Akeredolu signs law establishing UNIMEDTCH

Akeredolu signs law establishing UNIMEDTCH By Adekola Afolabi | All is now set for take off of Teaching Hospital in  Ondo State as the State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, signed the law for the establishment of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTCH). The law which provides for two locations in Akure and Ondo […]

Nomination form out: Race for Olowo’s stool begins

Nomination form out: Race for Olowo’s stool begins By Jimoh Ahmed | The coast is now clear for all qualified and interested princes of the Elewokun dynasty to contest for the Olowo of Owo stool. This clarification was made in Owo yesterday by the Ojomo Oluda of Ijebu-Owo, Oba Kofoworola Oladoyinbo at a media parley. […]

Nigeria marks 20 years democracy

Nigeria marks 20 years democracy By our reporter | Since 1960 after Nigeria got her independence from the British Colonial master, the country for the first time will be celebrating twenty years of uninterrupted democracy today as eminent Nigerians and foreign diplomats converge on the Eagles Square in Abuja  for the swearing-in and inauguration of […]

16-yr-old crowned Okeluse monarch

16-yr-old crowned Okeluse monarch By Mary Agidi | A 16-year-oldhas been enthroned as the new Ojima Arujale of Okeluse  in Ose Local government area of Ondo state. He is Oba Adeyeoba Oloyede Adekoya, Akinghare II, a Senior Secondary School 11 student. A source from the community told The Hope that the young king is the […]

Anti-party: Ekiti APC suspends Daramola

Anti-party: Ekiti APC suspends Daramola From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | For allegedly supporting the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,  in the last presidential election and other anti-party activities, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti state chapter has suspended a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Bimbo Daramola. The […]

‘Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre ‘ll reduce accident rate’

‘Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre ‘ll reduce accident rate’ By Bisi Olominu | The newly commissioned computerized Vehicles Inspection Centre in Akure will mitigate  incessant road accidents in Ondo  State. The State Chairman, Road Transport Employer’s Association of Nigeria, (RTEAN), Prince Williams Adepoju stated this in a chat with The Hope in Akure. He said that […]

Court, last hope of common man- Adetimehin

Court, last hope of common man- Adetimehin By Mary Agidi | The Ondo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress  APC, Mr Ade Adetimehin has described the judiciary as the lasthope of the common man in any democratic society. In a phone interview with The Hope, while reacting to the jugdment of the State High […]

‘Teachers shortage in Ondo public schools to end soon’

‘Teachers shortage in Ondo public schools to end soon’ From Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare Akoko | Shortage of teachers in schools in Ondo State will soon become a thing of the past as the state government has approved immediate recruitment of two thousand teachers in our primary  schools. The Ondo State chairman of National Association of […]

Children’s Day: Akeredolu seeks concerted efforts to end drug abuse

Children’s Day: Akeredolu seeks concerted efforts to end drug abuse By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has decried  the high rate of drug abuse among school children in Nigeria and called for concerted efforts to win the war against drug abuse. Akeredolu who spoke at this year’s Children’s Day celebration held […]

Stop illegal gold mining in Osun, monarch begs Oyetola

Stop illegal gold mining in Osun, monarch begs Oyetola From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | A traditional ruler in Atakunmosa West Local Government Area of Osun state, the Atagunmodi of Itagunmodi, Oba Michael Famadewa-Kosile has cried out over incessant insecurity of lives and property in the state due to the influx of illegal gold miners. The monarch […]