ODSG to consider sign language for accessible health services

By Fatima Muraina | Ondo state government has indicated its readiness to give attention to sign language for adequate accessibility of sexual reproductive health services for special people in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulwahaab Adegbenro made this known in an interview with The Hope shortly after a Rally and Dialogue programme […]

Man in court over land fraud

|By Sunmola Olowookere A middle age man, Abiodun Eniola who lives at Onimalu area, Ijoka road, Akure has been dragged before a Magistrate Court sitting at the new court complex  Akure, Ondo state capital for allegedly taking money fraudulently for a land he never had to sell. According to the charge sheet which was read […]

Carnival, as Okeigbo gets new monarch after eleven years

By Victor Akinkuolie | P ersonalities from all walks of life last  weekend stormed the historical town of Okeigbo, a notable ancient community in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government area of Ondo State to witness the coronation ceremony of Oba Lawrence Oluwole Babajide,   as the sixteenth ruler and the fifth Olu-Oke of Okeigbo town. The carnival-like ceremony […]

Man docked over wilful damage

By Sunmola Olowookere | For alleged wilful damage of a part of a farm property and stealing of some sizable number of commercial tree stumps, a young man, Adeola Akinola has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Akure. The charge sheet read in part “that you, Adeola Akinola along with others now at […]

CRISSA marks 20th anniversary in grand style

By Adekola Afolabi | Christ The Redeemer’s International Secondary School, (CRISSA), Oda Road, Akure, at the weekend rolled out the drums to celebrate 20 years of existence of the citadel of learning. At the symposium organised to mark 20th anniversary of the school, Pastor Francis Oluwalade,  the Assistant Pastor in-charge of Region 22, explained that […]

Goal setting

By Tope Babatope | If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, ‘l want to be successful, be happy, make a good living’,and that is it. Those are all wishes and none of them are clear goals. People confuse goals […]

Waste clearing service

By Tope Babatope | Start up cost: N100,000 above. Low investment required. Advertising: Words of mouth, personal solicitations, complimentary cards. Why it is a good business : Nowadays many people are genuinely conscious of the need to keep a neat and tidy environment, to this end there are many who dump refuse after sweeping and […]

I am building a house through proceeds from hawking, woman makes nearly N40,000 daily

By Agboola Fesobi | A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Kemi Omotayo, hails from Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government in Ondo State and is the breadwinner of her family. To make ends meet, she hustles, selling dried fish, assisted by her two children. Just like Omotayo, many people hawk today in order to […]

‘My wife is a rare gem’

Venerable and Mrs Olumuyiwa Obanla both hailed from Idoani in Ose local government area of Ondo State. They have been married for twenty nine years and the marriage is blessed with children. Venerable Obanla is a cleric at St. James’ Anglican Church, Owo. In this interview with SEUN OBANLA, they explained how they overcome challenges […]

ODHA proceeds on break, reconvenes Oct 23

By Kola Afolabi | Lawmakers in the Ondo State House of Assembly last week proceeded on another break after passing the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) 2018 Appropriation Bill into law. Consequently, the House adjourned till Tuesday, October 23, 2018, for plenary. The OSOPADEC budget for the 2018 fiscal year is Nine […]