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PFN Backs Osinbajo, Says He Is Passionate About Nigeria

PFN Backs Osinbajo, Says He Is Passionate About Nigeria

October 19, 2019 6:09 am

A delegation of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), led by its President, Dr. Felix Omobude, yesterday visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and declared full support for the Vice President as he continues with his duties.

Omobude, who spoke with State House Correspondents afterward, said the fellowship was solidly behind the vice president. The PFN president said it was a family visit, as the vice president was one of PFN’s constituents.

He said that Osinbajo loved Nigeria and was passionate about the country, which he always displayed in the discharge of his duties.

Omobude said …

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

October 17, 2019 6:11 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday visited the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) farm centre located in Gaa’te village, Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said in a statement in Abuja, that the vice president was accompanied by Gov. Abdullahi Sule on the visit.

Osinbajo commended the communities in Hadari Emirate district in Kokona LGA for coming together to form a farm settlement for the production of livestock and crop products under the auspices of the NFGCS.

He described the NFGCS farm as a true Nigerian story of honesty, hard work and cooperation regardless …

All African Nations Suffer Corruption - Yemi Osinbajo

All African Nations Suffer Corruption – Yemi Osinbajo

October 12, 2019 8:01 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that only a few countries in the world can claim to have a low level of corruption, but that none is in Africa.

Osinbajo spoke yesterday in Abuja at the launch of the FLAG’IT App by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation.

Represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Rule of Law, Office of the Vice President, Fatima Waziri-Azi, the vice president explained, “The 2019 Global Corruption Barometer on African citizens’ views and experiences of corruption highlights that while most of the people surveyed in 35 countries felt that corruption had increased in their …

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

Nigeria-UAE Bilateral Trade Hits $1.2b, Says Osinbajo

October 6, 2019 12:51 pm

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo  Saturday put the value of bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at $1.2 billion, noting that both countries would continue to become strong regional players.

Osinbajo made the disclosure at the 2019 United Arab Emirate (UAE)-Nigeria Cultural and Arts Exhibition 2019 held in Lagos.

He noted that there trade between the two countries had been in the increase.

The Vice President described the relationship between the two countries as strong and necessary and remarked that there were many other sectors of the economy where both countries could cooperate to …

₦90bn Poll Cash: Osinbajo Can’t Drop Immunity, Say SANs

September 27, 2019 1:38 am

Four senior lawyers on Thursday said Vice-President Osinbajo could not elect to waive his immunity because it was not about him but about the office of the vice-president, which he occupies.

A Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says vice-president Yemi Osinbajo lacks the constitutional power to waive his immunity.

Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over an allegation that he took ₦90bn from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The lawyer said the Supreme Court had ruled …

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₦90bn Allegation: You Can’t Waive Immunity, Lawyer Tells VP

September 26, 2019 12:05 pm

Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo lacks the constitutional power to waive his immunity.

Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over an allegation that he took ₦90bn from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The lawyer said the Supreme Court had ruled in the matter of Bola Tinubu vs I.M.B Securities Plc that a person holding any of the executive offices that has immunity cannot waive it.

He said, “Based on the extant constitutional …

No assignment, greater than preaching the gospel - Osinbajo

No assignment, greater than preaching the gospel – Osinbajo

July 23, 2019 12:42 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that there is no assignment greater than preaching forgiveness.

He stated this at the presentation of Felix Meduoye: The Footprint of an Apostle of Grace, a biography on the General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Felix Meduoye, on Sunday at the church’s headquarters in Yaba.

Acknowledging the cleric’s life of humility and forgiveness, Osinbajo said, “There can be no assignment greater than preaching the gospel of forgiveness, which Maduoye has done for many years, and which has impacted lives positively.”

He urged Christians to emulate the positive lifestyle of the pastor, adding, “I …

Why Nigeria will be worse-off With Tinubu, Osinbajo

July 16, 2019 2:31 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

It is vociferously ridiculous how honour was bestowed on men like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo among the noble Yoruba ancestry, men who are devoid of any form of integrity, who fabricate lies at the snap of their fingers without recourse to good conscience, equity and justice, and often willing to sacrifice their own people to gain political, and economic recognitions, they are so power hungry that humanity means little or nothing to them.

They profess knowledge of God as they claim to be devout Muslim, and Christian respectively, however regrettably, the only …

Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

July 15, 2019 12:04 am

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for self-sacrifice, righteousness to transform Nigeria.

He spoke at the weekend during the 50th-anniversary lecture, award and dinner of the Shepherd Hill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos State, with then theme: The Role of Contemporary Church in Nation-Building: Pessimism, Optimism or Activism.

The church’s 50th anniversary began about two months ago with several activities and ended yesterday with the anniversary thanksgiving celebration.

According to Osinbajo, Christians must not sit at home and pray but must be involved to make the difference.

“There is a test of courage and faith that every nation-builder must face and …

Osinbajo goes to U.S, meets Pence

Osinbajo goes to U.S, meets Pence

June 22, 2019 1:10 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Nigeria on Saturday  for U.S. where he will be meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Mr Mike Pence, and other key groups and interests in the country.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

Ahead of his meeting with Pence on Wednesday in Washington D.C, Osinbajo will be meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday in New York.

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In his meeting with Pence, Osinbajo will be discussing matters of mutual interests between Nigeria and the U.S.

He …

Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

Osinbajo unveils $8 million Liquid Waste Facility in Rivers

June 22, 2019 12:01 am

The federal government has said it would continue to pursue the ease of doing business policy with diligence to keep solving the problems of operating environment, boost productivity and encourage investors.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this yesterday in Port Harcourt during the unveiling of the Port Harcourt Dockyard Liquid Waste Treatment Plant.

The Guardian gathered that $8 million was invested in setting up the facility, which would help clean up the maritime industry by collecting oil wastes and transforming them into meaningful by-products.

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Osinbajo said the …

No assignment, greater than preaching the gospel - Osinbajo

Many would’ve been in trouble if I had died – Osinbajo

March 31, 2019 4:36 pm

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said that his surviving a helicopter crash in Kogi State last February had saved a lot of persons in and out of government.

According to him, they would have been saddled with the responsibility of explaining their roles in needless conspiracy theories.

Osinbajo spoke at the old Banquet Hall of the State House during a special thanksgiving service for the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the recent presidential election.

Pointing out that if he had died in the crash, which occurred while landing in Kabba, Kogi State before …

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