Assembly Works Committee Expresses Displeasure At Rate Of HiTech Work In Igbogbo

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Kunle Adelabu -Pledges to ensure release of funds The Lagos State House of Assembly has expressed its displeasure at the rate of work being done by the HiTech Construction Limited, on the Ipakodo – Igbogbo – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Tinubu – Igbe Laara Road. The members of the Committee on Works, who visited the road on Wednesday, gave expressed their displeasure after they toured the ongoing construction of the road which started in 2017, after several houses were demolished during the administration of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as Governor of Lagos…

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Crowning, Presentation Of Staff Of Office To Obas At Alausa Not Proper – Igbogbo Traditional Chief

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Kunle Adelabu -Says traditional rulers own market A highly revered community and traditional leader in lkorodudivision, High Chief Tajudeen Alade Duduyemi Onasanya, the Odofin of Igbogbo, has called on the Lagos State Government to desist from crowning and presenting Staff of Office to Obas in Alausa, stating that such act is eroding the culture and tradition of Yoruba. Odofin Onasanya, who is one of the Kingmakers in Igbogbo Kingdom, said that there are traditional process that must be performed before a selected candidate is installed and crown as an Oba,…

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Lagos Education District II Engages Students, Community In Promotion Of Yoruba Culture

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The Education District II in Lagos State, under the leadership of the Tutor – Genera/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Mrs Anike Adekanye, has continued the pursuance of the preservation and promotion of the Yoruba culture and tradition. The District, on Tuesday, staged the 2023 edition of the Festival of Yoruba Culture and Tradition at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo, where the cultural values of the people of the Southwest, Nigeria, particularly as it regard costumes, royal paraphernalia, and other traditional and cultural materials, were on display. There…

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Resource Group Graduates 50 IT Launchpad COHORT 2 Students

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Kunle Adelabu The COHORT 2 students of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), IT Launchpad, have graduated after 9 weeks of intense training. A total of 50 students were trained at the Barr. Samuel A.B. Oteju ICT &’Innovation Hub of the Alhaji Musediq Alogba E – Library & Research Centre, Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, on Saturday, November 25, 2023. At the ceremony attended by Chairman, IDRDG, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, former IDRDG Chairman, Chief Tele Oduloye and other guests, Master Olanubi Moses, Miss Adiele Faith and Master Olaleye Olamide emerged…

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Obateru of Egbin, 37 Others Inducted As ARCON Fellows

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Wale Jagun His Royal Majesty, Alaiyeluwa, Oba (Dr.) Adeoriyomi Oluwasesan Abdul-Akeem Oyebo, Ademoyebo III, Obateru of Egbin Kingdom, has been inducted as Fellow of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON). He was inducted alongside 37 others, at a well attended event which had top industry executives in attendance, including Madam Tolulope Medebem, President of the Experiential Marketers Association of Nigeria (EXMAN); Sola Akinsiku, President of the Outdoor Association of Nigeria (OAAN); Alhaji Garba Bello Kankarofi, former APCON Registrar; Madam Olubunmi Oke, CEO/Lead consultant, Ladybird Advertising; and Emeka Chris Okeke,…

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Senator Abiru Reiterates Senate’s Commitment To Comprehensively Review Extant Laws Governing Financial Ecosystem

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Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has reiterated the commitment of the 10th Senate to comprehensively review the extant regulations and legislations governing the nation’s financial ecosystem. Abiru made this known in Lagos on Friday, while delivering his keynote address as the Special Guest at the grand finale of the 60th Anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the 58th Annual Bankers Dinner.  Senator Abiru, a retired bank chief Executive, is an accomplished banker,…

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Lagos Speaker, Oniba Ekun Commend Igbogbo’s Unity, Cooperation For Development

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Kunle Adelabu -Obasa gets Adeoruwa Special Award Efforts of the Igbogbo Kingdom in bringing together its people for community development and progress have been commended by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa, who was the Chairman of the 35th Igbogbo Day Celebration, spoke at the grand finale of the annual event held at the Igbogbo Stadium on Saturday, November 25, 2023. This year’s edition was themed, “Ogo S’ogo” (Glory to Glory). The number three citizen in Lagos State was honoured with…

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Lagos Govt Commends I – Heroes Community Intervention

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Kunle Adelabu -As group delivers second school water project I-Heroes (lkorodu Heroes), a social, economic and political group which is strictly for indigenes of Ikorodu Division, has received commendations from the Lagos State Government, for its social and community interventions, especially in education. Dr Nurudeen Agbaje, the Special Adviser on Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, gave the commendations on behalf of the government, at the icommissioning of the water project completed and donated to the Jamatul Islammiyyah Primary…

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PHOTOS: How New lkorodu Division Hall Of Fame Inductees Hung Their Frames, Toured Gallery

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Wale Jagun Following the induction of 17 new inductees into the Ikorodu Division Hall of Fame on Thursday, by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), the inductees were accompanied by the Group’s Chairman, Sen. (Otunba) Adeseye Ogunlewe, and other chieftains, to hang their frames at the hall of fame gallery. At the gallery, which is a section of the Ikorodu Utra – Modern Town Hall, located at Olubi/Owolowo Street, the new inductees took turns to hang their frames and take their place in the hall of fame where 66…

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Igbogbo Community Truly Moving From ‘Glory To Glory’ – Aroyewun

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Jare Olukotun A prominent youth in Igbogbo Kingdom in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has affirmed that the community, going by the number of projects that have been facilitated and still coming, is experiencing laudable interventions that would accelerate its social and economic developments. It is on this basis that Mr Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), a former aspirant for the Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, aligned with the theme of the 35th Igbogbo Day Celebration, which…

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