Uneasy calm has enveloped the university town of Akungba Akoko following the death of nine persons, five of whom are students of Adekunle Ajasin University located in the town. Aside protest by angry youths who have barricaded high ways into the town, Akungba, and adjoining towns are in deep mourning following the auto crash on […]
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has condoled the people of Akungba-Akoko over the motor crash in the town which claimed several lives. The Governor’s Chief of Staff, Olugbenga Ale who conveyed the governor’s condolence message during a visit to the town yesterday enjoined the angry youth protesting incessant accidents in the town to sheathe […]
Egbewa area of Ekiti State capital, Ado Ekiti was thrown into mourning yesterday as the mother of the three siblings of the Akungba-Akoko auto crash, Mrs Ronke Ojinni slumped and died. The woman, a trader at the popular Bisi Market reportedly slumped when she was informed of the death of her three children. The traumatised […]
As condolences poured into Akungba community over the Saturday’s tragedy which claimed nine lives, experts have called for an engineering design to rid the town of incessant accidents. The experts asked the government to consult a competent engineering firm to offer a recipe. One of the experts fingered the location of the gate of the […]
By Damilola Akinmolayan | Ondo state Commissioner for Works, Saka Ogunleye has called for the state resident’s cooperation as government replaces old railings with concrete jersey on median road at Post Office junction to Texaco. Ogunleye equally appealed to residents of the state to comply with government guidelines aimed at making Akure a befitting state […]
By Kehinde Oluwatayo | Members of Aquinas College Akure Old Students’ Association ACAOSA gathered together at the weekend to celebrate one of their own, Prof Olufemi Adeoluwa who was appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere, Ekiti state. Speaking at the occasion, National President of the […]
By Tola Gbadamosi | As part of efforts to tackle rising cases of kidnapping and other crimes, the Ondo state government has approved recruitment into the state Security Network codenamed “Amotekun Corps.” The approval for the recruitment of more men into the outfit was contained in a memo signed by Secretary of the Security outfit, […]
By Adekola Afolabi | Tears flowed freely as the remains of the late Chief of Protocol to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Olutomisin Ogunbodede, Esq, were on Friday committed to mother earth in his Owo country home. Members of his immediate family, members of the State Executive Council led by the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, other political […]
By Fatima Muraina | Philanthropists and public spirited individuals in Ondo state have been urged to support the education of brilliant, but indigent students. Some principals who spoke at separate interviews with The Hope in Ondo town, when Nigeria Women of Journalists NAWOJ visited the schools to compile lists of indigent students to be awarded […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Citizens and residents of Osun State have been enjoined to cooperate with the government in the battle against the the spread of COVID19, adding that the spike in figures is becoming more alarming. Osun state recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data released […]
