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Ijede Will Get A New Oba Soon – Council Chairman, Alajede-in-Council

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Comrade Fathiu Salisu Jimoh, and the Secretary, Alajede-in-Council and the Odofin of Ijede, High Chief Babatunde Ogunmuyiwa, have both assured indigenes and residents of Ijede that another traditional ruler will soon be crowned in the community. They made this assurance while speaking with THE IMPACT recently on the rehabilitation of the Alajede palace and the tussle over the vacant Alajede stool. Oba Fatai Oresanya, the last Alajede, joined his ancestors 7 years ago and efforts to pick a successor…

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iCare Lecture Series Designed For Youths, Ikorodu Developments – Hon. Benson, Others

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Kunle Adelabu Organisers of the iCare Lecture Series have stated that the annual training is aimed at developing Ikorodu Division with ideas that will help her develop to her capacity by bringing residents together for training and discussing developmental issues. The second edition of the Lecture Series kicked off at the Regal Hall, Olu-Odo, Igbogbo in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Monday, January 27, 2020. The opening of the 2-day lecture is themed, “Community First Initiative: A Selfless Service’. The lawmaker representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the…

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Teachers In Ikorodu Eagerly Await New Dawn As Lion Oduloye Completes Tenure

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun On Friday, January 24, Lion Austen Taiwo Odulye completed his two-term ten-year tenure of five years each, as the Education Secretary of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu, and many teachers in Ikorodu Division, especially those in the primary school sub-sector, are eagerly awaiting his successor. Oduloye, who was appointed into the position in 2010, succeeded late Alhaji Salau Ayo Oredein. Other former Executive Secretary of the Ikorodu LGEA are Prince Adegbola Amusa and Mr Ogunbegun. Many of the teachers that spoke in confidence with…

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7 Suspected Cultists Killed, 10 Arrested In Renewed Gang War In Ijede

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Kunle Adelabu -Police ready to deal with cult menace in the state – State Police Command Seven suspected members of three rival cult groups – Eiye (Airlords), Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Aye (Axe) confraternities were reportedly killed between Monday, January 20 and Tuesday, 21, 2020, in a renewed gang crisis in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division. The fight broke out on Monday between Eiye and KKK confraternities at a joint where young men in Ijede usually gathered to drink local gin commonly known and called ‘Paraga’…

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Ikorodu West LCDA Faceoff: Lagos Assembly, Leaders, Others Intervened As Hon. Ademehin Agrees To Meet Councilors’ Demands

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government & Community Affairs, leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Conference of 57 Council Chairmen on Monday intervened in the face-off between the Chairman of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area, Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Ademehin, and the Council’s legislators. The Council lawmakers had on Monday, January 20, 2020, sealed off the Chairman’s office and blocked the entrance into the council premises with their official vehicles to prevent movement in and out of the council. It was, however,…

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LGEA Education Secretary: Intrigues As Anibaba, Oduguwa, Afolabi, Others Jostle To Succeed Oduloye

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Kunle Adelabu & Jare Olukotun As the ten-year tenure of Lion Taiwo Oduloye as the Education Secretary (ES) of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) comes to an end in few days, the jostle to succeed him has begun in earnest. Oduloye, who completes his two-term of five years each, which started in 2010, this January is expected to vacate the position for a new Executive Secretary. Since the beginning of the LGEA, there had been four Educatioon Secretaries with Prince Adegbola Amusa as the pioneer Education Secretary and he…

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Traders Defy Govt. As Illegal Trading Thrives Unabated At Ikorodu Sabo Market

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Kunle Adelabu Traders at the Ayangbure modern market, popularly known and called Sabo market, have continued to defy the directive of both the Lagos State Government and Ikorodu Local Government against illegal trading. On daily basis, hundreds of traders display their wares and goods in the middle of the road in the market preventing human and vehicular movements. Many of the traders display their goods and wares right from the main entrance of the market and spread across all the roads within the market. They operate on the road unhindered,…

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Insecurity Mounts Across States In Nigeria As Citizens Lament In Helplessness

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Jare Olukotun with additional reports by Biliamin Ganiu and Awolagba Yinka. Every day, hopes are dashed with heartrending stories in the media of bombings, banditry, herdsmen attacks in the north; killings, brutality, and kidnappings in the east and west, upsurge of militancy in the south and a government that seems confused on how to tackle these issues on our hands as a nation. Terrorist attacks, killings by armed herdsmen and bandits, cult attacks and forced initiations of youths, Boko Haram and ISIS-WA activities are on the increase in recent months.…

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One Lagos Fiesta: To Be Or Not To Be?

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Kunle Adelabu -Ikorodu residents express mixed reactions If there is any government policy or programme that has enjoyed the overwhelming support of Lagosians, especially those at the grassroots, it is the One Lagos Fiesta (OLF), going by the level of the acceptance and massive supports it has generated across the State. The 8-day yuletide carnival was designed to engage and entertain Lagosians, both young and old people, in a bid to usher them into a new year in grand style. The fun-filled event is one of the few achievements of…

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Asa Arokolo 2019: Pre-Festival ‘Ere Osupa’ Display Heralds Festival In Ikorodu

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Wale JAGUN -IREP’s ‘Ere Osupa’ to hold few days to main festival The preparations are gathering momentum as the November 2 date for the second edition of the state-recognised Asa Arokolo (Man on delicate stilt sticks) festival in Ikorodu is fast approaching. In a bid to achieve massive participation across various communities, especially from the eight areas in Ikorodu Division where Asa has been part of their culture for centuries, IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation, the orgainiser of the festival, in conjunction with the Ikorodu Division Eleku-in-Council, has commenced…

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