Kunle Adelabu Contrary to the expectations of the Executive Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina, that his gesture of doling out cash worth N1million and N1.5mmilion worth of food items to residents of Ikorodu will receive massive acceptance from the populace,  the deeds have backfired. Adeshina also stated that he presented several vehicles to Councilors and members of his management team, but silence on the cost involved. The Chairman claimed that the food items and cash were donated to widows and aged drawn from the various wards in…

Kunle Adelabu -Riders remove victim from GH against Doctor’s advice – MD, Ikorodu GH About 100 commercial motorcyclists, popularly called ‘Okada’ riders in the local parlance, on Saturday protested the alleged killing of their colleague. They stormed the Ikorodu Federal Constituency office of Rep. Babajimi Benson along the Ipakodo/Igbogbo Road where they blocked the road, causing traffic. Protesting riders later allowed vehicles to move on one lane after being prevailed upon by members of the iCare Foundation. According to the protesting riders, police officers from the Shagamu Road Police station…

Our Editor The Registrar of Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board (LSTMB), Mr. Olorunkemi Kadiku has said that the practice of traditional medicine is evolving from what it used to be to a more regulated and better-coordinated practice. Kadiku expressed this view on Thursday while featuring on the Lagos Traffic Radio programme: “Your Side Mirror”, hosted by Victor Oteri.  Kadiku stated that many people look at traditional medicine from the primitive point of view where the practice was mainly dominated by uneducated and unexposed individuals, revealing that present-day traditional medicine has…

Mariam Akinloye The operational body of the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defense, is set to support 1000 families with food items this yuletide season. Beneficiaries will get the items at the Christmas edition of ‘Apo Anu’ (iCare Foodbank) distribution holding at the lawmaker’s Federal Constituency Office, along Igbogbo/Ipakodo Road, by Solebo Estate, Ikorodu, on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The initiative, which has been receiving commendations locally, nationally and internationally, was initiated six years ago and managed by the iCare Foundation…

Kunle Adelabu The King Kosoko Royal Family/ Oloja of Lagos Chieftaincy Family of Lagos, has declared that there is no crisis within the family, and that the ascension to the stool of Oloja of Lagos is a settled matter. The royal family made the declaration in a separate statement released on Friday (today) and signed by Alhaja (Chief) Mutiat Ashabi Abimbola Alli – Balogun, Head of the Kosoko Royal family, and Prince Sikiru Kosoko, the General Secretary of the royal family. They debunked insinuations contained in an online report that…

Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, on his 80th birthday, describing him as a courageous and passionate leader, whose commitment to the growth and development of Nigeria is worthy of emulation.  Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said President Buhari’s unblemished service in public office has made him role model to many Nigerians.  He said President Buhari has provided honest and transparent leadership in the country, adding that the President, since he…

Kunle Adelabu The Kosoko Royal Family/Oloja of Lagos Chieftaincy Family, has expressly stated that the 1983 Registered Declaration guiding the selection process of an Oloja of Lagos within the family, is still subsisting and very much intact. The royal family also said that there is no court case or ruling on the Declaration. Alhaja (Chief) Mutiat Ashabi Abimbola Alli-Balogun, Head of King Kosoko Royal Family and the Oloja of Lagos Chieftaincy Family, and Prince Sikiru Kosoko, General Secretary, in a statement, distanced the family from a press release purportedly issued…