By Lati Abayomi I read Adebiyi Adebayo’s second piece published on This Day on February 10, 2021 on the farmers/herders’ issue in Ibarapa zone of Oyo State. One would have expected that if he was writing a second piece, he would have spent some time getting informed. But Alas! So, I am pressed to set […]

        refers to Sen Agboola as certified failure   By Adeola Badru   The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the southwest took another dimension, weekend, as a chieftain of the party in Oyo State, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan, lambasted Governor Seyi Makinde’s ally, Senator Hosea Agboola, popularly called ‘Alleluyah’ […]

…describes plan to hold election as theatre of absurd By Adeola Badru The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, has described the purported plan by Governor Seyi Makinde to conduct fresh local government election in May this year as a theatre of the absurd which could not attract the attention of any serious political […]

By Adeola Badru Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday evening, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) in a closed-door meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde in Oyo state. The governors who arrived by 7.03pm were subsequently led into a closed door meeting by the host governor Makinde. The meeting with […]

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says a judicial panel will be constituted over the mayhem that broke out last week between Hausa and Yoruba residents of Shasha community in Ibadan. Makinde made this known in a state-wide broadcast monitored in Ibadan on Monday. The governor added that Peace and Security Committees would equally be […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo State, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan, has advised those political appointees endorsing Governor Seyi Makinde for the second term to be conscious of their desperation in protecting their jobs with the governor, as politics and winning governorship election in any state is beyond the gathering of some naive politicians shouting the second term for the governor based on their personal interest.

By Ola Ajayi GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has vowed to resist attempts of those he described as fifth columnists to destabilize the state. Makinde said this in response to wanton destruction of life and property during a misunderstanding that erupted among traders of Sasa market in the state. Speaking through the Commissioner for […]

Following the over 48 hours of killing and destruction of property at Sasa market, in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde has imposed a curfew on the area.

Traditional Worshippers Association, Oyo State branch, yesterday, commended Governor Seyi Makinde for heeding their call for re-establishment of the state security committee that would comprise of representatives of security agencies, monarchs, religious leaders among other stakeholders.

Not known to be a protégé of any ‘big’ political dynasty in Oyo State as such, suddenly, SeyiMakinde manifested prior  2015 governorship election.