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The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani has advised corps members to use the relationships they are cultivating during sporting activities to strengthen our national unity. The State Coordinator who is a sports enthusiast and a lover of good football offered this advise on Friday evening during the finals of Football and Volleyball competitions of the 2021 Batch 'B' (Stream II) orientation course. Mrs. Ani said that the only language expressly and freely used during sporting activities globally which is 'one love' should be extended to promoting the national unity and integration. "Whenever team Nigeria is on duty, you express unconditional love and unflinching support to the team without inhibition or reservation and I want you to let us replicate similar zeal towards building an egalitarian, united and prosperous nation where peace and justice reign". "Where one comes from or religion that one professes does not hinder us from coming t...

The National Youth Service Corps Oyo State Coordinator, Mrs Grace Ogbuogebe has charged the corps members to introduce novel ideas to their products to make them stand out. She said she was convinced that the products packaged by graduates will certainly turn out better than the ones done by the  less educated.  The State Coordinator pointed this out while speaking at the SAED  exhibition to mark the end of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme for 2021 Batch 'B' Stream two Orientation Course, held at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp Iseyin. She described SAED, as the best thing to have ever happened to NYSC and Young graduates. Mrs Ogbuogebe who said that the future of Nigeria is bright with the SAED programme introduced by the National Youth Service Corps added that it will also help ameliorate the problem of unemployment in the country. She stressed the need for the country to go back to the good old days when vocational skills were taugh...

Good character is a bedrock to a livable society. Undoubtedly, umpteenth of people have added irremediable blemish to their distinguished apparels such that the society treats them with disdain. However, securing a peaceful living demands showing good but unfeigned disposition to others most especially the downtrodden trying to eke out a living with their humongous frailties.  Intrinsically, Man is created not to only extend hands of magnanimity to the destitutes, but to be helping hands to others, this is even as sociologists have asserted that man is always interested with his immediate milieu. However, without a shadow of doubt, many had veered from the aforestated incontrovertible fact; forgetting that the rewards of benevolence doesn't come through deus ex machina, but through the rare principle of quid pro quo. Albeit, those who veered from the impeccable stance are under stroke of luck, not by the dint of hardwork aimed at elevating the proletariats. In the light of the fore...

The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani has admonished the corps members not to succumb to procrastination if they want their dreams to come to reality. The State Coordinator made the admonition today when she drew the curtains on the orientation course activities of Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme for the 2021 Batch 'B' (Stream II) corps members. Mrs. Ani said that empirical facts has shown that those who procastinate in taking life savings decisions always found themselves at challenging positions in life. "My dear focused and highly enterprising children in the national service, I want to let you know that delaying to take action which can enhance your personal development when there is opportunity to do so is tantamount to allowing procrastination to steal your joy". "You have seen for yourselves the testimonies of those who embraced one skill or the other here in the camp and follow their passion how they...

Four policemen deployed on Akungba -Ikare Akoko road in Ondo state have reportedly threatened to kill some drivers and passengers over refusal to give them #50 bribe.  The policemen who wore police vest without names on their uniform, even hit one of the passengers, a journalist in the vehicle with gun because he advised them to allow the drivers since they have up to a date vehicle documents. They used white police vehicle with an inscription “Akungba Division” One of the passengers who spoke anonymously called on the Ondo state Commissioner of police, Mr Bolaji Salami to sanction the erring officers before they cause crisis or kill innocent citizens over a bribe, even as one of the policemen aimed his gun at one the motorists. Another motorist alleged that the policemen who mounted a roadblock on Akungba-Ikare road around 4:30pm and 5pm on Friday 17th September, 2021, were behaving like drunk men, advising the police authorities to always check mental stability of their men befor...

PRESS STATEMENT The Deji and Paramount Ruler of Akure Kingdom and the Chairman of the Ondo State Council of Obas, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II will on Sunday 19th September, 2021 proceed on his annual traditional leave. 2. The annual leave is expected to last for a period of seven days beginning from Sunday 19th September, 2021 till Saturday 25th September, 2021. It is a period when the Deji goes into seclusion to take rest and also use the avenue to pray for peace and prosperity of the Land. 3. It is important to notify the public and residents of Akure that beating of drum within Akure Kingdom under any guise is prohibited throughout this seven days. 4. Consequently, the road leading to the Deji’s Palace will be closed down to commuters during this period. Road users are therefore advised to make use of all adjoining routes. 5. Equally, markets, shops and stalls around the Deji’s Palace will be closed during the seven days leave. 6. Residents are advised to comply ...

Two brothers; Segun Adeoye and Azeez Adeoye, have been arrested for allegedly killing one Seun Akinsiku at Oke Agunla area of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. Segun and Azeez were apprehended by a combined team of the Ondo Development Committee Peace & Safety Corps, the Amotekun Corps, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Nigerian Police Force, in connection with the killing. The Hope Metro gathered that one Isaiah, who was earlier arrested mentioned them as co-perpetrators of the crime during investigation by policemen from Enu-owa Division in July this year. Police sources said Segun, his brother, Azeez, and Isaiah were involved in the murder of one Owolabi Oladele, an NCE 3 student of Christian Religious Studies (CRS), at Terere area of New Town in Ondo. Also, a community watch member who spoke to The Hope Metro under the condition of anonymity said they heard that the siblings were at Adeyemi College of Education around 4:30pm on Wednesday to play as usual. “So...