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Kosofe Local Government Legislative Council’s Leader of the house, Hon. Olumide Onayemi County, has come to the aid of an APC member who has been down with chronic health predicament by giving her a cheque of N100,000 for the payment of her medical treatment. Hon. County gave the afflicted party member known as Mrs. Taiwo Adekoya the stated amount of money yesterday at the Kosofe LGA APC secretariat. The money was presented to the woman by Kosofe LGA APC caretaker committee chairman, Alhaji Kehinde Bello. While issuing the cheque of N100,000 to the woman, County stated that his primary motive was simply to assist people in dire need of financial assistance, adding that he had been doing this for a long time in diverse ways assisting many people even from the meagre amount of money he earns as salary. He disclosed that next week, he is again going to assist another woman residing at Oworo with similar problem. He further revealed that apar...

By Olusegun Apena The Lagos State House of Assembly’s Investigative committee set up by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa to investigate the legislative crisis in Ikosi-Isheri LCDA and allegations of embezzlement, corruption, misappropriation and harassment level against the chairperson of the council, Princess Samiat Bada has concluded its assignment yesterday and immediately declared the purported suspension of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA leader of the house and his deputy as illegal. While the outcomes of the investigation of the committee on allegations levelled against the council chairperson are still being eagerly awaited by members of the public, the investigative committee at the end of his sitting yesterday declared the purported suspension of the Leader of the house Hon. Akanni Usman Ajibola and the Deputy Leader of the House Hon. Folasade Akinpelu by four other councillors as null and void. Kosofe Reporters gathered that the committee declared the action o...

* say purported suspension farcical, histrionic and unconstitutional *Chief Whip accuse chairperson of fuelling crisis to frustrate fraud probe      By Olusegun Apena The Ikosi-Isheri LCDA leader of the house Hon. Akanni Usman Ajibola and the Deputy leader of the House Hon. Folasade Akinpelu have come out boldly to denounce their purported suspension from the legislative arm by four councillors loyal to the council chairperson Princess Samiat Bada, describing the act as farcical, histrionic and unconstitutional. The leader of the House, Hon. Usman Ajibola in an interview with Kosofe Reporters described his purported suspension from the legislative council by four councillors as an act that smacked of histrionic display of “Baba Suwe” and “Awada Kerikeri” Yoruba Comedy. He said the action of the four councillors, Yinusa Salami, Majority leader, Adewale Olalekan, Biliameen Taliatu and Olanrewaju Taiwo to suspend him would not see the light of the day as it did n...

  By: Olusegun Apena . The Lagos State House of Assembly led by its Speaker Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday constituted a joint committee of the House to probe allegations of corruption and misappropriation of public funds brought against Ikosi-Isheri LCDA Chairperson Princess Samiat Bada. Ikosi-Isheri LCDA Leader of the house Hon.Usman Ajibola   The joint committees on Public Account Committee (Local) and Local Government Administration and Community Affairs are to investigate allegations of unscrupulous activities against Princess Bada brought by aggrieved councillors of the LCDA. The aggrieved councillors of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA She  was also accused of incursion into legislative activities in her council and undermining the functionality of the legislative arms of the councils. Speaker Obasa, while constituting the joint committees, said: “Beyond the issue of the budget, there is need to address the victimisation and threats against counc...

    Ikosi-Isheri LCDA legislative council has finally commenced investigation into execution of all ongoing projects in the council from January 2020 till date by the council chairperson Princess Samiat Bada.   The legislative council had during its previous plenary on March 11 th , requested the council treasurer, Mrs. Yemisi Sobowale; the council engineer, Mrs. Effoyota Victoria and the Special Adviser to the council chairperson on works and Infrastructures Mr. Rilwan Akinwale to appear before it on march 16 th to clarify issues relating to all ongoing projects in the council.   However, while the Council Treasurer and the Council Engineer were able to appear before the legislative council, the special adviser on works and infrastructures Mr. Akinwale was conspicuously absent.   No reason was adduced for his absence, but it was strongly believed in some quarter that he may had been advised against appearing before the legislative council by th...

