Tag: Osinbajo
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Flood: Osinbajo visits Bayelsa, reinstates FG’s support for victims
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday flew over some parts of Bayelsa State to asses the flood situation, describing it as a major disaster. Osinbajo made the assertion when he, Governor Seriake Dickson and some Federal Government officials visited internally displaced persons camps in the state on Friday. The VP was accompanied on the visit by…
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Osinbajo, Okowa canvass credible media coverage of 2019 elections
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday urged the Nigerian media to retain its credibility as an unbiased umpire in the coverage of the ongoing 2019 elections processes. They made the call at the 14th edition of the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) holding in Asaba, the Delta…
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2019: Osinbajo, Amosun meet inside Aso Villa over controvercial primaries
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday evening met behind closed doors with Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that both Osinbajo and Amosun are from Ogun State. The state is among those where the ruling All Progressives Congress is experiencing rancorous primaries. Details later…
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Osinbajo, Oshiomhole, others plotting to manipulate primaries in favour of Ambode – Sanwo-Olu
Babajide Sanwo-Olu Media Support Group has written a petition against the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; National Chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, among other, over plots to manipulate the Lagos governorship primary in favour of the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The petition which was published on the official social media account…
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Independence: Osinbajo, Gowon, Kumuyi, others optimistic of a greater Nigeria
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said Nigeria will be great again. He spoke during the 58th Independence Day Interdenominational Service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja. According to him, the season for Nigeria’s promotion and progress has come. He said: “This anniversary is an opportunity to bless our nation. Nigeria, this 58th year…
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Osinbajo counters Theresa May, says Buhari’s administration lifted millions of Nigerians out of poverty
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had lifted millions of Nigerians out of poverty in the last three years. He was apparently reacting to a statement by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Nigeria had the largest population of poor people. Osinbajo said in the same period, the administration laid…
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JUST IN: Buhari, Osinbajo, Tinubu, others attend APC NEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have arrived the secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja for the National Executive Council meeting. The meeting is currently ongoing at the APC secretariat in Abuja. Buhari arrived the meeting at 11:19 a.m., after Osinbajo and other stakeholders arrived. Among the earlier arrivals…
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Nigeria’s challenges not all about geographical restructuring – Osinbajo
The Vice- President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that simple geographical restructuring is not the problem with Nigeria. He said that prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly were better ideas for Nigeria’s development challenges. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the…
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IBB, Obasanjo, Jonathan wasted Nigeria’s resources – Osinbajo
VICE-President Yemi Osinbajo has spoken again on how huge funds went down the drain in previous administrations, which earned much and invested little in infrastructure. Prof. Osinbajo, who rejected the seemingly popular notion that Nigeria’s problem could be solved by restructuring, said only prudent management of resources could save Nigeria. He was answering questions from…
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NFF crisis: Dalung insists on Supreme Court judgement, says Osinbajo’s intervention temporary
Nigeria’s Minister for Sports, Solomon Dalung, has reacted to the intervention of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo which saved Nigeria from being suspended by FIFA on Monday. FIFA had threatened to suspend Nigeria from all her activities after the Amaju Pinnick-led executive board was prevented from carrying out its duties at the NFF. However, the…