Wale Jagun The largest power generating station in Nigeria, Egbin Power Plc has announced a record-breaking 1000MW power generation, a feat representing a new peak in a 2-year record. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mokhtar Bounour, who disclosed this in a statement few days ago, also added that the record-breaking result was made achievable through the support and cooperation of industry operators and stakeholders. The GenCo’s CEO also commended the employees for their commitment towards delivering outstanding performance which has consistently enabled the company to make significant contribution to the…
Read MorePhotos: Lagos Studies Association’s Scholars Visit King Kosoko Palace, Museum
Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The Oloja of Lagos-elect, Prince Abiola Olojo – Kosoko, on Sunday, June 25, 2023, hosted scholars that attended a 4 – day conference of the Lagos Studies Association (LSA), in Lagos. Scholars and researchers from various fields of studies visited the palace built for King Kosoko, then as Oloja of Lagos, over 150 years, as part of the group’s Lagos Monument Tour. The royal family, led by Prince Kosoko, received the scholars and conducted them round the monuments. The visit was an eye – opener…
Read MoreAt A Time, First Class Seemed Impossible After Seeing That Some Forces Were Against Me –Romoke Ogunlana, First Class Student
Miss Romoke Ogunlana, is not just a studious student that graduated with a First Class graduate, but also a student activist and community builder. She is the General Secretary, Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) and member of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC). Romoke graduated with 4.52 CGPA from the Department of Education Management, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University (LASU), at the recently held 24th Convocation ceremony of the institution. Her interview with Kunle Adelabu, Publisher/Reporter – in – Chief, THE IMPACT newspaper, is part of our coverage of the laudable…
Read MoreIgbogbo Collaborating With Govt To Make Passport Office Completed, Functional – IDEA
Kunle Adelabu The Igbogbo Development Association (IDEA), has revealed that the community will be collaborating with the government in completing the passport office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in Igbogbo. The project was facilitated around 2018, while the building for the passport office located behind the Mikky Onas Hall, around Ogunleye area of Igbogbo, was completed about two years ago, but has since been abandoned. It was gathered that Rep. Babajimi Benson and the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Orimadegiun Kasali, played major roles in bringing…
Read MoreMandate Group Not Opposed To Ikorodu Commissioner Nominee- Primate Charles Odugbesi
Kunle Adelabu A leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Senatorial leader, The Mandate Group (TMG), Nigerian and Diaspora, Primate Charles Odugbesi, JP, has denied that the leadership of the group are against any nominee from lkorodu, for Commissionership position. Odugbesi was a former State Secretary, APC, emphatically stated that the group is not staging any protest against the nomination of Ms Abisola Olusanya, for re-appointment as a Commissioner, by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu. The party leader, in a statement titled, ‘The…
Read MoreSanwo – Olu Mourns NewsDirect Publisher, Samuel Ibiyemi
Wale Jagun -Sympathises with the deceased family, media industry Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi. He described Ibiyemi’s death as shocking and a colossal loss to journalism and the media industry in Nigeria. Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi died on Tuesday at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State of pulmonary embolism. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Ibiyemi’s death is painful and heartbreaking,…
Read MoreLASU Lecturer, Dr. Anjorin Wins Global Virology Award In US
Kunle Adelabu The Ag. Head, Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Science, Dr. AbdulAzeez Anjorin, who is currently on a short course in the United States of America (U.S.A, ), has done himself and the Lagos State University, proud by winning the Global Virology Network (GVN) 2023 Training Scholarship/Award for a short course in Basic and Translational Virology at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Baltimore, USA. The award-winning researcher has also been selected among the Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC)…
Read MoreSanwo – Olu Reappoints Akosile As CPS
Wale Jagun The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointment according to the Head of Service takes immediate effect. Before his reappointment, Akosile had served as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sanwo-Olu during his first term. He was also the Media Adviser to the Governor since the inception of the second term of Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration on May 29,…
Read MoreResource Group Honours Distinction Graduates From Ikorodu Division
Kunle Adelabu -Charges them to go further in academic and other pursuits It was another round of honours for students across the Ikorodu Division, that graduated with First Class Honours, as they were celebrated by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), on Sunday, July 2, 2023, for their excellent acaddemic feats. The Resource Group hosted the honorees during its monthly meeting at the Gbadamosi Conference Room, on Sunday, July 2, with the distinguished students presented with awards of excellence and cash gifts, as a way of commending their educational…
Read MoreAroyewun, Ikorodu Rotaract President Unveils Agenda For 2023/24 Rotary Year
Kunle Adelabu The new President of the Rotaract Club of Ikorodu Golden, Rotaractor (Barr.) Adeleke Aroyewun, Esq., has unveiled his agenda for the Rotary Year 2023/2024, during which he will be serving. While stating that his administration will key into the principles and programmes of the Rotary International, Adeleke emphasized that he will focus on Sustainability, Welfare, Collaboration and Creativity (SWCC). His administration kicked off the year immediately he was sworn into the office, with training for members of the club in agric – prenuership, opportunities in ICT and graphics…
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