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GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, announced first set of aides to work with him. The appointment is coming few hours after the governor took oath of office for another term. Makinde announced Segun Ogunwuyi as his Chief of Staff. He also named Sulaiman Olanrewaju, as his Chief …

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has constituted a 15-man inauguration and transition committee to ensure a seamless transition for his second term in office. The names of the committee members were announced on Friday by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, on behalf of the …

The State Commissioner for Special Duties, Alhaja Fausat Saani conveyed the governor’s approval of Oni while addressing journalists at the end of the State executive council meeting held on Friday, chaired by governor Makinde. Friday’s press briefing also saw Chief of Staff to the governor, Honourable Segun Ogunwuyi and Miss …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the gubernatorial election in the state for another term. The election was conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Makinde who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced gubernatorial election results in ten Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State. According to INEC, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Francis Nwifuru won 8 local governments while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ifeanyi Chukwuma and Prof Benard Odoh of …

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won in 31 out of the 33 local government areas in the state The gubernatorial election was held in all 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Newsextra24 reports that three major candidates contested the election. They included Makinde, who is …

For years, the political phrase “ọ̀yọ́ kìí n sini lẹmééjì” which means, “Oyo does not serve anyone twice”, held true for so many governors in Oyo State until it was broken by Abiola Ajumobi, who completed two terms. Six months ago, everything pointed at an easy path for Governor Seyi …

After months of uncertainty over what the Dr. Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee intends to do with recalcitrant party members aligned with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and four of his colleagues, the party may have decided to begin a crackdown. Wike and his G5 colleagues-Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie …

There is a reason the party that has ruined our last eight years, making Nigeria the global capital of poverty, talks about rescuing Oyo State from Governor Seyi Makinde: shamelessness laced with arrogance. They don’t have shame. Seized by the spirit of slumber, the same guys who made Christmas and …

LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his colleagues, Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers) and Seyi Makinde (Oyo) have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, a foremost Anglican University in Nigeria. The three governors were conferred with honorary doctorate degrees in different disciplines on Friday …