Dead man found in sewage

Dead man found in sewage Residents of Italugbogbo community in Ondo town, were in shock at the weekend,  trying to unravel the cause of the death of a 44-year-old man, identified as Ore Kayode, whose lifeless body was found inside a sewage on a plot of land. The Hope Metro reliably gathered that the lifeless […]

Court discharges jailed retiree over food debt

Court discharges jailed retiree over food debt Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Friday,  discharged a 55-year-old man,  Moses Olatunde,  who had been in prison custody since October 2018 over an alleged accumulated  debt incurred from  buying food on credit. The accused person, Olatunde was earlier  arraigned on October 9, 2018, and […]

Stop selling your future, Arije cautions voters

Stop selling your future, Arije cautions voters By Adekola Afolabi | Veteran labour leader in Ondo state, Pastor Oyekan Arije, has charged voters to desist from selling their future by collecting money from politicians to vote for them. Arije, a Pastor-in-Charge of Christ Apostolic Church, (CAC), Akure, gave the admonition yesterday while delivering a sermon […]

Osun vows to fulfil promises

Osun vows to fulfil promises From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | The Osun state government has restated its commitment to ensure that the state forge ahead in all economic fronts. This was made known by the Supervisor, Ministry of Works, Science and Technology, Remi Omowaiye during an inspection and assessment tour of the ongoing road rehabilitation […]

Govt to redress infrastructural deficit

Govt to redress infrastructural deficit By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu  has again reiterated his administration’s commitment to address the huge infrastructural deficit in the State by opening up both rural and urban areas for desired development. The Governor made the pledge while inspecting the ongoing 5.25km township road projects in […]

Akeredolu’s road revolution in Ondo

By Sunmola Olowookere | One of the major cardinal programmes of the government of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu which is becoming obvious is roads. The Ministry of Works and Infrastructure  is the ministry saddled with the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads in the state. In the words of Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Taofiq  Abdulsalam, […]

‘New Shasha ’ll reduce prices of goods’ 

‘New Shasha ’ll reduce prices of goods’ By Fatima Muraina \ Establishing Shasha markets is to facilitate accessibility to various commodities and reduce cost of  the products. The Chairman of the new Shaha Market along Ondo road, Alhaji Sule Yunusa stated this  in an interview with The Hope in Akure. Yunusa said the new market […]

Assembly poll: APC, PDP, ADC begin campaign

By Jubril Bada | Few days to the Ondo State House of Assembly election, political parties have intensified their campaigns for their candidates across the state. The campaigns which  started immediately after the results of presidential and National Assembly elections were   announced last week cut across all the 18 local governments in the state through […]

Task Before The President-Elect

THE Nigerian Presidential election has been concluded. The Hope congratulates President Muhammadu Buhari for his re-election. It has been a very competitive election which confirms the importance of the office to Nigerians, her neighbours, and the international community.    THE stake is high considering the economy, security and aspirations of her citizens and the African […]

Ondo residents rate Akeredolu high

By Maria Famakinwa | Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu upon assumption of office two years ago promised to hit the ground running by embarking on different developmental projects across the state to improve peoples’ living standard and also reposition the state to re-gain its lost glory. To achieve the set goals, Governor Akeredolu introduced five – points […]