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Jare Babatunde The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE, has issued guidelines for the award of scholarship and bursary for both indigenes and residents of Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The initiative, which is being supported with N20millon endowment fund by the Chairman of the IDPIL/GTE and Odofin of Ikorodu Kingdom, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, SAN, is part of the group’s efforts to support youth development in the division and bring about a sustainable security. According to the statement by the group, applicant for the bursary and scholarship must…

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Kunle Adelabu & Jare Babatunde -Others to get further tests. Rhoda Centre, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, continued with its medical outreach programme in assisting residents from going blind with free eyes screening, glasses and cataract surgery to correct their eyes defects. A total of 130 patients were screened by the medical personnel from the Eye Foundation, Ikorodu, on the first day of the 2-day free screening. The medical outreachprogramme is organized and sponsored by Rhoda Centre in collaboration with the Eye Foundation Hospital, Ikorodu and Relief for Human Suffering…

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Jare Babatunde Two years after his emergence as the Coordinator, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (NYCN), Comrade Asoro Abubakri  Olatunji, last week, presented his administration’s scorecard. He also restated his desire to continue offering himself for service to his community and humanity in general. In a statement signed by Asoro, the report of his administration’s achievements was presented during an executive management meeting which marked the two years of his leadership of NYCN in Ikorodu West. “Today, I presided over the management meeting…

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Wale Jagun -Says Presidential ticket did not come easy Lagos residents and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday trooped to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) to welcome the presidential flag-bearer of the APC in the 2023 general election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, back to the state. Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos, returned to the State for the first time since clinching the APC presidential ticket during the primaries held early this month in Abuja. The party’s National Leader touched down in Lagos in company of…

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Our Editor The Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya has reiterated the State Government’s commitment to sustaining the provision of support to farmers as part of its efforts to boost food production in the State. She made the assertion at the quarterly sensitisation programme organised by the Lagos State Agricultural Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA) for farmers at the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja. Explaining that LAISA has been at the forefront of supplying farmers in the State, Ms. Olusanya affirmed that high-quality inputs such as farm implements, agrochemicals and seedlings…

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Our Editor The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, has advised operators of veterinary clinics and stakeholders in Lagos State to avoid quackery and substandard activities in order to promote healthy living among humans and animals, especially pets. Ms. Olusanya gave the advice at an event organised by the Ministry with the theme: “Ending Quackery Toward A Better Veterinary Health Care Service Delivery”, noting that the forum was aimed at activating suitable platforms for operators of private veterinary premises in Lagos State. The Commissioner highlighted the need for…

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Our Editor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated the call for economic diversification in Nigeria, saying that the country should shift from overdependence on oil and gas, to agricultural produce, solid minerals, chemical products, furniture and clothing as well as tourism among others.  He also stressed the need for Nigeria to discourage over-reliance on mono-economic revenue, which is oil and scale up its exports, noting that a situation in which oil and gas consistently account for the bulk of government revenues and foreign exchange earnings, is not an…

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Kunle Adelabu About three years after the contractor handling the Paul Palmer Road construction abandoned the project, the facilitator of the project, Rep. Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, has opened up on the challenges he faced. The project, as reported by THE IMPACT about two weeks ago, has been extended to link Igbe road which reconstruction was also facilitated by the federal lawmaker. Contract for construction of the 330metre road project (as it was initially before it was extended) first awarded to the Fountain Dauglade Limited…

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