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Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has banned the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) following recent violence across Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The government declared the activities of the union illegal with immediate effect and also announced the taking over of all parks and …

The Oyo government has taken control of all motor parks in the state following a ban on the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) by Seyi Makinde, the governor. Bisi Ilaka, chief of staff to the governor, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the governor’s office in Ibadan, on Friday. …

Engr. Seyi Makinde, the Oyo state governor-elect, has said the state cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Makinde in a report in Tribune published on Wednesday, May 1, said the federal governments should have allowed states to negotiate the …

Engr. Seyi Makinde, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, has emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Oyo state. The INEC Returning Officer in the state Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, declared the result on Sunday evening at the State headquarters of INEC in Ibadan. Ogundipe, said that Makinde scored 515,621 votes to …