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Oyo Govt. to Ajimobi’s aides: stop defending the absurdity says alleged vehicle theft not a smear campaign

The Oyo State Government on Sunday reacted to a news over the weekend that some officials of the immediate past administration in the state raised issues about the manner in which the state is retrieving vehicles illegally carted away by some of their colleagues. According to the statement by the state government, officials of the…

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Makinde to his critics: you can’t distract me from my open governance

…Says Oyo open to investors Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Sunday declared that critics of his style of open governance cannot distract his government from recording giant strides in the State. The governor, who made the declaration while speaking at the inauguration of the South West Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Makinde carries me along in governance decisions unlike ‘Constituted Authority’, says Olaniyan at a function with Ajimobi’s deputy, Adeyemo (Photo)

The Oyo state Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan over the weekend commended the state Governor, Governor Seyi Makinde for carrying him along in the decisions he has made so far, noting that this is unprecedented in the history of the state. Olaniyan gave this commendation over the weekend in company of Otunba Moses Alake…

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Olopoeniyan’s attack on Ajimobi’s aides: The locust years are here|By Adeoye Akande

It is quite disheartening that in 2019, there is no one in this Oyo state government capable of replying the intellectual work of Professor Adeniyi Olowofela, Erudite media guru Bolaji Tunji and ever sagacious Abiodun Ambali, all former aides of the immediate past governor of Oyo state, Sen. ABIOLA AJIMOBI. The trio had embarked on…

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Tokyo to Makinde: reinstate me as Oyo NURTW chairman, I’ve court judgment against Akala and Ajimobi

A former chairman of Oyo National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (Tokyo) has called on state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to reinstate him as the next executive chairman of the union. Tokyo stated this in an interview with DOUBLE A MEDIA at his residence in Akobo, Ibadan, the state capital on…

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Oyo PDP, APC chairmen in war of words over Makinde’s N48bn assets

The Chairman of Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party, Alh Kunmi Mustapha, has attacked the APC chairman, Chief Akin Oke in a reactions to voluntary declaration of assets by Governor Seyi Makinde at Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. The PDP chairman described the statement as reckless, unpatriotic, uncivilized and a wicked approach to discourage men of…

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Makinde has no plan to scrap SGB’s policy by Ajimobi, says SUBEB chairman

Oyo state government on Friday disclosed that it had no plan to proscribe the School Governing Boards (SGBs) policy of the Abiola Ajimobi led administration in public schools, but had worked on reviewing the mode of operation of the initiative. This disclosed by the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran who…

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Makinde lied! debt incurred by Ajimobi is N90b not N150b, says Ajimobi’s appointees (See details in the story)

Political appointees who worked under the immediate past administration of ex-Governor Abiola Ajimobi in Oyo State, on Friday tackled Governor Seyi Makinde over his claim that the Ajimobi administration left a debt of N150bn. This was gathered by Newspeakonline during an address by the appointees led by a former Commissioner for Education, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela,…

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CCB to investigate declared assets by Makinde, Ajimobi others

The Code of Conduct Bureau in Oyo State on Wednesday said it is awaiting directives to verify the N48bn assets declared by the state governor, Seyi Makinde, and other officials in the last administration in the state. The Director of CCB in the state, Mr. Moses Atolagbe, said the directive to verify all the people…

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Gov. Makinde promises to turn around Oyo’s security architecture to boost FDI

…Says I am in a hurry to bring investors to Oyo Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday that his government intends to quickly turn around the security architecture of Oyo State in order to open up the state for foreign investors. Governor Makinde, according to a statement made public by his Chief…

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