Wale Jagun The Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), the umbrella body of the youths in Igbogbo, has described the news of the inclusion of the reconstruction of the Igbogbo/Offin/Oreta Road in the 2023 Supplementary budget, as a massive news. In a statement signed today by the IYC President, Comrade Kazeem Ogumnmuyiwa, the youths said that the inclusion of the road for reconstruction in the supplementary budget, has further confirmed that the three term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, is a messiah sent to develop Ikorodu Division. “It…

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Kunle Adelabu The Agemo/Eyibi festival, which commenced on Sunday, in Igbogbo, continued on Tuesday with the performance by Agemo masquerades at the Igbogbo Night Market. At the market square were the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Barr.) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, his chiefs, eminent sons and daughters of Igbogbo and hundreds of residents. Different traditional and interest groups at the square took turn to pay homage to the Adeboruwa who sat at the venue majestically. The occasion presented another opportunity for youths and children who were also seen in…

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Kunle Adelabu Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu, have expressed shock and dismay over the mysterious death of Mr Babatunde Tella, popularly called ‘Asiri’, a leader of the party in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Tella, who was an active and popular politician, THE IMPACT gathered, died today. THE IMPACT gathered that the late politician, who has been sick and hospitalized, returned home on Sunday, and was recovering until today when someone (name withheld) who is now a suspect…

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Mariam Akinloye The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, and the State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Muhydeen Adeola Jokombo, have congratulated the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, on his birthday today. Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, a chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), was the former Deputy to President Bola Tinubu while he was Governor of Lagos State. Senator Abiru, in a statement that he jointly signed with his wife, Mrs Feyisara Abiru, described the former Deputy…

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Wale Jagun Pensioners in Lagos State on Tuesday, stormed the Governor’s Office and Alausa Secretariat of the Lagos State Government, to protest what they termed neglect and poor handling of their pensions. The senior citizens, who came from different parts of the state in large number, also made a seven-point demand from the government during their protest at Alausa. They were protesting the effects of the new pension scheme which they called for its review, and added that they had written several letters to the government without any response, hence,…

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Kunle Adelabu The Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) and Southwest Integration, Hon. Olanrewaju Sunmi Odesanya, has called on the two former Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, to embrace President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following the Supreme Court verdict on the Presidential election that affirmed the mandate of the President. Sunmi, the immediate past State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who expressed his…

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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described Oba Rilwanu Akiolu as a blessing to Lagos adding that at 80, the revered monarch had contributed immensely to the progress of the state. Dr. Obasa, the Baa’sofin of Lagos, said this in a congratulatory statement to mark the traditional ruler’s 80th birthday on Sunday. Praising Oba Akiolu for his contributions to the advancement of Lagos and its cultural institution, Obasa said the monarch had made indelible footprints in the history of the state with…

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