Tag: Osinbajo
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Soulful singer, Asa visits Osinbajo in Aso Rock
Bukola Elemide, award-winning Nigerian singer better known as Asa, recently paid a courtesy visit to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja. Asa took to her Instagram page to share photos of the visit on Tuesday. The pictures showed several aspects of the meeting including a session where she could be seen having…
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Obaseki explains how heavy Benin storm stops Osinbajo from attending NSF opening
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo missed the official opening of the 20th National Sports Festival in Benin due to the storm at the city’s airport, Edo’s Gov. Godwin Obaseki said on Tuesday. Obaseki, in his address at Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the festival tagged “Edo 2020”, said the vice-president tried to be at the venue of the…
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Ebonyi killings: FG promises justice for victims
The Federal Government has pledged to ensure justice for victims of the recent attacks on three communities of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi, by unknown gunmen. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made the pledge on Sunday in Abakaliki while addressing stakeholders of the state after inspecting the affected communities and the Effium/Ezza-Effium intra-communal crisis. Osibanjo,…
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Buhari, Jonathan, Osinbajo, Atiku, Tinubu, others mourn Yinka Odumakin
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the spokesperson for the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari condoled with the family, friends and acquaintances of the spokesman of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. The President described…
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Osinbajo’s Lonely Days – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a man of subdued political symbolism and a compact admixture of values. It comes across mostly in his costume which is, in some ways, emblematic of his ambiguous adventure in the political arena. On an average day, he is most likely to show up in a darkish…
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‘He was a man of conviction,’ Buhari, Osinbajo mourn late Afenifere spokesman, Odumakin
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have mourned the demise of Afenifere Spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin. In a series of tweets using @NGRPresident official handle, the Presidency said President Buhari condoled with the family, friends, and acquaintances of Yinka Odumakin, describing him as a man of conviction. “Odumakin was also spokesman to the then Gen…
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Osinbajo presides over FEC in Buhari’s absence, mourns two ex-ministers
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the 40th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House in President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari were physically present at the meeting. Eight…
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Medical trip: Buhari will resume presidential duties in UK, no need transmitting power to Osinbajo – Presidency
The Presidency on Tuesday said it is unnecessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo while he (Buhari) is away on a medical trip to the United Kingdom (UK). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Tuesday when he…
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Medical trip: Buhari should transfer power to Osinbajo – Dino Melaye
Former Senator, Dino Melaye has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to transfer power to his Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo as he travels to London for medical check-up. The Presidency said on Monday that Buhari would be travelling to London, United Kingdom for medical check-up and would be back in two weeks time. But Dino Melaye, in…
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Nigerians are better off together, say Buhari, Osinbajo at Tinubu colloquium
President Mohammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are of the opinion that despite occasional tensions in the nation’s history characterised by diversity of ethnicity, culture, language and religion, notwithstanding, Nigerians are better off and stronger together. “Despite occasional inter-ethnic tensions in our national history, it seems to me that we have all agreed on…