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Jare Babatunde The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has paid a tribute to the memory of his late predecessor and power broker, Sen. Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo, two years after his death. Late Osinowo, popularly called, ‘Pepper’, died June 15, 2020, barely a year after he was elected as a Senator. In a statement by Sen. Abiru, on Wednesday (yesterday), titled, ‘Senator Abiru Remembers Late Senator Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo (Pepper)’, the former banker and Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, described the day of Osinowo’s…

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Wale Jagun The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense who is representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has expressed his concerns towards the 2023 General Elections. The lawmaker said that votes might be low across the country due to the introduction of technology. He, however, noted that the development would bring sanity into the electoral process. He made the statements while responding to questions during an exclusive interview with THE IMPACT. Rep. Benson also said that there is need to embark on voters’ education on the effects…

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Kunle Adelabu Council Chairmen in Ikorodu Division have been charged to be transparent with the way they handle council finances. This advice was coming from the representative of the lkorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson. The lawmaker, in an interview with THE IMPACT, said that he feels sorry for the council administrators for the meagre sum that they are getting, but charged them to cultivate the attitude of transparency by making allocations received public, regarding how they are spent to prevent unnecessary suspicions. “I feel sorry for our local government…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesdsay, June 14, 2022, presented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) forms to its candidates for the Ikorodu Constituency I and II and others across the state. While Mr Gbolahan Adetokunbo Ogunleye was presented with the form as the candidate of the party for the Constituency I Assembly seat, Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA) got the one for the Constituency II. The forms were presented to them at the state Secretariat of the party at ACME, Lagos.…

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Kunle Adelabu The commemoration of another June 12 occasion must come with a deep reflection of the progress recorded so far in the nation’s democratic experiment while joining efforts to correct the imperfections yet to be addressed to make the system of government worthwhile.These were the messages of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to Lagosians on Sunday (today), to mark Democracy Day. Sanwo – Olu said that June 12 remained a rallying symbol around which Nigerians’ aspirations for unity, hope, better condition of living and true democratic practices…

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Kunle Adelabu -Commends youths’ tenacity The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Olamide Olalekan Lawal, has urged Nigerians to ensure that principles upon which the country is based as enshrined in its coat of arm – unity, faith, peace and progress, become realities. He also charged that the country is at a critical point where actions towards national development matter and not just rhetoric or political statements , while also commending youths in the country…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders Forum and Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has described June 12 as a milestone in the country’s journey to the current democratic dispensation. President Muhammadu Buhari had, in 2018, declared June 12 as the Democracy Day in Nigeria. The June 12, 1993 General Elections, which was annulled by the military junta, has been widely acclaimed to be the freest and fairest election in Nigeria. The election was said to have been won by late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale…

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