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Photos: Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat Receive Certificates of Return from INEC

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Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Governor-elect and Dr Khadiri Hamzat, the Deputy Governor-elect, on Friday received Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for winning the March 9 governorship election in the state. Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat polled a total of 739,445 votes to beat his closest rival Jimmy Agbaje of the PDP who polled a total of 206,141 votes in the recently held Lagos Gubernatorial election

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Ikorodu West LCDA, NEMPAP Empower 305 Women With Vocational Skills

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305 women drawn from the five Wards of the Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria were on Tuesday empowered with vocational skills The 4-week intensive training facilitated through the Office of the Supervisory Councilor for Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) was in conjunction with the Necessary Measures Against Poverty And Perversity (NEMPAP) and sponsored by the Council chairman, Princess Jumoke Jimbo-Ademehin Beneficiaries were trained in Make-up, fashion design, catering, hair dreading, shoe-making and bags, Photography and Graphics \Printing in three different youth…

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Lagos Reduces Penal Fee On Planning Permit By 50 Percent

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The Lagos State Government has announced the reduction of the penal fee on Planning Permit from 400 percent to 200 percent as a post-amnesty enhancement. General Manager, Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), Funmi Osifuye, in a release issued on Thursday, said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode granted the approval for the reduction covering the period between January – December, 2019 in order to consolidate on the gains of the previous year amnesty period in respect of the grant of Planning Permit. According to him, under the Lagos State Urban and…

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Ikorodu Youths Parley APC State Vice Chairman, Demand Political Appointments, Service Promotion

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Kunle ADELABU Youths in the six Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, under the aegis of Ikorodu Division Youths Movement (IDYM), are demanding for consideration for political appointments in the administration of the incoming governor of the state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The youths are also demanding that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the division should facilitate promotion for those of them in the service of the Lagos State Government. They made the demands at a parley with the…

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Residents Lament Insecurity In Odogunyan

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Kunle ADELABU Residents of Odogunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have lamented the state of insecurity in the area. They called on the government and elected representatives in Ikorodu to intervene and help in addressing  the matter. The community,which host the largest industrial estate in West African, has recently been experiencing frequent violence, mostly occasioned by rivalry among cult groups and the situation is gradually turning the area into a den of cultists and other criminals. A resident,…

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Onyabo Nabs 2 Robbery Suspects Specialize In Early Morning Robbery In Ikorodu

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Wale JAGUN The community policing efforts of the Onyabo Vigilance Group in Ikorodu continue to yield results as another two suspected robbers who specialize in attacking and robbing residents early in the morning were arrested recently. The suspects are Wasiu Okeowo, 23 year-old resident of Olowonishaye street in Ikorodu and Rasheed Lawal, 19 year-old resident of Cyan area of Ladega Street, also in Ikorodu. They both confessed to THE IMPACT  that they are members of Eiye cult in Ijebu-Igbo. They were arrested by members of the Onyabo while attacking Abass…

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Ambode Extols Tinubu’s Virtues, Role In Berthing Next Level Govt

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Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday saluted the role played by National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying Nigeria was already on threshold of greatness with the duo in the next level government. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja as part of activities marking the 67th birthday of Tinubu, said it was gratifying to note that the next level promised by…

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Striking Unions Shut LASPOTECH Main Campus

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Jare OLUKOTUN For the second day running, academic and non-academic staff unions of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus brought to hold all activities on campus, with the three entrances in and out of the institution shut. The protesting staff members were protesting over salary arrears and de-migration of their salary structure. THE IMPACT gathered that the renewed strike that paralysed academic and administrative activities was caused by the decision of the management to pay the salaries of the academic staff members and withheld that of the non-academic staff…

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Bamigbetan Urges Traffic Radio To Partner With Stakeholders

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Lagos Traffic Radio, LTR 96.1FM has been advised to develop a stronger customer relationship and explore a mutually-beneficial partnership with key players in the transportation industry. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan gave the advice over the weekend during the 2019 retreat organised for officials of the broadcast outfit in Lekki area of the State. Bamigbetan said that a relationship with Airlines, Rail and Waterway operators to facilitate discounts for the broadcast station’s loyal listeners is desirable, saying that such initiative would attract a larger audience…

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