Importance of vitamin A in children

With Kemi Olatunde | Every child needs vitamins to develop well as they are needed for survival. Vitamins A, D, E and are referred to as fat soluble vitamins but Vitamin A is a very important vitamin in human. In infants and children, vitamin A is essential to support rapid growth and to help combat […]

Empowering Ex-Militants

THE presidential amnesty programme recently selected over 100 ex-militants in the Niger Delta region of the country for vocational training. ACCORDING to the co-ordinator of the programme, Prof Charles Dokubo, the training would be spread across different disciplines such as basic skills on Oil and Gas, Power, Maritime and Agriculture but would mainly focus on […]

Osun West PDP crisis: Court fixes  Feb 11 for judgement

From Fisayo Akinduro,  Osogbo | The crisis rocking Osun West Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will on February 11 be resolved as court gives judgment. The case was instituted by Mr Akin Ogunbiyi against Mr Oyewumi, the Senatorial candidate of the party; Mr Adeleke; the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ogunbiyi is challenging […]

Fayemi dedicates victory to Ekiti people

Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has declared that Monday’s judgement of the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal affirming his victory at the  2018 gubernatorial election is a re- affirmation of the wishes of the vast majority of Ekiti people. Governor Fayemi, who hailed the judgement as another proof that the […]

Vote for APC, commissioner implores youths

By Femi Atolagbe | The  Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Ondo State, Mr Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, has urged youths in the state to vote en mass for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in general elections. Yusuf-Ogunleye made the call in Akure during an interactive session with youths in his Oba-Ile community of Akure North […]

ODIEC ‘ll conduct LG polls soon – Prof Dinakin

By Adekola Afolabi | The chairman, Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, Prof Yomi Dinakin, said the commission would soon conduct elections into Local Government Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in the 18 councils. He disclosed this while speaking with journalists shortly after defending the commission’s budget for 2019 before the House of Assembly Committee on […]

Ondo ACPN supports Buhari

By Jubril Bada | The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN),  Ondo State has thrown its weight behind the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16, 2019 general elections. The party assured that it will mobilise voters to cast their votes for Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in […]

Alasoadura assures life-transforming programmes

Alasoadura assures life-transforming programmes By Jubril Bada | Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Tayo Alasoadura for the Ondo Central Senatorial District election has assured the people of more developmental projects and life – transforming programmes that will facilitate better life for the masses if voted the second time. Alasoadura who is representing […]

Farmer decries palm trees’ destruction

By Kehinde Oluwatayo | A palm oil producer, Mr Godswealth Henry,  has decried the increase in destruction of Oil Palm plantations in the country. Henry, a farmer lamented the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, while Cameroon and Ghana are developing thousands of hectares of […]

We’ll  mitigate effect of  late rain

By Kehinde Oluwatayo | Farmers in Ondo State have promised to work hard to ensure that the effect of late onset of rain and its attendant threat to agricultural activities as predicted by NIMET this year is reduced to the barest minimum in the state.     Speaking with The Hope on behalf of the farmers, […]