By Sade Adewale, Ondo | Two siblings, Erick Akintunde, 25 and Iyanuoluwa Akintunde, 20, were on Wednesday dragged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for allegedly cohabiting with a girl (names withheld) without her father’s consent. Also arraigned alongside the brothers were a 80-year-old herbalist, Awoniyi Akinbebije and two others, Peter Adediwura, 19 […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has assured pensioners in the state of better welfare package under the Kayode Fayemi administration. Egbeyemi said the Fayemi administration is deeply concerned about the suffering of pensioners and will do everything possible to give them a new lease of life. The Deputy Governor […]
By Lola Omowaye & Bukola Olamona | Mr Olabode Ajibola Olasehinde is a teacher in the Department of Fabrication and Welding, Government Technical College, GTC, Owo, and a winner of the National Productivity Merit Award (NPOM). He speaks on his desire to reduce Nigerians’ reliance on petrol for electricity generation towards reducing problems occasioned by […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Princes in Ikere Ekiti under the aegis of Council of Omowas (Princes) have urged the Ekiti state government to disregard the request of the Olukere of Ikere Ekiti, Ganiyu Obasoyin, for recognition as traditional ruler in the ancient town. The princes, who stated this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti […]
By Sade Adewale | Three men, Saliu Suhaibu, 25, Sunday Stephen, 35 and Temitayo Ogunloye, 22, have been arraigned before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace in Ile-Oluji kingdom of Ondo state. The trio were said to have unlawfully gathered on […]
By Kayode Olabanji | The prime suspect apprehended in connection with the gruesome murder of a septuagenarian in Ikare Akoko about three weeks ago, Olaniyi Moses, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Oke-Eda in Akure, the Ondo state capital. The police brought the accused person before the count on a […]
By Jubril Bada | The major opposition political parties in Ondo State have expressed their satisfactions with the recent adoption of June 12 as a Democracy Day by the House of Representatives. Speaking with The Hope, the Southwest Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ayo Fadaka, described the adoption of June 12 […]
By Victor Akinkuolie, Ado Ekiti | A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Sola Fatoba has urged Nigerians to embrace the anti-corruption war embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari for the emergence of a sane and prosperous nation. Fatoba, who is the candidate of the APC for Ekiti Central I Federal Constituency in […]
By Jubril Bada | The National Committee of Buhari Support Group (NCBSG) , Ondo State chapter has charged its members to be more committed and ensure all the party’s candidates in the 2019 general elections emerged victorious. The State Co-ordinator of the group, Mr. Henry Kehinde-Bello gave the charge while addressing local coordinators and members […]
By Theo Adebowale | It is electioneering season again and politicians are all over the place saying something. Sola, my friend, a journalist was not pleased with the conduct and performance of these campaigners. We got to talking and she said we deserve a better treatment than they are giving. The electorate sure deserve something […]
