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Wale Jagun The Lagos State government has expressed gratitude to the protesters for their peaceful demonstration and subsequent decision to end their action. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, he said that the Governor has directed the Ministry of Youth and Social Development; Ministry of Information and Strategy and Office of Civic Engagement to immediately open wider channels of engagement with various stakeholders, including leaders of protests in the state. The statement stated that the pronouncement by the Governor is a demonstration of…

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Wale Jagun President Bola Tinubu has called for the immediate suspension of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest across the country and charged the protesters on the need to embrace dialogue. The protest that rocked the nation since Thursday, has led to several dead and properties worth millions destroyed especially in the northern part of the country. Tinubu, who expressed pain over the loss of lives and properties in some states, made the appeal on Sunday during a nationwide broadcast. “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense…

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Kunle Adelabu Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has congratulated Mr Idowu Benson, on his nomination as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). When confirmed, Mr Benson will be third SAN from the Benson dynasty of Ikorodu. Rep. Benson, in a statement on Saturday, said that the newest SAN nominee is following in the footsteps of his father, late Chief Babatunde Benson, SAN. “Your nomination as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is pleasant news to me and the entire Ikorodu Federal Constituency. “You have, by this…

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Wale Jagun In its continued efforts to protect the Lagos State waterfronts from environmental degradation and stop threats to lives and properties along the coastal areas of the state, the Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, issued a Stop Work Order to illegal dredgers and owners of illegal containerised cargo terminals along the Ikorodu Waterfront areas of the state. The illegal operators, which included 13 companies, four containerised cargo terminal points, one dredging machine fabricating company and eight illegal dredging/ sand stockpiling operators at Majidun, Itowolo, Ibeshe, Alogba and Ipakodo, were…

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Mariam Akinloye The Senator presenting the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and wife, Mrs Feyisola Abiru, have congratulated the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, HRM Oba Engr Kabir Adewale Shotobi, on his 9th coronation anniversary on the throne of his ancestors. In a statement today, the Senator said that he and wife are joining others in celebrating the peaceful reign and the quality leadership that Oba Shotobi has been providing for lkorodu, in the last nine years. “We join the eminent personalities across Lagos State, and the good people of…

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Mariam Akinloye The late reverred Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Afolabi Adekoya Oyefusi, CON, Oguntade II, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, was, today, extolled by the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru. Abiru and his wife, Mrs Feyisola, extolled the former Oba, while paying tributes to his memory on the commemoration of the 10th year remembrance of his death. Oba Oyefusi died August 2, 2014. “Today, we affectionately remember our late revered royal father, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu and the paramount ruler of Ikorodu Division, late…

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Kunle Adelabu -As Ikorodu branch commends Sego’s leadership The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ikorodu Local Government branch, has joined the leadership of the union at the state level in appealing to youths in Ikorodu and Lagos State at large, to embrace dialogue with the government and jettison the 10-day protest. The protest, tagged, #EndBadGovernance, started on Thursday, across the country. Ikorodu NURTW branch Chairman, Mr Adegoke Taofeek, aka Reliable, made the appeal on Friday, while speaking with THE IMPACT, alongside the Chairman, Tricycle Operators,…

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has appealed to protesters in the ongoing nationwide #Hunger Protest to stop and go home as the Government has heard all their demands and is set to expedite action on them. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lagos State, Gbenga Omotoso made this known while responding to questions by a Channels TV reporter at the Ojota Underbridge on Friday. Omotoso, who commended the protesters for their peaceful conduct implored them to go home and allow the State Government to start working on their demands.…

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Our Reporter The Lagos State Government has watched closely today’s protest in some parts of the State and will like to put on record the peaceful conduct of Lagosians. This is the way it should be in our dear State, according to Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, the state government said that they have also noticed the slowdown of business in some parts of the State, adding that, “perhaps because of the fear that hooligans and architects of…

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Our Reporter -To ensure skills acquisition through its GIPP Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its intention to ensure skills acquisition for post-NYSC graduates through the Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) as part of the strategies to address unemployment among the youth in Lagos State. Hon. Akinyemi Bankole Ajigbotafe, Commissioner, Wealth Creation and Employment, disclosed this at the Press Conference on the Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) held at the Ministry in Alausa. Hon. Ajigbotafe stated that the programme is aimed at bridging the gap between academic knowledge and practical work…

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