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OCOSAN 1995 Set Holds 2024 AGM, Gets New Executives

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Kunle Adelabu -Plans big for 30-year graduation anniversary A senior staff member of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Abiodun Shitta, has emerged as the Chairman, Class of 1995 set of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN). Shitta replaced Mr Lanre Kajaiye who has relocated overseas. He was elected at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the association held at the home of Vice Chairman of the Class set, in Ipakodo – Ebute, Ikorodu, on Monday, January 1, 2024. Shitta, who is the outgoing National…

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Victory Joy Schools Celebrate 10th Year Of Excellent Educational Foundation

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Wale Jagun -Inducts Abiru, Olokode, Jinadu, THE IMPACT Founder into Hall of Excellence The management and staff of the Victory Joy Schools (VJS), located along the Kokoro – Abu Road in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, last December rolled out drums not just in celebration of the schools’ tenth year of existence, but also for its excellent educational impacts on the community. At the grand finale event of the anniversary celebration, tagged, ‘Ankara Day/Dinner/Award of Excellence’, which was held at the Amicable Club 1980, Kasoleri, along the Itamaga…

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National Assembly Speaker To Traditional Rulers: 10th Assembly Will Grant You Constitutional Powers

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Kunle Adelabu -Former Dep, Gov. Ogunleye demands for recognition of LCDAs as Council Areas Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbass, PhD., Speaker, 10th National Assembly, has assured the traditional institution in the country that the lawmakers will grant them constitutional powers in their efforts to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Speaker gave the assurance following the open request made by the Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas & Chiefs and the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba kabir Adewale Shotobi, Adegorushen V, at the commissioning…

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Child & Mother Hospital In Imota Will Address Some Challenges Facing Health Sector – Speaker Abbass

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Kunle Adelabu -80 – bed facility approved as full – fledged General Hospital – PS Health Commission The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbass, PhD, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP – SDGs), Her Excellency, Princess (Dr.) Adejoke Orelope – Adefulire, OFR, NPoM, on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, commissioned a new 80 – bed capacity General Hospital in Imota, Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, with the later stating that the facility will assist in addressing some…

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Lawmaker Assures That Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Budget Will Usher In Prosperity

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Kunle Adelabu A three term lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has assured Nigerians, especially his constituents in Ikorodu, that the 2024 budget of President Bola Ahhmed Tinubu, framed on his administration’s Renewed Hope mantra, will bring about economic prosperity to the citizen and the country. The 2024 Appropriation Bill was signed into law by the President, on the New Year Day in Abuja. Benson, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Imota Local Council Development Area of Ikiorodu…

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No Need To ‘Japa’, Nigeria Will Be Better In 2024, Ayangbure Tells Doctors

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Kunle Adelabu -We need more teaching hospitals – MD, GH Ikorodu The Ayangbure of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi, has counseled doctors and other health professionals on the need to stay back in the country to use their knowledge in salvaging the country. The royal father, who gave the advice during his visit to the General Hospital (GH), Ikorodu, January 1, 2024, for the First Baby of the year celebration, also assured the medical professionals that the country will be better in 2024. Moreso, Oba Shotobi assured…

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Why We Gather All Faiths To Pray Every January 1 In Igbogbo – Adeboruwa, other stakeholders

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Kunle Adelabu Major stakeholders in Igbogbo Kingdom, have explained that the interdenominational prayer session that usually takes place every January 1 at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo, presented the community the opportunity to make prayer requests for the new year which, according to them, are always answered. To this end, the community has resolved to continue with the tradition by assembling the traditional, Christian and Muslim communities to offer prayers for the kingdom, council, state and the nation at large. To buttress the potency of the annual prayer session, the…

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Oba Shotobi, Kaoli, Erogbogbo, Others Welcome First Babies In Ikorodu With Cash, Gift Items

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Kunle Adelabu -Rotaract Club commends GH Ikorodu The Ikorodu royal family continued the tradition of welcoming new babies every January 1, as His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Shotobi, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu, eminent personalities and groups joined the General Hospital (GH), Ikorodu, in welcoming the First Babies in the new year. The first in Ikorodu for 2024, a female, was born by Mrs Mosunmola Awodeinde, 36 years old, at 12:05am, while Mrs Ahmed Khadijat, 29 years old, delivered the second baby, a boy, at 12:10am and Mrs Fagbemi Omoshalewa, 41…

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Sanwo – Olu Celebrates Arrival Of 2024 First Babies In Four Lagos Hospitals

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Wale Jagun -Encourages residents to key into LASG Maternal, Child Care Initiatives In a heartwarming ceremony, in the early hours of Monday, the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, welcomed and presented gifts items to the first babies of the year in four Lagos General Hospitals namely – Badagry General Hospital; Maternal Child Centre (MCC) Amuwo-Odofin; Ajeromi General Hospital and Apapa General Hospital. Baby Echo-Harry, a Male who weighed 3.6 kg delivered at exactly 12:04 AM by Mrs. Echo-Harry is the first baby of the year at…

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Sanwo – Olu, Davido, Olamide, Tuface, Others Usher In New Year With Lagosians

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the eve of 31st December 2023 led residents in the countdown celebration for the new year at the Sol Beach, Oniru, one of the locations of the just concluded #GreaterLagosFiesta, to create a memorable start for 2024. The countdown to the new year, according to the Governor, was observed simultaneously, at four other locations of the #Greater Lagos Fiesta, namely Ikorodu, Badagry, Epe, and Agege. He was represented at these locations by top government officials who led other fun seekers into…

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