By Adeola Badru The University of Ibadan Urban Health Research Team has advised Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his Oyo State Counterpart, Engineer Seyi Makinde, to deploy COVID-19 task force teams to urban slums in their states in order to prevent community transmission of coronavirus. The Head of the Team, Professor Akinyinka Omigbodun, […]

Gov.  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to certify the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) laboratory in the state as a testing centre for COVID-19. Makinde made the call on Tuesday when the NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu led other management staff of the agency on […]

By Adeola Badru Having been tested positive for Coronavirus, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo on Monday said that he remained asymptomatic and would remain in isolation until he fully recovers from the virus. The governor who tweeted via his personal handle @seyiamakinde also said that he had appointed Prof Temitope Alonge, a former Chief Medical […]

As Oyo identifies 84 suspected cases By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the fight against Coronavirus is a collective responsibility that every citizen must be involved in, calling for the cooperation of the people of the state. The governor, while speaking on an Ibadan-based private radio station, disclosed that […]

A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the State Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism advised them to have attitudinal change on acts that are detrimental to growth and sustenance of public facilities. The statement quoted Mr. Kamil Akinlabi, the Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA), as giving the admonition, in Ibadan on […]

By Adeola Badru The sacked local government chairmen in Oyo State, on Monday, defied Governor Seyi Makinde and resumed to their respective local government secretariats amid tight security. Controversy trailed the administration of local governments in the state, following the immediate sack of the chairmen elected under former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, barely twenty-four hours after […]

By Adeola Badru The Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan, has exonerated itself from the ongoing face-off between Governor Seyi Makinde and the sacked local government chairman over their dissolution in a bid to reconstitute the council areas. The Police Command, on Monday, in a statement made available to newsmen by the Police Public Relations […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Deaf students and the management of the Christian School Mission for the Deaf have petitioned Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the alleged forceful acquisition of part of their 39-acre land by the former administration in the state pleading with the governor to cancel the unpopular directive. The school is […]

Sen. Kola Balogun (PDP-Oyo South) on Monday expressed confidence that Gov. Seyi Makinde will perform better than his predecessors. Balogun spoke in Ibadan at the fifth edition of the  Aliwo Day. He noted that Makinde had raised the bar in governance in the state within his 100 days in office through monumental achievements. According to […]

As part of the effort to tackle the insecurity in the Southwest zone of the country, the governors in the six Southwest states will launch a new security architecture in August.