Ijede Residents Call On Govt To Revive, Preserve Odoro Waterfront

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Kunle Adelabu -It is a shame to us as a people – Odofin Alajede -We are working on it – Council Chairman Three years after the Odoro Beach at Ijede in ljede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in lkorodu division of Lagos State, was developed by the youths of the community, and consequently launched as a relaxation and tourism centre, the beach has now been covered with weeds, a situation which has been described as very disappointing by residents, tourists and other fun seekers who had fell in love with…

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LASUSTECH Deputy VC Decries Erosion Of Yoruba Cultural Values In Child Upbringing, Calls For Change

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Mariam Akinloye Professor Basirat Oladipupo-Folarin, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, has raised concern over the growing trend of parents raising their children in Western cultural values at the expense of Yoruba heritage. She called for a reversal of the trend so as to protect the Yoruba cultural values. In a thought-provoking address during the second edition of the “Epe Leja Wa” event at the LASUSTECH, Ikorodu Campus, themed, “Cultural Heritage in Shaping National Identity, Dignity, and Promoting Unity”, organized by the…

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NASS TETFUND Committee Inspects Projects In LASUSTECH

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Mariam Akinloye The House Committee on Tertiary Trust Fund (TETFUND), House of Representative during the week, visited the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), to inspects projects being executed by the Trust Fund. The visit was part of the committee’s inspection tour of TETFUND projects across universities in the South West region. The committee inspected some of the completed and the ongoing projects at the Ikorodu Campus of the university. According to the committee, the purpose of the visit was to assess the TETFUND projects in universities so…

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LG Pry School, Oreta: IDPIL’s Rehabilitated Structure Ready For Pupils, Teachers’ Resumption

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Kunle Adelabu -Community requests for more state, council interventions In less than two months, after the intervention by the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL) to rebuild the two dilapidated structures at the Local Government Primary School, Oreta in Igbogbo.Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, the main structure in the school, which is a block of six classrooms and 12 toilets, has been fully rehabilitated and ready to accommodate the pupils when they resume for session in few days time. IDPIL had announced…

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Lagos Blue Rail Line Begins Commercial Operations September 4

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Our Editor The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced that the Blue Line Rail will start commercial operations on Monday, September 4, 2023. The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, spoke on the commencement date during a press conference at the iconic Marina Station of the Blue Line Rail in Lagos. Akinajo, who took reporters on a guided ride and tour of the physical infrastructure of the Blue Line Rail from the Marina Station to the National Arts Theatre Station in Iganmu, said…

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Photos: Family Members, Friends, Associates Join Okes In Celebrating Children’s Waleematul Quran Graduation

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Kunle Adelabu Three sons of Mr & Mrs Oke Godwin Olaoluwa, were on Sunday, August 27, 2023, celebrated by parents, family members, friends and associates, at their Waleematul Quran & Shahaadah Ibtidaaiyah ceremony organised by the Abdullah lbn Abbas School of Quran Memorization & Islamic Education, Andu Idowu Street, Adegbose Estate, Olu – Odo, Igbogbo, Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The graduands – Oke Abdul Roheem Oluwaferanmi who plans to become a medical doctor, Oke Abdul Muiz Oladipupo, a future software designer and Oke Abdul Mannan Fikayomi, another…

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Residents Commend Hon. Aro Moshood’s Quality Representation Within Short Period Of Time

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Wale Jagun The efforts of the lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Constituency II, in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), in making the Assembly intervened in the 7 years darkness saga facing Gbodu community in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has generated reactions from residents. Hon. Aro had, on Monday, moved a motion on, ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’, to bring the Assembly’s attention to what his Constituency has been experiencing in the last seven years. The lawmaker, while presenting the matter during the plenary…

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70 Students Graduated From Ikorodu Resource Group ICT Launchpad COHORT I Class

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Best three students get laptops, training at SAIL, free Wifi 70 students from different schools and locations in Ikorodu Division, on Saturday, graduated from the first edition of the ICT Launchpad Program organized by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), in partnership with ZKT, as the three best students received a laptop and bag, each. They also received free Wifi from the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru who was the special guest of honour at the graduation ceremony.Abiru announced…

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Andus D’Great Best WAEC, JAMB Students Attribute Success To School’s Hard Drilling, Consistency

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Kunle Adelabu The best two graduating students of the Andus D’Great Schools, lgbogbo, have attributed their excellence performances to the school’s engaging drilling, consistency and God. The students – Dosunmu Fadil and Ekpendu Olachi, best student in WAEC and Best student in JAMB, respectively, alongside other students, were honoured during the 2023 Valedictory and Graduation Ceremony held at the school premises along the Offin/Oreta road, Igbogbo, on Friday, August 25, 2023. Both students spoke with THE IMPACT at the ceremony. A total of 26 SSS 3 students were graduated with…

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Lagos Assembly Intervenes In Gbopa Community’s 7 – Years Darkness Saga With IKEDC

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, constituted an Ad hoc Committee to intervene in the prolonged issue between the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) and the Gbopa community in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, which has been without electricity for 7 years. According to the House, the committee will engage the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company and the Gbopa community, on the matter. The matter was raised during the plenary session under, ‘Matters of Urgent Public Importance’, by…

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