Category: Community

Oba Sponsoring Cultism Should Be Exposed – Chief Imam Olowo-Oribi

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Kunle Adelabu The Chief Imam of Ikorodu Division, Alhaji Aliu Seifudeen Ayinla Adeboritan Olowo-Oribi, has called on the government to name any traditional ruler culpable for sponsoring, harboring and arming cultists in Ikorodu Division to serve as deterrent to others. Alhaji Olowo-Oribi made this request in an interview with THE IMPACT on Friday at his Adaraloye home in Ikorodu Local Government in Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Reacting to the news report (Lagos Commissioner of Police’s interview with a leading community news medium) that a particular traditional ruler has…

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CONVID 19 – Ikorodu Central Mosque, Others Comply With Suspension of Jumat Prayer

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Kunle Adelabu It was a total compliance with the order of the Lagos State government’s directive banning public/religious gathering over 50 people as a way of preventing the  spread of Corona virus (COVID 19), at the Ikorodu Central Mosque located at Obun – Ale in Ikorodu, where thousands of muslims usually observe their Jumat prayers under the leadership  of the Grand Chief Imam of Ikorodu Division, Alhaji Aliu Sefiudeen Ayinla Adeboritan Olowo-Oribi, as the Mosque was put under lock and key on Friday, March 20,2020. It was the same scenario…

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Religious Leaders Agree To Suspend Activities In Ikorodu For Coronavirus

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Kunle Adelabu -Christians ask govt not to lose sight of divine intervention, alternative solution Religious leaders in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have agreed to heed the directive of the Lagos government for the suspension of Jumat and Sunday services to prevent the spread of the deadly disease, coronavirus, that is currently ravaging the entire world. The state government gave the directive on Wednesday, March 19,2020, as a part of its efforts to contain the spread of the disease. THE IMPACT spoke with some religious leaders in the…

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Community Journalists In Ikorodu Honour Pa Owolabi

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Kunle Adelabu -Late broadcaster for burial on Saturday Ikorodu Community Media Practitioners (IKOCOMP) have concluded plans to honour the late veteran broadcaster, Pa Olatunji Owolabi, who was actively engaged with the Radio Lagos/Eko FM until his death at the Ikorodu General hospital, Ikorodu, on Sunday, January 5, 2020. An event tagged, ‘Legendary Night of Honour’, where media practitioners and other eminent personalities would gather with the family members of the deceased in honor of the veteran broadcaster,  is set to hold on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at 5pm. The event…

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Suspected Cult Leader, Saka Gbegira, Nabbed For Murder As Security Men Go After Accomplices, Other Cult Kingpins

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Wale Jagun The local vigilance group in Ikorodu, ‘Onyabo’, on Thursday, March 5, 2020, made a major breakthrough in containing the menace of cultism and killings that have eaten deeply into the fabric of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, as a kingpin of one of the cult groups, Saka Gbegira, was arrested. He was arrested at Itunpate after he allegedly killed one Moses Eromosele, 25, from Edo State. Gbegira was allegedly arrested with a gun used in killing Moses at Kokoro-Abu on Thursday. Cult activities have been disturbing…

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Eroz Theatre Brings Back Thin Tall Tony, Others On Stage In Ikorodu

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Former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Mr. Offiong Edet Anthony, popularly known as ‘Thin Tall Tony’, is set to return on stage as Eroz Theatre births in Ikorodu with the play, ‘Bending and Bonding’.  The play is written by Paul Ugbedeh,  directed by Babs Ademoye and produced by Austin Awulonu.  According to the organisers in a release on the live theatre scheduled to commence on Friday, March 6, 2020, the play (Bending and Bonding) would parades array of highly talented artistes including “Thin Tall Tony” as Pastor Chikeoluwa, Kelvin Alozie Dede…

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Igbe Road Rehabilitation: Ikorodu Federal Lawmaker To Facilitate Completion, Commends CDA For Self-Help Project

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Kunle Adelabu There seems to be practical answer in sight to the prayers of the Igbe Road Rehabilitation Committee and entire residents of the Igbe community in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) which has been backed with actions through community self-help initiative towards mobilizing funds and materials for the rehabilitation of a very strategic road located in the community but which has been abandoned for more than two decades. The Representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, on Saturday, February 29,…

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HOMAT Created Multi-School System Based On Demands And To Bring Quality Education Closer To People – Alhaji Amusa, CEO, HOMAT Group of Schools

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Amusa M.T Olawale is the Proprietor, HOMAT Group of Schools, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, and the State President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Lagos State. He was a former Auditor and Treasurer of Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG). He recently completed his term as General Secretary of the same group. The educationist was also the former Chairman, NASFAT, Ikorodu branch. His tenure is being referenced till today as the period most of the infrastructure at the Islamic centre were built. In this exclusive interview with Kunle Adelabu, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief…

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IDRDG Founding Fathers Planned To Replicate Ikorodu Town Hall In Other Parts of Ikorodu Division – Alhaji Amusa

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Kunle Adelabu It has been revealed that the dream of the founding fathers of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) was to replicate the same edifice built as the Ikorodu Town hall in other major towns in the division. This was revealed by the immediate past Secretary of IDRDG and the Chief Executive Officer of the HOMAT Group of Schools, Alhaji Amusa M.T Olawale, in an exclusive interview with THE IMPACT. While speaking on plans of the IDRDG for the development of the division, Alhaji Amusa stated that the…

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Police, Residents’ Attitudes Encourage Cultism, Criminalities In Ikorodu – Onyabo Leader

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Kunle Adelabu The Deputy Leader of the Onyabo Vigilance Command in Ikorodu and the Akogun of Batoroland, Akogun Olanrewaju Olabinjo, has alleged that police and residents’ attitudes are promoting cultism and other criminal acts in Ikorodu Division. He also described the forthcoming security summit being proposed by the Ikorodu Division Youth Initiative Movement (IDYIM) in conjunction with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), as too elitist for failing to carry along major stakeholders. Akogun Olabinjo spoke with THE IMPACT at his Ireshe road office in Ikorodu recently While reacting to the…

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