The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced Governor Seyi Makinde as the winner of the Governorship election in Oyo state. The Returning Officer, Prof Adebayo Simeon Bamire announced the result on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. Makinde polled 563,756 to defeat the candidate of the…
Oloye Adebayo Adelabu, candidate of the Accord Party, has congratulated Engr. Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State on his victory at the March 18, 2023 governorship election. A statement signed by Adelabu, he said the victory was a call to do more and serve the people diligently. Election…
Governor Seyi Makinde, the Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has won his polling unit. Makinde voted at Ward 11, Unit 01, Abayomi Iwo-Road in Ibadan North East Local Council. He has 174 votes while the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 28, Accord…
Oyo State Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, has cast his vote at Ward 11, Unit 01, Abayomi Iwo-Road in Ibadan North East Local Council. He arrived at the voting unit at about 10.30 a.m. Speaking briefly with journalists, the governor appreciated the people of Oyo State for coming out, asking others to also troop out…
Following the poll conducted by Oyo State Independent Monitoring Group (OYSIMG), the incumbent Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has been favoured as the leading candidate in the Governorship election rescheduled for tomorrow. The Executive Director of OYSIMG, Mr Jamiu Ishola, stated that the…
The Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, HRM Oba Francis Olushola Alao, has said that the traditional rulers’ support for Governor Seyi Makinde’s re-election bid is not on partisanship basis but on credibility. The traditional ruler who is the Deputy Chairman, Oyo state council of Obas and Chiefs made this…
As the state prepares for the last lap of political campaigns ahead of Saturday’s Governorship and state Assembly elections, three persons have been feared killed. Among the three killed is a ward 10 councilor, by name Sulaiman Ariyibi, in Ibadan South East local government of Oyo state who was said to be…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved a half day for workers in the employment of the state on Friday, March 17, 2023. The approval, according to a circular signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubanwo Adeosun, is to enable civil and public servants in the state, who may…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, was joined by the Oyo North Senatorial Candidate of the Accord Party and member representing Iseyin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, for the governorship rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Iseyin Local Government. The governor…
The Federal Government has shifted the 2023 population to May 2023. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, disclosed this in Abuja at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Lai…