Tag: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

2022 APC Convention: “I have nothing against Osinbajo” – Tinubu

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…Says “It is over” The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu stated this on Monday, in Kano, when he addressed a group, who worked for the presidential bid of Osinbajo. Recall that in the build-up to the APC presidential primary; there were varied reactions after the vice-president declared his bid to contest the presidency with Tinubu also in the race. Speaking on Monday, Tinubu said there was no issue between him and the vice-president.…

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2023: VP Yemi Osinbajo speaks on Muslim-Muslim ticket

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…Opposes Tinubu-Shettima Presidency Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his erstwhile political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are on another collision course few weeks after the duo squared up at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries in Abuja, where the latter emerged victorious. The vice-president fired the first shot on Monday, when he spoke against the choice of former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate to Tinubu. It was gathered that Osinbajo had expressed serious objection to the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. According to a reliable source,…

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2023 Presidency: Buhari’s ‘successor’ phrase aptly fits Osinbajo – Arewa Youths

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Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, a pro–Osinbajo Youth group, ‘Coalition of Arewa Youth and Women for PYO 2023’, has claimed that the phrase credited to President Muhammadu Buhari regarding his choice of presidential candidate, whereby he stated: ”I want to pick my successor”, could be referring to the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). This was contained in an issued press statement by the Spokesperson of the group, Mohammed Lawal, yesterday. Recall that President Buhari had, during his meeting with the 23 APC governors, at the Presidential…

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State of the Nation: “We must discuss issues dividing Nigeria now” – Vice-President Osinbajo

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Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said there is a need for sincere discussions among Nigerians on issues that cause division. The VP spoke on Thursday, during the public presentation of Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi’s memoir in Lagos. Osinbajo believes this would find lasting solutions and also chart the way forward towards building a better and more united nation. On the significance of the book and the lessons, Osinbajo noted that citizens need to talk “more to ourselves, not at ourselves”. “We need frank discussions on the issues that divide us; we need…

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2023: “Only God, not desperation, can confer power”, Gowon tells Osinbajo group

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Former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, says God is the ultimate decider of who will lead Nigeria in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. He stated this in Abuja on Friday, when officials of the Progressive Consolidation Group, (PCG), a group rooting for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, paid him a visit at his Asokoro, Abuja residence. Gowon emphasised that while he had no partisan involvement with politics, he believed that leaders and citizens at all levels had a duty to sustain peace, progress and national unity of the country. He…

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2023 PRESIDENCY: RANDOM MUSINGS ON SUCCESSION

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By Umar Kaltungo Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is in Borno State today, just a day after visiting Bayelsa. The Prof. has been traversing several States recently, supposedly on working visit, commissioning one project or the other, inadvertently enjoying limelight visibility, all-expense paid. I recall, President BUHARI said, in an interview not long ago, that he will not disclose his preferred successor because the successor may be eliminated.I also recall how prior to the 2019 elections, VP Osinbajo traversed this country sharing Tradermoni, Marketmoni, etc, which was interpreted in some quarters as…

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‘Only politics devoid of ethnicity, religion can promote development’ – Osinbajo

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerian professionals to jettison ethnicity, religion and ‘parochial considerations’ in making crucial decisions for the development of the country. Osinbajo spoke at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum, yesterday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the members brainstormed on sundry national issues. The VP noted that only politics devoid of ethnicity and religious considerations could promote and facilitate development in the country. The Forum, convened by former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, with the theme: “The role of professionals in politics and nation-building”,…

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Decision on petrol subsidy removal to come in June – NEC

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…As Osinbajo meets State Govs., launches Covid-19 stimulus programme The National Economic Council, (NEC), yesterday said that decision on the removal of the subsidy on petroleum will be made in June when the provision for its payment in the 2022 budget expires. NEC said though conservation on subsidy removal has been going on it was yet to take a position on it. The council, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo met at the Conference Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday, with the declaration that since the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, (NNPC), Limited…

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ECOWAS: Osinbajo arrives in Accra for Extraordinary Summit

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Accra, Ghana, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The meeting, which will be attended by leaders across the region, follows previous meetings and efforts by the leaders to resolve the situations in Mali and Guinea. Osinbajo was received at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, by Nigeria High Commissioner in Ghana, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas and Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Ghanaian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. The vice president was…

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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, receives Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya Presidential Villa, Abuja

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The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, earlier on Wednesday, received in audience, Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan-Majen Gombe) at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Governor Inuwa, who brought the VP up to speed with some of the giant strides taking place in the Jewel state within the last 31 months of his stewardship, especially as it affects the implementation of the development agenda and sustaining the momentum and tempo on the enviable position of Gombe as the…

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