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Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters Three senior lawyers and groups, including Afenifere and the Yoruba Council of Elders, on Wednesday, criticised the Presidency over its stand on the Ondo State Government’s ultimatum to herdsmen in the state’s forest reserves. But the Northern Elders’ Forum directed the Fulani herdsmen to disregard the notice to quit forest reserves in the state. Also on Wednesday, the Ondo State Government said it did not tell herdsmen to leave the state or its forests, but forest reserves, which had become hideouts of kidnappers. In a telephone interview with T...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada and Segun Adewole Scores of farmers, forest guards and the members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Ondo State have staged a protest against the incessant abduction of their members allegedly by some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The protesters also said they were in support of the order of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to eject the herdsmen from all the forest reserves in the state. They said they threw their weight behind the Akeredolu’s order as it was made in the interest of the security of lives and properties of the people of the s...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo and Peter Dada The Presidency on Tuesday waded into the controversy generated by the directive of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, asking herdsmen to leave the state government forest reserves. Apart from ejecting the herdsmen, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu also banned under-aged grazing, night grazing, movement of cattle within the cities and highways. He also gave the herdsmen seven days ultimatum to comply with the order. However, the Secretary General of the Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Usman Baba-Ngelzerma, had rea...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Following the death of a deputy registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, the management of the institution is set to liaise with the security agencies in the state and neighbouring Osun State to make the Ibadan-Ilesa-Akure Expressway safe for travellers. Arijesuyo, who worked at the Guidance and Counselling section of the Students’ Affairs Department of the university, was attacked by gunmen alongside his driver and one other unidentified person. According to a source in the institution, the planned ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than 21 students of the Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, have finished with first-class out of the 430 students that will graduate from the university on Friday The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kola Sonaike, disclosed this on Monday, while speaking on the forthcoming convocation of the school. Giving the breakdown, the VC said a total of 395 students would be awarded first degree certificates which comprised 21 first-class honours, 181 second-class (upper division),  157 second-class (lower division) a...