By Saheed Ibrahim | The level of corruption in the country has eaten very deep into many sectors (if not every) in the country and the road safety agency is not left out of the list. I have plied Akure-Ibadan express road more than fifty times and most times I am on the road, I […]
By Olusola Alatise | Unless those who are agitating for the return of Nigeria to a parliamentary system of government incorporate true federalism and restructuring into it, their clamour would be an exercise in futility. A professor of political science, Prof Akinsola Agagu declared this in an exclusive interview with The Hope in Akure. Agagu […]
By Fatima Muraina | There was a last minute rush by the people of Ondo state yesterday in preparation for Christmas celebration as major markets across the state witnessed large patronage. Our correspondent’s visits to the popular Shasha, Oja-Oba, Isinkan and Nepa markets revealed that the prices of food items had skyrocketed. A bag of […]
As Nigeria approaches the general elections in less than two months, there appears to be apprehension even as many continue to agitate for the restructuring of the country. In this interview with Line Editors, Prof Akinsola Agagu, a Professor of Political Science bares his mind on this development and on other topical issues of interest. […]
By Samuel Alonge | The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has lent its voice to the raging debate on whether President Muhammadu Buhari should attend the presidential debate slated for January 19, 2019, or not. A pressure group within the ruling All Progressives Congress, Internal Democracy Advocates (IDA) had at the weekend canvassed that the President […]
Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, an Action Democratic Party (ADP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, has urged the Federal Government to reconsider approval for petroleum pipeline routes surveillance across the country. Gbadamosi, a real estate developer, also “BOG”, made the plea on Saturday when he revisited victims of the Abule Egba area of Lagos pipelines explosion to […]
By Chris Chimezie | Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ondo State chapter, Mr Jacob Adebo, has enjoined the people of the state to vote massively for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari to enable him continue to transform every sector of the country. Adebo who is popularly known as “Idajo”, gave the […]
From Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare Akoko | In a bid to ensure its candidates win overwhelmingly in the forthcoming general elections, the Ondo North chapter of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, has held a meeting to map out strategies to achieve its aim. At the well attended meeting held at the Okoja Community Hall, Ikare Akoko, […]
By Mary Agidi | If Nigeria can adopt the parliamentary system of government to replace the current system, the cost of governance, money spent to conduct of elections will be reduced and vote buying will be eradicated. This was the submission of a political analyst and academician, Professor Olu Aboluwoye while reacting to the motion […]
Samuel Alonge | The leadership of the Council of Traditionalists/ Herbalists of Nigeria has joined voices with Ogun cult members in Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, in insisting that Lagos lawyer, Mr Ebenezer Tunde Omobobami, must accept to lead the Ogun worshippers in the community, or risk unpleasant consequences. Ebenezer has objected to heading the Ogun cult […]
