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Makinde Restricts Okada Operations In Oyo State
News Published June 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde , has placed a restriction on the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, in the state. The development was announced on Friday as the Governor signed Executive Order No. 002 of 2026 to strengthen security, enforce vehicle registration
OPINION: Makinde and His 2027 Gamble
May 24, (THEWILL) — The race to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde formally threw his hat into the ring and organised a spectacle that could only have been funded by Oyo State taxpayers’
Makinde Appoints Busari Olayemi as DG, Abuja/Lagos Liaison Office
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed a former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon Busari Olayemi, as the Director-General, Abuja/Lagos Liaison Office. Olayemi, who hitherto had served as the Executive Adviser on Intra-Party Affairs to Oyo State, replaces Mr Ezekiel Temitope Oladimeji. The governor...
Makinde Reacts To Oriire Abduction, Inaugurates Police Violent Crime Unit In Oyo
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has assured the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the state of continued support to strengthen their capacity to protect lives and property. Naija News reports that Makinde gave the assurance at the inauguration of the Oyo State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit and its Oversight Committee
Alao Faults Makinde Over Multiple Budgets, Fiscal Discipline
News Investigators/ An All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Oyo State, Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has faulted Gov. Seyi Makinde’s operation of multiple budgets since assumption of office in 2019. In a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday, Mr Alao, a former governorship candidate under the umbrella of Alliance for Democracy, said that the
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