Security

Insecurity: Makinde Meets Buhari, Demands More Mobile Police Squadrons in Oyo

By Web News January 27, 2021 83 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the security situation in the state, declaring that his administration remains resolute about fighting bandits, hoodlums, armed robbers and kidnappers. Governor Makinde, who addressed State House Correspondents in Abuja, said the real enemies of the state are the criminal Read More...

Politics

Oyo Government Warns Opposition Against Politicising Insecurity

By Web News January 27, 2021 89 0

The Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Taiwo Adisa has warned opposition elements in the state to stop playing politics with the insecurity situation in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of the state. A statement by the governor’s aide says that most of the comments attributed to opposition elements on […]Read More...

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Makinde Mourns Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe

By Web News January 4, 2021 125 0

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has described the death of the Pro-Chancellor of the Technical University, Tech-U, Ibadan and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe as a great loss to the state, Nigeria and the academic world.  Governor Makinde condoled with the immediate family of the late don, who was […]Read More...

Health

We will shut down any erring institution – Oyo COVID-19 Task Force

By Web News November 7, 2020 188 0

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has directed the management of schools, workplaces and religious centres to ensure strict compliance with established protocols aimed at curtailing the Coronavirus disease. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa who is the head of the task force says it will shut down […]Read More...

Health

Oyo Government Makes COVID-19 Testing More Accessible

By Web News September 30, 2020 309 0

The Emergency Operations Centre, EOC, of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, has released a list of locations where residents of the state can undertake COVID-19 test across the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, states that the list of centres was ratified at the state’s […]Read More...

Politics

Oba Adetunji is an embodiment of greatness and honour – Makinde

By Web News August 26, 2020 176 0

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has felicitated with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as he clocks 92 years on earth. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, states that the foremost monarch “personifies greatness and honour.” Governor Makinde said the tenure of the monarch, who […]Read More...

Health

Makinde Commissions Covid-19 Centre in Awe

By Web News July 17, 2020 478 0

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has commissioned another Covid-19 Isolation Centre in Awe, Afijio Local Government Area of the state where he declared that his administration’s goal of revamping the health sector remains unshaken. The governor who was represented by the Deputy Governor,Engineer Rauf Olaniyan stated that the current administration in Oyo was set Read More...

Politics

Flags Flown at Half-Mast in Ibadan in Honour of Ajimobi

By Web News June 26, 2020 320 0

Following the death of former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Governor Seyi Makinde on Thursday ordered that the state flag should be flown at half-mast. The directive was given as a mark of honour to the late statesman. Our correspondent who monitored the level of compliance to the directive in Ibadan reports that […]Read More...

Politics

Don’t politicize Makinde’s being Covid-19 positive – Oyo CPS

By Web Editor April 1, 2020 184 0

Oyo State government has urged individuals not to politicise the issue of coronavirus which the governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde tested positive for. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa while reacting to insinuations in some quarters that the governor contracted the disease at a People’s Democratic Party, PDP zonal rally held in Ibadan said his […]Read More...

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Oyo Govt Debunks Appointment Claims

By Web Editor March 17, 2020 195 0

Oyo state government has denied an online medium which says that Governor Seyi Makinde has appointed certain persons as chairpersons of the Governing Councils of the Polytechnic Ibadan and the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. This is contained in a statement by the Chief press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa. The statement which Read More...