Makinde Released Only N330m Out Of N12.7b Federal Allocation To Oyo LGAs In 3 Months — APC Group Alleges
The accruals from the Federation Account to the 33 Local Governments in Oyo State amounted to N12.7billion in three months but only N330million was said to have been released by the State Government to the 'traumatized' Local councils. The opposition elements alleged on Thursday in Ibadan that the said amount is generating ripples amongst the council chairmen who allegedly felt...
Drainage Work By Oyo Delaying Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Completion
The Federal Government yesterday attributed the delay in the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to drainage channel being constructed at the Ibadan axis of the ever-busy road by the Oyo State Government. “The Oyo State Government is building a drainage channel across the road. So, we are having difficulties because the contractor has slowed down and we have to slow...
Makinde: Aside Flooding, Ibadan’s Perennial Waste Disposal Issue Worsening Other Climate-related Challenges
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, said on Wednesday that his administration has been applying local solutions to challenges created by global climate challenges in the State. Governor Makinde, who spoke in Abuja, while addressing the Executive Intelligence Management Course at the Institute of Security Studies (NISS), Bwari, Abuja, said that the challenges ranged from flooding to waste disposal and...
2023: Vote For Tinubu, Other Oyo APC Candidates — Ajimobi, Omodewu Urge Members
Former first lady of Oyo state, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, and the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, Hon. Isaac Omodewu, have urged the stakeholders within the party to foster unity and cooperation among themselves and also work towards mobilizing all and sundry with a view to ensuring victory for the APC's presidential candidate in the...
PHOTOS: At Olubadan Birthday, Kola-Daisi Receives Special Prayers
The senatorial candidate of the Accord for Oyo South, Idris Kolapo Kola-Daisi, was one of the proud sons and daughters of Ibadan notably present at the 80th birthday celebration of Kabiesi, the Olubadan of Ibadaland, Oba Dr. Senator Mohood Olalekan Ishola Balogun, Ali-Iwo (Alli Okunmade II), held at the Alliwo palace. Kola-Daisi, who was one of the early callers to...
Governor Makinde, Regulate Operations Of Motorcycle Riders In Ibadan | Adébáyọ̀ Mutalubi Ojo
I’m appealing vehemently to the people friendly Governor of Oyo State who also runs a populist government to help save the lives of commuters and pedestrians in Oyo State by urgently and proactively control and regulate the indiscriminate and uncoordinated ways and manners the okada riders care-freely roam and hover all over the city of Ibadan. The menace and havoc...
Folarin: ‘I’ve Facilitated 17 ICT Centres, 88 Fully-furnished Classrooms In 3 Years’
Senator representing Oyo Central senatorial district in the National Assembly and 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Teslim Folarin, has commissioned fully-furnished 36 blocks of classrooms with 20 toilet rooms, solar-powered boreholes and solar lights at Elekuro Junior and Senior Secondary Schools at Abonde in Ona-Ara Local Government Area of the state. The three-term senator also...
As Election Draws Near, Makinde Woos Oyo Students With 28 Buses, Jobs, Scholarship, FOSSU Secretariat
As the 2023 elections beckon, ‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to be re-elected. On Tuesday, while hosting youths and students' leaders in an interactive session for the first time in over three years, Makinde revealed he has ordered the purchase of 27 buses. This was just as he revealed that he would liaise...
How I Became Poor As Governor — Makinde
‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, said he became poor after assuming office. According to the helmsman who said he was rich before getting into power, he became poor because his salary even as a governor is N650,000. Speaking while hosting youths and students' leaders in an interactive session, Makinde said that he hasn’t been giving out anything personally because of that. Makinde...
You’re Deceitful — Oyo APC Youth Group Berates Makinde Over Flood Control, Bridges In Ibadan
A Youth Group within the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Monday faulted the claim of the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP) that Labo and Aperin bridges are being done in line with ‘modern specifications’ in terms of quality, scope and dimension. The APC group, according to a press release by Comrade Adebayo Folorunso said a...
