Ondo workers get 2017 Leave Bonus

By Chris Chimezie & Kehinde Oluwatayo | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) yesterday brought smiles to the faces of workers in the state as he announced the payment of their 2017 leave bonus this week. Governor Akeredolu gave the assurance at an event to commemorate the 2018 World Food Day held at the […]

Police nab 12 suspected cultists in Akure

By Bamidele Kolawole & Tola Gbadamosi | Suspected cultists numbering about 12 were arrested yesterday at a popular hotel in Ijapo Estate, Akure by the men of the Anti Cultism Unit of the Ondo State Police Command for disrupting the peace of the area. As at the time The Hope visited the scene, an unconfirmed […]

ODSG empowers 18,000 youths

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Executive Council has approved that the State Government should access the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Accelerated Agric Development Scheme of N1.5 billion naira to empower 18,000 participants in the Youth on Ridges Agriculture Programme of the state government. The hint was dropped by the Commissioner for Finance, Mr […]

Ekiti yet to receive any money from FG

From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Ekiti State Government has debunked the rumour making the round that the new administration has received N30 billion from the Federal Government. In a statement  made available to Journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Fayemi, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, said “the attention of […]

MSMEs: ODSG trains 1000 entrepreneurs

By Sade Adewale | No fewer than 1,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterpreneurs (MSMEs) have been educated by the present administration in Ondo State on how to access loans and grants that could assist their businesses overtime. The State Governor,  Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,  disclosed this in a sensitization workshop on Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises […]

FADAMA III dedicates awards to ODSG

It was a celebration galore as a staff of Ondo State FADAMA III carted away awards for performance. Receiving the award on behalf of the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture and Agric Business Pastor Akin Olotu described the laurels as excellent. According to him, payment of […]

Don lists ways out of Nigeria’s  underdevelopment

By Lola Omowaye & Bukola Olamona | Implementation and enforcement of good policies that will utilise Nigria’s resources have been identified as the way,out of underdevelopment in Nigeria.  Dr. Joel Kayode Adebiyi of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, in the Faculty of Environmental Studies of Rufus Giwa  Polytechnic, Owo(RUGIPO)  stated this  at the […]

New approach to soil and water management’

By Lola Omowaye & Bukola Olamona | A Nigerian Soil and Water Resources Management expert based in Germany, Dr. Kenedy Doro has called for urgent and pragmatic approach to manage soil and water to avoid looming crisis across the country. He made the call while delivering the eleventh Annual Lecture of the School of Sciences […]

Religious leaders should be politically neutral – Cleric

From  Jimoh Ahmed. kare-Akoko | As divergent reactions continue to trail the direct involvement of religious leaders in politics in the country, such men of God have been admonished to try as much as possible to maintain their positions as heads and do away with any attitude that would portray them as being partisan. The […]