mounts Across States In Nigeria As Citizens Lament In Helplessness

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Jare Olukotun with additional reports by Biliamin Ganiu and Awolagba Yinka. Every day, hopes are dashed with heartrending stories in the media of bombings, banditry, herdsmen attacks in the north; killings, brutality, and kidnappings in the east and west, upsurge of militancy in the south and a government that seems confused on how to tackle these issues on our hands as a nation. Terrorist attacks, killings by armed herdsmen and bandits, cult attacks and forced initiations of youths, Boko Haram and ISIS-WA activities are on the increase in recent months.…

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One Lagos Fiesta: To Be Or Not To Be?

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Kunle Adelabu -Ikorodu residents express mixed reactions If there is any government policy or programme that has enjoyed the overwhelming support of Lagosians, especially those at the grassroots, it is the One Lagos Fiesta (OLF), going by the level of the acceptance and massive supports it has generated across the State. The 8-day yuletide carnival was designed to engage and entertain Lagosians, both young and old people, in a bid to usher them into a new year in grand style. The fun-filled event is one of the few achievements of…

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Asa Arokolo 2019: Pre-Festival ‘Ere Osupa’ Display Heralds Festival In Ikorodu

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Wale JAGUN -IREP’s ‘Ere Osupa’ to hold few days to main festival The preparations are gathering momentum as the November 2 date for the second edition of the state-recognised Asa Arokolo (Man on delicate stilt sticks) festival in Ikorodu is fast approaching. In a bid to achieve massive participation across various communities, especially from the eight areas in Ikorodu Division where Asa has been part of their culture for centuries, IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation, the orgainiser of the festival, in conjunction with the Ikorodu Division Eleku-in-Council, has commenced…

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I Got Into Barbing To Be Different, Independent – Omolola, A Lady Barber

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Kunle ADELABU Ms Olatunde Omolola , a native of Ogbomosho in Oyo State and a resident in Igbogbo, the headquarters of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, is one of the few ladies that dared to venture into Barbing , a male dominated profession. She did not only go into the profession to compete with men but also to make a mark. According to her, she ventured into barbing to be different from other ladies and productively engage herself whenever she’s on holiday from…

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State of Public Schools In Ikorodu Division : When Is LASG Rehabilitating, Providing Infrastructures, Residents Ask

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Kunle ADELABU As students resume to schools today across Lagos State, many of them would be resuming into dilapidated structures while many others would be contending with lack of infrastructures as the promise by the new administration in the state, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to rehabilitate primary and secondary schools in the state , has failed to materialized. In Ikorodu Division , public schools are practically begging for urgent intervention as many of them do not have adequate infrastructures like blocks of classrooms, benches, chairs, toilets facilities fence and…

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Ikorodu Councils’ Boundary Crisis: Lagos Assembly Intervenes, To Settle Matter Among Ikorodu LG, Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede LCDAs

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Kunle ADELABU -Lawmakers to visit boundaries The unresolved boundary crisis between Ikorodu Local Government and Ijede Local Council Development has been taken before the Lagos State House of Assembly for the intervention of the lawmakers that created the 36 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the old 20 Local Governments in 2003. It was gathered that Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA , which also has boundary issues to resolve with the Ikorodu LG and Ijede LCDA , has also asked to be joined in the matter. THE IMPACT gathered that attempts by the…

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Sanwo-Olu’s Cabinet Composition: A Blessing Or Curse For Ikorodu Division?

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Kunle ADELABU The outpouring of satisfaction and excitement during the last general elections when many political figures from Ikorodu division played prominent roles in the campaign and election of the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, may have turned sour following the reactions that followed the composition of the State’s Executive Cabinet. The inclusion of young political figures like Hon. Babajimi Benson, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade (though, THE IMPACT gathered that he excused himself), Mr Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan, Mr Bayo Ajisebutu, Comrade Sesan…

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House Defence Chairman: Leaders, Constituents In Ikorodu Pour Encomiums, Prayers On Hon. Benson

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN Prominent people, youth leaders and other residents in Ikorodu have been pouring encomiums and prayers on the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, on his new appointment as Chairman, House Committee on Defence. The well loved lawmaker was among the over 100 chairmen and Vice Chairmen of House Standing Committees, Ad hoc and investigative panels constituted by the leadership of the lower chamber of the 9th National Assembly on Thursday, July 25, 2015 Many of the…

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Proposed Government’s Panel On LASPOTECH Crisis: Stakeholders Set Target As Mixed Reactions Trail Government’s Intervention

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN Stakeholders in Ikorodu have been reacting to the intervention by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the crisis between the management of the Lagos State Polytechnic and the members of the staff unions  which has threatened the peace of the institution in the last few years . The governor intervened in the crisis on Friday, July 12, 2019, via a press release after the arrest of 38 staff members of the institution by the police and also constituted a Visitation Panel with…

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