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Vanguard Editor, Ajani, appointed as Media Adviser to Gov. Makinde

The immediate past Sunday Editor of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Jide Ajani has been appointed as Special Adviser, Media to the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed Ajani’s appointment, which he said takes immediate effect. Ajani read Mass Communication at the Ogun…

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Road Carnage: Oyo Trains 5000 Public/Private Drivers

….To Enforce Training For All Drivers Every Two Years Oyo State government has started training for over five thousand public and private drivers in the State to reduce to the barest minimum, road carnages that have caused loss of lives on the roads. The State has also been reported to have put all machineries in…

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You Are The Reflections of Your Homes’, Makinde Tells Oyo Corps Members

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has urged corps members serving in the State to give good accounts of their various homes as their attitude to the national scheme would reflect where they came from during the service year. Makinde made the statement in his speech to the 2019 Batch B (Stream 1) at the National…

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Oyo ADC party disown Lanlehin, pledges support for Seyi Makinde

A faction of Oyo State African Democratic Congress (ADC) has pledged its support to the state governor, Seyi Makinde and distance itself from the purported withdrawal of the party’s candidate in the last election, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, from the alliance with the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP). This was stated in a letter addressed to…

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Oyo guber election: Tribunal disallows INEC’s witness to testify in favour of Makinde

Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday disallowed a subpoenaed witness called by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to testify in a petition challenging the victory of Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the witness was Prof. Toyin Ogundipe who was the Oyo State Returning…

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‘Respect stool of Olubadan’, Ibadan Mogajis ask Makinde to stop inviting Olubadan and new obas to same event

Authentic Mogajis also known as Authentic Mogajis, warned the Oyo State government to respect the stool of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and stop inviting his chiefs, who were elevated to kingship status by the last administration, to same event as monarchs. Citing a court judgement which nullified the processes that led the former…

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Oyo ALGON to Seyi Makinde: ‘You Cannot Monetise Illegalities’ ask members to boycott Panel set up to probe them

The leadership of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, has condemned the dissolution of the Oyo State Independent National Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, Board by Governor Seyi Makinde. In a statement by its chairman, Prince Abass Alesinloye, ALGON asked its members to boycott the probe panel instituted by Makinde to probe the activities of…

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Makinde insist on decision to conduct LG elections in Oyo next year

Oyo State governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has said that he would conduct local government elections next year, dismissing insinuations that caretaker committee chairmen would be appointed to replace sacked council heads. He also said Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, would be reformed to have a generally accepted exercise. Makinde, who said these in a…

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Gov. Makinde dissolves OYSIEC board

The State governor, Seyi Makinde has dissolved the board of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, (OYSIEC), LiveTimes gathered. The dissolve of the board was contained n a letter, signed by the State’s Head of Service, Alhaja Amidat Ololade Agboola on Thursday. In the letter, the board of OYSIEC were asked to hand over all government…

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Makinde in Rivers, seek to learn from developmental stride of Wike (Photo)

Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt. Wike, while speaking stated that he is purely a party loyalist who believes in the ideals of the PDP. He said: “I am not surprised. When you have traders and merchants, what…

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