We Have To Go Back To Grassroots To Develop football In Ikorodu – Wasiu Ipaye, Ex – Super Eagles Player

Kunle Adelabu The former Ikorodu – born Super Eagles player and an ex – international, Wasiu Babatunde Ipaye, has charged football administrators in Ikorodu and at the state level, to go back to the grassroots if more talented players are to be discovered for the national team and professional trade abroad. He regretted the dwindling development of football in lkorodu compared to the good old days when Ikorodu used to have many players in the national teams and those plying their trade in the national league and abroad, a situation…

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Church Commends Prince Bode Ogunleye On Donation Of Youth Chapel

Kunle Adelabu-Eminent guests donate towards furniture, electronic organ It was a commendation galore for Prince Olabode Sunday Ogunleye as chieftains and congregants of The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Ikorodu, commended him for donating a one – storey – building for the Youth/Children Chapel of the church. The commissioning of the edifice, which commemorated the birthday of the donor, took place during a special service on Sunday, April 31, 2023, and was well attended by eminent personalities who donated towards the purchase of furniture for the edifice, as well as electronic…

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Oldies Appreciation Game: Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Pledges Partnership With Organisers For Sustenance

Kunle Adelabu -Ex – stars commend initiative as residents defy downpour The Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Comrade Sesan Daini, residents, ex – internationals and others, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, defied the heavy downpour to attend the 12th edition of the Oldies Appreciation Game and Family Funfair. At the game, authority of the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), pledged partnership and collaboration with the organisers in sustaining the annual event and making it a tourist attraction in Igbogbo. Daini, Chairman of the LCDA, making the pledge…

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IKODASS Sets Forth For ‘New Dawn’ Of Ikorodu Developments

Kunle Adelabu-Erogbogbo unveils 2nd term agenda The new executive council of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), under the leadership of Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, has declared that the focus of the administration in the next two years shall be development of Ikorodu. Erogbogbo, who said that Ikorodu played a major role in the emergence of the next administrations in the country and the state, charged the Lagos State Government on the need to ensure that the Division gets what commensurate her contributions in terms of appointments and projects. The…

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Knight President, Adelabu Congratulates IKODASS Chairman, Asst. Secretary, Others

Wale Jagun The President, The Knight Club, KT. Oluwaseyi Adelani Adelabu, has joined thousands of others in congratulating the newly inaugurated Chairman, Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Mr Rotimi Akeem Erogbogbo, on the commencement of his new tenure. He also congratulated the new Assistant General Secretary of IKODASS, KT. Olatunji Shakioye, who is representing the Knight Club, on his new assignment. Adelabu expressed his congratulations to the new IKODASS team in a statement he personally signed today. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee, and the…

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Buhari Reappoints Dabiri-Erewa As NiDCOM Chair

Wale Jagun President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa for a second term as the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). The notice of her reappointment was contained in a letter written by the President to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm her reappointment. The letter dated April 26 was addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. President first named Dabiri-Erewa as the pioneer NiDCOM chai in November 2018. She was the Senior Special Adviser to…

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Sanwo – Olu Reiterates Commitment To Staff Welfare

Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to the welfare and working conditions of the workers in the State, stating that his government is not unmindful of the challenges of the time. The Governor gave this assurance today while speaking at the 2023 Worker’s Day Celebration, themed: “Worker’s Right and Social Economic Justice” held at Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented at the occasion by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, added that the government remains committed to…

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Lagos Assembly Member –Elect, Ogunleye Celebrates Workers On May Day

Wale Jagun Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo, the member – elect, Ikorodu Constituency I seat, Lagos State House of Assembly, has recognized the hardworking workers in his constituency that have contributed immensely to the economical and other developments of Ikorodu. He joined residents of Ikorodu and citizens of the country in congratulating them for their impacts not only on Ikorodu, but also the division, state and the nation at large. Ogunleye identified with the workers in his statement in commemoration of the 2023 International Workers’ Day. “On this auspicious occasion of…

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Workers Day Reminds Us Of Significance Of Labour To National Development – Aroyewun

Kunle Adelabu The former aspirant for the lkorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), has celebrated with the workers in Ikorodu Constituency II, Ikorodu Division, Lagos State and Nigeria in general, on the occasion of the 2023 International Workers’ Day, today. Every May 1, is being celebrated as International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. The young grassroots mobiliser, in a statement he personally signed to commemorate the day and celebrate the hardworking and tireless Nigerian workers, said that the…

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NUT Ikorodu Appreciates Teachers On Workers’ Day

Mariam Akinloye The Ikorodu branch of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has expressed its appreciation to the teachers in raising the standard of education in Ikorodu Division. The union also commended the teachers for contributing meaningfully towards the development of Ikorodu. These were contained in a statement signed today, in commemoration of this year’s Workers’ Day by Comrade Fakolade Oluwafemi Oluwaseun, JP, Chairman, NUT Ikorodu, on behalf of its executive council. “On behalf of the Branch Executive Council of NUT Ikorodu, I celebrate the entire Teachers of Ikorodu Division,…

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