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Imota Council Boss Aids Revenue Generation With Three Buses

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Jare Olukotun ‎ ‎The Executive Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area, Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA), has procured three utility vehicles to strengthen revenue generation and improve operational efficiency within the council area. The acquisition forms part of the administration’s ongoing commitment to enhancing service delivery and boosting the council’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). ‎ ‎The newly procured vehicles are expected to support the activities of revenue officers and other relevant departments responsible for monitoring, enforcement, and revenue collection across the council area. The initiative is also aimed at…

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Rep. JB Officially Declares To Seek Return To House Of Representatives

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Kunle Adelabu -Reinstates further commitments to Ikorodu’s development The representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has announced that he is seeking re – election to continue to represent the people across the six Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Federal Constituency officially. Rep. Benson, the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Defence, is seeking historic return to the National Assembly for the fourth term. The lawmaker, who the generality of Ikorodu electorate has pushed to contest for Lagos Governorship and recently, has also…

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Rep. JB Commissions Classroom Blocks In Imota, Igbogbo, Reaffirms Commitment To Quality Education

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Jare Olukotun In further demonstration of his sustained commitment to educational development and grassroots transformation across Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Babajimi Benson on May 7, 2026, officially commissioned blocks of classrooms at two public primary schools in Imota LCDA and Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA. The blocks of classrooms – Methodist Primary School, Imota and Salvation Army Primary School, Agunfoye, Igbogbo, were facilitated by the federal lawmaker. The newly commissioned classroom blocks in both schools were fully equipped with staff rooms, electrical fittings, ceiling fans, modern furniture, and smart boards in line with global…

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GAC Chieftain, Sen. Ogunlewe Denies Endorsing Hon. Gbolahan Ogunleye For Second Term

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Kunle Adelabu A chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), and former Minister of Works, Sen. Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe, has denied endorsing the representative of Ikorodu Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Ogunleye for another term in office. The elder statesman said the visit of Hon Gbolahan Ogunleye to his (Sen Ogunlewe) Apalura country home on Wednesday was a courtesy visit and purely a consultative one in respect of his political aspiration but he never endorsed him as being reported by some online news media…

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Lagos Health District II, Lafarge Partners To Mark World Malaria Day In Ikorodu

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Our Reporter Lagos State Health District II, in partnership with Lafarge Africa Plc, commemorated the 2026 World Malaria Day with a medical outreach programme at the Ita Elewa Primary Health Centre in Ikorodu on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The event, themed “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must.”, focuses on malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Speaking at the event, the Medical Officer of Health at Ita Elewa Primary Health Centre, Dr. Debo Dapo-Ojo, who represented the Permanent Secretary, Health District II, expressed appreciation to Lafarge for supporting…

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AMA: Sen. Ogunlewe, Akinsola, Aroyewun, TMM Political Group Adopt Lawmaker For Second Term

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Wale Jagun, Mariam Akinoloye & Kenneth Efizino Odede The official declaration and adoption of Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA) for a second term as the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, continued in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Wednesday. The declaratory train of the state lawmaker which moved on Tuesday in Imota LCDA commuted down to the largest council in term of size and political numbers in Ikorodu Constituency II – Igbogbo/Baiyeku where AMA and members of his team met with the former Minister of Works and a chieftain…

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Why We Are Supporting Rep. JB For Fourth Term Return In Imota LCDA – Hon. Benson, Council Chair

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Wale Jagun The Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA), has explained why stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imota support and will continue to support the incumbent representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, in the forthcoming party primaries of the ruling party. Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele explained that since the party did not consider Ikorodu for the Executive Governorship position in Lagos State, a post which many have tipped the three – term lawmaker for, that he…

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Education Secretary Enforces Directive Against ‘Okada’ Park At Frontage Of African Bethel School, Ikorodu

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Jare Olukotun ‎‎‎ln an effort to prevent the frontage of the African Bethel Primary School, Ota Ona, Ikorodu, from being converted to a commercial motorcycle park, which has been the practice before now, the Education Secretary, Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu Local Government, Alhaji Taiwo Odumbo, has enforced the directive of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) to restore sanity.‎‎‎‎Following the concern raised regarding the inappropriate use of the school frontage and the immediate action by the Executive Secretary who engaged the leadership of the motorcycle riders,…

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Imota Welcomes Rep. Babajimi Benson For Commissioning Of Block Of Classrooms In Imota Thursday

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‎Mariam Akinloye ‎‎‎The Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Sunday Benson, will, on Thursday, welcome the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep.  Babajimi Adegoke Benson to Imota, for the commissioning of a block of six classrooms.‎‎‎The construction of the block of classrooms at the Methodist Primary School, Imota, was facilitated by Rep.  Benson as part of his education intervention initiatives across the six councils in Ikorodu federal constituency.‎‎‎The project is slated for commissioning at 10:00am by the lawmaker. ‎‎‎According to the council authority, “the project underscores ongoing…

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Ikorodu LGEA Holds Maiden Strategic Meeting With Education HoDs To Strengthen Collaboration

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‎Jare Olukotun ‎‎‎A strategic meeting between the management of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu Local Government, and the six Head of Departments (HoD) of Education across the six councils in Ikorodu Division, has been held to further chart way forward for the sector.‎‎‎‎According to the Education Secretary, LGEA, Ikorodu Local Government, Alhaji Taiwo Odumbo, who convened the maiden meeting alongside his management team, the initiative was designed to strengthen collaboration and foster synergy between the LGEA and the office of the HoDs across the council.‎ ‎‎‎”The session, which…

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