Osun tax collector in court over fraud By Fisayo Akinduro | A 28-year-old civil servant, Dayo Omole, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N671,000 belonging to taxpayers in Osun state. Omole, an ad-hoc staff of Osun State Internal Revenue Service (OIRS) was said to have committed the offence in April […]
Olowo: Relocated traders bemoan exposure to scorching Sun From Jimoh Ahmed, Owo | Barely two weeks after the demise of the Olowo of Owo, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi and the relocation of the King’s market to Ogwata in obedience to tradition, trading in the new market is hellish for traders under the scorching Sun, The Hope […]
LCDAs committee receives 94 memoranda By Adekola Afolabi | The Committee on Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) creation in Ondo state, Mr. Adelanke Odogiyon, yesterday said the committee has not received any petition from anybody or group against the move to create LCDAs. Briefing Journalists, the Chairman the committee, said at the end of the […]
‘Consuming expired products hazardous to health’ By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | A United States of America (USA) based physician, Dr Anthony Akindolani has warned people against consuming expired products, saying it has dire health consequence. Akinola, who is an Ondo State indigene gave the warning in a chat with The Hope. He posited that consuming expired […]
Strategic scheming for 2023 By Theo Adebowale | Nigerian presidential elections 2019 have held and result announced. The winner of the election will be inaugurated May 29. It is amazing that several interest groups started scheming for 2023 presidential ticket even before the 2019 election was held. Mr Boss Mustapha was reported to have promised […]
Osun blessed with potentials, resources – Oyetola From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the state is greatly blessed with potentials and resources of various kinds. The governor disclosed this while playing host to a delegation of officers on study tour from the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy, Ministry of Foreign […]
Man jailed over N30,000 theft Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | A 25-year-old man, Sheriff Lawal, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for stealing N30,000. The convict committed the offence on April 24, 2019 at 5.30 a.m. at Rasco area, Osogbo. The prosecutor, ASP: Abiodun Fagboyinbo, told the court that the […]
Mrs. Fayemi cautions couples on domestic violence From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has frowned at the incessant cases of marital violence among couples, urging married couples to communicate effectively in order to have a stress free marriage. She made this known during a memorial lecture titled […]
Industrialisation for employment generation in Ondo By Kayode Adegbehingbe | Industrialisation for the purpose of income and employment generation has been the focus of the present administration in Ondo State since its inception. To that end, pragmatic and bold steps have been taken to set up an industrial hub in Ore in Odigbo Local Government […]
The enemy of my enemy is my friend By Steve Alabi | Football is a game of intense emotions, one that brings out the virtuous and the vicious from its adherents. Supposedly normal human beings can become easily befuddled by the flow of a match. Even women, those calm homo sapiens bestowed with bewilderment at […]
