Tag: Osinbajo
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End of Boko Haram will come soon – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that the celebration of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day – NADCEL at Mongunu in Borno North was a proof that the “end of the Boko Haram terrorists group “will come sooner than later.’’ Osinbajo, who spoke at a “Mini Trade Fair and Military Equipment Exhibition as part of…
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Osinbajo says state policing solution to killings
State police remains the surest way of tackling the current security challenges like herdsmen and farmers’ clashes in parts of the country, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo stated this in a keynote address he delivered at the third anniversary of the 8th Assembly of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday in Lagos.…
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Nigeria’s tax revenue grew by 51 per cent in 2017- Osinbajo
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said that the country’s tax revenue has increased to 51 per cent in 2017. Osinbajo made the disclosure at the FT Nigeria Summit on “Dispelling Uncertainty and Building Resilience’’ in Lagos. He said that the 51 per cent growth year- on-year was due to aggressive tax policies introduced…
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Saraki denies discussing CCT trial at nPDP meeting with Osinbajo
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday denied bringing up his trial at the Code of Conduct Bureau with during the meeting held by the new People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday. Saraki faulted a report by The Nation newspaper claiming he (Saraki) wanted to use the grievances of members of…
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Stop comparing our three years administration with PDP’s 16 years – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said comparing the three-year-old administration of the incumbent All Progressives Congress (AP) to the sixteen years administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was unfair. He said the fact that the opposition PDP had started assessing the present government even shortly after spending two years in office showed that “we…
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APC crisis: Osinbajo woos Saraki, Dogara other nPDP members
To prevent the All Progressives Congress, APC from shrinking amid internal grouping threats, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo gave promises to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara and other members in the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) delegation, who met with him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Recall that…
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BREAKING: Osinbajo meets aggrieved nPDP members in Abuja
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting members of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party. The meeting is holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It will be recalled that members of the nPDP had recently protested what they called their nationalisation in the ruling All Progressives Congress among other allegations. Details later…
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Just in: Osinbajo may lose his VP position, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that he may appoint another Vice President should he win the 2019 presidential election, as Yemi Osinbajo’s ”position is threatened.” The president revealed this on Friday when he hosted a delegation of the Conference of Nigerian Female Parliamentarians at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “It is a pity the VP is…
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2019: I never begged to be Buhari’s deputy, I can leave at anytime – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday night said he didn’t lobby for the position he currently occupies and can leave at a short notice if the tenets of the office negates his Christian faith and values. Osinbajo stated this while responding to posers raised by some Christian leaders at the stakeholders’ meeting held at the new…
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Benue killings not product of any planned agenda – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied claims that the killings in Benue were the outcome of a planned agenda to eliminate the people. Osinbajo, who is Benue on a two-day working visit, made the denial on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting at the Benue People’s Government House, Makurdi. He said the Federal Government was determined…