By Solomon Runsewe | Three persons have been remanded by an Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly threatening one Mathew Adegoke while they also maliciously damaged his properties worth N5 million. The accused persons are; Akinlo Temidayo, 26, Akinlo Ilesanmi, 28 and Tega Oke, 20. The Prosecutor, Inspector Taiwo Oniyere, said the defendants conspired to […]
Congratulatory messages are still pouring in for the reappointed Chief of Staff to the Ondo State Governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale and Richard Olatunde, the new Chief Press Secretary to the governor. Both Ale and Olatunde served in Akeredolu’s first tenure as Chief of Staff and Special Assistant New Media respectively. Sources close to the new […]
Victor Akinkuolie Ado-Ekiti | Ekiti State Government has directed workers on grade levels 02-12 to resume work from Monday 8, March 2021. The government had earlier in January this year directed that only officers on Grade Levels 13 and above should continue working in the office while officers on GL.02 to 12 were to work […]
By Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare Akoko. | After 15 years of interregnum, the ancient town of Afin Akoko in Akoko Northwest Local Government Area of Ondo State finally gets a traditional ruler following the installation of Professor Abdul-Raheem Mustapha Adejoro on Tuesday. Professor Adejoro who became the Alafin of Afin after all final traditional installation rites […]
By Fisayo Akinduro Osogbo | Osun State residents have been advised to desist from any act that may likely cause fire outbreak in the State. General Manager, Osun State Emergency Management Agency, Engr. Tajudeen Adabanija gave the advice in Osogbo while fielding questions from newsmen. Adabanija charged residents to abstain from any act that may […]
By Maria Famakinwa | Crime rate among Nigerian youths has assumed a worrisome dimension that needs urgent solutions otherwise, the future of the country will be in jeopardy. Hardly will a week end without news relating to criminality. If people are not caught with drugs, abduction of school students or kidnappings would be reported even […]
THE Hope notes with pain the rising and flagrant disregard to traffic rules in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in recent times. It is very common to see motorcyclists and motorists deliberately driving against the normal flow of the order of traffic. THIS is not ideal and proper as it not only leads to road […]
By Fatima Muraina | The legacies left behind cannot be over- emphasized and would not be forgotten so soon which included; reviving the moribund ministry of agriculture and breathing life into it among others. Former Commissioner for Agriculture, Asiwaju Adegboyega Adefarati made this known while speaking with The Hope in Akure. Adefarati who said he […]
By Fatima Muraina | Ondo state farmers have been advised to clear their farms by adopting the use of boundary cleaning to avoid fire outbreak. The Programme Manager of Agro Climatology Department of the Ondo state Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Sunday Akintomide gave the advice in a chat with The Hope in Akure. Akintomide said […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Parents and guardians have been charged to prioritise the welfare of their children and wards by giving them quality education. They were also enjoined to see beyond the present and inculcate Omoluabi virtues in their children, saying this would guarantee a better future for them and secure peace of mind […]
