Category: Politics

APC Afforded Me The Opportunity Of Seeing The Light… – Prince Awomodu

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In this interview conducted as right of reply to the allegations made by Mr Femi Adinlewa, the PDP Publicity Secretary, against members of the party who recently decamped to APC, Prince Lookman Awomodu debunked the allegations, stated his reasons for leaving the opposition party, preference for The Mandate Group and emphasised that joining the ruling party is like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Below  are  the  excerpts  of his  interview with Kunle Adelabu , Publisher  / Chief  Reporter ,The Impact  Newspaper .   IMPACT : Let…

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Zeal To Make People’s Life Better Is Enough Motivation For My Ambition – Bolowotan

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Mr Oluwatoyin Gafar is a Senior Executive of Primesign Limited and the owner of Bolowotan Football Club. In this interview at his campaign office with Kunle ADELABU, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief of THE IMPACT Newspaper he bared his mind on why he is joining the race to occupy the Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly come 2019, his plans for the people of his constituency and his person. Excerpts: IMPACT: Let us meet you sir? Bolowotan: My name is Oluwatoyin Gafar, a brand expert and sponsor of…

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Decampees to APC Have Been Expelled From Our Party – PDP Publicity Secretary

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Mr Femi Adinlewa is the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikorodu. In this interview with Kunle ADELABU, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief, THE IMPACT Newspaper, he bared his mind on the decampees from PDP to APC, state and plans of the opposition party among others. Excerpts:  IMPACT : Can you please introduce yourself sir? PDP PRO : I am Adinlewa Oluwafemi, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Ikorodu Local Government. IMPACT: For how long have you been in PDP and since when have you been the PDP Publicity Secretary …

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APC Ikorodu Receives Hon. Ologijo, Awobodu, Other PDP Decampees

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Kunle ADELABU -Ikorodu will produce highest poll result in 2019-Hon. Benson Hon. Gboyega Ologijo, Mr Lookman Awobodu and Mr Jerry Martins were among  hundreds  of other  chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that were  received into the Ikorodu branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Local Government.   At the event held at the APC Secretariat in Ikorodu on Thursday, February 22, 2018, were hundreds of PDP members who decamped into the ruling party at the state level in November 2017.   While Mr Gboyega Ologijo and…

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Ikorodu Mandate Group Charts New Course

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Jare OLUKOTUN & Ayobami ADEJARE Chieftains and members  of The Mandate Group (TMG)  in Ikorodu division gathered on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 to chart a new way for the group and also to call for unity among members.   Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, Chief Adenrele Olowu, Alhaji Oluwofora Omotayo, Evang Falodun and Falohun were among other chieftains of the group that gathered with hundreds of members at Olufowora’s ground at Anibaba, Ikorodu, for the group’s first general meeting in 2018.   Also at the meeting were representatives of the group across…

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Road To 2019: Political Gladiators Back To Trenches As New Entrants Emerge

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Kunle ADELABU   The coast is now getting clearer as murmurings and whisperings  which have pervaded Ikorodu division political space for quite some time now are beginning  to  take shape as aspirants have started showing interests for political positions despite incumbents still having  more  than one year  to complete their tenures.   As expected, the political gladiators are gradually recruiting foot soldiers and making  consultations for alignment in preparation for the 2019 political warfare, while new entrants are showing interests and also striving  for political  recognitions  that would  give  them…

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Wife, Residents Endorse Hon. Benson For Another Term

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Kunle ADELABU -As Hon. Benson promises to unleash more impacting programmes in 2018 Mrs Bolanle Benson, wife of the Member of Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, and over 500 beneficiaries of the December edition of the iCare Foundation’s monthly distribution of ‘Apo-Anu’ (Bag of Mercy) have endorsed the federal lawmaker for another term.   The endorsement came on Saturday, December 16, 2017, during the distribution of ‘Apo-Anu’, which contained rice, beans, beverages, indomie, milk, groundnut oil, sphagetti and other items at the Hon. Babajimi Constituency Office in Ikorodu.…

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Full Story: Ikorodu LG: Impeached Council Leader Reinstated

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN -His impeachment was in Ikorodu’s interest, we were not sponsored – Councilors Members of the Ikorodu Local Government Legislative Arm have reinstated the impeached Council Leader, Hon. Salman Ayobami, following the intervention of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Chairman of the ruling party in Ikorodu, Alhaji Taiwo Longe.   He was reinstated on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, during the plenary sitting in the Councilors’ Chamber.   Some members of…

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Ikorodu LG: Impeached Council Leader Reinstated

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Kunle ADELABU Members of the Ikorodu Local Government Legislative Arm has reinstated the impeached Council Leader, Hon.Salman Ayobami following the intervention of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Chairman of the ruling in Ikorodu, Alhaji Taiwo Longe. Some members of the Council Legislative arm had on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 impeached the Leader and changed other principal offices. Details later…

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Ikorodu: Impeached Council Leader Reinstated

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Members of the Ikorodu Local Government Legislative Arm has reinstated the impeached Council Leader, Hon.Salman Ayobami following the intervention of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Chairman of the ruling in Ikorodu, Alhaji Taiwo Longe. Some members of the Council Legislative arm had on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 impeached the Leader and changed other principal offices. Details later…

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