Author: The Hope Newspaper
By Bamidele Kolawole | A Nigerian gospel artiste, Evangelist Elijah Akintunde, voice of Elijah aka Olorun ko so be says his music is to transform people’s life. Akitunde, who has been singing for 15 years said he started his music career as a choir master in his church where he developed his gift till he attained his current position. Akintunde who hails from Okemesi Ekiti, in Ekiti State said that he got the inspiration for his music from the Holy spirit, explaining that holy spirit gives him the meaning of what is happening around him and he would compose his…
By Sade Adewale | The chairman of Ondo State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC), Hon Femi Idris has charged the 1,029 officers promoted from grade level 06-07 into the Unified Local Government Service of the state to continue with their loyalty, support and commitment, especially in the task of building a virile local government in the state. Idris stated this while declaring open a three-day induction course for the officers which was held at Akure South local government secretarial during the week. The chairman said the induction is for the promoted officers across the 18 Local Governments, the Local Government…
By Adewale Kupoluyi | It was once argued if women were more active on the social media than men. And to what extent do women engage in the use of this technology? The basis for this interrogation was to ascertain whether either of the gender was more preoccupied with serious-minded activity or not. Although, no consensus was reached, research findings on the subject-matter later provided an illumination into the debate. I was one of the participants when Titilayo Osuagwu presented a paper titled; “Social Media Use among Female Students of University of PortHarcourt”, during the 4th Annual International Conference in…
By Evelyn Omotoye | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has charged youths to explore windows of opportunities and key into the development agenda of the state government. The governor stated this yesterday while addressing youth gathering during the 2018 International Youth Day celebration with the theme ‘Safe Spaces for Youth’ held in Akure. Akeredolu reiterated his administration’s commitment towards youth development , saying youths are pivotal to the nation’s development. In his welcome address, the Commissioner for Youth and Sport Development, Mr. Saka Yusuf Ogunleye stated that the issues of youths empowerment and capacity building have continued to…
THE recent high rate of sudden death of corps members through avoidable tragedies is pathetic and unacceptable. It paints a picture of failure in the proper monitoring and training of our youths. TRAGEDY struck two weeks ago when nine corps members who were serving in Taraba State drowned in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local Government Area of the state. THE corps members had on Saturday, August 4th, 2018 left their places of primary assignment and embarked on a picnic at the site before the unfortunate incident. THE incident was said to have been caused by the sudden increase and surge…
By Jubril Bada | Members of the Not Too Young To Run Movement, Ondo State chapter have called on all political parties to limit nomination fees for youths and conduct transparent direct party primaries into all elective offices. These are parts of the demands made by the group movement during their organised match to secretariats of some political parties across the federation to press home their demands for the inclusion of youths to contest for political offices under the platforms of political parties in the country. The parties visited at their various secretariats by the movement in the state include…
From Francis Akinnodi, Ondo | The Caretaker Chairman, Ondo East Local Government, Hon. Rafiu Ayodeji Akinkuolie has said that APC-led state government is still doing far better than the past government in terms of governance. The APC chieftain said this in a chat with The Hope. He said government of APC at the federal, state and local government levels are not wasteful but focused to deliver meaningful democracy to the people. According to him, “In my local government, we have been able to put in place laudable projects that touch lives directly despite financial challenges. When we got to the…
By Adekola Afolabi | The Chairman, Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Jamiu Maito has decried what he called poor state of infrastructure in the Ondo State Local Government Staff Training School, Itaogbolu, Akure North Council Area. Hon. Maito who spoke during the committee’s visit to the training school, however, called on government to urgently renovate and provide other necessary facilities including toilets in the institute to ensure conducive learning environment. This is coming as the Permanent Secretary, Local Government Pension Transition Department, Dare Olipede said arrears of pension for 11,093 local government…
By Olusola Alatise | An aspirant for the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC for Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency, Olukayode Ehinlanwo has described the change currently being witnessed in Nigeria as total. Ehinlanwo said this while he declared his intention to the Ese-Odo Local Government Executive and leaders of the All Progressives Congress at the weekend. At the meeting held at the Igbekebo Civic Centre, the APC chieftain said the APC led government at all levels in Nigeria has recorded giant strides. “Our governments both at the state and the centre have shown great strides: The…
By Tope Babatope | Start up cost: N100,000 – N300000 Estimated earning: 100% to 150% profit margins Advertising: Personal contact, word of mouth, complimentary cards, display in show glass . Why it’s a good business : There is no workshop, seminar or conference that is held without takeaway bags for participants or facilitators. Conference bags are meant for packaging conference materials or seminar papers. Such bags come in different designs. Some bags are in sizes of file jackets, some may be in form of flat bags while some a times are as big as travelling bags. However the design a…