Tag: Osinbajo
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VP Osinbajo rallies APC governors on economy, ASUU strike
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governors were on a felicitation visit to the vice- president as he recovered from the leg surgery done in July. The vice-president expressed his appreciation to the…
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When institutions are weak, people have reasons for not doing the right thing – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says when talking about corruption, people have reasons for doing wrong things when the institutions are weak. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice-president interacted with a group of Harvard Business School students who visited him at the Presidential Villa.
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Osinbajo receives London-Lagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on Thursday at Presidential Villa received the Nigerian Biker, Kunle Adeyanju, who embarked on a polio-inspired charity ride from London to Lagos. Osinbajo says there is a need to sustain the campaign against polio, warning that the disease is “very crafty.” Adeyanju, who arrived in Lagos on May 29, was…
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VP Osinbajo leaves for Accra ahead of ECOWAS summit
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday departed Lagos for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the vice-president would stand-in for President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit which comes up…
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We must break illicit drug supply, distribution chains – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) and other stakeholders to step up efforts toward breaking illicit drug supply and distribution chains. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on Monday at the State House Banquet…
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2023 Elections: I lost the battle not the war- VP Osinbajo
Following his third place finish at the just concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) Special Convention Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he lost the battle, but not the war. TheNewsGuru.com reports that former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won the presidential primary with total votes of 1,271 votes to become the party’s flagbearer.
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Tinubu has shown passion, patriotism in nation building – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential Primaries held on Wednesday at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Osinbajo, in a congratulatory message he personally authored on Thursday, said that Tinubu’s sterling contributions to Nigeria’s democracy and its progress stood him out.
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I will be ready from day one, Osinbajo tells delegates
Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged delegates at the 2022 APC Special National Convention to vote for him, as he has all it takes to hit the ground running when elected President of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections. Osinbajo made the call at the on-going 2022 APC Special National Convention holding…
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APC South-West leaders meet, bridge consensus gap to Tinubu, Osinbajo, others
The South-West caucus leaders of the Presidential Primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met with the seven presidential aspirants from the zone in Abuja to bridge the consensus gap to Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and others. This is coming barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with the 23 presidential aspirants…
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2023: APC founding member drums support for Osinbajo, likens him to Awolowo
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Preye Aganaba, said Nigeria could not afford to miss the option of having Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as President the way it ignored the services of late Obafemi Awolowo. Aganaba, who described Osinbajo as the best presidential aspirant among other contenders in the APC, said his…