Ondo State Government has waded into the faceoff between the host communities and the Okitipupa Oil Palm PLC. In a statement signed on behalf of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Kayode Ajulo, SAN, by his Technical Adviser, Mr. Yomi Adebayo, Government said: “We recognize the crucial role that OKITIPUPA OIL PALM PLC has […]
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The January 18, 2025 Local Government Election in Ondo State will be free, fair, transparent and credible. The Commissioner in charge of Strategy and Training at the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Prof. Tajudeen Ibraheem gave this assurance in an exclusive interview with the political reporter of The Hope, Jubril Bada. Following are the […]
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Ondo State Government has fixed February 5, 6 and 7 for the final passage rights for the departed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon Tayo Oluwatuyi. The Hope, the state government-owned newspaper, in its Thursday January 9 edition, quoted a top member of the burial committee, who pleaded anonymity because he’s not authorised to […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state has inaugurated its campaign council in readiness for the coming local government election. At the inauguration, Engr. Babatunde Igbalajobi took oath of office as the Director-General of the council to lead the campaign. Speaking at the event, Ose APC Chairman, Hon. Ladi […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The ding –dong between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the NNPCL is good, disturbing as it may seem on the surface. It is a wake-up clarion call to NNPCL. The nation has suffered enough in its hands. The argument that may be seen as degenerating into a brickbat is still over the […]
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By Pius Mordi At the peak of the campaign in 2013 to package an amnesty programme for Boko Haram terrorists who were wreaking havoc in the northeast, an enormous pressure was brought on then President Goodluck Jonathan. Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, widow of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, pleaded that a general amnesty be granted to the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has detained 10 officers over the alleged theft of operational items they could not account for. In a statement on Wednesday, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the arrests followed directives from the Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. While the statement was silent on […]
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The Owo Diocese of Anglican Communion has advised the member of the House of Representatives for Owo/Ose Federal Constituency, Hon Timehin Adelegbe to call his media aides to order over their reactions to the recent criticism of the lawmaker by the Diocesan Bishop, the Rt Revd Ayodeji Fagbemi. Bishop Fagbemi had at a commemoration service […]
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Despite the Federal Government’s multi-billion-naira border surveillance systems launched in 2019, illegal migrants, some of whom have been identified as bandits, terrorists and kidnappers, continue to cross into Nigeria from the Republics of Benin, Chad, Niger, Mali and Cameroon. This is as the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said e-border surveillance is now being mounted […]
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The administration of President Bola Tinubu is under pressure to dump the food import waiver that it announced in July 2024. Multiple sources at the Presidency said the pressure has been coming from the private sector who claimed that opening up the country to food import would undermine their investments and worsen the unemployment rate […]
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