•Wike and Makinde The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) interim leadership aligned with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde today said its primaries and national convention would proceed as scheduled, brushing aside moves by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to disrupt the process. The dispute centres on control of the party...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has dismissed claims that the gathering of opposition parties and leaders in Ibadan, the state capital, yesterday ahead of the 2027 general elections was targeted at anyone. He insisted that the meeting was focused on strengthening Nigeria’s democratic system ahead of...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State In view of the recent hike in the price of petrol across the country, Governor Seyi Makinde has announced a ₦10,000 monthly transportation support fund for civil servants in Oyo State, to run for an initial period of three months. The governor made the declaration during the supervision of […]
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has bemoaned the defection of governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying although there are only two governors in the party, he is not bothered. On Monday, Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State announced his resignation from the PDP, leaving the Bauchi [&hell...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, says the newly signed Electoral Act by President Bola Tinubu is not available to the public. “I haven’t seen it. That is the reality,” Makinde said today in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, during the Obafemi Awolowo Lecture 2026. The well-attended lecture titled “Politics as Future...
•Kwankwaso and Makinde Amid speculation over his visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State today, former Kano State governor and National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, said he was in Ibadan to inaugurate the party’s new state office. Kwankwaso stated that the inauguration forms part of efforts ...
•Kwankwaso and Makinde Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, today held a closed-door meeting with Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. The meeting, which lasted hours, was held away from the glare of the media, with aides ...
•Makinde, Fayose and Atiku Former Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose has said the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, is canvasing to be the running mate of a frontline presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, as a condition to join the coalition. In a statement he personally signed and made available to [&helli...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, says no one will be allowed to hold down the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for any other party to be in power. The governor stated this during the commissioning and handing over of a new Oyo State PDP Secretariat donated by him and named […]
•Makinde and Tinubu Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu, saying it has become difficult to speak truth to power under his government. But former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, claimed that Makinde’s comment against Tinubu at former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s birthday party further confirme...

