The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari treats him like a son. Mr. Osinbajo, 60, said this at the palace of the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumin Usman, during a visit to the state for the inauguration of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinic. Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to the […]
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Former Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday paid a visit to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and both held private discussions. Sambo said the visit was a usual familiarisation. He added that “I have come to visit Mr Vice President and the Acting President as a usual familiarisation visit. Time for talks: Acting President Osinbajo and […]
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Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo presided over the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. Osinbajo has been the one chairing the meeting in the last three weeks, but this is the first meeting he will preside over since President Muhammadu Buhari handed over to him on Sunday. See pictures: Babatunde Fashola, minister of […]
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Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says the president is travelling to London on Sunday night for an indefinite medical follow up. This is coming 57 days after the president arrived from London. According to Adesina, the length of Buhari’s stay will be determined by his London doctors. “President […]
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The Presidential Investigative Panel investigating alleged corrupt practices against two top officials of the Federal Government will submit its report on Monday, Vice-Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande said. Akande in a statement on Wednesday acknowledged that the panel was completing its assignment on May 3, and would submit the report to President Muhammadu Buhari. The […]
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Text of a Speech delivered by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Platform, a programme organised by the Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos on 1 May First, let me say how very honoured I am to be here again at “The Platform,” this yearly event that I make a point of attending so long as I am invited! My […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. The new chairman of the board of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) is former newspaper editor and ex-presidential spokesman, Duro Onabule. Other executive directors of NTA include: Steve Egbo, Administration and Training; Abdul Hamid Salihu Dembos, Marketing; Mohammed Labbo, […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has flagged off the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage railway line, stating that the national rail project will create five hundred thousand jobs. Speaking at the ceremony in Lagos, Osinbajo said the project is one very close to the heart of President Muhammadu Buhari, who renegotiated the project with the Chinese, back in […]
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Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured oil producing communities in Edo state of Federal Government support in resolving the development challenges in the area. Osinbajo gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ meeting with oil-producing communities at New Era College in Benin on Monday. He said that the Federal Government was aware of the problems […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday held a meeting with stakeholders in Kaduna, where he vowed to initiate a process that will bring about lasting peace. He however, noted that it will take time for the crisis in the southern part of Kaduna state to be resolved. Leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), […]
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