Oke-Alabojuto: Ikare residents laud govt

From Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare-Akoko | Residents of Ikare Akoko have commended the Ondo State Government on the ongoing construction work at the Oke Alabojuto hill in the town saying this will put an end to the countless deaths on the spot resulting from incessant accidents caused by its high altitude. They described the action of […]

Massive renovation: Ondo schools wear new look

By Kehinde Adejumo | Education has been universally adjudged as the key that unlocks  the door of success and a passport to a better life. As a result, most parents make it a matter of must for their children to be educated.     However, the erroneous belief by most parents that public primary schools  lack  […]

Church distributes stationery to pupils in Akure

By Adekola Afolabi | Well-meaning individuals and Non-Governmental organisations in the society have been admonished to come to the aid of children of the less privileged in the society with a view to helping them providing necessary educational materials as they resumed for 2018/19 academic session. Giving the admonition yesterday was Pastor Dayo Akindunbi, Pastor […]

Firm pledges to boost Ondo’s IGR

By Kehinde Adejumo | The 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Araromi-Ayesan Oil Palm PLC which took place  last week   was one that would linger in the memories  of people for a long time to come. Shareholders’ turnout and the number of guests who attended the  meeting was an indication that the company  has  the […]

Executive/legislative row will hinder democracy – APC chieftain

By Bisi Olominu | The friction between the executive and the legislature will not allow democracy to grow, rather it would slow down governance in Nigeria. All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirant for Owo/Ose Federal Constituency, Mr. Olayato Aribo stated this in an interview with The Hope in Akure. Aribo said the friction was bound to […]

Osun’s inconclusive election

By Kayode Crown | Osun State went to the poll on Saturday and barring any change, in a few polling units, rerun elections will take place on Thursday to finally decide who will be the governor of the state for the next four years. It was a tight contest between the ruling APC and the […]

ODSG succours Ayetoro Sea incursion victims

By Evelyn Omotoye | Succour has come the way of victims of the sea incursion that occurred at Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State as the state government, through the State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), at the weekend distributed relief materials to them. Speaking during the event at Ayetoro, the state Deputy […]

Okeluse cassava-ethanol will  create 12,000 jobs

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Government in partnership with the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,  (NNPC), will begin a cassava-ethanol project in the Northern part of the state soon. The Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Development and Investment, Mr Boye Oyewumi, disclosed this at the proposed site of […]

50th birthday: D-Gov donates church to community

By Evelyn Omotoye | A clergyman, Pastor Joshua Alowolodu has called on political office holders and other well meaning individuals to always remember to give back to the communities that made them. The pastor, who is the Irele Zonal Superintendent of the Christ Apostolic Church, C.A.C, made the call in  his sermon at a service […]

‘We ’ll repair Owo-Ikare road’

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has assured that his administration would in few weeks, begin some interventions on the deplorable Owo-Ikare road which has exposed motorists to hardships. The Governor made this known at a Thanksgiving service to commemorate the election of The Most Revd Gabriel Akinbiyi as the […]