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"COP" NOW "CAP" CAPPING ASSIMILATION PROGRAMME WITH FEBRUARY 27, 2025 NEW DATE AYOBO/IPAJA CHAIRMAN, PHIDEL COLLEGE CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI... ET AL: THANKS TO YOU ALL. FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK The umpteenth time, Civics Weekly has continued to receive encomium and commendations for giving optimum attention to security for the botched 2024 Event of Capping Orientation Programme (COP), hosting 1,000 head boys and head girls of senior secondary schools from across Lagos State in Alimosho. The latest of such deserved praises was from SilvaKampala Garment & Africa Fabrics, a leading name in African prints fabrics and uniform productions in Lagos. It came at its end of year celebration on the eve of Christmas when the CEO, remarked that “it could have taken only a disciplined mind to cancel such event at that close hours over unseen and unsubstantiated threat”, to quote her. In line with this remark for fact; to the outside world, the threat Civics Weekly identifie...

By Razaq Adedeji Jimoh Just a couple of days earlier, the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) celebrated it catch of the elusive peace with a purported burial of ubiquitous and state wide factional rancour rocking it innards. Reports of eye witness accounts converged on the submission that it was a success story across Alimosho Federal Constituency. But a mix of contrasting reports from a latter official visit of the State Governor, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu, would seem to have, again, stired up the troubled water that was just getting under control – albeit as contrived in perception by some members of the party. The issue in context bordered around an allegation that the Governor came to town to “declare” Alhaji Abdullahi Ayinde Enilolobo as the “Apex Leader” of Alimosho Progressives at the commissioning of a newly constructed bridge linking the Southern Alimosho to its Western corridor through Idowu Egba – the Western extremity of Egbe-Idimu LCDA. Upon f...

Story by Razaq Adedeji Jimoh Prince Idris Balogun has said he only contributed his own "widow's mite" to the value purpose of COP'24 event as endowment inspirational programme in honour of the Leader of Alimosho, Her Excellency, Dr. (Princess) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (OFR), former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, who is currently the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDG). He added that while on his part he is set to ensure that this inaugural phase of the programme brings forth the anticipated honour and glory to Her Excellency through the fulfilment of participants in their short stay of visit to Alimosho in "the name of Joke Orelope", it is expected of all lovers of Mama to rise to this August occasion. He made this statement after his declarative endorsement of COP'24 as a programme that must have it's date on December 12, 2024. To walk his talk, he picked the bill for the cost of event hall. ...