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Wale Jagun -Lagos records 71 per cent of Nigeria’s $1.5 billion FDI in Q1 2022 – LCCI Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled 30-year roadmaps for the social and economic development of the state. Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this during an interactive meeting with business leaders and the organised private sector in Lagos on Tuesday. The Lagos State Development Plan 2052, Sanwo-Olu said, will be officially rolled out at the forthcoming 9th Economic Summit of the State (known as Ehingbeti). The 30-year plan, the Governor said, was developed with clear…

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Oga District of the Lagos State Central Sand and Granite Suppliers Association (LASCESGRSA) has honoured some of its past and surviving leaders for their efforts in founding and sustaining the group to what it is today. The leaders were inducted into the LASCESGRSA Hall of Fame at a special event held at the District Secretariat, Igbe Laara, Igbogbo, Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Monday, June 28, 2022. Late leaders of the assocoation inducted at the event, which had the presence of family…

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Kunle Adelabu The management of the Ikorodu Ultra Modern Town Hall has opened the newly built toilet facilities for the use of the public, especially those making use of the hall. The block of five convenience rooms each for males and females was constructed by the immediate past management of the hall under the Chairmanship of Bashorun Babatunde Rotinwa. Sen. Adeseye Ogunleye, the new Chairman who also doubles as the Chairman of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), declared the facilities opened on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Thus, members…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, on Monday reiterated the commitment of the state government to enhancing the agricultural productivity of small and medium-scale farmers. She also added that the government is also concerned with improving value addition along the agricultural value chains in line with the core objectives of the Lagos Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project. Olusanya who emphasized the government’s commitment during the Federal Government/World Bank Eighth Implementation Support Mission visit to the Lagos State held at Agege in Lagos.…

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Kunle Adelabu The annual Liwe festival, popularly called ‘Oro Liwe’, holds tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28,2022, in lkorodu community.During the festival, women are expected to stay indoor throughout the day. Liwe, which is one of the major traditions of the people of Isele in Ikorodu, is the second of the two yearly Oro festivals. Chief Rafiu Onilegboro, a chieftain of the Oro cult and top community security expert, confirmed the festival to our reporter at The Factor Class at the weekend. Like the previous editions, women would remained indoor starting from…

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Kunle Adelabu Residents of lkorodu, especially thousands residing at Gberigbe and Agura, have, again, appealed to the Lagos State Government for the rehabilitation of Gberigbe/Agura Road which is one of the most deplorable road in the Division. The road, which is usually impassable during raining season, has completely caught off residents who have now resorted to wading through the flood. Many homes were also flooded due to lack of drainage system in the axis. The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, had promised to reconstruct the road as phase…

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Kunle Adelabu -Truck driver badly injured, dispossesed of money, phone Members of the Lagos State Central Sand and Granite Suppliers Association, Ikorodu Oga District has cried out to the government and law enforcement agencies to save them from constant harrasment and attacks by hoodlums in Ikorodu, especially in Odogunyan. They claimed that hoodlums called Area Boys, through their attacks, are crippling their businesses. The latest of such attacks happened on the evening of Thursday, June 23, 2022, when truck drivers bringing granite for them were attacked with hammer, cutlass, stones…

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Jare Babatunde Ikorodu Oga Community Development Association, (IKODASS), has felicitated the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on the occasion of his 57th birthday. The socio – cultural and developmental body in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, congratulated Gov. Sanwo – Olu and commended the giant strides he has recorded since his assumption of office. “Mr. Governor sir, the great job you are doing in our dear state speaks for itself. Keep up the giant strides in redefining leadership”, the statement said. “On this…

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