Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday said that he had accepted the recommendation of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin by the Olubadan-In-Council as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. Makinde said this on Saturday during the celebration of life organised by the state government for late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan...
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Friday in Ibadan swore in all the 33 newly elected local government chairmen in Oyo State. Makinde, represented by his deputy, Chief Bayo Lawal, charged the chairmen to prioritise the provision of good governance at the grassroots. The governor urged...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has congratulated his daughter, Tobi Makinde, on her graduation from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut in the United State. Sharing photos from the graduation on Tuesday, Governor Makinde I’m a tweet said, “Congratulations, my darling Tobi on your graduation...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has assured workers that his administration will not delay in implementing the new minimum wage. Makinde gave the assurance on Wednesday in his address at the 2024 May Day celebrations, held at Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan. The governor, who was represented by...
Ahead of the April 27 Local Government election in Oyo State, Gov. Seyi Makinde, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the best option among other political parties in the state. Makinde said this on Monday in Ido town, Ido Local Government Area, where he attended...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said that there is no rancour over the ascension to the throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, as being widely speculated. Governor Makinde stated this while hosting his deputy, Bayo Lawal, and other Muslim faithful within the government who paid him an...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the late Oba Lekan Balogun, the Olubadan of Ibadan who died late Thursday was an epitome of royal excellence and a great achiever. Gov. Makinde, while announcing the king’s death in Ibadan around midnight said the 42nd Olubadan made great marks...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has tasked stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite and collectively work to ensure the party wins the Nov. 21 governorship election in Ondo. Governor Makinde said this during a meeting between members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared that despite the challenges and hardship facing the country, all hands must be on deck to repair the economy rather than trade blames. The governor maintained that one of the ways to achieve such repair is...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has received the official report of the Jan. 16, explosion that occurred at Adeyi Avenue in Bodija, Ibadan, in which five persons died. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Mr Fatai Owoseni, made this known on Wednesday while briefing newsmen shortly...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated the 9-member Oyo State Elders’ Council, calling on its members to provide his administration with robust suggestions and feedback from across the state. The Council, which has its members drawn from all the zones of the...
The Oyo State Government on Thursday in Ibadan ordered the reopening of 23 schools across the Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East and Oyo West Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. This was after the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Bayo Lawal, met with several actors in the boundary crisis...
Members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP on Wednesday, visited Gov. Seyi Makinde to commiserate with him and people of Oyo State over the Jan. 16 explosion in Ibadan. The BoT led by its chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, State Secretariat...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificate of a mining company indicted for Tuesday’s explosion in the Bodija area of Oyo State showed some foreign names as owners. Makinde, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has called on the people of the state to remain calm over the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening in Ibadan. Makinde, while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that his government would do everything possible to provide succour to everyone affected...
Oyo Government says two persons lost their lives while a total 77 others suffered varying degrees of injuries in the explosion that rocked Bodija area of Ibadan and its environs yesterday night. Gov. Seyi Makinde made the disclosure in Ibadan on Tuesday when he paid a visit to...
Oyo State Government has said that the Accountant-General of the state, Mrs Kikelomo Adegoke, did not contradict the position of Gov. Seyi Makinde on the payment of judgment debt to the sacked local government chairmen and councillors. The Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, made the...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared 3-day of state mourning in honour of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, who was Governor of Ondo State and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum. The directive of Makinde, who is also the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, is contained...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has expressed sadness over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, describing it as a painful loss to Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. Governor Makinde, stated this in a condolence message issued in Ibadan...