The Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described hate speech as a “specie of terrorism”, stating that the federal government has drawn a line on it. Osinbajo said this on Thursday at a security retreat with members of the national economic council (NEC). The programme is holding at the presidential villa in Abuja. […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved N20.6 billion for the reconstruction of two road projects in Plateau and Kwara states. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting held at […]
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Yemi Osinbaj, Acting President of Nigeria, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will be back in the country very shortly. Speaking with state house correspondents on Wednesday, he said of the President, “he is in very high spirit, he is recuperating very well and we had very long conversation, we spoke for well over an […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo spent one hour with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in London and then swiftly left to begin the journey home. According to Reuters, Osinbajo arrived in the night at the Abuja House, where Buhari has been living since he arrived 8 May, from Nigeria for medical vacation. Osinbajo spent one hour […]
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Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Acting President, has approved the appointment of 14 Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors in Federal Teaching Hospitals, Federal Medical Centres and Specialty Hospitals in Nigeria. In a letter approved by deputy chief of staff to the Acting President and addressed to the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, the appointments take immediate […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on steps he had taken to douse tension in the country occasioned by “hate speeches’’ Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman, PDP National Caretaker Committee, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, that Osinbajo deserved to the commended. Makarfi, a factional leader of the […]
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The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday evening met with state governors at the Presidential Villa in what is a continuation of the ongoing engagement with the Northern and Southeast groups. Earlier in the week, He met with a cross section of leaders from the north and south-eastern part of Nigeria where they reached a […]
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The Federal Government has vowed to render operators of electricity generating sets in rural areas “jobless” by meeting the energy demands of rural communities through sustainable renewal energy solution. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo stated this at the inauguration of Nigerian Renewable Energy Roundtable on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, already the government through the […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has signed the 2017 budget into law. Senate President Bukola Saraki; Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives; Udoma Udoma, minister of budget and national planning; Lai Mohammed, minister of information; Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, witnessed the signing of the […]
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A Presidency official has explained why the budget signing ceremony billed for today did not hold. The official attributed it to the extensive consultations between the presidency and ministers, on one hand and National Assembly members on the other. The National Assembly on 11 May passed the record 7.44 trillion naira ($24.45 billion) budget for 2017. Acting President […]
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