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Kunle Adelabu It was a calm atmosphere in the Ikorodu Local Government, as there was no sign of any protest on the first day of the 10 day of rage protest, otherwise known as protest against bad governance. Our reporter, who covered the situation in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu West LCDA, under the Ikorodu Local Government, and the Ikorodu main town, reported that there was calm every where. Most of the shops were under lock and key, thus, social and economic activities were very low. Most shops…

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Wale Jagun The President – elect, National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS), Comrade Ogunbowale Olatayo Bodunrin, has called on the students and youths in Ikorodu Division, to engage peacefully if there is need to embark on protest to demand good governance. He charged them to learn from what happened during the #EndSars protest when there were destruction of lives and properties. While stating that he is not too pleased with the system in the country, in a statement issued today, Comrade Bodunrin also added that youths have the right…

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Wale Jagun The family of the late Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Afolabi Adekoya Oyefusi, CON, the Oguntade II, is set for the remembrance of the late Ayangbure of Ikorodu, ten years after his passage. The family, in conjunction with the Oba (Dr.) S.A.A. Oyefusi Foundation, has slated a Muslim Memorial Prayers for Friday, August 2nd, 2024, when it when it will be exactly 10 years that the longest reign Ikorodu monarch joined his ancestors. Prince Idowu Oyefusi (Nobel Afrique), Secretary, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Oyefusi Foundation, informed THE IMPACT. The special prayer,…

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Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye Youths in Ikorodu and major stakeholders in the state, have reiterated the need for peaceful co – existence and dialogue instead of embarking on any act that may cause violence or threatened the polity, This was the resolution at the parley organized by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu Local Government branch, with the theme, ‘Strategic Engagement with Ikorodu Youths: From Protest To Proposal: Developing Solutions – Oriented Mindsets’. The interactive session, which was held on the eve of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest,…

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Kunle Adelabu The Class of 1997, Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), has inaugurated the first female Chairman, Mrs Modupe Adepitan, at its 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The new chairman pulled 94.1% of the total votes at the elections in April this year. At the AGM held at the HOMAT Event Centre, Igbogbo, on Sunday, ten other members of the new executive council, were also inaugurated. They are Bamidele Babatunde (Vice Chairman), Bada Temitope (General Secretary), Gladys Amiandamhen (Assistant General Secretary), Omoshola Fatunde (Treasurer) and Adabonyan Afusat…

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Wale Jagun The Iyaloja General of Ikorodu Division, Deaconess Busola Isikalu (Busiq), has appealed to youths in Ikorodu Division, not to participate in the planned rally starting from August 1 to 10. She enjoined the youths to embrace dialogue with the government instead of going on the streets which, according to her, can be hijacked by hoodlums. Deaconess Isikalu made the appeal in a conversation with THE IMPACT on the phone. “We are appealing to our youths and childen not to allow themselves to be used by people with an…

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Kunle Adelabu The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ikorodu Local Government, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, is using the traditional institutions to intimidate residents planning to participate in the protest against bad government. The party, in a statement by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr Sodiq Lamina, said that the APC is using Oro, Osugbo and other traditional cults to prevent citizens from the planed protest slated to hold between August 1 and 10, 2024. In the past few days, there have…

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