ODSG vows to remove illegal structures in Akure

By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Determined to follow the physical planning rules guiding Akure, the Ondo State capital, the state Ministry of Physical and Urban Planning has vowed to remove all illegal structures in Akure metropolis. The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Solagbade Amodeni made the declaration while leading the enforcement squad […]

Return Sunshine Stars to continental football, Ondo charges new Technical Adviser

By Femi Atolagbe | Ondo State Government has mandated Sunshine Stars Technical Crew and management to qualify the team for continental football at the end of the new 2018/2019 football season. Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Saka Yusuf Ogunleye made the call  after a new Sunshine Stars Technical Crew led by Kabir Dogo […]

Ondo state laws for review

By Sunmola Olowookere | Laws of Ondo state, Nigeria are currently undergoing a review by a committee set up by the Ondo state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kola Olawoye SAN. Olawoye made this disclosure while delivering an address at a special court session organized as part of activities to mark the commencement of the […]

New dawn as Sunshine Stars unveil Coach

By Femi Atolagbe | All roads led from Nassarawa State to Ondo state as Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure signed and officially unveiled coach Kabir Sulaiman Dogo as its technical adviser ahead of the 2019 Nigeria professional football league season. The former Nasarawa United gaffer was unveiled at the Ondo State Football Agency Game […]

NACCIMA seeks better  agric practices  

With Kehinde Oluwatayo | Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has appealed to local farmers to adhere strictly to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to put an end to the poor market access. The association said GAP, which is fast becoming the world’s most widely implemented farm certification scheme, was the […]

‘My wife is an adulterer’

From Francis Akinnodi, Ondo | A Maroko Customary Court in Ondo, Ondo West Local Government of Ondo State on Friday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mr. Adisa Ibrahim and Titilayo Fiola, over desertion, hostility, adultery and lack of love . Ibrahim had on May 2, 2018, approached the court seeking the cancellation of the association, […]

Fayemi condoles family of  slain lawmaker

From Victor Akinkuolie,  Ado-Ekiti | Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has commiserated with the leadership of the State Assembly and family of Hon. Michael Adedeji, a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly who died on Monday, following gun shots he received from unknown gunmen last week. The Governor described Hon Adedeji’s death […]

Four Ondo communities get World Bank aid

Joy and celebration were palpable as  four communities in Ondo state, on Friday, got N36 million,  from the Ondo State Community and Social Development Agency (ODCSDA),  in aid of their developmental projects .   The fund  is to assist the  beneficiary communities  from the World Bank-assisted Community Development Projects in  the state. In separate  interviews  […]

Man arrested for sodomy

By Tola Gbadamosi | The Ondo State Command of the Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corps, has arrested a 20-year-old man,  for allegedly sodomising two boys at Odokoyi area, in Akure metropolis. The Hope Metro learnt that the suspect had been engaging in the act of sodomising young boys, before nemesis caught up with him. […]

Cleric counsels  judges  to  fear God

By Sunmola Olowookere & Evelyn Omotoye | Judges of the Ondo State High Court, have been charged to perform their judicial duties with honesty, fairness and without fear or favour to any man. Right Reverend Abel Ajibodu, the Arch Bishop of Anglica Diocese,  Osogbo made the call, in his sermon, during the thanksgiving service to […]