Ikorodu North LCDA Sets To Begin Road Construction At Low – Cost Housing Estate

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Wale Jagun The announcement by the Chairman of Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Builder Adeola Banjo, to commence multiple road constructions within the Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate, along the Sabo – Itamaga Road, Ikorodu, has elicited joy amongst the residents. The residents commended the Council boss at the stakeholders meeting held at A – Lane Road within the estate, last weekend for his thoughtfulness to construct the roads. In a statement by the Information Officer, Ikorodu North LCDA, the council stated that the roads would be constructed in…

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Iyaloja Ikorodu Crisis: Barr. Adeboye Dankuwo Wants Lagos Assembly To Provide Enabling Laws On Market Management

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Kunle Adelabu Barr. Adeboye Dankuwo, a Director with the National Assembly in Abuja and President, Community Initiative for Igbogbo Development Union (CIIDU), has charged the Lagos State House of Assembly to enact an enabling law that would address the lacuna in the markets administration in the state. He gave the charge in his response to the statement released on the Tuesday by former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu branch and a community leader, Barr. Saheed O.K. Shillings, titled, “Between Ayangbure and Ikorodu Local Government: Iya Oloja, A Grey Area”.…

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Viral Video: LASCOPA Alerts Residents On ‘Poisonous’ Plantain Chips

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has cautioned consumers of fried plantains popularly known as “Plantain Chips” to be aware of any unwholesome practices in the processing and frying of the plantain for sale. A statement issued by the Agency stated that the advice was necessary given the viral online picture posted by an eye witness showing a “plantain chips” seller allegedly adding Polythene known as “Rubber” into the hot vegetable oil used for frying the plantain. LASCOPA expresses deep concern about the health implications this may have…

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iCare Foundation DG, Mayor Muhydeen Sanwoola Appointed As Executive Assistant to Gov. Sanwo – Olu

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Kunle Adelabu -Ikorodu welcomes appointment The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, has appointed the Director – General, iCare Foundation and a political strategist, Mayor Muhydeen Sanwoola, as his Executive Assistant on Lagos State Parking Authority. Mayor Sanwoola, who has been overseeing the iCare Foundation, the operational body of the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has been a rallying point for youths in Ikorodu Division and a bridge between the youths and the elders. The appointee, who is an alumnus of the…

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OPINION: Between Ayangbure and Ikorodu Local Government Chairman: Iya Oloja, A Grey Area

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By S.O.K Shillings There is an ongoing feud between the Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adesina and the Ayangbure of Ikorodu over the appointment of Iya Oloja. This should be of interest to the indigenes of Ikorodu and I hereby offer my one penny intervention. In a Press Statement recently released by the LG Chairman, he espoused the duties of the local government as stated in the constitution as “establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences”. Reading in simple English, it does…

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Ikorodu North Council Boss, Adeola Banjo Parleys Media, Reveals Efforts On Security, Secretariat Development, Others

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Kunle Adelabu In an attempt to develop a robust working relationship and propagation of its administration, Builder Adeola Banjo, the Executive Chairman, Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has parleyed publishers, journalists and bloggers covering beats in Ikorodu. At the parley held at the Lagos State Civil Service Club, Ikorodu annex, off TOS Benson Avenue, Ikorodu, the Council boss acknowledged the impacts and contributions of the reporters, stating that they are playing significant roles in dissemination of information, linking the governed to…

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Oriwu College: Old Students Set To Elect New National Executive Council

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Kunle Adelabu -As Arole, Iluyombo vie for National President’s position As the two-year tenure of the present Executive Council of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN) is gradually winding up, the foremost association is set to elect and constitute another council to run its affairs. The election into various positions is slated to take place at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the OCOSAN, holding at the Oriwu Senior and Junior Model Colleges Hall, Ikorodu, on Sunday, January 21, 2023. Following the screening on Saturday, the Electoral…

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Sanwo-Olu Signs N2.26tn 2024 Budget Into Law

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, assented to the N2.2tn 2024 Appropriation Bill passed into law The signing of the Appropriation Bill passed by the state House of Assembly last week was done at the Conference Hall of the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. At the ceremony, Sanwo-Olu, said the signing of the budget would spur his administration to complete all ongoing projects and execute new ones in the state. He urged residents to fulfill their civic responsibility of paying their taxes for the implementation of…

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‘KEEP-FIT-LAGOS’ Will Continue To Get Bigger, Better – LSSC

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Wale Jagun The Director-General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Oluwatoyin Gafaar has stated that the “Keep-Fit-Lagos” initiative, a bimonthly aerobics programme designed to promote a culture of healthy living among Lagosians will continue to get bigger and better. Gafaar, speaking at the second edition of the programme held recently at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos, said the exercise was created to promote the general well-being of the people of Lagos and it will continue to exceed expectations with the increasing number of participants. “People should take advantage of the…

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Lagos Taskforce Vows To Cripple Okada Operations

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Taskforce has vowed to bring the operations of recalcitrant okada operators in the State to a complete halt as it carried out a week-long raid across various parts of the metropolis. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, who led the exercise, disclosed that the illegal activities of okada operators along some Highways in the State have continually put the lives of commuters along those axes in harm’s way. “We have taken it upon ourselves to end okada operations in the State and we…

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