Mathematics Is An Art, Not Science Subject – Professor of Mathematics

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Kunle Adelabu A retired Professor of Mathematics, Prof. Michael O. Ajetunmobi, has stated that Mathematics is an abstract and an art subject and never a science as wrongly hold by many. He made this clarification while lamenting the loss of interest in the study of Mathematics, especially among students. The Professor of Mathematics spoke with THE IMPACT on Sunday. Ajetunmobi, who lectured Mathematics for 45 years in Lagos State University (LASU), University of Ibadan (UI) and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile – Ife, also stated that the horrific perception of…

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South African Tourists Visit King Kosoko Memorial Museum

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Kunle Adelabu About 50 South African tourists at the weekend visited the King Kosoko Memorial Museum, Ereko, Lagos, to see the ancient palace and some of the relics of the late Lagos monarch that are being harboured for public viewing in the over 160 years old building. The foreign tourists were accompanied to the King Kosoko Museum by chieftains of the National Association of Tour Operators (NATOP). The tourists are businessmen who came into the country as part of the South African Tourism West African Road Show. Welcoming them to…

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My Administration Will Continue To Partner Players To Grow Creative Industry – Sanwo – Olu

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged the continuation of his administration’s support for the creative industry in the State. Sanwo-Olu applauds the tenacity and doggedness of the Nigerian creative artists and entertainers, for creating a growth path for the sector with less institutional support.  This was contained in a release on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile. He said Lagos State Government was already changing the narrative by deliberately working in partnership with industry players to bring more development and…

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Resource Group Presents N1.7m Scholarship To Students

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Kunle Adelabu -Honours Best Schools, Students in Maths Competition The Ikorodu Division Resources Development Group (IDRDG) has presented the sum of N1.7million to 17 students from Ikorodu in various higher institutions as part of the group’s educational support initiative. At the presentation of cheques during the IDRDG meeting held at the Gbadamosi Conference Room, Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall, Ikorodu, on Sunday, September 4, 2022, awards were also presented to schools and students who emerged winners in the Mathematics competition organized by the group. Keme Balogun Senior College, Ibeshe…

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Lagos Assembly Passes Bill On DNA, Forensic Centre

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Our Editor A bill for a law establishing the Lagos State Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA) and Forensic centre to support criminal investigations, law enforcement, preservation of evidence for the judicial system and for other connected purposes has been passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill was passed by the House after it scaled the third reading at plenary on Monday with all lawmakers in attendance giving their approvals. The report on the bill had been adopted at an earlier sitting presided over by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. A part…

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Lagos Physical Planning Commissioner Resigns

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Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed the development. “This is a prelude to the restructuring of the Ministry and its agencies. “Governor Sanwo-Olu thanks the Commissioner for his services to the state and wishes him success in his future endeavours. “The Governor warns all players in the sector to respect the law or face the consequences of any…

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IDRDG Disburses Scholarship Cheques To 17 Beneficiaries Tomorrow

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Kunle Adelabu 17 beneficiaries of the Ikorodu Division Resources Development Group (IDRDG) Scholarship award will get their cheques on Sunday, September 4, 2022. The list of the beneficiaries was made public by the IDRDG last week. Sen. Adeseye Kingsley Ogulewe, Chairman, IDRDG and former Minister of Works confirmed the presentation of cheques to THE IMPACT in a phone call on Saturday. “As you are aware that the Group approved the award of scholarship to seventeen (17) undergraduate students of Ikorodu Division as one of its core objectives to the development…

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LASG To Endow School Children With Skills For Productive Future – Hamzat

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Our Editor The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has stated that the present administration’s massive investment in the education sector is aimed at ensuring that all school children in the State are adequately equipped with skills for a productive future. Hamzat, speaking virtually on the second day of the 2022 Lagos Education Summit held at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites with the theme: “Creating a Sustainable Fit-For-Purpose Education Model”, added that the implementation of the State government’s ‘Project Zero’ has ensured the re-enrollment of…

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Presentation Of Cheques To Successful IDPIL Scholarship, Bursary Candidates Now Sept 10

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Kunle Adelabu Successful applicants for the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE (IDPIL/GTE) Scholarship and Bursary Schemes will be presented with cheques on Saturday, September 10, 2022. It is no longer September 3, as earlier reported. The Executive Secretary of the IDPIL/GTE, Otunba Ganiyu Abiru who confirmed the new date to THE IMPACT, also restated that the presentation of N20, 000, 000. 00 worth cheques to beneficiaries will hold at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo. It would be recalled that screening and examinations for about 400 applicants was held at the…

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Another Individual Rehabilitates Block Of Classrooms At Salvation Army School

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Kunle Adelabu The Salvation Army Primary School, Ikorodu, has received another individual intervention with another block of classrooms fully rehabilitated for the use of students who are due for resumption soon. The rehabilitation of the block which has been abandoned for several years, THE IMPACT gathered, was done by a United Kingdom – based Ikorodu indigene, Dr Junaid Sholebo. It was gathered that the classrooms with ceiling fans and white boards, are going to be supplied with chairs and tables. The intervention was coming after Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, a former…

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