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Lagos GAC To Assess National, State Assemblies Lawmakers’ Performances Too – Pastor Ojelabi, APC Chair

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Kunle Adelabu The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelis Ojelabi, has stated that the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision making body of the party in Lagos State, will soon embark on assessment of elected representatives at the State and National Assemblies. Pastor Ojelabi made the revelation at the graduation ceremony of 4000 educators at the SAIL Teachers Fellowship Program at Ipakodo, Ikorodu, on Friday. The party Chairman also added that the report of the Local Government assessments conducted by the body, would be made…

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4000 Educators Equipped With Digital Knowledge Through SAIL Teachers Fellowship Program

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Kunle Adelabu The SAIL Innovation Lab has graduated 4000 teachers equipped with knowledge and skills towards bringing about positive disruption in the teaching methods in classrooms.According to report, the lucky graduands were picked from a pool of 15,000 applicants that put in for the training across the country, after a rigorous selection process. The training, which was organised in partnership with the MTN Foundation, was aimed at improving the human capital development which is the focus of the co – founders of the lab, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and wife, Mrs…

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Hon. Aro Abiodun Receives Institute’s Community Leadership Award

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Kunle Adelabu & Bolu Orebajo The Chairman, House Committee on Public Private Partnership (PPP) and representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), has been honoured with the 2024 Community Leadership and Youth Empowerment Award by the Chartered Institute of Leadership and Governance (USA), Nigeria Chapter. The award was presented during the 10th annual gathering of the prestigious institute in Abuja, on Friday. The event was attended by dignitaries from various sectors, including AMA Smile Foundation Team, government officials, business leaders and members of civil society. Hon. Aro…

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Conference Of Igbogbo Indigenes In Public Service Gets New Executives

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Kunle Adelabu -Honours former GM Lagos Printing Corporation, 9 others The Conference of Igbogbo Indigenes In Civil and Public Service (COIICPS) has elected and inaugurated a new executive council to oversee its affairs for the next two years. The new executive council, led by Dr. Wole Ogunyemi, FCIB, an Associate Professor with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), took over from Prince Gbenga Ogunlewe led executives that completed its term on Friday. Other COIICPS executive members that were inaugurated during the Public Service…

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Igbogbo Day Celebration’s Focus This Year Is The Civic Centre – Planning Committee

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Kunle Adelabu -Our administration’s span is unprecedented – Chairman The Planning Committee of the Igbogbo Day Celebration has said that the major focus of the annual event this year is to lay the foundation for the Igbogbo Ultra – Modern Civic Centre at its proposed site at Offin/Oreta junction, Igbogbo. Mr Balogun Titlope, Chairman, Igbogbo Day Planning Committee 2021-2024 and Mr Sulaimon Ayokunle, Treasurer of the committee, informed THE IMPACT at the Iwure ceremony which signaled the official commencement of the celebration at the Adeboruwa palace on Thursday. The Chairman,…

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2024 Igbogbo Day Kicks – Off With Special Traditional ‘Iwure’

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Kunle Adelabu The 2024 Igbogbo Day Celebration officially kicked – off today with special traditional prayer ‘Iwure’ by the traditional institution and blessings by the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Barr.) Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, Emugoriade I. At the event organized by the Planning Committee of the Igbogbo Day Celebration at the Adeboruwa Palace were Awopa, Eleluku, Alagemo, Oloro -Abosan, Oloro -Merin, Oloro Olu – Odo, Onigunuko, Orisha -Nla, Igunfolabi Olorisha Yewa, Olorisha Oshuntade (Agunfoye) and Olorisha Obaluaye (Igbe) Others were Aborishade Olomitutu, Olorisha Oshundemilade, Elegun, Oniyewa, Ologun, Alasha,…

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Lagos’ N3 Trillion 2025 Budget Prioritises Growth In Tour, Economic Affairs Sectors

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Our Reporter -30 newly completed road projects, bridges scheduled for commissioning December – Governor Tourism and creative sector is about to take a huge leap forward in Lagos. The sector, with other key economic areas, will gulp a chunk in the State’s expenditures in the 2025 fiscal year. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu laid bare what would be priorities of the Lagos State Government in the coming year as he presented the State’s 2025 budget to the House of Assembly, on Thursday. The Governor proposed a total of N3.005 trillion budget estimates,…

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New Miss Ikorodu -Oga To Focus On Motivating Orphans, Pupils

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Kunle Adelabu The new Miss Ikorodu – Oga, Miss Olawunmi Otayomi, has said that she will be focusing on encouraging and motivating orphans to have confidence in themselves and cultivate the determination to be successful. Miss Olawunmi, who is a 200 level student of Psychology at the Adekunle Ajasin University, promised to also pursue her academic career and graduate in flying colours. The newest Miss Ikorodu Oga described the contest as stressful, fun and interesting. She will be representing the Crystal Club Ikorodu for the next one year. The winner…

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Igbogbo/ Bayeku LCDA Chair In Faceoff With Adeboruwa Over Iyaloja -General Position

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Kunle Adelabu -Kabiyesi wants younger, dynamic candidate – sources To whom does the market belong between the traditional institution and the local government actually? Is it a reality that a party owns it and the other administers it or is it strictly under the purview of one of these institutions? These among other questions are begging for answers as the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Area (LCDA) locks horns with the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo over the market leadership. This development may be another long-drawn battle like the recent faceoff between the Ayangbure…

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LASODA Registers 100 Businesses For Persons With Disability

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Our Reporter In a bid to create a sustainable and successful business environment for the disability community in Lagos, the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) has registered and presented free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Certificates to 100 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the state. Speaking at a two-day empowerment training for disabilities clusters held recently at the STO Resource Centre, Alausa, General Manager, Office for Disability Affairs, Mrs. Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal said that the programme was designed to equip PWDs with essential skills to establish their business, foster economic…

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