Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, says contending interests in the 2023 presidential primaries and other elections will not stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from establishing a consensus. He explained that such a consensus would help consolidate its unity and national progress. According to a statement issued on Friday...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a nation will be measured ultimately by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens. Osinbajo expressed this view in his special address at the At Risk Children –Programme(ARC-P) Summit on Thursday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. He said that in 2019, President...
Former National Secretary of the Labour Party, Kayode Ajulo, on Wednesday said most governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are backing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the presidency in 2023. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Ajulo said Osinbajo...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel Bwala, has said that contrary to popular opinion, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not be contesting for presidency in 2023. Mr Bwala who was a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday said this while addressing concerns about the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has granted approval to Orbit Exploration and Natural Products Limited (OENPL) to take over the mineral titles of Ogboyega North and South Coal Blocks, Mines number 769 & 772 ML from Western Metal Products Company (WEMPCO). A statement...
The funeral service of former Head of Interim Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan is holding at the Cathedral Church Of Christ, Marina in Lagos. Leading the Federal Government delegation is Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Others in attendance are the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha, Minister of Information...
Bank records obtained by Peoples Gazette have exposed connections between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s law firm SimmonsCooper Partners to Bola Tinubu’s money-laundering front, Ocean Trust Limited. The records show that on April 26, 2013, Ocean Trust Limited transferred N25,001,050 into SimmonsCooper Partners bank account with UBA, contradicting SimmonsCooper’s categorical...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President (Prof) Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has declared that quality and affordable healthcare are central to Nigeria’s development. The Vice President who stated this at the inauguration of the Health Sector Reform Committee recently, noted that “a society is probably only as prosperous, developed...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has joined other West African leaders for an emergency summit following the spate of coups in the subregion. Osinbajo left with Nigeria’s delegate early Thursday for Accra, Ghana for the Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating. Emergency talks...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer and Coordinator, Progressive Lawyers For Osinbajo, says the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for President in 2023 is non-negotiable. Ajulo stated this in Abuja, while reacting to the 30 days ultimatum given to Osinbajo by a pro-APC group, National Coalition...
The Federal Government has reassured Nigerians of the quick return of peace to all terrorism-affected villages and communities across the country. Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Sunday at the Katsina Emir’s Palace when he paid a condolence visit to the government and people of the state...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a strong nexus between the kind of education students recieve in schools and what they turn out to be later in life Osinbajo made the assertion while speaking at a fundraiser for Igbobi College, his alma mater, on Saturday night in Lagos ....
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the time has come to call out senior lawyers whose actions demean the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). Osinbajo, himself an SAN, made the call at the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) 2021 Annual Dinner and Scholarship Awards on Saturday...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government remains committed to the welfare of the common man. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the vice president said this while receiving a delegation of the APC Professionals Forum at the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that beyond providing interest-free microcredit loans to petty traders, the various social intervention schemes of the Buhari administration have made a significant impact in the lives of millions of ordinary Nigerians. According to Osinbajo, the government in furtherance of its determination to...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the late Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, believed in the huge benefits of unity in diversity. Osinbajo paid this tribute in his message on Sunday at the Thanksgiving Service of the late traditional ruler held at the First Baptist Church, Okelerin, Ogbomosho. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Bringing together top officials from Federal and State governments, international agencies alongside other stakeholders, the Buhari Administration is set to further explore the economic opportunities available through oceanic and marine resources around the country. This is as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, inaugurated an...
New Tribe Nigeria, a support group, says support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to run for presidency in 2023 is a collective task. It said everyone should support Osinbajo to become president, irrespective of tribal or religious affiliation. The call is contained in a communique issued at the end...
A coalition of political groups, The Progressive Project (TPP), has vowed to mobilise all necessary support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to emerge as the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Head of TPP’s Situation Room, Mr Jeffry Omoh, stated this at the group first interactive...