Igbogbo Holds Oro Meri Festival Monday

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Jare Babatunde The second Oro festival in Igbogbo Kingdom, known as Meri, will hold tomorrow, Monday, August 12, 2024. In accordance with the tradition of the ancient town, women folks are expected to stay indoor from 11pm tonight until early morning on Tuesday, August 13, when the festival will be over. During the festival, only men are allowed to be outside, while rites and rituals are performed to cleanse the town and prayers offered for progress and peace. Oro festival usually holds twice in a year in Igbogbo, and the…

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INTERVIEW: If Well Administered, Challenges Confronting Nigeria Like Food Crisis, Insecurity And Others Can Be Solved Through The 774 LGs – Basorun Rotinwa, fmr. Chairman, LG Service Commission

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Bashorun Babatunde Tajudeen Rotinwa, was a former Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission between 2015 to 2019, under the administration of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the Executive Governor of the state. This was after he served as the Head of Service (HOS) for nine months under the military administration of Col. Buba Marwa in Lagos State, before the commencement of this democratic dispensation. Rotinwa had, on returning to Nigeria in 1976, got enlisted into the service of the Lagos State Government as an Inspector of Education Grade Level 1…

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LASG Introduces 25% Discount Fare On Off-Peak Travels

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has announced that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line will from Monday, August 12, 2024, increase its number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. The state will also upscale the number of trips on the Blue Line from 54 to 72 per day while the current schedule for Sunday operations remains unchanged. Abimbola Akinajo, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), disclosed at the weekend that Blue Line train riders will now travel between Marina and Mile 12 in…

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Autonomy: Former LG Service Commission Chairman Calls For Reduction In Political Appointments Into Council

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Kunle Adelabu The former Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, Basorun Basorun Tajuden Rotinwa, has called for reduction of political appointees into the council administration if the purpose for which the grassroots governance was created for, is to be achieved. He also charged that this must be factored into the establishment of the framework in actualizing the local government autonomy as directed by President Bola Tinubu, after the Supreme Court judgment. Basorun Rotinwa, who was also a former Head of Service, Lagos State, stated this in an exclusive interview…

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#HungerProtest: Sanwo – Olu Gets GAC’s Commendations

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Jare Babatunde Members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision making organ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, have commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on how he managed the affairs of the state during the recent protest across the country. The protest, which was partially successful in some parts of the state, was tagged #EndBadGovernance and #HungerProtest, was called off after the nationwide broadcast by President Bola Tinubu last Sunday, appealing to the youths to embrace dialogue. Sanwo – Olu announced the GAC’s commendations at meeting…

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141 Cataract Patients To Get Free Surgery After 2 -Day Free Medical Mission In Ikorodu

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Mariam Akinolye & Joy Fanon (SIWES Student) -IKODASS Chairman charges residents on care for their sights After 2 – day free medical screening which involved free eye tests and free Cataract Surgery, organized the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), in partnership with the Ikorodu Eye Foundation, 141 residents were discovered to be suffering from cataract. The diagnosed patients will get free surgery at the Eye Foundation Clinic, Sabo, Ikorodu at different dates which have been issued to them. About 800 residents from the six councils in Ikorodu Division, turnout…

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LASUSTECH Opens Desk Office For FG’s Education Loan Funds

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Jare Olukotun In order to assist its students willing to benefit from the Nigerian Education Loan Funds (NELFUND), the management of the Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH), has announced the opening of a desk office located within the premises of the institution. Dr. (Mrs.) Adebusola O. Oduntan of the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Management, will oversee the office. The institution made the announcement on its social media handles today. “LASUSTECH has established a desk office for the Nigerian Education Loan Funds (NELFUND), in order to participate…

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Lagos Empowers Youths In Comprehensive Agric, Other Sector’s Training

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Kunle Adelabu In its attempt to further enhance food security in the state and replace ageing farmers, the Lagos State Government has organized one – month training program for the youths in the state. Dr Nurudeen Agbaje, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Rural Development, while revealing the training on his Facebook page on Thursday, said that the state government is committed to ensuring that there is food security in the state. “The Lagos State Government has successfully concluded a comprehensive one-month training program focused on…

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Residents Commend IKODASS, Eye Foundation For Free Eyes Test, Cataract Surgery

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Wale Jagun & Joy Fanon (SIWES Student) Another edition of the free medical mission organized by the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), in partnership with the Ikorodu Eye Foundation, began on Wednesday. According to the organisers, about 500 beneficiaries are being targeted for the free medical screening which involves free eye tests and free Cataract Surgery for residents across lkorodu. The medical mission kicked – off at the Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, on August 7 2024, with residents from different parts of Ikorodu Division, turning up for the free…

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Accolade, Encomium Galore As THE IMPACT Publisher Marks Birthday

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Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye It was an endless but well deserved accolades and encomiums for the Publisher/Reporter- in – Chief of THE IMPACT newspaper, Kune Adelabu, as he added another year on Sunday, August 4. The entire WhatApp platform of the community news medium was filled with goodwill messages from eminent personalities and others. It was the same on the Facebook and other social media platforms of the community media outfit as hundreds of commentators and friends celebrated the young journalists who, according to the wellwishers, has made invaluable…

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