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Y2020 Budget: Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Engages Residents To Get Inputs On Their Needs

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu In preparation of the year 2020 budget for Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division of Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, the council administration, under the chairmanship of Comrade Sesan Daini, on Monday, November 25, 2019, engaged critical stakeholders in the council to get their inputs into the process. Present at the well-attended stakeholders’ meeting, which was held at the Mikkson Onas Hall, located along Bola Ahmed Tinubu road in Igbogbo, were traditional leaders, political leaders, representatives of the five political wards in the council, students, market men…

Isiu Will Get Oba Soon – Ayangbure

November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Shotobi, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu and the 1st Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas & Chiefs, has reassured the people of Isiu in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), that a new King will soon be crowned in the community. The revered monarch made the reassurance at his palace on Sunday, November 25, 2019, during a get-together organized by the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) to celebrate the senior citizens in Ikorodu community. “I can assure you all that Isiu will…

Ikorodu Elders Reunite As IKODASS Fetes Senior Citizens

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu It was a memorable moment of reunion for the elders in Ikorodu at the 2019 the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) Elders’ Day organized to fete and celebrate them. This year’s edition of the event hosted several years back provided many of the senior citizens in attendance the rare opportunity to reunite with their old friends and compatriots who they had lost touch with due to old age. The special event, which was organized for elders that have clocked 80 years and above, was held at the banquet hall…

Senator Ogunlewe, Dr Ogunlaja Call For Review of IDEA, Igbogbo Day

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -Former minister calls for focus on educational development in Igbogbo Former Minister for Works, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Adeseye Kingsley Ogunlewe, has called for the review of operations of the Igbogbo Development Association (IDEA), the body saddled with the development of Igbogbo community. Also, Dr Omotunde Ogunlaja, another illustrious son of Igbogbo and the President of the IDEA, has called for the review of the way the annual Igbogbo Day Celebration is being organized. The duo made the requests at the maiden edition of the Public/Civil Servant…

2019 Igbogbo Day: Residents Embark On Cultural Parade As Igbogbo International Carnival Takes Centre Stage

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu 2019 Igbogbo Day: Residents Embark On Cultural Parade As Igbogbo International Carnival Takes Centre Stage As the 2019 Igbogbo Day entered the second day on Saturday, November 23, 2019, different groups and hundreds of residents of Igbogbo community in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, trooped out to the streets to showcase their cultural heritages. The parade started earlier with hundreds of residents converging on the Igbogbo Township Stadium from where they marched through Ogunlewe Estate, Igbogbo-Bayeku road, Ojubode, Odofin road, Igbogbo-Ipakodo road, Club 24 junction,…

2019 Igbogbo Day Celebration : Planning Committee Rolls Out Programmes, Solicits Supports

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu – Celebration begins with traditional prayers The Planning Committee of the 31st Igbogbo Day Celebration has called for supports from residents towards a successful celebration while rolling out prgramme of activities for the 2019 edition of the weeklong celebration on Friday, November 22, 2019. At the press conference held at the Adeboruwa pavilion, Mr Gbenga Faniyi, Chairman of the planning committee, also assured residents of getting values for their supports during the celebration. While seeking for support from sons and daughters of Igbogbo, both home and in diasporas,…

31st Igbogbo Day Begins Friday

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Wale Jagun The much publicised 31st edition of the Igbogbo Day celebration will officially commence in the early hours of tomorrow, Friday, November 22, 2019, with ‘lwure’ (prayers) at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo. According to the programme of activities released to THE IMPACT by the Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee of the celebration, a press conference is also scheduled for 11am same day at the Adeboruwa pavilion located within the Adeboruwa palace. Also on Friday, there will be a special Jumat service prayer at the Igbogbo Central Mosque by…

Sanwo-Olu, Obasa, Osinowo, Others Grace 28th Ikorodu Oga Day Grand Finale

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun It was a memorable ceremony at the grand finale of the 2018 edition of the annual Ikorodu Oga Day Carnival organized by the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) as top government functionaries graced the occasion to identify with the royal father and the entire people of Ikorodu Kingdom. The event, which was the climax of the weeklong celebration, was held at the Ayangbure palace on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Special Adviser on Agriculture, Ms. Ruth Olusanya,…

IKODASS Gives N1m Worth Of Scholarship To 40 Indigent Students

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Wale Jagun The Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) has demonstrated its commitment to continue to support the education of indigent students with the presentation of 1, 000, 000, naira worth of bursary awards to 40 indigent students in Primary and Secondary Schools in Ikorodu Kingdom. The lucky beneficiaries of the exemplary gesture were presented with the bursary monies at the grand finale of the 28th Ikorodu-Oga Day Carnival held at the Ayangbure palace on Saturday,November 16,2019. The IKODASS Chairman, Otunba Ganiyu Abiru, while presenting the bursary recipients to the guests and…

Pasuma ‘Shuts Down’ Ikorodu As Fans Go Frenzy At Oga Social Night

November 15, 2019November 16, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu It was a thrilling, fun-filled and memorable outing on Thursday’s night (yesterday) as popular Fuji music act, Alhaji Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, treated a crowd of guests, visitors and lkorodu residents to an unforgettable musical entertainment that would remain the talk of town a for a long time. The event, which was tagged, ‘Oga Social Night ‘, was the Day 4 of the on-going 2019 Ikorodu-Oga Day Carnival. Earlier in the day, the open field of the Ikorodu Town hall, the venue of the event, was largely deserted and…