Sanwo-Olu Preaches Unity, Togetherness As 35th NAFEST Kick – Off In Lagos

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Kunle Adelabu With a charge to use cultural performance as a tool to promote peaceful co – existence and unity, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday declared the 35th National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) opened. The week-long festival tagged, “EKO-NAFEST 2022”, is being organised by the Lagos State Government in collaboration with National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC). The opening ceremony which was held at the Mobolaji Johnson Pavilion, Onikan, witnessed troupes from 29 states of the federation displaying the country’s rich cultural heritages. Declaring…

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iCare, Kimberly Clark Support Mothers, Students With 10, 000 Diapers, Pads

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Jare Babatunde As part of her community outreach activities, iCare Foundation, the working machinery of Rep. Babajimi Benson, Member, Federal House of Representatives, has partnered with Kimberly Clark, manufacturer of Huggies diapers and Kotex sanitary pads, to distribute 10, 000 diapers and pads to mothers and students. A total of 5000 Huggies diapers were distributed to mothers in primary health facilities and another 5,000 Kotex sanitary pads to secondary school students in Ikorodu Federal Constituency between last week and Monday, November 8, 2022. While nursing mothers at Ita-Elewa Primary Health…

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Kuti’s World Championships Feats Good For Country At Large – DG Sports

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Kunle Adelabu The Director General (DG), Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar Bolowotan has commended the Nigeria rising table tennis star, Master Mathew Kuti who, last week, emerged winners in two categories at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Championship in Cairo, Egypt. In a brief chat with Bolowotan who, had over the years, extended support to the Ikorodu Table Tennis Club which the table tennis prodigy, Kuti belongs to, said that his achievements at the international level is a good thing for his hometown, state and the…

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Ikorodu Chamber Of Commerce Seeks LASUSTECH Collaboration In Hosting Trade Fair

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Chamber of Commerce and Industry have sought for partnership with the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) in hosting the second edition of its Trade Fair tagged, ‘IKODIV Expo 2023’ Sir (Engr.) Chief Olukayode Shoderu, sought for the institution’s collaboration when he led members of the Chamber on a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. At the meeting were members of the LASUSTECH management. Sir Shoderu noted that the maiden edition of…

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Sanwo – Olu Meets 36 Finalists, As Jakande Leadership Academy Takes – Off

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Wale Jagun All is set for the inaugural session of Lateef Jakande Leadership and Fellowship Academy to take off, with the presentation of 36 finalists shortlisted for the programme to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the State House, Alausa, on Tuesday. The meeting with the Governor formally ended the rigorous application process, which received over 3,000 applications across the country. The finalists will be prune to pave the way for the first cohort of 30 trainees, who will be admitted to start the fellowship next January. Sanwo-Olu instituted the…

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LASUSTECH, 174 Battalion Strengthen Partnership On Security

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Jare Babatunde The Lagos State University for Science & Technology (LASUSTECH) and the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Odpgunyan, have strengthened the partnership that has been existing between the two institutions. According to a statement on Monday by the LASUSTECH management, the partnership was strengthened when Prof. Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya, Vice Chancellor of the University received Col. Emmanuel Oluwaseyi Sholotan, the Commanding Officer, Nigerian Army 174 Battalion, Odogunyan, Ikorodu who was on a courtesy visit to the University. Col. Sholotan while congratulating Prof. Odusanya on his appointment as the…

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Olu – Odo Primary School Commences Academic Exercise January 2023

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, Builder Sesan Daini, has stated that residents of Olu – Odo will have no reason to send their children to primary schools outside the community as the newly built school will commence operation in January 2023. He revealed that advertisements for enrolment will be released before the end of this year for parents to enroll their children and wards. If this happens, the community will be having a public school almost 39 years…

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2023 Budget:Residents Request Improvements On Roads, PHCs, Schools Across Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA

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Kunle Adelabu Residents from different communities of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have pleaded with the Council and the Lagos State Government to improve on roads, Primary Health Centres and Schools in their respective areas. These three major requests were disclosed by stakeholders at the 2022 Budget/Stakeholders’ Forum held at the Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA on Monday, November 7, 2022. Many of the stakeholders at the meeting commended the chairman for the implementation of many of the requests made during last year’s forum. Builder Sesan Daini, Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, speaking at…

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Lagos PDP Assembly Candidates Not Disqualified – State Publicity Secretary

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has debunked the purported disqualification of its Assembly candidates in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Some online platforms had quoted a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, stating that the party’s Assembly candidates were disqualified because the party failed to hold primary elections in some local government areas. Chief George, was reported to have raised alarmed that 21 of the 40 House of Assembly candidates from Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe,…

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LASUSTECH International School Seeks Public Understanding Over Student’s Death

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Jare Babatunde  The LASUSTECH International Staff School, Ikorodu, on Sunday, November 6, cleared the air over the death of one of its students, Abdulrahman Dauda. In a statement by the school management, it was stated that investigations commenced into the matter immediately it was aware of the incident. The school, which also stated that the three teachers who are accused of complicity in Abdurahman’s death have been remanded after they were arraigned in court last Monday, also, urged members of the public to pray for parents of the deceased. “The…

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