In continuation of last week’s vox pop on the abuse of Child’s Right. The Hope Classics went to town to speak with some of the children on the street who recount their predicaments. It went further to seek the opinions of parents and a legal paractitioner Excerpts: “We eat from the sales of vegetables. My […]
Mr Femi Agagu is the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology. He speaks about the importance of adequate funding of education, shortage of teachers and the need for collaboration between the federal and state governments. Excepts: The Federal Executive Council(FEC) recently resolved that the Federal and State Governments should allocate fifteen percent of their budgets […]
By Jubril Bada | Scores of members of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) have defected to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State. According to a statement made available to The Hope by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Love Olawumi, the camp of ZLP has received a boost with the defection […]
By Kayode Ajulo | It delivers both worry and wonder each time our nation-state hoist its flag for the wrong reasons; reasons anchored on the wings of any report that does disservice to the name of Nigeria. Even so, such reports, when they filter into public domain, leaves a patriot with a sore sense of […]
By Jubril Bada | The All Progressives Congress (APC),Ondo State chapter has dismissed the claim of a group which recently claimed to have dumped the party. Recently, there was a rumour going around that a group has dumped the APC in the state for the Alliance for Democracy (AD) The State Publicity Secretary of […]
By Bukola Olamona | Mr. Henry Kehinde-Bello has been officially appointed as the Ondo State Coordinator of the Movement for Good Governance (MGG) for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kehinde-Bello was the Ondo State Coordinator of the National Committee of Buhari Support Group (NCBSG) until his new appointment. The NCBSG is the umbrella body […]
By Sade Adewale | The Director General, Center for Research Information Management and Media, Dr Raphael James, has debunked the purported news of the death of Nigeria’s one-time Minister of Information, Chief Alexander Akinyele. Contrary to the news which broke out on Saturday and gripped the people of Ondo community, James , a close associate, […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Ekiti State Police Command at the weekend confirmed the arrest of seven persons in connection with the bloody clash that broke out between members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and their counterparts of the Road Transport Employers (RTEAN) in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer […]
Tola Gbadamosi | The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that the suspected killer of High Chief Opeyemi Badamosi, the Lotin of Ondo Kingdom has been handed over to the Lagos State Police Command for further investigations. The Police Public Relation Officer Mr Femi Jonhson who gave the hint to The Hope Metro, in a […]
OLADIPO Akinkugbe, Emeritus Professor of Medicine belongs to the endangered but shrinking class of Nigeria’s unusual academics, for whom service and patriotism, modesty and mentoring, had remained sacrosanct, right from the beginning to the end of their illustrious careers. EFFUSIVE, refined and incredibly analytical, the quintessential Akinkugbe, born in Ondo State on July 17, 1933, […]
