Category: Transition

Kunle Adelabu -Family meets on burial arrangements Tributes have been pouring in from family members, colleagues and admirers of the veteran broadcaster, Pa Tunji Oni-Ororo Owolabi, who died at the General Hospital, Ikorodu, after brief illness. Pa Owolabi, who retired about 22 years ago but was retained in the service of the Radio Lagos, died on Sunday, January 5, 2020, and his remains has since been deposited in the hospital’s mortuary. His last official journalism engagement of the Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti State – born journalist was the coverage of the…

Kunle ADELABU -Residents pay tributes The Ikorodu Local Government has lost her immediate past chairman, Alhaji Sherif Adisa Anipole. He died at his residence, 26,Kokoro-Abu Street,  Ikorodu, around 7am on Saturday, February 23, and was buried in the evening of the same day according to the Islamic rites. A close ally of the deceased told THE IMPACT that the former chairman died after a protracted illness. He was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC) in Ikorodu. Late Anipole was the Chairman of Ikorodu local government between 2011 and…

Kunle ADELABU Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Lagos Central Area Comptroller, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Alhaja Lateefat Olaitan Giwa, who slumped and died while leaving her Lucky Fibre home in Ikorodu for office in the early hours of Thursday, November 1, 2018.   The late officer, who died at the age of 48 years, was said to be preparing for her daughter’s wedding in few weeks time.   Late Giwa joined the service of the Lagos State Government as a Scientific Officer II in…

Residents of Ikorodu Division, on Thursday expressed grief over the death of a senior officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Alhaja Olaitan Lateefat Giwa Giwa until her death was LASTMA Area Commander, HQ OPS Oshodi spider Her death threw Ikorodu into mourning mood  

Kunle ADELABU The league of veteran journalists in Ikorodu has further been depleted with the passage of Pa (Chief) Ayodele Olanrewaju Oyejola, Jpil, at the age of 90 years.   The Octogenarian died in August, 2018 and was buried on Friday, October 19, 2018, after a burial service at The African Church Bethel Cathedral, Aga in Ikorodu.   He worked at the Amalgamated Press of Nigeria, publisher of Daily Service and Nigeria Tribune between 1956 and 1958 as a Press Photographer. He also worked at the National Press of Nigeria,…