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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Wale Jagun President Bola Tinubu has made his first set of appointments as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the appointments, he named Ambassador Kunle Adeleke as the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP) to the President. He also appointed former Lagos State Commissioner of Information, Dele Alake as Presidential Spokesman and Olusegun Dada Special Adviser, Digital Media.

Wale Jagun The Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC) has congratulated the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was sworn – in some hours back, and the second term Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu. The umbrella body of Igbogbo youths, described the inauguration of both the new president and the second term governor, as a dawn of a new era, charging the new administrations in the country and Lagos State, to listen and ensure the fulfilment of various agitations and…