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Insecurity Will Soon Become History In Nigeria ― Osinbajo

June 25, 2021 1:16 am

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed great optimism that the current security challenges bedevieling Nigeria would soon become a thing of the past.

The Vice President also explained that the federal government has intensified efforts aimed at adequately securing the country with the recent supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval for the procurement of military hardware for the use of the military and other security agencies.

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Professor Osinbajo made this known when he received in audience the Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, His Royal Majesty, Oba …

Vice President Osinbajo: A Slave Of The Fulani Oligarchy

Nigeria Can Not Afford Another Civil War, Osinbajo Warns

April 29, 2021 12:49 am

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country and won’t be beneficial to anyone.

Osinbajo made this assertion at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja.

He said; ‘The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end.

‘Everyone who thinks he has some monies stored up somewhere will eventually run out of money.

‘Everyone who thinks …

Osinbajo: Govt Has No Business Running Oil Refineries

Biafra: Osinbajo Speaks On Nigeria After Civil War

January 27, 2020 1:51 pm
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said all Nigerians, despite ethnicities, must join hands together to build a strong nation where everyone can legitimately aspire to the limits of their dreams and visions in all areas of national life.

According to his Spokesman Laolu Akand, Osinbajo stated this on Monday in his address at a special Town Hall Meeting at the National War Museum in Umuahia, Abia State, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.

The event was hosted by the Civil War Museum in Umuahia under the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) and

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Utomi

We Wrote APC Manifesto At Pat Utomi’s House, Says Osinbajo

January 27, 2020 1:14 pm

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says some parts of the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was drafted at the residence of Pat Utomi, a professor, in 2014. 

According to Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, Osinbajo said this at the 5th edition of the Airtel Touching Lives in Lagos.

The vice-president said the APC included a social safety initiative to specifically address poverty, among other things in its manifesto.

“Listening to each story of a life touched this evening must remind us of the many others who need our help, our comfort and our …

Buhari

Buhari Opens Up On Cabal, Osinbajo, TY Danjuma’s Secrets

January 26, 2020 5:29 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up on relationship with his Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

He also spoke on comments by former Minister of Defence, T.Y. Danjuma, about the general election in Nigeria and the speculation that a “cabal” exists in his government

Buhari, in a chat with The Interview Magazine, also gave an insight to his formation of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), the rule of law, among others.

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On the EAC and how the body has been silent, Buhari said: “They don’t have to play to the gallery in

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Buhari, Osinbajo Dragged To Court, Asked To Declare Assets

January 26, 2020 9:28 am

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all state governors to publish their assets.

SERAP gave the call in a lawsuit filed before the court, wherein it said the above mentioned should “make public details of their assets, specifically property and income, contained in their asset declaration forms submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) since assuming office.”

In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/65/2020 filed last Friday, SERAP is seeking: “an order for leave to apply for judicial review and an order …

Osinbajo Lists Projects To Be Completed In Next Few Years

January 25, 2020 3:50 pm
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said having instituted reforms covering critical sectors of the economy over the past four years, Nigeria under the Buhari administration is making steady progress on the path of prosperity.

Osinbajo stated this on Saturday in Lagos in a keynote address he delivered at the Redeemer’s Men Fellowship Conference themed “Galvanized for Geometric Growth.”

The Vice President, while noting that much still needed to be done in the different sectors of the economy, restated that the country had enormous potential which would be realised.

According to the VP, who referenced the recent US-based Newsweek magazine’s

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Akeredolu: Agreements S’West Govs Reached With Osinbajo

January 24, 2020 5:18 am
The Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southwest Governors, Rotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed what was agreed upon during the meeting with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo with regards to Amotekun.

Akeredolu said governors of the region and Osinbajo agreed on a legal framework to be established to backup the region’s security outfit.

Recall that the Southwest governors had met with Osinbajo yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Read Also: FG, South-West Governors Agree To Formalise Amotekun

The meeting is coming 24 hours after the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said Amotekun was not

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Remembrance Day: Buhari, Osinbajo, Honours Fallen Heroes

January 15, 2020 2:19 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday led other top government functionaries, including service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes.

The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National Arcade, was one of the highlights lined up to celebrate the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC).

First to lay the wreath was the President, followed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives and Chief Justice of Nigeria, NAN reports.

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In another

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Kano: Osinbajo Brings Gov. Ganduje, Emir Sanusi Together

January 13, 2020 2:55 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday brought Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II together when he visited the palace of the Emir.

Prof. Osinbajo, who was in Kano State on a one-day working visit was also described by Governor Ganduje as a “son of the soil.”

The Vice President was in Kano to commission a number of road projects that were completed by Ganduje. He also laid the foundation stone for the first state-owned Cancer Centre in Nigeria.

On arriving Kano, the Vice President was received by the Governor and other senior …

Lagos

Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Tinubu Meet In Lagos

January 12, 2020 2:30 pm
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met in Lagos on Saturday.

They graced the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Rasaq Okoya, founder of Eleganza group of companies.

Other in attendance were Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote as well as traditional rulers.

Born in Lagos on Jan. 12, 1940, Okoya is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos.

According to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the guests were

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Details Of Osinbajo, Govs’ NEC Meeting On Thursday

December 20, 2019 4:49 am

The National Economic Council (NEC) says there is need for states to pool resources together and set up a security trust fund in view of the huge cost of maintaining security.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State briefed State House correspondents after the 100th NEC meeting presided over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, NAN reports.

He said that NEC’s Committee on Security and Policing headed by Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti with some governors, Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), National Security Adviser (NSA) and Chief of Defence Staff as members presented a report to …

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