Category: Media

Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Data of 29m Users

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Facebook said Friday that hackers accessed personal data of 29 million users in a breach at the world’s leading social network disclosed late last month.   The company had originally said up to 50 million accounts were affected in a cyberattack that exploited a trio of software flaws to steal “access tokens” that enable people to automatically log back onto the platform.   “We now know that fewer people were impacted than we originally thought,” Facebook vice president of product management Guy Rosen said in an online post.   The…

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Road Construction In Ikorodu: Residents Worried Over Slow Pace of Work By Hi-Tech Construction Company

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Kunle ADELABU -Work would start fully in August – Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Chairman -Compensation, raining season adduced as reasons for slow pace of work -Government playing politics – Opposition Residents of Ikorodu division have expressed their worries over the slow pace of work by the contractors handling the on- going construction of Igbogbo/Bola ahmed Tinubu/Igbe and Agric/Owutu/Arepo roads. Hi-Tech Construction Company Limited, the construction company handling the work, had demolished houses to pave way for the construction shortly after being awarded the contract for the construction of the two roads by…

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Robbers Attack Ikorodu-Oga Radio Station, Cart Away Equipments, Other Valuables

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Wale Jagun The Chief Executive Officer of Ikorodu-Oga Online Radio, Omoba Abraham Peju-Akinyemi and his staff members resumed at their Ipakodo office on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, after Sallah break to a great shock and disbelief as they discovered that robbers had broken into the office and carted away equipments and other valuable items.   THE IMPACT gathered that the invaders entered the office, which is situates on NBC Road, Ebute, Ikorodu, Lagos State., after removing part of the wooden door. Items carted away were laptops, speakers, studio microphones, television…

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Nigerians Must Support President Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

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Kunle ADELABU Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu  Buhari has urged Nigerians to support the anti-corruption campaign of the president .   She made this appeal in Ikorodu on Thursday during the commissioning and handing over of a motorised borehole project donated to the Ayangbure (Sabo) market in Ikorodu.   “It is in our own interest to support the anti-corruption campaign of the president because that is panache for good governance.   ‘‘People should not just be following,  they must at all time query what their…

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Ambode Vows To Scale Up Support For Military Operations

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Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed the readiness of his administration to support and scale up the operations of the Nigerian Army against kidnapping, smuggling, armed robbery, illegal oil bunkering and other security challenges in the State. Speaking at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja when he received the new General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Enebong Okon Udoh on courtesy visit, Governor Ambode said though a lot had been achieved in securing the State in the last 32 months, the State Government would…

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UNILAG Commends President Buhari For TV Station Approval

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  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, January 18, 2018, received commendations from the management of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, for granting the institution Nigeria’s first Campus Television License. In a meeting with the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and the Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, at the Presidential Villa, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said the TV station would completely alter the communication style in the university, and enhance its visibility across the continent. Prof Ogundipe stated that…

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Indiscriminate Refuse Dumping In Lagos Will Be A Thing Of The Past Soon – Lagos Commissioner for Information

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Kunle ADELABU –  Pledges LASG support for community media Lagos State Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan has assured Lagosians that challenges being posed by indiscriminate refuse dumping  in the state is a phase which would soon pass.   The newly appointed Commissioner gave the assurance during a reception tagged, ‘One-On-One With Commissioner’, which  was organized  by the State Community Media Forum at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Information & Strategy, Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, in honour  of  his…

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Bamigbetan Resumes As Information Commissioner

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The newly-appointed Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan was today greeted with a rousing welcome in the State Ministry following his appointment last week by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Speaking during the event, the outgoing Commissioner, Mr. Steve Ayorinde said the government is a continuous process that abhors a vacuum, expressing happiness that he was handing over the baton of leadership of the Ministry to another professional with vast journalistic experience. Ayorinde noted that the Ministry is the face and voice of the Government and has remained in the…

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Ambode Appoints Idowu Ajanaku As Special Adviser Information And Strategy

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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode has approved the appointment of Mr. Idowu Ajanaku as the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy with immediate effect. In a letter signed by the Head of Service, Mrs. Folasade Sidikatu Adesoye, the appointment is in line with Governor Ambode’s vision to strengthen the information machinery in the State with the aim of making it more people-oriented and effective, right to the grass-root. Mr. Ajanaku, a multiple award-winning journalist and political strategist until his elevation was the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor…

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Trixx TV kicks-off operation on January 20

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Trixx TV is set to kick-off operations on January 20, 2018 via its Youtube Page, Instagram page, facebook page, Twitter Page and so many social media platforms. The birth of this thriving online TV is borne out of the need to follow the trend of things, as almost everything in the world has gone digital, in order to keep people informed. Some core focus of the TV includes Politics, Entertainment such as Music, sports, Comedy, and imbibing morals. The aim of Trixx TV is to ensure that the Television set…

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