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Our Editor -VC mourns his demise Former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein is dead. He died after a brief illness in the evening of Sunday, 31st July, 2022 at the age of 75 years. Prof. Hussein  a professor of Physics was the 6th substantive Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University; he served between 2005 and 2011. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, while confirming the news on Monday, expressed her deep shock at the passing away of her former boss, under whose leadership she…

Kunle Adelabu It was another amazing performances by schools in the Lagos State Education District II, as they clinched the first, second and third prizes at the 2022 Pascal Dike Public Speaking Competition. The annual competition was organized by Junior Chambers International/YALES in collaboration with the Lagos State Government. Onafusi Esther and Okolo Emmanuel, students of the premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the best schools in Nigeria in 2020, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, emerged the Overall Winner. Prize money of N70, 000 with cartons on peak…

Jare Babatunde A duty classroom teacher, Mr Amodu Taofeek Olorunjeda has emerged the Second Best Teacher in Ikorodu Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The award was presented to him and others at the 31st Founders Day & 2022 Merit Award held at Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Secretariat Hall, Ikorodu, on Friday, 29th July 2022. Amodu is a member of THE IMPACT platform, an active community youth and prominent member of the Auntie Lola Foundation, a group which has been motivating and mentoring primary schools pupils.  He is also prominent…

Jare Babatunde The first edition of the Sabalemot Erogbogbo (Iya Onigele) Scholarship Scheme for female indigents in Ikorodu has been announced by the family. Applications for the scholarship, which was strictly designed to support the education of female students in Ikorodu, opens on Tuesday, August 16, and closes September 28th, 2022. In a statement issued by Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, Chairman, Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), to qualify for the scholarship, candidates must fulfil the following conditions: 1. Must be an indigene of Ikorodu. 2. Must be born a female.…

Wale Jagun Residents of Lagos East Senatorial District have launched a massive campaign for Senator Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru to emerge as the 2022 ‘Lagos Man of the Year’. Abiru has been shortlisted for the award  alongside other prominent individuals like Mr Tokunbo Wahab, Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Peince Anofi Olanrewaju Elegushi, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Lagos State, Mr Olufemi Damilola Oke – Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and Mrs Adenike Adekabi, General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA). Others are Mr…

Kunle Adelabu With two days to the closing of Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) registration as stated by the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), residents of Ikorodu who are yet to register have called for extension of the exercise. They are also asking INEC to go back to the period when registration machines were made available at various wards, instead of centralisng the process at their office. Hundreds of residents have been trooping to the INEC office at the Government Reserved Area (GRA), Ikorodu, since the commencement of the…

Our Editor The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has postponed the launch of its Whistle-Blower initiative, a state-wide project, introduced to provide a platform for employees, stakeholders and the general public to report any observed violation, misconduct, or unethical behaviour across the state. A new date for the Whistle-Blower initiative launch is expected to be announced soon. In a public notice signed by the LIRS Executive Chairman, Ayodele Subair, the Whistle-Blower initiative is a public policy of the State Government to encourage reporting of illegal actions or financial crimes,…

Wale Jagun -Program will transform sports in schools, says Aiyepeku The Lagos State Sports Commission has commenced the training of 600 School Sports Masters across the state as a first step in the deployment of the Lagos State School Sports Intervention Programme (LASSIP). Speaking on the commencement of the programme, Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Sola Aiyepeku said that the programme will be deployed as a pilot scheme in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Education as part of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s unprecedented investments in young Lagosians to provide…

Our Editor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged Nigerians to use the forthcoming National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) Festival as an opportunity to galvanise Nigerians and project unity in the country. He implored Nigerians to see their diversity, ethnicity and religious tolerance as an opportunity to unite without allowing politics and other things to divide them. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the appeal when the National Technical Committee of the National Festival of Arts and Culture led by the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun…