By Adekola Afolabi | The Chairman, Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr Tolu Adegbie, said the state government through the board has generated N18billion between January and November this year. He said the figure was a great improvement on the N10. 9billion generated last year. Adegbie disclosed this yesterday at a one-day public hearing […]
From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Pained by the gruesome murder of their colleague, Mr Adeola Adebayo by kidnappers, lawyers in Ekiti State are to keep away from the courts for one week. The lawyers conveyed the notice of boycott of the courts in a letter dated December 3, 2018 and signed by one Mr. Temidayo […]
By Sade Afe | Religion is practised in an atmosphere of peace. Where there’s religious disharmony, such nations and states don’t progress. In Ondo State, peace has been the cornerstone of the administration headed by Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Ondo State has been enjoying peace in the last eighteen months of Arakunrin’s government as christian and […]
A world health specialist, Dr. Munirat Ogunlayi has asked women to have confidence in themselves. According to Mrs Ogunlayi, the wealthiest place in the world is the cemetery because greatest treasure of untapped potentials were buried there. She explained that when a person or thing has potential, people expect something good from such in the […]
By Maria Famakinwa | The wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu -Akeredolu has revealed that women can contribute meaningfully to the economic development of a nation if given the opportunity and enabling environment to thrive. She said this during the First Forum for Wives of Ondo State Officials (FOWOSO) Summit titled “Unlocking […]
By Adekola Afolabi | The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun has disclosed that a bill to make provision for the administration and collection of revenue due to the State and local government councils in the state would improve the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and the enhance development of the state. […]
By Chris Chimezie & Sade Adewale | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has expressed the determination of his administration to retain and support the three state-owned universities in the state for optimal performance. Akeredolu made the disclosure during the third Founder’s Day Lecture of the University of Medical Sciences, (UNIMED), held at the […]
By Evelyn Omotoye | Stones, pearls and beads on a typical fabric especially African prints are the in-thing for babes and mamas nowadays. For quite sometimes now, no serious fashion innovation has been able to overtake the use of stones and pearls on fabric materials for varieties of women outfits. From headgear to blouse, skirt […]
By Bimbo Akindunbi and Tola Gbadamosi | One of those abducted by unknown hoodlums, suspected to be kidnappers at Amurin village on the Akure-Owo Expressway in Owo Local Government area of Ondo State, have been rescued by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command.. Information reaching The Hope Metro as of press time on Thursday, […]
By Sade Adewale | A 32-year-old man cocoa farmer, Collinus Olagoke, has been dragged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N400,000 from a trader, under false pretence of supplying him cocoa beans. The police brought Olagoke before the court on Tuesday for collecting the sum from one […]
