Ondo FA set for elections as Sports commissioner sues for peace

  By Femi Atolagbe All is now set for  Elections into the board of the Ondo State Football Association following the resolutions at the Annual General Assembly which was held  in Akure. Rising from the Assembly held at the Police Officers Mess in Akure and presided over by the state FA chairman Otunba Dele Ajayi, […]

NPFL 19: Sunshine Stars unveil players

BY Femi Atolagbe Sunshine Stars have  unveiled its newly recruited players for the 2018/19 football season before the home fans and  media at the Ondo Sports Complex, Akure on Saturday. Among the new players is former Nasarawa United captain, Seun Sogbesan who is reuniting with coach Kabiru Dogo alongside  midfielder, Esosa Igbiniba and striker Tayo […]

Orunja counsels parties on issue-based campaign

From Francis Akinnodi, Ore As the 2019 general elections  draw near  the Orunja of Odigbo Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Rufus Akinrinmade has called on political parties in the country to stick to issue-based campaigns. Oba Akinrinmade made the call in a chat with The Hope in his palace. He said the nation needs a […]

Rigging: APC denies OBJ’s allegations

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari accusing him of plotting to rig this year’s general election. In a prompt response, All Progressives Congress (APC) Big Wigs have dismissed the allegation insisting that Obasanjo is still being haunted by his past. In separate reactions yesterday, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mrs. […]

OBHS celebrates centenary 

January 13, 2019 marks the 100 years of the existence of Ondo Boys’ High School (OBHS), having been founded by late Rev’d Canon Moses Craig Adeyemi in 1919 with 15 students. It’s an iconic school, being the first secondary school in the defunct Benin and Ondo Provinces; the first community sponsored secondary school in Nigeria, […]

Parable of the food

By  Bayo Fasunwon Hunger is a terrible feeling. The pangs hit him, and he was so sure that he would die. At that moment, he forgot that some men like him had gone without food for forty days and night, in order to get the change they earnestly desired. That was their destiny, not his. […]

We are recording far-reaching investments in riverine area – Edema

The Chairman of the Ondo State Oil Producing Area (OSOPADEC), Mr Olugbenga Omogbemi Edema featured on THE HOPE Platform recently where he took stock of various achievements already recorded in the last two years of his administration and equally rolled out others in the pipeline.    Excerpts: What achievements have you recorded since your assumption […]

Reining in kidnappers in Ondo

By Jimoh Ahmed The long hands of the law early on Wednesday in the ancient town of Owo caught up with four persons suspected to be kidnappers. The suspects who were believed to be of Hausa/Fulani extraction were arrested by the newly set up Ondo State Joint Security Operatives following a tip off. The suspects […]

Fishing: OSOPADEC to introduce cage culture

By Evelyn Omotoye In a bid to breed fish and have a high yield, the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), is set to introduce cage culture for fishermen in the riverine area of the state. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Gbenga Edema stated this while featuring as a guest on The […]