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Sanwo-Olu Approves 100% Bursary Increment For Lagos Students

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Wale Jagun Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved an increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to students of  Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, of Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki said in a statement on Sunday that the increment would take effect from the 2022/ 2023 academic session. Lekki said that he had already informed representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter,  and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at…

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2022 Ikorodu – Oga Carnival Holds Larger Promises, Opportunities – Erogbogbo, IKODASS Chair

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The Chairman of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, has stated that this year’s edition of the annual socio – cultural and economic carnival is promising and would be bigger than the past editions. He said that the town is expecting more than 9000 guests that took part in the festival last year, stating that opportunities await businesses in Ikorodu to take advantage of. Erogbogbo made these assurances while welcoming captains of industry, business managers, entrepreneurs and market men and women…

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LASUSTECH Inaugurates Pioneer Senate

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State University of Science and Technology has inaugurated its pioneer Senate for the proper coordination of school activities. The Senate is the first to be set up by the university to kick off the running of the newly established Institution. The Pro – Chancellor of the University speaking at the inauguration at the University campus in Ikorodu on Friday, charged the members of the senate to be up and doing and justify the huge resources the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has committed to the establishment…

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Aroyewun Political Group Celebrates GAC Chieftain, Asiwaju Basorun At 84

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Kunle Adelabu The management of Lekan Aroyewun Project (LeAP) and Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA) political groups have described a political figure and chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Reuben Basorunas patriarch of inestimable global impacts and a quintessential nationalist as he clocked 84 years old. The group which are the think tank and political groups of Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun, who aspired for the Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly during the last primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a…

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iCare Delivers October ‘Apo Anu’ Food Items To Residents

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Kunle Adelabu The distribution of ‘Apo – Anu’, the food support program of Rep. Babajimi Adegoke, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on Defense, for the month of October took place today. The foodbank initiative, which is being anchored by iCare Foundation, the working team of the federal lawmaker, was held at his federal constituency office with scores of dignitaries in attendance. About 300 beneficiaries out of the 500 expected, were on ground to collect the monthly ration, a situation that provided opportunity…

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TotalEnergies Tasks Students On Reading Culture

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By Adebola Adegoke Mr Victor Bandele, the Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater Asset, TotalEnergies Nigeria, has charged students to improve their reading habits to enhance character development and self-discovery for sustainable success. Bandele gave the charge at the 2022 Book Reading and Open Day Forum for Senior Secondary Schools in Lagos State organised by TotalEnergies in collaboration with NNPC and other partners. The event had the theme: “Books, Gateway to Discoveries.” He said the book reading was aimed at promoting reading among students and encouraging them to develop the habit as…

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Asiwaju Basorun, A Unifying, Exemplary Figure – Rep. Benson

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Kunle Adelabu Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has stated that the first Secretary to the Lagos State Government, chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Reuben Basorun, is a unifier and exemplary political figure. Asiwaju Basorun, who is also a former Commissioner for Education in the state, clocked 84 on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Rep. Babajimi Benson, in a statement he personally signed, also said that the political leader is a formidable personality…

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Senator Abiru Celebrates Asiwaju Reuben Olorunfunmi Basorun At 84

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Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and Senator representng Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetkunbo Abiru, FCA, has felicitated elder statesman and member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Asiwaju Reuben Olorunfunmi Basorun, on his 84th birthday. Basorun, a retired Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and former Secretary to the State Government under the former Governor Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration between 1979 and 1983, was born on October 15, 1938. In a statement personally signed by Senator Abiru, he described Pa Basorun as…

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What Ikorodu Need To Sustain Its Global Brand As A City – Prof. Haastrup

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Kunle Adelabu A Professor and Advisor/Council Member, Havard Business Review, United States of America (USA), Professor (Amb.) Adetunji Haastrup, has proffered solutions to challenges of sustaining Ikorodu as a city, stating that its infrastructures deserve more attention. The scholar, who is also a member, United Nations Foundation, USA, said that Ikorodu’s city status was recently acknowledged by the UN as the 12 largest city in Nigeria. Haastrup, who was the keynote speaker at the 2nd edition of the Ikorodu Business Community Breakfast with Ayangbure, spoke on the topic, “Challenges of…

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My Stance Against Merging Ikorodu With Others Has Been Vindicated With Its Present Status – Hon. S.O.B Agunbiade

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders Forum and The Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle Agunbiade, has stated that the acknowledgement of Ikorodu as the third largest city in the Southwest, Nigeria, has vindicated his stance on his opposition against merging it with Shomolu and Kosofe. The fourth term lawmaker, who said that he ran into problems regarding his stance, said that he took the position because he was aware that the division is big enough to stand on its own. Hon. Agunbiade spoke…

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