Kunle Adelabu The Greater Lagos Fiesta returns for another edition next week, bringing back the yuletide season entertainment that was suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID – 19. The Fiesta begins Thursday, December 29 and runs through Sunday, January 1, 2023, to usher in the New Year. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Femi Martins, made the disclosure on Monday at a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, stating that the Greater Lagos Fiesta, aimed at engaging…
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Adeboruwa, Council Chairmen, Commission Cute Healthcare Limited In Igbogbo
Kunle Adelabu The Adebouwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Alaiyeluwa (Oba) Barr. Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, alongside the Chairmen of lgbogbo/Bayeku and Ijede Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), Builder Sesan Daini and Hon. Motunrayo Gbadebo – Alogba, respectively, on Saturday, December 17, 2022, commissioned Cute Healthcare Limited, a medical facility. The facility, which came into being as a result of what the Igbogbo – born medical practitioner and community developer, Dr Adeleke Dankuwo experienced with residents during the COVID 19 pandemic, is situated at Agunfoye community in Igbogbo. Explaining how the…
Read MoreI Wrote JAMB 10 Times To Study Medicines – Dr Dankuwo
Kunle Adelabu A medical practitioner and community developer, Dr Adeleke Dankuwo, has revealed that his quest to become a medical doctor made him sat for Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination ten times. Dankuwo, who said that he repeated the examination not because he didn’t have good grades in all his attempts, but because those grades were not adequate enough to be admitted to study Medicines. The lgbogbo – born medical doctor made the revelation at the commissioning of his hospital, Cute Healthcare Limited, located at Agunfoye, Igbogbo in Igbogbo/Bayeku…
Read MoreCondemnations Trail Hon. Adeshina’s N2.5milliom Gifts To Residents, Multi-Million Naira Package For Political Office Holders, Management Team
Kunle Adelabu Contrary to the expectations of the Executive Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina, that his gesture of doling out cash worth N1million and N1.5mmilion worth of food items to residents of Ikorodu will receive massive acceptance from the populace, the deeds have backfired. Adeshina also stated that he presented several vehicles to Councilors and members of his management team, but silence on the cost involved. The Chairman claimed that the food items and cash were donated to widows and aged drawn from the various wards in…
Read MoreOkada Riders Block Road To Protest Police Killing Of Colleague ln Ikorodu
Kunle Adelabu -Riders remove victim from GH against Doctor’s advice – MD, Ikorodu GH About 100 commercial motorcyclists, popularly called ‘Okada’ riders in the local parlance, on Saturday protested the alleged killing of their colleague. They stormed the Ikorodu Federal Constituency office of Rep. Babajimi Benson along the Ipakodo/Igbogbo Road where they blocked the road, causing traffic. Protesting riders later allowed vehicles to move on one lane after being prevailed upon by members of the iCare Foundation. According to the protesting riders, police officers from the Shagamu Road Police station…
Read MoreSanwo – Olu Launches LASWA Data Centre To Enhance Safety, Security On Lagos Waterways
Kunle Adelabu Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, commissioned the newly installed Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre (WMDMC) at the Five Cowrie Terminal – the headquarters of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) in Falomo, Ikoyi. The Data Management Centre, which is first of its kind in the country, is a centralised monitoring base for all activities on the Lagos waterway. By the technology, LASWA is now empowered to generate real-time information, enhance safety and gather data for continuous improvement of the inland waterways. The Governor also unveiled advanced DJI…
Read MoreLagos Traditional Medicine Is Evolving – Registrar
Our Editor The Registrar of Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board (LSTMB), Mr. Olorunkemi Kadiku has said that the practice of traditional medicine is evolving from what it used to be to a more regulated and better-coordinated practice. Kadiku expressed this view on Thursday while featuring on the Lagos Traffic Radio programme: “Your Side Mirror”, hosted by Victor Oteri. Kadiku stated that many people look at traditional medicine from the primitive point of view where the practice was mainly dominated by uneducated and unexposed individuals, revealing that present-day traditional medicine has…
Read MoreISU Week: Oreyo, Zumratul Win Quiz, Public Speaking Competitions
Mariam Akinloye As part of the activities marking the 67th Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) week, quiz and public speaking competitions were organized for the Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). At the competition held at the Oba Fatola Pavilion, Adeboruwa Palace, igbogbo on Wednesday, students that represented various schools showed high level of understanding and knowledge with their delivery. The Junior School category of the quiz competition featured five schools: Movers School, Oreyo Grammar School, Zumuratul Islamiyah Secondary School, Fathom School and Reri Grammar…
Read MoreiCare Ready To Feed 1000 Families At Xmas
Mariam Akinloye The operational body of the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defense, is set to support 1000 families with food items this yuletide season. Beneficiaries will get the items at the Christmas edition of ‘Apo Anu’ (iCare Foodbank) distribution holding at the lawmaker’s Federal Constituency Office, along Igbogbo/Ipakodo Road, by Solebo Estate, Ikorodu, on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The initiative, which has been receiving commendations locally, nationally and internationally, was initiated six years ago and managed by the iCare Foundation…
Read MoreThere Is No Crisis On Oloja of Lagos Stool, Kosoko Family, Lagos Royal Family Declare
Kunle Adelabu The King Kosoko Royal Family/ Oloja of Lagos Chieftaincy Family of Lagos, has declared that there is no crisis within the family, and that the ascension to the stool of Oloja of Lagos is a settled matter. The royal family made the declaration in a separate statement released on Friday (today) and signed by Alhaja (Chief) Mutiat Ashabi Abimbola Alli – Balogun, Head of the Kosoko Royal family, and Prince Sikiru Kosoko, the General Secretary of the royal family. They debunked insinuations contained in an online report that…
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