Kunle Adelabu -Fuel now sells at N200, N350, N400 Residents of Ikorodu are lamenting what they called exorbitant prices of fuel following the announcement by President Bola Tinubu, during his inaugural address on Monday, that there is no more subsidy again for fuel. They also rejected the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) upward adjustment of the pump price of petrol by nearly 200% to between N488 and N557, nationwide. Aside the scarcity which is being experienced in various parts of Ikorodu, transportation fares have also gone up as motorists…

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Kunle Adelabu -Fuel selling at N350, N180 in Ikorodu It was an unusual welcome but not new to Nigerians, as virtually all the filling stations across the country shutdown following the announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy by the 16th President and Commander – in – Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his first address to the nation. Tinubu, had in his inaugural address after the Chief Justice of the Federation administered the oath of office on him, outlined his administration’s policy…

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Wale Jagun  -Sympathises with deceased family, media industry Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of accomplished businessman and pioneer in the private media industry, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, describing the death as a colossal loss to Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence statement issued on Monday by his Media Adviser, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, sympathised with the entire management and staff of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM as well as friends and associates of the deceased. The Governor said the late Dokpesi would be remembered…

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Kunle Adelabu Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has felicitated an indigene of Ikorodu, Segun Dada who was among the first set of appointments announced by President Bola Tinubu after his inauguration today. Segun Dada was announced as the Special Adviser to the President on Digital Media. Benson, in a statement congratulating the appointee, said that he has no doubt that he will perform in his new position. “It is my pleasure to congratulate a son of the soil and mentee, Mr. Olusegun Dada, on his…

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Wale Jagun There is more progress to come as Lagos State steadily journeys into the unfolding dispensation, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu reassured Lagosians as he took the oath to kick off his second term, on Monday. The morning downpour could not water down the Governor’s will and determination to renew his pledge to Lagos citizens before whom he stood at the amphitheatre of Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, where the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, administered the oath on him. Sanwo-Olu was sworn in at exactly 11:50am, after which…

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Kunle Adelabu The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu, was thrown into a mourning mood on Sunday, as the death of the immediate past People’s Warden of the Church, Senior Assistant Brigadier General (SABG) Adeyinka O. Oyejola, was announced during the Church service on that day. Oyejola served as the Cathedral’s People’s Warden between 2017 and 2021. He was 64 years old. THE IMPACT gathered that late Oyejola, who was a Senior Assistant Brigadier General in The African Lads & Lasses Brigade, slumped and died while ironing his clothes in preparation…

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Kunle Adelabu -Church confirms seven congregants Former Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ikorodu Local Government chapter and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Kehinde Okeowo, has been inducted as a Lay Reader in The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu. She was inducted alongside Prince Taiwo Abayomi Fakunmoju, a former Peoples Warden of the Church and Mrs Dorcas Adenike Oyejola. They were inducted during a special service on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at The African Church Bethel Church Cathedral, Aga, Ikorodu, by The Rt. Revd.…

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