Tag: Osinbajo
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Clark to Osinbajo: Stop antagonizing leaders, stakeholders of Niger Delta
Prominent leader of the South South Region, Edwin Clark has cautioned the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over his alleged interference and antagonizing of leaders and stakeholders of the Niger Delta region. The elder statesman in a statement on Monday night noted with concern the Vice President’s recent peace meeting that excluded major leaders and…
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Buhari names train stations after Awolowo, Jakande, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Osoba
President Muhammadu Buhari has named train stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving Nigerians”, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Among those listed are Obafemi Awolowo, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Segun Osoba, Lateef Jakande, Wole Soyinka and Babatunde Fashola Presidency aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, revealed this on Monday in a tweet. Wole…
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Nigeria using COVID-19 to restructure economy – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has said Nigeria is seizing the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic as an opportunity to restructure her economic outlook. Osinbajo disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a Webinar organised by the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), with its focus on Nigeria. The Vice President,…
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Tinubu, Osinbajo are Magu’s godfathers – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, are godfathers of the suspended Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. Fani-Kayode in a Tweet on Sunday claimed that Magu never worked for President Muhammadu Buhari while in office but…
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Osinbajo writes IGP, demands investigations into alleged N4bn gift from Magu
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, over allegations linking him to funds allegedly stolen by the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The Vice President also demanded the probe of Jackson Ude, publisher of the online medium, Point Blank News that…
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Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies, calumny—Aide
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be distracted by campaigns of lies and calumny. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President has said. Akande, in a statement in Abuja, dismissed as false and baseless fabrications claiming to reflect goings-on at the probe panel investigating…
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Osinbajo clears air on reports of receiving N4bn from Magu
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has debunked reports that he received N4billion out of recovered loots from Ibrahim Magu, the embattled, now suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Osinbajo denied that such transaction ever took place in a statement Wednesday signed by his Spokesman, Laolu Akande. Prior to the release of…
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Photo/Video: Buhari, Osinbajo, govs, NASS leaders attend Giadom’s APC NEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from across the country, are gathered at the State House for the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. As at noon, the Executive Council Chambers of the State House had been packed with attendees for the NEC, which was called by factional Acting…
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Nigerians ready to pay electricity bills if satisfied – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigerians are willing to pay for electricity if the services they receive from the distribution companies are constant and better. Osinbajo expressed this view while featuring in a webinar on Economic Sustainability Beyond COVID-19 organised by Emmanuel Chapel on Sunday in Abuja. The Vice President reacted to…