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Ikeja Electric Trains 140 Staff To Boost Metering Efforts

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Kunle Adelabu In its efforts to improve metering strategy, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (Ikeja DisCo) has trained 140 graduates to accelerate the exercise. Folake Soetan, the Chief Executive Officer of Ikeja Electric, during the presentation of certificates, said that the trained graduates by the Ikeja Electric Metering Academy was established in 2020 as a result of a lack of workers with the necessary skills to install meter, which she said has caused a slow rate of metering throughout its network. The training was done in collaboration with the Power…

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IKODASS Offers Indigent Ikorodu Students Free GCE Forms

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Mariam Akinloye Are you interested in writing the GCE this year and fund seems to be impeding that plan? There is a way out as the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), under its Scholarship Scheme, is making free GCE forms available to indigent students. The scheme is being sponsored by the late Jimoh Owode Education Fund through the IKODASS Scholarship Scheme. Interested candidates are expected to visit the IKODASS website: https://www.ikoroduoga.com.ng/free-gce-form/ According to IKODASS, applicants must be indigent students in Ikorodu and such must provide proof of residence to…

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FG Charges NASENI On Mass Production Of Solar Cells To Boost Power Supply

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By The Electricity Hub The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) says it received a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to produce more solar cells to boost the country’s alternative power sources. Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Haruna, made this known to State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the Agency in Abuja on Friday. The president also directed the implementation of a modular irrigation project and the production of more farm implements, to boost agricultural activities. “The President is impressed that…

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King Kosoko Memorial Museum Gets Government Recognition

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Kunle Adelabu -Family unveils Logistics Company The Lagos State Government has granted the King Kosoko Museum recognition as one of the important centres that must be preserved and protected for the reconstruction of Lagos and Nigeria histories and a place where both local and foreign tourists can visit. The ancient palace of the late former legendary Oba of Lagos and later Oloja of Ereko, Oba Kosoko, was upgraded to a museum by the family in April this year after about five years of its rehabilitation. The palace was built in…

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Igbogbo Youth Coalition Formed To Protect Youths Interest, Cohesion

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Kunle Adelabu The newly elected executive members of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC) have been charged to continue to work towards further enhancement of the ideals on which the group was formed which is to protect the interests of youths in the community. Mr Olugbenga Odunniyi, the outgoing President of IYC, gave the charge while congratulating the new officers on their victory at the Congress election which was held at the Oba Oaltunji Fatola Pavilion located within the Adeboruwa palace, Igbogbo, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. The outgoing President’s charge…

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Lagos Red Rail Line Now At Completion Stage – Sanwo – Olu

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Our Editor Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, again went on an extensive inspection of the ongoing construction activities around the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project. It’s the fourth time in a year the Governor would be inspecting the pace of work on the 37-kilometre-long rail infrastructure wholly started by his administration, with Sanwo-Olu assuring Lagosians that the rail project would be delivered on its scheduled completion date. The transport infrastructure being developed by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) will have the capacity to…

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Over 400 Students Apply For Ikorodu Peace Initiative Scholarship, Bursary

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Kunle Adelabu Over 400 students across the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have successfully applied for the scholarship and bursary initiatives of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL)/GTE. A total of 266 successful applicants would get educational support at the end of the exercise: 12 successful scholarship and 254 bursary candidates. IDPIL/GTE, through its Executive Secretary, Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, had about two months ago announced the schemes endowed by the Chairman of the IDPIL/GTE and Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya who is also the Odofin…

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Double Celebrations As LASUSTECH Director of Information, Lanre Kuye Installed As Otunba Jiborisa, Clocks 60

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Kunle Adelabu The Director of Information and Public Relations, Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH), Chief Olanrewaju Kuye has been installed as the Otunba Jiborisa of Emuren Kingdom in Ogun State. He was installed alongside his wife, Chief (Mrs) Olanrewaju Kuye who bagged the Chieftaincy title of Yeye Otunba Jiborisa.They were both installed by the Elemuren of Emuren, His Royal Majesty, Oba Alowonle Adesegun Bolaji, on Saturday, August 6, 2022. Meanwhile, it has been deluge of congratulations for the newest Chief in town as he also clocked 60…

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Kazeem Ogunmuyiwa Emerges President, Igbogbo Youth Coaltion

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Wale Jagun A grassroots mobiliser and senior council employee, Comrade Kazeem Ogunmuyiwa has emerged the President – elect of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), an umbrella body of youths in Igbogbo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Ogumuyiwa, who was few days back elected as Trustee I for the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Lagos State Chapter, emerged as the President – elect with 49 votes at the IYC Congress held at the Adeboruwa palace on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He…

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Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall: Historic Architectural Masterpiece For All Engagements, Seasons

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Kunle Adelabu The magnificent edifice, which was initially named Ikorodu Town Hall and now, the Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall, is a historical monument and great architecture masterpiece which is one of the major landmarks in Ikorodu Division. Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town hall depicts the industrious nature of lkorodu people; their social status; their tastes and class, all of which are reflected in Ikorodu song of praise, ‘Oga’ (boss or master). The idea behind the construction of the Ikorodu town hall on a large expanse of land and…

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