By Kehinde Oluwatayo | Education has been described as the only vehicle that can move Nigeria forward hence the need for leaders to do more to ensure the standard does not fall. Speaking on the effect of the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of coronavirus on education in the country, State Secretary of Parents Teachers […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo A member of the House of Representatives, Mrs Taiwo Oluga, in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has trained 200 women and youths in order to make them self-reliant. The youths were trained in Osogbo, under the disbursement of Micro Enterprises Enhancement Scheme (MEES) loans. The youths were trained on […]
By Saheed Ibrahim | Private schools owners in Ondo State are now neck deep in underhand dealings of registering their students in JSS 2, JSS 3 and SSS 1 for the State Joint Examination, meant for students in Senior Secondary School 2, organised by the State Ministry of Education, investigation by The Hope has revealed. […]
By Saheed Ibrahim | Ondo State Government has slashed tax payment for some businesses in the state by 50 percent this year. The Chairman, Ondo State Internal Revenue Service, Tolu Adegbie revealed this at the sharing of Land Use Charge revenue between the state and the local government’s last December. Adegbie noted that the gesture […]
By Sunmola Olowookere | Their heads were wet with blood. It was obvious that they had been dealt with severely and upon instruction, they quickly began to describe how they carried out the armed robbery operation to the police”. The above quote was the testimony of a prosecution witness during a criminal trial. It was […]
By Alex Kalejaye | You had many plans. Some at advanced stages, while others at conception. Certainly, going the way of the ancestors so soon, wasn’t one of them. Tosin Ogunbodede, the amiable and jolly good fellow, fare thee well. You were terrific, meticulous and very calm, even till the end. It was not part […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Market leaders in Osun State have expressed their readiness to play advocacy role in the containment of COVID-19 in the state. The leaders sternly warned market men and women on the need to maintain COVID-19 precautionary measures and guidelines within the market square. The Babaloja of Ikirun, Chief Abayomi Adeyemo who […]
By Femi Atolagbe | Nine minute Timilehin Ogunniyi Omojesu goal was all Sunshine Stars needed to triumph over Ifeanyi Ubah FC in the match day two of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The match day two encounter played in line with COVID -19 guidelines was decided at the Ondo State sports complex in Akure saw […]
By Adekola Afolabi | Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has paid a condolence visit to the widow and family of his late Chief of Protocol, Tosin Ogunbodede Esq who died last Saturday night in a ghastly car crash along Ilesha-Akure road. Speaking at the residence of the late Ogunbodede yesterday, Governor Akeredolu described his death […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has signed into law, Ekiti State Sports Development Trust Fund(SDTF). A statement by the General Manager, Ekiti State Sports Council, on Sunday, quoted Fayemi as saying the fund would bring more development to the sports when implemented . Fayemi said with the fund in place, […]
