Estimated Reading Time: 2The Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will converge on Ibadan today, Monday, the Oyo State capital to discuss the worsening state of insecurity in the nation. According to a statement released by the Director-General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Hon. Cyril[Read More…]
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Seyi Makinde Inaugurates Southwest PDP Executive Members
Estimated Reading Time: 2Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has inaugurated the executive members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the Southwest. At the inauguration ceremony, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, the Governor said the success of the Southwest Zonal Congress of the PDP was the beginning[Read More…]
Oyo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja to cost N1.2 Billion
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Oyo state executive council, has approved N1.2 billion to construct a new lodge in Abuja. The Commissioner of Public Works and Infrastructure, Daud Sangodoyin, disclosed that the council approved N1.2 billion to construct a new Governor’s Lodge at No 2. John Kadiya Close, Asokoro, Abuja. Sangodoyin[Read More…]
Insecurity: Protesters storm Seyi Makinde’s office
Estimated Reading Time: 1Angry youths stormed the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan on Monday to seek an end to incessant killings by criminal hersdmen in Ibarapaland, Oke Ogun and other parts of the state. The protesters also asked the governor of the state, Seyi Makinde to intervene and secure the[Read More…]
Oyo State will not provide free land for private ranching – Seyi Makinde
Estimated Reading Time: 1Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the state will not provide free land for ranching for private businesses. Makinde said this to clarify a tweet in which he revealed that Oyo State will adopt the National Livestock Transformation Plan which is already being implemented in Kwara[Read More…]
Seyi Makinde has approved the reopening of Shasha market
Estimated Reading Time: 1Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the reopening of Shasha market following the closure of the market. NewsWireNGR had reported that, Governor Makinde of Oyo State had last week, imposed an indefinite curfew in Sasha market where traders clashed leaving stalls burnt, an unconfirmed number of[Read More…]
Seyi Makinde has no plans to leave the PDP – Aide
Estimated Reading Time: 1Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has denied dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another party. The governor, in a statement issued on Monday by his spokesman, Taiwo Adisa, described reports of his defection as “a concocted falsehood from purveyors of fake news, who are bent on[Read More…]
Governor Seyi Makinde deploys 200 Amotekun operatives in Ibarapa
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Oyo state government says it deployed 200 operatives of Amotekun, in Ibarapa local government area of the state. This is coming after the tension between residents of the local government area and herders living in their community. In a statement on Wednesday, Seyi Makinde, the governor,[Read More…]
“They are criminals” – Governor Seyi Makinde wants police to arrest those stoking ethnic tension
Estimated Reading Time: 3Oyo state Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, says some criminals in the state are fomenting trouble while hiding under the guise of protecting the interest of Yoruba people. While receiving Ngozi Onadeko, the new commissioner of police in the state, at his office on Friday, Makinde charged the[Read More…]
All Nigerians have the right to live in Oyo State – Seyi Makinde
Estimated Reading Time: 2Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said that there is a difference between criminal elements and Hausa-Fulani residents of the state. Makinde said this in a state broadcast on Wednesday as a reaction to reports that some indigenes of the state are givinng quit notice to Hausa-Fulani[Read More…]