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TRIBUTE: Ode to Olasunkanmi

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Impact Newspaper

By Asiwaju Kaoli Olusanya “Oh Olasunkanmi, star that shone so bright,Your light, a brief, bold spark in the night.With a heart full of fire and a mind that knew,You danced with fate’s dark flow, your brilliance shining through. Your potential, a promise unfulfilled, yet to be told,A legacy that time cannot chill or grow old.In memories, your glow remains, a bittersweet refrain,A nostalgic echo that time cannot erase or stain. Though your light was brief, it shone so bold,Leaving an indelible mark on hearts that hold.Your brilliance, though fleeting, still…

Family, Eminent Personalities Bid Late Elder Abayomi Okusanya Farewell

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -As remains interred in Igbogbo Eminent personalities and others joined family members of the late community leader and the late Baba Ijo of the Cathedral Church, Elder (Chief) Abayomi Oyebola Okusanya (JP.), on Thursday, July 3rd, to give him a befitting burial ceremony. Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council, Lagos State, Sen. (Dr.) Adeseye Ogunlewe, former Minister of Works and another chieftain of the GAC, Chief Joseph O. Ahisu, Deputy Lay President (Representing the Lay President) UAMC Organisation, Hon. Sesan Olanrewaju – Member, Board of…

Eminent Ikorodu Personalities Honour Erogbogbo At Third Day Fidau Prayer

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu One of the special lslamic prayer sessions lined up in honour of Alhaji (Chief) Apase Engr. Lukman Ishola Oladimeji Erogbogbo, was organised on Thursday, September 19, 2024, by the Erogbogbo family of Ikorodu.THE IMPACT had earlier reported that late Erogbogbo died on the evening of Monday, September 16, 2024, after a protracted illness, and buried the following day at a private cemetery in Lagos.At the prayer session led by eminent Islamic clerics, were family members and eminent personalities in Ikorodu, school administrators and others who trooped to his…

Tribute To Alhaji Kolawole Saheed Akinsanya: An Incorruptible Officer, Foremost Grassroots Developer, Safety Ambassador, THE IMPACT Greatest Promoter

August 20, 2024August 23, 2024 Impact Newspaper

By Kunle Adelabu It was indeed a sunset and a great passage that could best be described as the fallen of an ‘Ajanaku’ (a giant figure whose death has attracted huge attention) with great effects on lkorodu and Lagos State, as a retired senior police officer, foremost grassroots developer, safety ambassador and a community and human developer per excellence, Alhaji (Chief) Kolawole Saheed Akinsanya, Otunba Atuluse of Magbon – Alade, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government, Lagos State, was called to eternity by the Olodumare. The ever-ebullient but no-nonsense sport administrator, principled figure…

PHOTOS: African Church, Traditional Institution, Eminent Personalities Bid Pa Amos Oshin Farewell

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu One of the oldest men in Ikorodu, and a community leader, Pa Amos Olabinjo Oshin, popularly called, ‘Asiri Abo’, was buried last Friday in Ikorodu, Lagos State. He died at the age of 97. Ikorodu was agog with dignitaries who gathered to honour the late religious leader, philanthropist, former teacher and head of prominent families in Ikorodu and Igbogbo Kingdoms. The funeral service kicked off at 11 am at The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Aga, Ikorodu, after which he was interred at his Itunpate home in Ikorodu. The…

JUST IN: Pa Amos Oshin ‘Asiri Abo’, Dies At 97

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu One of the oldest man in Ikoriodu, Pa Amos Olabinjo Oshin, popularly called, ‘Asiri Abo’, today died at the age of 97. THE IMPACT gathered that died his house in Ikorodu this evening. Pa Amos Oshin was a Trustees emeritus of The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu. The nonagenarian was a retired teacher, community leader, thrift collector/money lender in his active years in Ikorodu and Igbogbo areas of Ikorodu division. He’s also a philanthropist and family head in both communities. He was also a chieftain of the Jerusalem…

Igbogbo Loses Otunba, Chief Olanrewaju Obayomi

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Impact Newspaper

Mariam Akinloye The death of the Otunba of Igbogbo Kingdom, Otunba Olanrewaju Obayomi, has been announced. Otunba Obayomi, a traditional and palace Chief in the Adeboruwa palace, we gathered, joined his ancestors today, after a brief illness. Mourning the late traditional chief who was popular among the youths in Igbogbo, the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), described his death as a very sad development. There have also been outpouring of tributes on social media platforms, especially WhatsApp related to Igbogbo. “We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our…

Former Ikorodu West LCDA Vice Chair, Sesan Dada Gives Mother Grand Burial In Ikorodu

October 3, 2023October 4, 2023 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -As Ilo family, council chairs, political associates storm reception party It was a grand exit for the mother of Hon. Sesan Dada, the former Vice Chairman of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), late Mother Celestial Florence Adenike Dada, a.k.a. Iya Cele (nee Akinsanya Dawodu Ilo), as she was buried on Friday, September 29, 2023, in Ikorodu. The burial service/laying- in -state for late Mother Celestial Dada, who died May 27 this year, took place at the open ground of the lkorodu Musical Village Events Hall, while…

Senator Abiru Mourns Oworo Monarch, Oba Bashiru Saliu

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Impact Newspaper

Mariam Akinloye The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has mourned the passing of His Royal Majesty, Oba Bashiru Oloruntoyin Saliu, the Oloworo of Oworo Kingdom who joined his ancestors on 30th August, 2021. In a condolence letter to the family of Oba Saliu, Sen. Abiru extolled the great leadership qualities of the departed monarch urging the children, family members and the entire people of Oworo land to take solace in the fact that the deceased lived an exemplary life.…

Chief B.O. Benson’s Death: Family Opens Condolence Register As Dignitaries Visit Widow

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu Dignitaries, groups, residents and family members have started trooping to the estate of the Asiwaju of Ikorodu Kingdom and former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Babatunde Olusola Benson, SAN, KJW, who passed on Thursday (yesterday). When our reporters visited the estate of the late legal guru at Molatori along Ibeshe road in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division in the morning (today), the family has opened a condolence register with a big frame of late Benson in red Aso Oke (traditional…