By: Olusegun Apena The Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress Ikosi-Isheri LCDA Ward B has announced the suspension of its Ward Caretaker Committee chairman Mrs. Abiodun Odusami and its LGA Publicity Secretary Mr. Abiodun Awoderu indefinitely. In a statement received by Kosofe Reporters early this morning the party said it took the decision in order to salvage the soul of the party at its emergency meeting which had in attendance the Ward Councillor Hon. Muhammed Moroof Adeleye and the LGA Executives members on Friday 19th February, 2021. According to the statement, the Ward Deputy Chairman Mr. Rotimi Akinyemi would now take over in acting Capacity.

' *Revalidates APC Membership* *Gives N1.6M To LGA Party Chairman For Logistic Support* The executive chairman of Kosofe Local Government Hon. Afolabi Sofola has urged residents of the local government to go out en-masse and exercise their civic responsibility by registering or revalidating their membership of All Progressives Congress as the party’s registration exercise continues. Hon. Sofola made this statement on Monday minutes after revalidating his membership of the party at his polling unit at Aladura Comprehensive High school Anthony Village. In an interview with Kosofe Reporters, the council chairman who was reported to have travelled out of the country just before the registration exercise began expressed satisfaction with the turn-out for the exercise while at the same time urging residents who are yet to register to go and do so, stressing that it is a civic responsibility they must perform. “My advice to them is they should find time...

By Olusegun Apena *SAY 2021 BUDGET WILL NOT BE PASSED *CALL FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION Report coming from Ikosi- isheri LCDA has it that the council’s lawmakers are set for a showdown with the council’s chairperson, Princess Samiat Bolanle Bada over year 2020 budget implementation and some other political and administrative issues and may not approve year 2021 budget unless thorough investigation is carried out on how last year budget of the LCDA was implemented. Kosofe Reporters reliably gathered that the lawmakers of the council led by the Leader of the House Hon. Usman Ajibola are enraged over the way and manner the LCDA chairperson has been running the affairs of the council since her assumption of office last year and have therefore resolved not to approve 2021 budget. The lawmakers it was learnt alleged poor leadership quality, bad governance, misappropriation of fund, lack of transparency and contract inflation of executed projects by the Chairperson, Princess Bada ...

The much talked about Federal Government 774,000 jobs under Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) for unemployed youth and vulnerable people in all the local Government Councils in the country has finally taken off in Kosofe Local Government as National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has started training the shortlisted beneficiaries of the programme at the council’s secretariat. The Kosofe Local Government chapter of the programme was flagged off by the Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Hon. Afolabi Sofola at the council’s secretariat on Wednesday February 18 as the beneficiaries of the programme from the local government, Agboyi-Ketu and Ikosi-Isheri LCDA were apprised of the programme’s modalities, duration and benefits while training commenced the same day.  The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) principal executive officer, Mrs. Adedoyin Ige while addressing the beneficiaries, disclosed that the duration of the programme is...

His name is Abdulrazaq Rafiu Kolawole. And he is well known as ‘Oto’ in the political and social circles. For those who don’t know him, he was the former chairman Federal Task Force SURE-P under former president Goodluck Jonathan, a former head of bodyguard to former Governor of Lagos state Babatunde Raji Fasola, a former head of bodyguard to Governor Fayemi, a former task force chairman under Otunba Gbenga Daniel. And former Personal Assistant on Security to the former governor of Osun State Ogbeni Rafiu Aregbesola.   On Sunday February 14th, he granted a special interview to Kosofe Reporters, an online TV and a national newspaper at his residence somewhere at Ketu where he made stunning revelations about a popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. In the ensuing interview with Olusegun Apena, Taiwo Fadipe and Seun Adeoye, Oto as he is popularly called, describes Sunday Igboho as an assassin, a ritualist and a political thug and that he once got him arrested for a...