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Osinbajo Wants Equal Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccine

September 5, 2020 2:26 pm

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine should be done in an equitable and affordable manner rather than on the basis of the highest bidder.

This is in accordance to a statement released by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, at the virtual 2020 EURAFRICA Forum with the theme, “Towards a Realistic Euro-African Partnership During and Beyond the COVID-19 Era”.

Osinbajo said that such an approach would effectively contain the global spread of COVID-19.

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The summit featured presentations from notable global leaders, including the UN Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres and …

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Femi Kuti: Osinbajo Invited Me To Join APC

September 4, 2020 5:06 pm

Legendary afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti has said that he declined an invitation by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to join the All Progressives Congress, APC.

This is contained in a statement he issued on his social media platforms in which the musician clarified his participation in the Occupy Nigeria protest of 2012 which was against the removal of fuel subsidy by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

His statement comes amid calls for protests over the recent increase in fuel price from ₦148 to ₦151 by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

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Osinbajo Clears Air On 2023 Presidential Ambition

July 14, 2020 10:34 am

Nigeria’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, has no intention of contesting to be president in 2023, according to his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande.

Akande stated this while answering questions on an Instagram Live chat with the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, on Monday.

Momodu asked Akande if the attacks his principal, Yemi Osinbajo has faced recently, was part of a plan to disrupt any ambition the vice president has in 2023.

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In response, Akande insisted that Osinbajo’s major focus was to support President Muhammadu …

Osinbajo Breaks Silence On His Whereabouts

Osinbajo Breaks Silence On His Whereabouts

May 10, 2020 6:16 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, gave an insight into his whereabouts in the past few weeks.

Osinbajo, who spoke through his spokesperson, Akande Laolu, disclosed that he has been attending to official matters on how to improve Nigeria’s economy.

Laolu, in an Instagram post shared with DAILY POST, after he was contacted on Osinbajo’s whereabouts, urged Nigerians to ignore fake claims regarding President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President’s whereabouts.

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He recalled that the Vice President on Thursday met with the Governor of Central Bank, CBN, Kaduna

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Osinbajo Visits Late Escort Rider’s Family

Osinbajo Visits Late Escort Rider’s Family

March 15, 2020 6:41 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, mourned the death of Insp. Ali Gomina. The deceased was an escort rider attached to his office.

Gomina died in an auto accident along the Abuja Airport road as he led the vice president’s convoy on Friday.

His remains were buried immediately in accordance with Islamic rites.

The VP visited Gui Community in FCT, to condole with the family.

Osinbajo was received by the leader of the community, Alhaji Alhassan Yussuf.

Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, spoke to newsmen after the visit.

“He decided to come

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We Are Proud Of Osinbajo – Methodist Prelate

February 15, 2020 2:00 pm
The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Most Rev. Samuel Uche has expressed satisfaction with the work of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, noting that, the church is proud of him.

Uche led a delegation of the World Methodist Council including its President, Rev. Dr. Jong Chun Park to the Office of the Vice President on Friday.

Also present at the meeting were Archbishops, Bishops and priests of the Methodist church in Nigeria.

“We are proud of you,” Prelate Uche said, adding that, this is also “because you attended our school”, referring to Igbobi College which was founded …

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Nigeria Does Not Need Foreign Aid – Osinbajo

February 15, 2020 10:00 am

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that it is evident that many of the country’s problems can be solved by Nigerians themselves without recourse to foreign aid.

He said that the impressive performance and achievements recorded by Nigerians across diverse fields, at home and abroad can prove this.

Osinbajo said this on Friday when he received a delegation from the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), in his office. (The College formed by a group of young Nigerian surgeons 60 years ago predated the Economic Community of West African States).

The delegation led by Prof. Ibrahim Yakasai, mni,

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Chopper Crash: Osinbajo Marks Anniversary In Church

February 2, 2020 1:13 pm

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday marked one year of his survival of helicopter crash last year with a thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel, Abuja.

A year go, Osinbajo and 11 other persons escaped unhurt in a helicopter crash in Kabba, Kogi State, while on campaign trail for the 2019 general election in Nigeria.

At the thanksgiving on Sunday, the vice president was joined by his wife, Dolapo, family members and his aides, including some of those who were with him when the incident occurred.

Osinbajo while recalling the incident as he spoke to State House correspondents after …

N90bn allegation: I will waive my immunity – Osinbajo

September 26, 2019 4:13 am

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has personally reacted to an allegation that he took N90billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The allegation was made by a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Timi Frank.

The VP said he would waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over the matter.

His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Wednesday that Osinbajo made the declaration in a tweet.

It reads, “In the past few days, a spate of reckless and malicious …

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