Fayemi to reposition Ekiti tertiary institutions

From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has received the reports of the visitation panels to the state owned tertiary institutions as well as Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES). The visitation panels was inaugurated by the governor shortly after he assumed office few months ago  to comb the […]

ODSG bans Okada operators after 10pm

By Chris Chimezie | In its bid to ensure that people of the state are secured especially during this festive period, Ondo State Government has banned all activities of commercial motorcyclists (Okada Operators) in the state from 10 p.m daily. This was contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, […]

ODSFA pledges total commitment  to Sunshine Stars

By Femi Atolagbe | One of the Ondo State Football Agency, (ODSFA) board member, Prince Babatunde Ogunja has assured players and officials of Sunshine Stars FC the total support of the Otunba Tajudeen Akinyemi led management of the Club ahead of the new Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) season. Ogunja, the Club Director of the […]

Academic thrives on facilities- Adelowo

From Sade Adewale, Ondo | Adequate facilities  have been said to be the driver of education due to its importance to the delivery of academic process. Stating this was the guest lecturer at the 2nd  Annual lecture of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji,(FEDPOLEL),  a  fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects and founder of Stagray […]

Guilty as charged?

By Steve Alabi | As it has become usual with media coverage of sports events happening within our shores, it was as if the just concluded 19th National Sports Festival did not happen. Our media almost blacked out the entire games as if Abuja 2018 was a fiction. But it was not. It was a […]

ODSG flags-off Festival of Arts

By Chris Chimezie | Just like Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into the City of Jerusalem, so it was for the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, when they rode on decorated cart pulled by a white horse round the city of Akure as part of activities for the […]

Govt tackles wastes with special dustbins

Kemi Olatunde | Ondo State Government has said that it is putting in place measures to ensure that the people of the state make use of appropriate dustbins for containing wastes. General Manager, Ondo State Waste Management Board, Mrs Bola Akinyanmi dropped the hint while speaking with The Hope in an  interview. According to her, […]

Developing local manpower, research for Bitumen exploration in Ondo

By Kayode Crown | Bitumen was discovered in Ondo State in 1904. It was something that could transform the country, but has been kept in the shelf for so long and abandoned. Various governments have come and gone but the needed financially muscle to see to the extraction of the mineral for the derivable socio-economic […]

NDLEA nabs marijuana suspect, I sold ‘Igbo’ to treat my hernia- suspect 

By Tola Gbadamosi | The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ondo State Command,  has  arrested a 45-year-old Togolese,  Yussuf Abdullahi who was involved in  cultivating cannabis plantation at Ipogun in Ifedore local government area of Ondo State. The suspect was said to own 24 different  cannabis farms at Ipogun. The Hope Metro authoritatively gathered […]