Mariam Akinloye Aarebirin Hon.(Dr) Princess Folashade Olabanji-Oba, the Vice Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, has felicitated muslims on the celebration of the 2024 Eid – il – Kabir. Hon. Olabanji – Oba, and her Grow Ikorodu Team, a platform through which she is aspiring for the Chairmanship position of the Ikorodu Local Government in a statement, charged muslims to imbibe the lessons of the celebration which are sacrifice, selflessness and peaceful co – existence. “My team and I would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to beloved muslim brothers and sisters…
Read MoreWe Did Our Best, Expect Successors To Compliment, Surpass Our Achievements – Ikorodu, Imota NYCN Coordinators
Kunle Adelabu The Coordinator, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu Local Government branch, Comrade Idris Omotayo and his Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA) counterpart, Comrade Folarin Adegboyega, have said that they tried their best in impacting on youths in their respective areas. The outgoing Coordinators, who spoke with THE IMPACT at the distribution of the Ileya food packs to 8,500 residents in Lagos East Snatorial District by Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, also charged their successors to compliment their achievements and surpass them. Coordinator of the NYCN, Ikorodu LG, Comrade…
Read More10 – Year Old Boy, Merit Siwoniku Drowned At Abandoned Afa Bridge
Kunle Adelabu The abandonment of the Igbogbo – Bola Tinubu – Igbe Laara Road in Ikorodu Division, by the Lagos State Government, has continued to have adverse effects on the communities. This time around, it was a 10 – year old boy that lost his life. Young Merit Siwoniku, a resident of Adesusi community, drowned at the Afa bridge where the HiTech construction company is constructing a bridge, but which has been abandoned for months and turned the spot into a death trap. The Afa area, which has turned into…
Read MoreYouth Leaders, Beneficiaries Laud Senator Abiru For Food Support To Constituents
Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The gesture of Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senator District, to support 8,500 households with food packages for the Eid – il – Kabir festival, has been lauded by youth representatives, beneficiaries and others. The food packs, containing 10kg bags of rice; another bag containing 5kg each of beans, garri and rice and a cartoon containing semovita, wheat, butter, indomie, groundnut oil, golden mourn and others, were distributed to beneficiaries at the Senator’s constituency office in Ikorodu, on Thursday, with representatives…
Read MoreFormer Commissioner Elesho Urges Royal Fathers, Political Leaders To Ensure Responsible Individuals Are Trusted With LG Offices
Kunle Adelabu A community leader and the former Commissioner for Information, Lagos State, Sir (Otunba) Ayodele Elesho, KJW, has appealed to royal fathers and political leaders in Ikorodu Division to ensure that responsible and responsive individuals are allowed the opportunity as council Chairman and Councilors. Elesho, who is the Agbaakin of Ikorodu Kingdom, made the assertion in respect of the coming 2025 Local Government Elections, while speaking on the attitudes of some of the Council Chairman in Ikorodu Division towards community especially their opposition to the existence of the Ikorodu…
Read MoreEid-el-Kabir Celebrations: Senator Abiru Supports Over 8,500 Lagos East Constituents With Food Packs
Mariam Akinloye Over 8,500 households in the Lagos East Senatorial District, today, benefited from the Ileya edition of the food pack distribution programme of Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District.The excited beneficiaries, who were drawn from the 16 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the district, thronged to various venues of the food pack distribution, to pick their packages. At the Senator Abiru Constituency Office in lkorodu where the distribution of the food packs were coordinated by aides to the Senator, youth…
Read MoreWe Achieved Ikorodu City’s Promotion To NPFL Through Resilience – Bolowotan
Kunle Adelabu The former Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan, has said that the promotion of the Ikorodu City FC to the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) didn’t come easy. Bolowotan, who is the Chairman of the Ikorodu City FC established two years ago, in a statement following the promotion of his team into the elite league on Wednesday, also said that the management of the club is promoting the ‘can do’ spirit of the Nigerian youths. Ikorodu City FC gained promotion after defeating Madiba…
Read MoreIDPIL 3rd Anniversary: Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya Appreciates Royal Fathers, IDPIL Chieftains, Others
Kunle Adelabu-Says Ikorodu will produce next Governor The Chairman, Ikorodu Division Peace Initiatives Limited (IDPIL) and Odofin of Ikorodu Kingdom, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, SAN, has expressed his appreciation for the commitment of royal fathers, chieftains and members of the IDPIL, which is the security architecture of the Division, and other stakeholders for their commitments and support for the development of Ikorodu Division. Ogunsanya, who is also the Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria, expressed his appreciations while speaking at the media parley at the IDPIL Secretariat, organized in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary…
Read MoreIDPIL Rebrands Local Security Operatives As ‘IDAGIRI EKUN’, Seeks Support
Kunle Adelabu-Rolls out achievements in three years In its quest to reposition its security arm – Local Joint Task Force (LJTF), for better performance, the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL) has rebranded the outfit for easy identification among local residents as ‘IDAGIRI EKUN’. This, according to the Ikorodu Division security architecture, is also to further present the LJTF as a menace to the criminal. The official announcement of the rebranding was part of the activities marking the third anniversary of the IDPIL, and was unveiled during the press conference…
Read MoreCOLUMNIST: Ikorodu Division’s Vegetation and Drainage Palimpsests as Metaphors of JB’s Public Value
By Dr Nurudeen Oshinlaja On a tiring Friday evening, I decided to check out my darling Ikorodu Division and Lagos State (Southwest, Nigeria) to admire the geographic ambience of the enthralling towns and quench my nostalgia. I am captivated by how the Lagos Lagoon bounds and edifies Ikorodu Division as a prominent sprawling littoral Lagos urban society. The coolest thing, to me, from the picture are the imprints of the resilience of the vegetation and drainages (based on GIS imageries I extracted on 07/06/2024) despite the disturbance of poorly controlled…
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