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Punch Newspapers Sections Samson Folarin, Peter Dada, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and Matthew Ochei Published 12 May 2021 Published 12 May 2021 GOVERNORS in the 17 states of southern Nigeria on Tuesday demanded that the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd), should address the country on mounting security challenges and restore the confidence of the people. The governors, who held a four-hour meeting in Asaba, Delta State, chaired by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, resolved to ban open grazing in their domains. The group, in a 12-point resolution, urged Buhari to c...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Published 12 May 2021 The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Tuesday, said it had deployed 1,855 officers and men to the streets of the 18 local government areas of the state to provide adequate security before, during, after the Eid el Fitri celebration. The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Eweka Dauglas, disclosed this in a statement. He urged his men to be conscious of all identified flashpoints in the state He also charged them to respect the fundamental human rights of citizens and adhered to the rules of e...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Peter Dada Published 4 May 2021 A legal practitioner, Mr Wale Odusola, has said there are about 3,000 Fulani men taking shelter inside the Okitipupa Army Barrack in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Odusola stated this barely 24 hours after the state government returned 45 northern youths, who were apprehended by the men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, to their home towns. Odusola posted his allegation on his Facebook page on Sunday, adding that his independent findings showed that the Fulani men had been given an op...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Published 1 May 2021 There was tension among the residents of Okitipupa, the headquarters of the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State as no fewer than 45 youths from the northern part of the country were arrested by men of the Ondo State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps. It was gathered that the youths, conveyed in a truck, were intercepted in front of the Okitipupa Army Barracks at about 10pm on Thursday and were taken to Akure, the state capital. Many residents of the town, who gathered at the scene, expressed apprehension that th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Published 28 April 2021 ONDO State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress in the state, to show commitment to the party by paying their membership dues. The governor made the appeal while receiving the report of the APC Membership Revalidation and Registration Committee, in Akure, on Tuesday. While receiving the report from the committee chairman, Mr Murphy Lawal, at his office, the governor said, “I am thrilled with the work you have done. The only regret is that you registered people and they didn’t pay....