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Kunle Adelabu Residents of Ikorodu woke up today to uncertainties as pockets of violence were recorded in some areas, following Thursday’s State of the Nation address by President Muhammadu Buhari, which many thought would not solve the scarcity of naira which has caused Nigerians hardship. The President had approved the continuous co-existence of the old N200 note with the newly designed N200, N500 and N1000 notes and enjoined the populace who are still with the old naira notes which are no longer a legal tender to swap them at Central…

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Kunle Adelabu The Iya – Oloja General of Ikorodu Division, Alhaja Taofeekat Allison, has said that the scarcity of the naira notes cannot stop market women in the Division from voting in the coming General Elections. Alhaja Allison, who declared the market women’s support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other candidates of the party, said that they are ready to vote even if the scarcity of naira persists. The market leader, who said that members of the association are not demanding money from the…

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Kunle Adelabu The Nigerian Army on Thursday issued an official statement on the killing of a soldier by a police officer at Odogunyan, Ikorodu Local Government of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The soldier was allegedly stabbed to death by the police officer on Wednesday, a development that led to pandemonium at Odogunyan, Ita – Oluwo, Ogijo and Ikorodu garage roundabout. Recall that an angry mob at Ogijo Community, a border town between Ogun and Lagos States, on Wednesday, attacked a police station following the death of a soldier who was…

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Kunle Adelabu & Odede Efezino Kenneth (IT Student) If all the adoption by different groups is anything to go by, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, may be heading for a landslide victory in the coming general elections. The party’s candidates were again adopted and endorsed by all the clubs in Ikorodu. The clubs and bases, under aegis of United Area Clubs (UAC), endorsed the Presidential, Governorship, Senatorial, House of Representatives and Assembly candidates of the ruling party at the Ita – Elewa Sports Complex, Ita – Elewa,…

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Our Editor -Over 3,000 Farmers to Access Tractor Hailing Operations  The Lagos State Government has launched the Eko Agro Mechanisation Scheme through which farmers will henceforth have access to statewide tractor-hailing operations as part of measures to boost mechanised farming and ensure sufficiency in food production.  Speaking at the launch held at the Agricultural Training Institute, Araga, Epe, Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, said the scheme marked another demonstrable evidence of the commitment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration towards the growth of agriculture and attainment of food security.   Olusanya…

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Our Editor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has deployed a Cessna 406 aircraft for aerial mapping of the state in line with the government’s determination to ascertain the actual figures of buildings and the infrastructural strength of the State. Speaking during the inspection of the Aerial Survey Aircraft (ASA) for the 2023 Mapping and Update of the Lagos State Spatial Data Infrastructure for the eGIS Project at Dominion Hangar, Murtala Mohammed Local Airport, Ikeja, the capital of Lagos on Wednesday evening, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the aerial mapping will equally…

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Kunle Adelabu President Muhammadu Buhari, today, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the old 200 naira note and the new 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to coexist. Buhari gave the directive in a national broadcast on the challenges of the currency swap and state of the nation, aired on national stations, earlier this morning. According to the President, only the 200 old naira notes will continue to be legal tender till Monday, April 10. “I have given approval to the CBN that the old N200 bank…

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Kunle Adelabu  There was a palpable tension in Ikorodu on Wednesday evening as a Mobile Police Officer allegedly stabbed a soldier to death.  The incident, THE IMPACT gathered, occurred at Odogunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria.  According to residents, the dead soldier was said to have stabbed the said Mobile officer, who some also said is actually a Legion officer, and queried him over the service cap he had on him.  It was gathered that the officer showed his…

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