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COVID-19 violators face imprisonment as Buhari signs regulations Our Reporters The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public places mandatory among other measures to curtail spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the President signed the document on Tuesday. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the President signed the document in exercise of the po...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada and Raphael Ede Following the agreement reached by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and other stakeholders on vacation order issued to the herdsmen to leave the forest reserves in Ondo State, the government has said the herders have been moving out of the forest. The governors and the MACBAN in the communique issued after their meeting on Monday agreed to support the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’ s order on ban on night grazing,  under-age grazing,  movement of cattle along the highway and within the cities an...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Chief Medical Director of the University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital, Akure, Dr Oluwole Ige, has identified the paucity of fund as the major challenge facing the hospital. He, however, noted that the management of the hospital had partnered the private sector to solve the challenge, saying the government could not meet all the needs of the hospital. Speaking at the inauguration of the new initiative of the hospital, called ‘Health-wise Foundation’ which was developed in collaboration with a public relations firm, XMedia Group, Lagos...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Operation Amotekun, has arrested a 46-year-old man, Shina Adaramola, for alleged theft in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect, a bricklayer, during interrogation, claimed to have robbed over 100 houses, adding that he used charms to rape about 50 women. The suspect said, “I live in Ijare. I had a fiancée who left me for another man a few days to our wedding. I became broke and frustrated and that was why I got involved in armed robbery, which was lucrative for m...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo and Peter Dada The Ondo State Government on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. The Special Adviser to state Governor on Security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Akure where the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Governors Forum met. It was gathered that herdsmen had started leaving the Ondo State’s forest reserves in deference to the state government’s ...