Tag: Osinbajo
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Jonathan attacks Osinbajo: answer questions on your role in Nigeria’s biggest scam
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to be more concerned over his indictment by the House of Representatives in the N5.8 billion he approved for the National Emergency Agency, NEMA, without due process, than focus on demonising his (Jonathan) administration. The Vice President had during a lecture entitled, “Restructuring and the…
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N33bn NEMA fund: Osinbajo has case to answer, reps insist
The House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, whose report last week allegedly indicted Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, has said he has questions to answer in the probe into an alleged N33bn fraud in a presidential intervention in the North-East crisis. While the committee had indicted Osinbajo over “emergency intervention of food security to…
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Osinbajo reinstates support for fiscal federalism, state police
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has restated that he is an advocate of fiscal federalism, stronger state governments and state police. Osinbajo made this submission while delivering the 40th Anniversary Lecture of the Association of Friends on Monday in Lagos. The theme of the lecture is “Restructuring and the Nigerian Federation.” He reiterated his stance…
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Jonathan withdrew $270m from CBN in one day – Osinbajo
…accuses ex-president of masterminding grand corruption while in office Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of ordering the withdrawal of $270million from the nation’s treasury in one day without executing a single contract. The Vice President who had at different occasions lashed out at the former Nigerian leader said he (Jonathan)…
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APC crisis: Buhari, Osibanjo, Tinubu, others meet to determine Oshiomhole’s fate
Sequel to the recent crisis bedeveling the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a fallout from the just concluded primaries across the country and the intensified calls by aggrieved members for the national chairman’s resignation, a meeting of the leadership of the party have been scheduled to hold next week. The scheduled meeting, based on…
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Osinbajo reacts to House report indicting him of acting illegally on NEMA funds
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to a report released by a House of Representatives committee indicting him for allegedly approving funds illegally. Recall that the House committee in its report accused the vice president of acting illegally in approving N5.9 billion for emergency operations of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) whose head was…
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How Osinbajo is activating Buhari’s vote buying machinery ahead of 2019 elections – SMBLF
…Condemns assassination attempts on Ekweremadu The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum(SMBLF) on Wednesday accused the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of subtly luring voters for President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC at large ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group said the vice president was already engaging in “advance(d) vote buying” ahead of the…
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Banks must reform to survive fintech revolution – Osinbajo
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has stressed the need for banks in the country to carry out urgent reforms so as not to be caught off-guard by rising innovations in financial technology, insisting the effect of new innovations in fintech was inevitable. He stated that fintech, which is the new technology and innovation that aims…
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Reps indict Osinbajo in N5.8bn NEMA scandal
The House of Representatives has indicted the governing board of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over “illegal approval of N5.8 billion North-East intervention fund.” The members of the lower legislative chamber also recommended the dismissal of Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General of NEMA, over alleged fraud. At plenary on Thursday, the lower…
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No state in Nigeria without ongoing FG project – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday restated that the Federal Government had achieved a lot in all sectors of human development and democratic process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo spoke at the 2017/2018 Barewa Old Boys Association annual lecture in Sokoto. The vice president said that Policians had nothing…