Sulaimon Olanrewaju

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju After being in the saddle as Oyo State governor for over five years, a pattern, which represents ‘Seyi Makinde’s political ideology, is emerging. The ideology is what I call Makindeism. Every politician seeks…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju Penultimate Saturday, the ancient town of Saki in Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State played host to an unprecedented throng of people as the remains of one of the town’s leading lights, Chief Michael Adeniyi Koleosho, were…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju In 2010, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) was rated the best state university in Nigeria. It was also regarded as the eighth best in the country as well as Africa’s 76th best. The…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju The recent commissioning of eight feeder roads, totalling 38.48 kilometres, reconstructed within the Ibadan Zone underscores the unwavering commitment of Governor Seyi Makinde to addressing the critical…

Mr Masquerade Companion has made attacking Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State his raison d’être. He gets his kicks by kicking the Governor. He seeks escape from his personal struggles by tarring the Governor, who did so well in his first…

The pre-2019 profile of Oyo State was anything but complimentary. With an internally generated revenue (IGR) that hovered around N1.8billion monthly, the state’s economy was described as ‘largely agrarian, with the Oke-Ogun axis being the…

Governor Seyi Makinde’s speech while signing the Oyo State Project Monitoring Agency Bill (2024) into law last Thursday was both profound and philosophical. In his remark at the event, the governor said, “People ask me what will be my…

Monday, April 8, 2024 will remain indelible in the memory of Messrs Nurudeen Abiola and Taiwo Adeagbo Adigun of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) as well as their families because of the visit of Oyo State governor,…

The whole place erupted in rapturous joy when Governor Seyi Makinde announced that the 700 stalls in the newly constructed market at Agodi Gate Junction would be given free of charge to the displaced street traders, who had illegally…

Although the penultimate Tuesday’s NLC protest was nationwide, the flavour was different in Oyo State. Oyo State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in keeping with the directive of its national body, had stormed the streets of…