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 …
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Seyi Makinde Battles To Escape ‘One Term Curse’ In Oyo
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 …
Read More »2023: PDP Goes After Wike’s Loyalists, Targets Governor Ikpeazu
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 …
Read More »Seyi Makinde: The Auguries Are Very Bright
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 …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu, Wike, Makinde Bag Doctorate Degrees
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 …
Read More »Governor Makinde Urges Nigerians To Be Positive For Nigeria’s Potential
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has charged Nigerians to play their parts positively so that the country could rise to its potential. Makinde who gave the charge on Saturday in his address on the occasion of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence anniversary, held at the Adamasingba Stadium, Ibadan, stressed that all citizens …
Read More »Osun, Ondo, Ogun PDP Disown Makinde, Back Ayu
The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun, Ondo, and Ogun states have disagreed with the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over his call for the removal of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the party. Recall that Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday called for …
Read More »2023: Tell Ayu To Resign- Makinde Tells Atiku, NWC
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said the only way out of the misunderstanding in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is for the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu to resign. Makinde made this disclosure on Wednesday in Ibadan. He spoke during an interactive session with the …
Read More »Presidency: Governor Makinde ‘Opens Up On Attending Peter Obi’s rally in Ibadan’
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has refuted reports of attending a Labour Party, LP, presidential rally in Ibadan, the State capital. Makinde described the report as false and misleading. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said he was not in the State when the event happened. …
Read More »More PHOTOS From Obasanjo’s Meeting With Wike, Obi, Others In London
More photos have emerged from the meeting held in London between former Nigeria president, Olusegun Obasanjo; Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde; Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom; Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu; former Governor of …
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