Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has issued a stern rebuke to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and his allies, firmly rejecting attempts to disrupt the party’s national convention set for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State. This resolute stance comes amid...
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has endorsed Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. The approval followed a Wednesday meeting involving a state government delegation, Oba Ladoja, and members of the Olubadan Advisory Council. Chief Adeola Oloko, media aide to Oba Ladoja, confirmed that the installation ceremony...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The remains of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, are set to be buried on Friday. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is expected to lead dignitaries from across the country to St. Peter’s Church, Aremo, Ibadan, for the funeral service of...
The Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Surulere Local Government Area (LGA), Oyo State, Oba Olushola Alao, has said history, tradition and culture are sacrosanct in respecting the Alaafin stool. The Oba stated this on Monday while hosting the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, in his palace at Orile-Igbon. He...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said the former governor of the state, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, who died on April 6, will be honoured with a befitting state burial. Makinde said this on Tuesday when he paid a condolence visit to the deceased family at Molete area of Ibadan....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu, and former president Olusegun Obasanjo have condoled with the government and people of Oyo State over the death of Dr Victor Olunloyo, the former governor of old Oyo State. Tinubu in a condolence message by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, extended sympathy to...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The Southern Governors Forum on Sunday expressed sadness over the death of a former governor of Oyo State ,Dr Omololu Olunloyo. Chairman of the forum and Ogun governor , Mr Dapo Abiodun, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta, described the death of...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – Former Oyo State Governor, Chief Omololu Olunloyo, is dead. Olunloye, who was governor of Oyo State between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 1983 on the platform of the then National Party of Nigeria (NPN), died a few days to his 90th birthday. This...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has disapproved of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers. Makinde, in his biweekly newsletter, ‘The Business of Governance’, published on Thursday evening, described the president’s act as illegal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Tinubu had on Tuesday...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde will receive Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio in Ibadan on Monday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Dr Suleimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. The statement revealed that President Bio will visit the Fasola...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has paid a condolence visit to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan today, over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. He was accompanied by former Governors Okezie Ikpeazu and Samuel Ortom as well as Senators...
Oyo State Government has converted 1,591 ad hoc local council workers across the state into permanent staff, an official said on Saturday in Ibadan. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Chief Dotun Oyelade, disclosed in a statement that this was in view of Gov. Seyi Makinde’s approval...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, on Wednesday, paid a condolence visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sunday died on early hours of Friday during a brief illness at...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday, condoled with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The forum, in a statement in Abuja by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, commiserated with the Makinde family, and people of Oyo state....
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has inaugurated 48 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in the state civil/public service. Speaking during the ceremony held at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, Makinde charged the permanent secretaries to discharge their duties effectively and contribute their quota to development...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, presented Prince Abimbola Owoade with a Certificate of Appointment and Staff of Office as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the presentation was done at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office amid controversy surrounding his...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said his administration will embark on decisive actions in 2025 that will ease the economic burdens on residents of the state. Makinde said this in his New Year message issued on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju. Makinde noted that...
35 minors have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a funfair held at Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan. The incident which happened on Wednesday drew condemnation from many, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who vowed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Makinde also said...
Oyo State Government has commenced investigation into a stampede that occurred at a carnival in Ibadan, the state capital. Many children were said to have died in the process with Governor Seyi Makinde commiserating with the parents who have lost their children. The governor in a personal message on...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will do everything within its power to fix the party and Nigeria. Makinde stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Board of Governors and the unveiling of the Roadmap for Peoples Democratic Institute...