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Lagos Mass Education Agency, TechnoServe Concludes “Train the Trainer” Workshop

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Our Reporter The Lagos State Agency for Mass Education, in partnership with TechnoServe Business Solutions to Poverty, on Thursday, concluded a three-day “Train the Trainer” workshop on entrepreneurial and employability skills under the SAY-WEE Project. The three-day workshop, held from 9th to 11th September 2025, was held at Rotary Vocational Training Centre (RVTC), Igbogbo. Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Mr. Adeniran Kasali, conveyed the appreciation of the Honourable Commissioner, Hon. Sule Tolani, to TechnoServe for what he described as a laudable initiative extended…

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Odumbo Holds 2025/26 Pre-Resumption Meeting With Ikorodu’s Pry School Stakeholders Ahead of Resumption

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Wale Jagun The Education Secretary, Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu, Alhaji Taiwo Abiodun Odumbo, has convened a high-level pre-resumption meeting with key education stakeholders to ensure a proactive, smooth and impactful start for the commencement of the 2025/2026 academic session. The meeting held on Thursday, September 11, 2025, brought together the full management team of the LGEA, comprised of Heads of Sections alongside School Managers, Centre Coordinators, leaderships of the School-Based Management Committees (SBMC), and Parent Forum in Ikorodu Division. In a statement by the Education Secretary, Alhaji Odumbo,…

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Gov’s Adviser On Rural Development Inspects Ongoing Idiroko Road Project In Ikorodu LG

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Wale Jagun -Flags – off 200metre road at Ifelodun LCDA The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Rural Development, Dr. Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje, has inspected the ongoing construction of 1.3-kilometre Monsuru Egbeyemi Street project in Idiroko, Ikorodu Local Government. Agbaje in a statement on his social media handle said that, “The inspection focused on the road’s drainage system, which is currently under construction as a preparatory phase ahead of full road development. According to project handlers, the drainage work is critical to ensuring the durability and sustainability of…

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UNIJOS Council Member, Hon. Ajetunmobi Expresses Disappointment At Students’ Responses To NELFUND In Southwest

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Kunle Adelabu A member of the Governing Council, University of Jos (UNIJOS), Hon. Olawunmi Abdulrasaq Ajetunmobi, has expressed his disappointment at the level of students’ responses to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) in the Southwest states of the country. Hon. Ajetunmobi, who is also the General Secretary, Ikorodu Division Apex APC body, revealed that 300, 096 students in Nigeria have so far benefitted from the students support initiative reintroduced by President Bola Tinubu, and added that only 132, 000 students have accessed the loan in the Southwest. He spoke…

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Lagos Agency For Mass Education Partners TechnoServe In Training Vocational Instructors

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Agency for Mass Education, in partnership with TechnoServe, has commenced a three-day “Train the Trainers” workshop on entrepreneurial and employability skills under the SAY-WEE Project. The training, which began on Tuesday at the Rotary Vocational Training Centre, Igbogbo, will run from September 9 to 11, 2025. The programme is designed to equip ninety instructors drawn from the Agency’s eight Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) with enhanced skills to better deliver entrepreneurship and employability training to learners across the state. At the flag – off were senior…

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Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun’s Life Has Been A Masterclass In Leadership, Wisdom – Barr. Aroyewun

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Kunle Adelabu Tributes have continued to pour in for His Eminence, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Reuben Basorun, FCIB, Esq, GPOCS, a highly revered spiritual, community, and political leader, as well as an elder statesman on the award of the Grand Pillar Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church bestowed upon him in Lagos on Sunday. Barr. Adeleke Aroyewun, joining the numerous well – wishers in congratulating Asiwaju Basorun described his life as a Masterclass that is worthy of study in leadership, wisdom and steadfast devotion. In a statement today, Aroyewun who is…

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Agency For Mass Education Engages Imota Council Boss On Non – Formal Education

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Wale Jagun The management team of the Lagos State Agency for Mass Education has paid an advocacy visit to the Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele (BSA). The advocacy visit which is aimed at sensitising the council boss and his team on the agency’s Non – Formal Education (NFE) programme took place at the office of the Chairman, Imota LCDA secretariat on Tuesday. The Director, Agency for Mass Education, Mrs Oluwakemi Kalesanwo who led the agency’s team highlighted the benefits of NFE, stressing the importance…

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Igbe Joint CDA Chairman Charges AMA, Elected Officials, Political Leaders To Further Action Over Tinubu Road, Insecurity, Others

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Igbe Joint CDA (Zone 10 CDC), Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Comrade Isaac Faniyi, has once again charged the elected representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), to further action over the Igbogbo/Bola Ahmed Tinubu/Igbe Laara Road. He charged him along with Ikorodu Federal Representative, Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA, Omo’oba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), to intensify actions in ensuring that the road which has been on for eight years is delivered in time. In a statement on THE IMPACT platform,…

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Senator Abiru Urges Lagos East Residents To Participate In Continuous Voter Registration

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Our Reporter The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has called on eligible residents of the district, who are yet to obtain Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), to take full advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise being conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Senator Abiru, in a statement by his media aide, Enitan Olukotun, stressed that registering to vote is not only a civic responsibility but also the most effective way for citizens to have a voice in shaping the future…

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BAT 2027 Network Urges Hon. Tambuwal To Stop Misrepresenting Nigeria’s Political Realities

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Kunle Adelabu The Convener of BAT 2027 Network, United Kingdom chapter, Mr Hamzat Jimoh, has urged the former Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, to stop misrepresenting Nigerian political realities. Mr Jimoh, in a statement, said that Hon. Tambuwal’s recent remarks that there is a national consensus to unseat President Bola Tinubu, was not only a personal conjecture but also a misrepresentation of the true situation of things in Nigeria. In a statement issued in reaction to Tambuwal’s remarks titled, ‘Battle To Unseat Tinubu Is…

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