Makinde Announces Annual Leave, Hands The Reins To Deputy

Makinde Announces Annual Leave, Transfers Power to Deputy

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has announced his annual leave. Eko Hot Blog gathered that this announcement was made in a letter addressed to the state lawmakers. The Governor’s letter was read on the floor of the House of Assembly by Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin during a valedictory plenary held in honour of Yetunde Awe, the … Read more

Lagos Lawmaker Adewale Temitope Urges State Assemblies To Collaborate For Development

Hon. Adewale Adedeji, a member representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 01 at the Lagos State House of Assembly

Adewale Temitope is a member of the Lagos House of Assembly for Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 01. He was recently at the Rt. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin Students Legislative Summit. At the summit, he made the case for a harmonious relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government. Eko Hot Blog reports that Hon. Adewale Temitope Adedeji, … Read more

Street Trading, Open-Grazing Ban In Oyo As Makinde Enforces Crackdown

Oyo

Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Seyi Makinde has signed the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority Bill and the Anti-open grazing Bill into law. The new legislations officially ban street trading, open-grazing as well as address traffic management and environmental sanitation issues in the state. Editor’s Picks  FG Locates Fleeing Binance Executive In … Read more

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin: All You Need To Know About The Next Olubadan Of Ibadan

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin

On Thursday night, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, announced the demise of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, he disclosed that the 42nd Olubadan passed away at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo. Makinde described him as a towering figure akin to an … Read more

Olubadan Of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun Joins Ancestors

Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has died. He was 81. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed the monarch’s demise in a statement late Thursday night. Oba Balogun spent two years on the throne of his forefathers after Makinde presented the … Read more

Over 90% Of Ibadan Explosion Victims Have Been Discharged – Makinde

Olubadan stool

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has stated that over 90 per cent of the victims of the explosion that rocked the Adeyi area of Old Bodija in the ancient Ibadan city have been discharged. He noted that investigations into the explosion on Dejo Oyelese Street, which has claimed five lives thus … Read more

JUST IN: Makinde Gives Fresh Details Of Ibadan Explosion

Makinde

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed further details about the deadly explosion that rocked Ibadan, the state capital yesterday. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday night, Makinde told journalists that an investigation into the Tuesday explosion revealed the identity of the owners of … Read more

How Miners Storing Dynamite At Home Triggered Powerful Ibadan Explosion – Survivors

The suspected source of the powerful blast in Bodija, Ibadan

An explosion rocked the Bodija area of Ibadan on Tuesday night. The explosion resulted in the death and injury of dozens of residents. Structures in the area also suffered significant damage. Eko Hot Blog reports that a powerful explosion on Tuesday jolted residents of Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, and its environs in their homes and … Read more

Makinde, Abiodun Visit Tinubu In Lagos (Photos)

Tinubu in Lagos

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governors of Ogun and Oyo States, Dapo Abiodun and Seyi Makinde, visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at his Lagos residence. This online media platform gathered that the governors, on Friday, came to pay homage to the president on the celebration of Christmas. EDITOR’S PICKS Don’t Hand Over PH Refinery To Cabal, … Read more

I Will Not Pay You A Dime Till Court Tells Me Otherwise – Gov Makinde Tells Sacked LGA Chairmen

Makinde

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has said that former local government chairmen sacked in 2019 are distracting his government. This online media platform recalls that the former council bosses were elected during the administration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in 2018. EDITOR’S PICKS Appeal Court Dismisses Binani’s Case, Affirms … Read more

Fresh Crisis Brews In PDP As Governors Reject Damagum As Chairman, Delay NEC Meeting

Eko Hot Blog reports that fresh crisis seems to be brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the party’s governors’ purported rejection of the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum. This news medium gathered that governors want Damagum removed from his position and demand a total overhaul of the party’s national leadership from the top … Read more

ICYMI: Lagos-Abuja To Take Four Hours Through ‘Supersonic Highways’ – FG

L-R: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State having a discussion with Minister of Works, David Umahi on Nigerian roads.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government has said that the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Supersonic Highway will make travelling from Lagos to Abuja a four-hour journey. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made the bold assertion during the week while meeting with the governors of Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo States. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more

Makinde Opens Up On Delayed Distribution Of Palliative In Oyo

Oyo Palliatives

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has opened up on the reason the state government has not started sharing palliatives. According to the governor, his government has refused to begin distribution because of the need to effectively plan and embark on sustainable action that would secure the state economy. … Read more

Ladoja Draws A Legal Battle Line With Makinde, Olubadan Over Beaded Crown-wearing Obas

Eko Hot Blog reports that Former Governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja has dragged the Oyo state Governor, Eng. Seyi Makinde; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, and his ten newly elevated beaded crown-wearing Obas to court over the chieftaincy title. According to The Punch, Ladoja … Read more

Oyo Govt Announces New Chairman For Park Management System After Ouster Of ‘Auxiliary’

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Oyo State Government, on Sunday, announced the former secretary of the disbanded Park Management System (PMS), Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, as the body’s new chairman. The government made the disclosure in a statement issued by Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, on Sunday. EDITOR’S PICKS   Epe-Berger Bridge: … Read more

JUST IN: Tribunal Throws Out Action Alliance’s Petition Seeking Makinde’s Removal

Makinde's removal

  Tribunal has dismissed AA’s petition seeking Makinde’s removal. The judgement was delivered on Friday by a three-man tribunal led by Justice Ejiro Emudainohwu. The tribunal, which included Justices Baraka Wali and I. S. Galadima, met in Ibadan, the state capital.  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed … Read more

PHOTOS: Sanwo-Olu Joins Ex-Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe, Others At 2023 Induction For Governors

R-L: Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State making his presentation during the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) 2023 Induction programme for governors, with him: Engr Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State; Mr Terry McAuliffe, the 72nd Governor of Virginia and Mr Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross Rivers State, at the Presidential Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Governor Sanwo-Olu won reelection as Lagos governor in the March 18 governorship election. He is set to be sworn in for another four years in office. Nearly two weeks before his inauguration, he was in Abuja for an induction ceremony. Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, joined his fellow … Read more