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Liberty Centre Honours Bishop Okonkwo @ 70th With Eyes Screening, Auction Sales

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Kunle Adelabu The Redeemed Evangalical Mission (TREM), Liberty Center, Ikorodu, has organised eyes screening for members of the church and residents of Ikorodu, as part of its efforts in preventing blindness in the community. The medical programme, which was designed to detect anyone with cataract for surgery, was organised in honour of the 70th birthday of Bishop Peace Okonkwo, wife of the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM). About 100 beneficiaries attended the screening which was organised in partnership with RHODAS Youth Centre and Eye Foundation, Ikorodu, at…

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Ikorodu Peace Initiative Endows Education With N20Million

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Kunle Adelabu In its efforts to further support youths and make them productive for positive developments in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/Guarantee (IDPIL/GTE), has endowed education with N20million naira. The endowment is expected to provide educational support in form of Upgrading of Schools, Bursary and Scholarship to students in Ikorodu Division. The group which was launched and unveiled few months back with focus on four critical interventions of development namely: Security, Education, Health, Environment and Roads Rehabilitation (SEHER), has been focusing…

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No Good Council Administration Until Political Parties Conduct True Primary Elections – Otunba Elesho

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Kunle Adelabu A former Commissioner for Information in Lagos State and the Agbaakin of Ikorodu Kingdom, Sir (Otunba) Ayodele Elesho, KJW, has blamed bad governance and lack of responsiveness on the part Council administrators in Ikorodu on the failure of political parties to present credible aspirants for the position. He added that the situation will not change until party primaries are conducted with transparency, fairness and made free, as against the present situation where certain aspirants are favoured. He made the damning statements while condemning the disposition of Local Government…

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Stakeholders Discuss Ways To Improve Security In Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu The need to effectively secure lives and properties in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, again took the centre stage as stakeholders converged to discuss the present situation of the Divisional security architecture and proffered ways for improvement. The meeting, which was organized by the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE (IDPIL/GTE), took place at the Ikorodu Town Hall on Thursday, June 2, 2022, and the presence of traditional rulers, Baales, political leaders, elected/government officials, traditional chiefs, Community Development actors, representatives of cultural groups, market leaders, transport…

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Tales Of Agony, Loss As Adeboruwa Visits Scene Of House Demolition At Oke Ira

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Kunle Adelabu -This is a grave error – Oba Kasali It was tales of agony and loss as residents of Oke Ira recounted their traumatic experiences to the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty Oba (Oba) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali and his team, when they visited to see the wanton destruction of houses wrecked on the community last Tuesday. The royal father described the demolition of many houses at Oke Ira in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, as a grave error. Oba Kasali said that such sad occurrence…

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Three Best Young Entrepreneurs Get 3Million Naira Start -Up Grants From Senator Abiru

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-As first set of his Innovation Lab graduates in style kunle Adelabu Participants of the first set of the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL), graduated on Friday, June 3, 2022, with the best three given about 3million naira grant by the #Doing Good Senator. The three best participants are: John Olisa, Jessica Nwobodo, Esther Ogundare, respectively They were selected based on their pitch presentations and were awarded the sum of N1.5milion, N1milllion and N500, 000, respectively, by Sen. Abiru, the Chairman, Senate committee on Industries, and the Senator representing Lagos…

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Lagos Senator Pays Vulnerable Constituents For 17 Consecutive Months

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Jare Babatunde Vulnerable residents in Lagos East Senatorial District have continued to receive COVID – 19 Relief Financial Assistance from the senator representing the District, Sen. Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA. The direct payment to the 2,500 beneficiaries on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, made it the 17 consecutive months of such payment to electorates by Abiru as part of his support for vulnerable constituents of cushioning the effect of the pandemic. According to Mr Enitan Olukotun, the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media and Publicity, beneficiaries of the scheme were…

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Houses Demolition In Ikorodu: Oke lra Residents Protest To Adeboruwa Palace, Council Secretariat

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Kunle Adelabu -Council chairman, palace appeal to aggrieved residents Victims of the house demolition at the Oke – Ira area of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigerian, on Thursday, June 2, 2022, protested to the Adeboruwa palace and the Council Secretariat in Igbogbo, to seek redress for the houses demolished on Tuesday. It was alleged that over 500 houses were demolished on the order of the governor, with the aid of armed soldiers, mobile police and thugs, allegedly led by a known thug…

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Ajagungbale Should Have No Place In A Society With Law and Order – Oba Kasali

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Kunle Adelabu                The Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, has stated that ‘Ajagungbales’ (landgrabbers) should have no place in a society where there is law and order. The royal father also said that the land grabbing menace would be a thing of the past if the Nigerian Police decided to do their jobs in the way and manner it supposed to be done. Adeboruwa made the assertion when members of the Ikorodu Heroes paid him a courtesy visit. “There should be no place for ‘Ajagungbales’ in…

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Residents Render Homeless As Houses Demolished In Igbogbo

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Kunle Adelabu -Adeboruwa condemns demolition, seeks redress for victims Hundreds of residents of Oke – Ira in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, were rendered homeless as their houses were wantonly demolished by some unwelcomed visitors who inflicted  the traumatic pains on them. It was alleged that the demolition was carried out on the order of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The bulldozer used in carrying  the harrowing incident hundreds, we gathered, was accompanied by…

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